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As an Associate Member of AIA and member of the Supplier Management Council your company will have the opportunity to grow in the domestic and international aerospace marketplace. Membership in AIA will strengthen your relationship with your customers. AIA provides members with many benefits and services to give them the competitive advantages they need to succeed. Joining AIA is the right business decision.

As an Associate Member you will receive many benefits and services:

• Interact with customers, competitors, and peers.
• Participate in supplier legislative action groups.
• Receive recognition from prime and major subcontractors.
• Identify common issues between suppliers and customers.
• Influence how business is conducted.
• Gain insight into the future of the aerospace industry.
• Obtain support for conducting business in the global marketplace.
• Participate as a guest in AIA councils and committees.
• Represent the SMC on the AIA Board of Governors.
• Attend exclusive events.
• Participate in master classes for supplier senior executives.

Meetings

Supplier Management Council Meetings
The SMC conducts three meetings a year in the United States and one meeting in conjunction with an international air show. The summer meeting focuses on legislative issues with a "March to Capitol Hill" where members have the opportunity to meet with key congressional representatives.

The spring and fall meetings are held near customer facilities, giving attendees special tours of the host company's production facilities. These meetings have speakers and workshops tailored to current issues and provide a forum for customers (AIA Regular Members) and suppliers (AIA Associate Members) to resolve problems in doing business. The meetings also provide networking opportunities to develop relationships among the industry's leading suppliers and prime companies.

Regional Meetings
Associate Members are invited to attend AIA's three annual regional meetings. These meetings enable dialogue among AIA Regular Members, legislative leaders, Associate Members, and AIA staff. The regional meetings focus on issues important to member companies in the host region, feature distinguished speakers, and include tours of the host's production facilities.

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International Air Shows
AIA provides low-cost exhibit space at the Farnborough and Paris international air shows for Associate Members. AIA programs provide suppliers with opportunities to meet buyers from companies at the shows and establish business relationships with customers from around the world.

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Communications
AIA's web site provides fast, up-to-date, and easy access to the work of the association. Members have password entry to association information of special interest to their companies.

Other AIA communications vehicles delivered to members include:

• Complimentary copies of AIA's monthly newsletter, AIAUpdate, as well as the quarterly magazine Executive Report. A special insert to the AIAUpdate published five times yearly, The Suppliers' Voice, focuses exclusively on news about AIA associate members.

• The AIA dailyLead, a daily news e-briefing developed specifically for executives in the aerospace and defense industry and delivered directly to a user's inbox. Summaries contain the latest news and information that industry professionals need to be more effective. Associate Members can advertise in the AIA dailyLead, which is distributed to more than 16,000 subscribers.

• The AIA e-Insight, a bi-weekly e-newsletter of AIA news and activities of interest to members.

• Posting of member company news releases on a special section of the AIA web site.

For more information or to subscribe call 866-857-0148, e-mail aw_intelligence@aviationnow.com, or visit the Aerospace Daily & Defense Report web site.

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Business Tools

• Advertise your company's career site with a complimentary link on AIA's Aerospace Jobs page.

• Receive a free copy of AIA's Washington Aerospace Media & Public Affairs Directory — a compendium of Washington, D.C.,- based news media representatives and publications that report on aerospace, aviation, defense, and international trade. Also included are key government public affairs officials at selected government departments and agencies and other aerospace-related associations.

• Keep up to date with AIA's Security & Policy Review Handbook — a must-have for any company doing business with the Defense Department.

Industry Data
AIA's Research Center conducts research and statistical analysis that provide AIA members with the most current and accurate industry "big" picture.

Associate Members receive the following:

• A complimentary copy of AIA's Aerospace Facts & Figures, an annual publication of more than 160 pages that highlights sales, earning, orders, backlogs, civil and military aircraft production, foreign trade, space, employment, and more.

• Year-End Review & Forecast, a yearly analysis, including companion tables, that forecasts the state of the aerospace industry.

Standards Representation
AIA is the leader in establishing industry standards. The association's National Aerospace Standards are recognized and utilized by industry and defense agencies in the United States and around the world. AIA hold the ISO Secretariat for the TC-20 Aircraft & Space Vehicles Committee. This organization works with other industry associations and standards-making authorities to promote industry-wide discussion of standards development.

As an AIA member you can participate in the development of new and maintenance of existing standards by becoming a Technical Advisor. Associate members only pay an additional $1,000 per year for participation. (Technical Advisor membership is regularly $7,000 per year for non-members of AIA.)

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Associate Member Dues
Dues for Associate Member companies are based on sales. Companies with sales under $50 million pay annual dues of $3,000, and companies with sales over $50 million pay annual dues of $5,000.

For more information on Associate or Regular membership, contact Karn Henderson at 703.358.1098 or by e-mail at karn.henderson@aia-aerospace.org.

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