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UNITED STATES DISTANCE LEARNING ASSOCIATION
8 Winter Street, Suite 508 | Boston, MA 02108 800.275.5162

USDLA Announces National Membership Benefits for State Chapter Members

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Friday, October 3, 2003

We are happy to announce that the USDLA Board recently voted to include all of your chapter members as full members of USDLA. Two conditions are required, however. Your chapter must be in good standing with USDLA, which means dues paid for the current fiscal year (July 1, 2003-June 30, 2004) and the chapter must supply national a roster of its members in good standing.

As we announced earlier this year, each chapter will receive an invoice to retain their good standing with USDLA. Invoices and dues forms will follow shortly. Chapters will be invoiced the traditional $5.00 per member, but in lieu of requiring three officers to pay $80 for USDLA membership, chapters will be invoiced a re-chartering fee of $200, a savings of $40.00 per chapter! Total fees paid by each chapter will not exceed $1,000 per chapter this fiscal year, but over the next couple of years we will need to remove that $1,000 limit for our chapters that exceed 200 members.

Our goal is to increase overall membership in the distance learning community through the state chapters and provide greater services and products to our membership. There are still issues to address in this newer and more supportive-relationship between our national organization and the chapters. But as of now, your members will receive full access to the web site including a members-only section, all e-mail newsletters and news alerts, and discounts to conferences and expos throughout the country. As USDLA and the state chapters continue to grow, additional benefits will be provided to the membership.

So, as we start a new year, please join us in supporting the growth and development of our distance leaning community-of-interest within your state and across the nation.

About USDLA®
The United States Distance Learning Association is a 501(c) 3 non-profit association formed in 1987 and located in Boston, Massachusetts. USDLA promotes the development and application of distance learning for education and training and served the needs of the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information, networking and opportunity. Distance learning and training constituencies served include prek-12 education, higher and continuing education, home schooling as well as business, corporate, military, government and telehealth markets. The USDLA trademarked logo is the recognized worldwide symbol of dedicated professionals committed to the distance learning industry. USDLA is also a leading source of information and policy for distance learning that focuses on all legislation impacting distance learning. Since 1993 USDLA has continued to establish state chapters in all fifty states as well as special interest groups throughout the world. For more information about USDLA visit the organization’s website at www.usdla.org or call 800.275.5162.