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Top 10 Reasons to join
By joining the American Subcontractors Association of West Michigan, you
also become a member of the national organization. You will receive the
broad benefits of belonging to the national organization, as well
the benefits of belonging to the West Michigan Chapter, which is focused
on your particular issues and needs.
1.
Staff that works for you.
As a member you will have
knowledgeable professional staff “working for you.” Highly accessible
and committed to serving member needs, ASAWM staff will help you find
the answers you need to more successfully operate your business.
2.
Government Relations.
ASA works on behalf of members in
Washington and across the nation, while ASAWM works on your behalf in
Lansing and at the local level. ASAWM helps to facilitate two way
communications with state and local government agencies and legislative
bodies as well as elected representatives. ASAWM reports on developments
and changes in laws and regulations that might affect your business.
ASAWM helps to facilitate your communications to elected officials and
governmental bodies.
3.
Strength in Numbers.
ASAWM is the collective voice
representing subcontracting. By working together we can accomplish
changes that are impossible to do individually. This is true at the
local, state, and national level. And, it is true in both the public and
private sectors.
4.
Valuable, educational meetings.
ASAWM arranges regular monthly meetings that provide the opportunity for
your company to learn the most current, and the most important
information and practices that will help your company to be more
successful. ASA holds national meetings and workshops that provide an
even broader perspective and value at that level. In addition to the
planned program learning activities, the opportunities for networking
and informal exchange of information are significant.
5.
Business Practice Interchange.
ASAWM meetings feature the very valuable structured opportunity to
exchange information about customer’s business practices, and the
opportunity to learn about the business practices of companies similar
to yours. ASA provides a similar service at the national level.
6.
Informative Publications.
As an ASA member you will receive The Contractor’s Compass, an
exclusive educational journal, and the weekly ASA Today
electronic newsletter covering national items. ASAWM will keep you
informed with the weekly electronic Monday Update covering local
and state issues and developments, as well as other frequent
communications of value.
7.
Educational Resources.
ASAWM and ASA together have an extensive library of articles and
research papers available to members. Even more valuable is the growing
number of CD based educational learning materials that are available to
you so that you can learn what you need to know, when you need to
know it, and learn at a time most convenient for you. These are
extremely valuable resources uniquely focused on the subcontracting
industry, and include materials at the national and local level.
8.
Web Site Listings.
You can have your company listed on both the ASAWM and ASA web sites
that will help to boost your company’s exposure and availability.
9.
Subcontractor Legal Defense
Fund. The SDLF available from
the national organization helps to fund legal representation on broad
issues important to subcontractors, service providers and suppliers.
10.
Free access to CD’s of
previous meetings. As a new
ASAWM member you will have free access to CD recordings of previous
meetings that have covered topics such as: Changes to the Michigan Lien
Laws; Pay if Paid and Pay When Paid; Michigan Business Tax; Change
Orders; Indemnity and Hold Harmless; Getting Paid; and ConsensusDOCS.
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