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discussed now to prevent large losses in income in the future. Although the Committee does not necessarily recommend the following action, note that if dues were paid equally by members, libraries, and institutions (about $300 per year), a revenue stream would be creat- ed that would equal the current revenue stream from Journal publication. This would be a windfall for the libraries if they were willing to continue supporting the Society. In light of the advances in publication such as on-line delivery, the actual dues paid may be consider- ably less. This issue is not restricted to the Society’s jour- nal only but rather to all journals. The issue is made more complex by the fact that the Society is explicitly bound to the American Institute of Physics (AIP). Although ASA’s relationship with AIP is primarily as a publishing house, the Society has ties to the organization that include financial, infrastructure and loyalty.
• Meetings
Meetings provide an important time and place for carrying out the Society’s purpose, technical and administrative operations, and social and informal technical interactions. The survey showed that the participants approved of the organization of the meet- ing, the socialization and networking opportunities, and the relevancy of the presentations but were not as pleased with meeting themes. When comparing the Society’s meetings with other professional meetings,
about half the participants preferred the Society’s meeting while half felt that sometimes other meetings are better.
Reasons to prefer other meetings to the Society’s are:
• Small accompanying workshops
• Better industry participation
• Attractive international locations (e.g.,
International Congresses on Acoustics (ICA))
• Dominance in technical area (e.g., physiology)
• Shorter meetings and required poster sessions
• Tighter technical focus
• Applied and clinical relevance
Reasons to prefer Society meetings are:
• Networking with non-Society members
• Quality of presentations
• Breadth of acoustical activity
• Collegiality, friendliness
• Professional exchange
• Standards venue
• Size of meeting
• Focused sessions
• Ease in submitting abstracts and registration
Suggestions for improvement of Society meetings are:
• Impose more rigorous standards for papers
• Limit parallel sessions
• One meeting per year
• Reject papers
• More meetings outside North America
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