Recruiting members has its rewards

As part of the incentive program in ASME's current membership drive, the name of every member who recruits a new dues-paid member is entered in the monthly drawings for a Palm Pilot VII and an end-of-drive drawing for a Gateway computer.

Donald A. Alexander, the owner of a consulting business, Alexander Professional SVC in Jonesboro, Ark., is the latest winner of a Palm Pilot VII. He is a member of the Arkansas Section in Region X.

For more information about ASME's current recruitment drive, and how to be entered in the drawings, visit www.asme.org/memb/.

ASME NEWS: What are you planning to do with the Palm Pilot VII?

Alexander: "I am going to use it to keep track of my activities, I have always used some kind of agenda or calendar in the past."

ASME NEWS: Why did you decide to become an ASME member?

Alexander: "I had served on the Portable Automotive Lifting Device (PALD) committee through Codes and Standards dating back to 1987, I became acquainted with ASME and decided to join."

Alexander became a member in 1994.

ASME NEWS: Why do you continue to be a member?

Alexander: I am a mechanical engineer and I am the chair for the PALD committee. I enjoy working with Codes and Standards to maintain the safety factor."

ASME NEWS: Do you recommend ASME as a professional society?

Alexander: "Yes, because I enjoy contributing to the quality of life through my membership. I also believe that mechanical engineering students should become members, so they too can see how they can make contributions to the profession and how that contribution affects society."

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