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SSPA Launches New Online Membership Dues Planner(San Diego, CA October 18, 2001) – The Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), the leading industry Association for IT support professionals, announced today the launch of the new online Membership Dues Planner. The Dues Planner will allow new members and current members renewing their membership to plan for the coming year and save up to 40% on various other offerings. The Dues Planner has been designed for company personalization, convenience, easy navigation and can be accessed at SSPA’s web site at http://www.supportcommunity.com/planner/sspa.html“At the request our SSPA Members, we have developed the online Membership Dues Planner that will allow service executives to plan and budget expenses on an annual basis for SSPA conferences, surveys and much more,” said Bill Rose, SSPA Founder/Executive Director. “It is a state-of-the-art tool that provides significant discounts to our expanding membership base.” For the past 12 years, the SSPA has provided companies in the service and support community with membership programs, content-rich conferences, awards programs, certifications, surveys, publications and other membership benefits. Recently, Members have requested a system whereby they can plan for their membership fees and other fee-based offerings when preparing their annual budgets. The Dues Planner will allow each member to plan ahead by indicating how many support centers and employees they wish to include as part of their membership. Based on the information entered by the user, the Dues Planner will configure the fee for their membership. The Membership Planner is support-center based and will enable smaller support centers to pay a fee commensurate with their size. As the member proceeds through the Dues Planner, they can add activities and items such as SSPA Conference attendee passes, the SSPA Annual Survey, purchase additional Support Sense Booklets, get discounted rates on application fees for the SSPA STAR and WebStar Service Awards programs and so on. As the Member completes each section, the Dues Planner calculates their fee and calculates the cost savings for purchasing these activities and items in advance. If each offering is purchased separately throughout the year, the member will pay the regular member discount amount. Included as part of their Dues Planner, the Member pays an even lower fee for the SSPA Member benefit in which they wish to participate. The savings can amount to thousands of dollars. “I think that this tool will simplify the SSPA membership process,” said Mike Mellace, SSPA Chief Operating Officer. “Unlike other associations, we will allow our members to pick and choose what offerings and deliverables they want and only pay for the deliverables that will benefit them. Every company is unique in terms of the issues and challenges they face, and ultimately their needs from our membership association are different. I think it only makes sense that members are be able to configure their membership to meet their needs.” About SSPA Founded in 1989, SSPA represents over 15,000 service executives in over 500 member companies worldwide. SSPA gives service and support professionals opportunities to share ideas, discuss developing trends and network with their peers. SSPA offers its members conferences, seminars, specialized training, executive forums, certification programs and a variety of publications. SSPA resides at the web portal of Supportgate at www.supportgate.com. Through these ‘gates’ you will find the Membership Communities of the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), the SSPA Europe, the SSPA Asia Pacific, the SSPA Service Vendor Alliance, (SVA) and the SSPA Professionals Membership. The Supportgate web portal site is ‘home’ for service professionals and executives and features many opportunities such as the Membership Directory, Ask SSPA, SSPA Benchmarking, Member2Member Information Exchange; Expert Connections; SupportBooks and SSPA Certification online Training and Testing. It also contains Conference and Events Calendars; a Virtual Tradeshow; Industry News; Surveys; SupportWeek and a Vendor Directory. Supportgate is the home for the Software Technical Assistance Recognition (STAR) Awards; the WebStar Service Awards; Support SuperStars Awards; SCP Site Certification and SSPA Individual Certification. For more information regarding the SSPA and other related divisions, log on to www.supportgate.com or send an email to info@supportgate.com. Editorial Contact: Ron Johnson Supportgate.com 909.244.7002 rjohnson@supportgate.com top of page |
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