# Society Memberships/Conference Attendance?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/society-memberships-conference-attendance/264279>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 13, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/society-memberships-conference-attendance/264279 "2004-09-13T17:59:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/society-memberships-conference-attendance/264279/1 "2004-09-13T17:59:12Z")

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I came back from a big conference for the National Marine Educators’ Association this summer, and I’m now looking at the registration form for the Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education conference this October, so the question came to my mind:

What societies are you a member of and what conferences do you attend?

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/society-memberships-conference-attendance/264279/2 "2004-09-13T19:53:32Z")

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I’m a member of the American Library Association, the South Carolina Library Association, and the Art Libraries Society of North America. So far I’ve been to the ALA annual conference and one Charleston Serials and Acquisitions Conference, which is excellent but extremely expensive.