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ASAE Urges Government to Halt Sale of.Org Registry

Associations Now

In late November, Public Interest Registry said it had reached an agreement to be acquired by Ethos for an undisclosed price. Public Interest Registry has managed the.org domain registry since 2002. There are roughly 10 million.org domains in operation, including most web addresses used by associations.

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California Association Turns Farm Workers Into Farm Owners

Associations Now

Migrant farm laborers are hard workers often driven to seek better opportunities, but many of them lack the knowledge and resources needed to grow beyond a lifetime working the fields. ALBA owns a 110-acre organic farm, and to help the laborers get started with their own farm businesses, it leases them farmland at subsidized prices.

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Arrested Development? A Strategic Approach to Technology Reboots Association Growth

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HIMSS began reaching beyond “member” to “audience” in 2002 by offering resources and benefits not exclusive to dues-paying professionals. Planning based on anecdotal information is ineffective at best and at worst an irresponsible drain on resources. In this excerpt from our book, Association 4.0—Positioning Martin explains.

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Email Marketing Trends: What’s Hot in 2017

Associations Now

And let’s face it: Most associations simply don’t have the resources of the Times. Simply, it’s cheap: The service allows you to send 62,000 messages each month for free (which is about 12 messages per user each month, if you have 5,000 people on your list), and prices from there are 10 cents per thousand messages.

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

If it can, then they will pay a premium price for it—think Dyson (vacuums), iPhone (smartphones) and Nest (thermostats). AHA’s Drake said association research often falls short because resources are limited and there’s a lack of ownership for all the tasks that need to be done. Who’s doing what and by when?

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