Renew Your Membership Early and Enter Plasma TV Drawing (7/17/06) ASME is giving members who renew their Society membership early up to three chances to win a 42-inch plasma television. The winner will be selected Oct. 1. Members who renew online by Oct. 1 will receive three chances to win in the drawing. Those members who choose to renew by mail or fax by Aug. 1 also will receive three entries in the drawing. Members who renew their memberships by mail or fax will get two chances to win if they renew by Sept. 1 or one entry in the drawing if they renew by Oct. 1. To enter, or to read the contest rules, visit www.asme.org/Membership/ReferMember/Renew_Early_Win_42_Plasma_TV.cfm. To go to the membership renewal form, visit https://members.asme.org/catalog/DuesRenewal.cfm? Early Bird Registration for 2006 ASME Congress Members may register now through Aug. 25 to receive discount registration prices for this year's Congress, to be held in Chicago from Nov. 5-10. Attendees can take part in a wide variety of technical programs, forums, workshops, special events, and more. Full Congress registration for presenters and members of ASME and cooperating societies is $550 — a $150 savings on the $700 on-site registration price. Early Bird registration for nonmembers is $700 — $200 less than the on-site price. Students who register by Aug. 25 for $150 will save $100 off the full price. Visit www.asmeconferences.org/Congress06/ConfRegistration.cfm# for the complete registration price list.

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