Why Join?
October 20th, 2009
Best Western Hotel
270 South Street, Morristown, NJ
6-9 PM
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ICCA benefits its members by offering opportunities for associating at chapter meetings, at our conferences, and on the ICCA National web site.
Association is our most important product.
Professionalism, high standards of ethical conduct, and quality service are what ICCA members believe in and strive to achieve through shared experience and education.
In addition to the valuable benefits offered by the ICCA to members nationwide, your local Northern New Jersey chapter also makes the following benefits available to all members in good standing:
The projector is available at NO CHARGE for a period of up to one week, and $100 per day for any time exceeding one week. A deposit of $750 is required. The deposit is fully refundable, minus the cost of any damages incurred, upon the return of the projector. Except for the month's speaker, the projector will not be available immediately before or during our meetings. Contact Elliot Greene to make arrangements.
You may take advantage of this reimbursement up to twice per calendar year, and it is valid for any technical or business skills course valued at $300 or more. Simply present a paid invoice and proof of attendance to receive the subsidy.
Next year's conference is tentatively scheduled for June 2009 at a location to be determined. Details on the agenda, registration, and more can be found on the conference information page on the National website when it becomes available.
Missed this year's conference in Washington, DC? Visit the conference wrapup page to get all the details, including how to order a proceedings manual containing the handouts from all the conference sessions.
Attendance at our monthly dinner meetings provides members (and prospective members, too!) with the chance to network with their peers, and learn first-hand from our guest speakers about various aspects of running a computer consultant business.
To encourage you to take advantage of our meetings, the Chapter will allow each member in good standing to attend one dinner meeting per calendar year, normally a $25 cost for members, at no charge. Please note that reservations are still required (see Chapter Meetings for details), and you must indicate at the time of reservation that you are taking advantage of this benefit.
NEW!
As a further incentive to introduce new members to the ICCA, the Chapter will allow any first-time guest to attend one dinner meeting at no charge. In addition, each member who brings a first-time guest can also attend at no charge!
Professional Liability insurance is offered to members at low rates. You can now protect yourself and satisfy your client's concerns in this area.
ICCA is pleased to offer members who qualify medically, a comprehensive, competitively priced health insurance plan including major medical and hospital coverage. Other options include long term disability coverage, maternity coverage, dental plans, and low rate life insurance.
Our associates specializing in computer law consider it a well constructed document. Members may adapt it in whole or in part when negotiating specific contracts with their clients, thus cutting down on possible legal fees. This contract provides a beginning document which can be adapted for use in all states with minor changes that may be required by varying state laws.
The ICCA provides a promotional brochure you can give to your clients along with your own promotional material. The brochure helps to remind the client that you are a professional who subscribes to a code of ethics, that you are truly independent, and that you belong to an industry that is truly professional.
ICCA's annual spring conference is the major event of the year. Programs feature sessions that support professional, technical, business and personal success. Major industry leaders are featured speakers. Representatives of vendor sponsored consultant relations programs participate. Attendees learn from the experience of their colleagues. Contacts made with peers from across the country can lead to business expansion beyond the local area. Conferences are fun, too.
At the state and local level the ICCA has lobbied against tax laws that threaten our industry's independence. In California members influenced favorable decisions defining contractor versus employee status.
ICCA provides each new member with the TAX AND BUSINESS HANDBOOK FOR CONSULTANTS AND CLIENTS: A guide for doing business as an Independent Consultant Under Section 1706 of the 1986 Tax Reform Act, written by Jonathan D. Wallace , Esq.
Sponsored by computer industry leaders who recognize the importance of the independent consultant in supporting their products and services. When vendors and consultants work together, everybody benefits - especially the end user.
The art of consulting may be more difficult to measure. ICCA is working to build a body of knowledge that clearly identifies the standards and practices which will describe the essence of the consultant/client relationship and ultimately define the professional computer consultant.
Computer consulting refers to all computer related problem solving activity. The great wealth of talents, skills, and specialties is what makes our association so vital. We welcome diversity in the expertise represented by our members.
Our combined experience covers operating systems from micros and minis to mainframes of all major manufacturers. Among other areas, we cover systems integration and analysis, design and development, application or systems programming, training and education, technical writing, hardware design and development, installation and serve business, science and the arts.
Dues allocated for chapter operations are collected by the national office and forwarded directly to the chapter. They support meeting programs, referral services, publication of local directories, and local publicity and advertising.
A significant portion of the basic dues also contributes to chapter support by covering the cost of central administration, promotion, trade show booths, legal protection of directors and officers, legal costs of not-for-profit incorporation, etc.
Some of the dues offset costs of producing conferences and other national meetings not fully covered by registration fees. A portion of volunteer expenses must also be covered to support activities related to governing the association and maintaining nationwide programs.
Marketing efforts targeting potential members, staff to respond to inquiries from prospective members, new member processing and member support, administering programs and benefits, printing cost of information material, maintaining information, and publishing our bimonthly newsletter, The Independent, all contribute to the cost of running the association.
Some chapters offer additional services at the local level. The larger metropolitan areas support paid administrative services. Many active chapters provide a service to the community to help clients locate appropriate consulting resources. Expenses of running a chapter may be greater in areas with a higher cost of living.
Because the ICCA is an association of and for independent computer consultants, members assume the responsibility for governing the association by voting and holding office.
Associates are not eligible to vote or hold office. In most other respects, associates enjoy the same benefits as consultant members. We encourage associates to actively participate in programs and on committees for the mutual benefit of all participants.