SSTI Celebrates Hundredth Affiliate Joining

In December, SSTI invited those involved in and interested in tech-based economic development to consider becoming a member of SSTI. Membership is growing so fast  that we are proud to announce already reaching the 100th member milestone for our Affiliates and Supporters! Special Recognition goes to our 99th member Northwestern University, Office of the President; 100th member Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, BioBusiness Center; and our 101st member CincyTechUSA.

Thank you to all our members who have made this milestone possible, and may it be a speedy trip to 1,000 from here! There has never been a better time to join SSTI.

As we announced in January, the SSTI Funding Supplement is now available only to members. Since that started on January 9, SSTI has alerted our Supplement subscribers to more than 350 unique funding opportunities for research and tech-based economic development (TBED).

 We are thrilled that so many organizations within the TBED community have taken advantage of the opportunity to receive the Funding Supplement each week and to support SSTI. Member benefits don't stop there, however. Affiliate benefits include:

• Twelve direct email subscriptions to the SSTI Funding Supplement for staff and board members within your organization. The Funding Supplement makes fast work of scanning several sources for research and economic development funding announced each week.
• Discounts on registrations for your staff and board members to attend SSTI’s 10th Annual Conference in Oklahoma City. Pre-conference activities are slated for Oct. 31, 2006, with the main conference continuing through Nov. 1-2, 2006.
• Free unlimited posting of position vacancies within your organization in the SSTI Weekly Digest and on our website's Job Corner.
• One complimentary copy of all SSTI publications released during the year, with additional copies of publications available at discounted rate.
• Acknowledgment of Affiliate Membership status on the SSTI website with a link to your organization.
• Special access to Sponsor and Affiliate-Only resources and services (coming soon).
• Discount of 10 percent on purchases made from the SSTI Bookstore.

Becoming a member is easy. Register online at https://www.ssti.org/membership.htm or call Noelle Sheets, SSTI's director of membership services, at 614-901-1690 for more information.