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<h1>Join</h1>
<p>Becoming a SIGSOFT member is easy. <a href="https://services.acm.org/public/qj/gensigqj/login_gensigqj.cfm?rdr=promo=QJSIG&offering=434&form_type=SIG">Join ACM and SIGSOFT</a> now and you'll receive the following:</p>
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 <li>Member Benefits:
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   <li>Subscription to the quarterly newsletter, <a href="http://www.sigsoft.org/SEN/">Software Engineering Notes</a> in electronic format. SEN contains member-submitted articles as well as regular columns including the popular forum, "Risks to the Public"</li>
   <li>Web access to the SIGSOFT portion of the ACM Digital Library, including articles from all SIGSOFT sponsored and co-sponsored conferences (e.g., ICSE, EESC/FSE, PASTE, and ISSTA)</li>
   <li>Discounted registration at conferences and workshops that are sponsored, co-sponsored or in cooperation with SIGSOFT</li>
   <li>Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) are available as a Member Plus package</li>
   <li>Notification of relevant information through the SIGSOFT electronic member mailing list</li>
   <li>The SIGSOFT Web site, <a href="http://www.sigsoft.org/">www.sigsoft.org</a></li>
   <li>The SEWORLD Mailing List, <a href="http://www.sigsoft.org/resources/seworld.html">www.sigsoft.org/resources/seworld.html</a></li>
   <li>The SEN Web site, <a href="http://www.sigsoft.org/SEN/">www.sigsoft.org/SEN/</a>, which includes additional SEN content such as books available for review as well as links to references in the Risks to the Public and Surfing the Web columns</li>
   <li>SIGSOFT presence on social networking sites, including a LinkedIn group (ACM SIGSOFT), a Facebook community page (ACM SIGSOFT), and a Twitter feed (sigsoft)</li>
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 <li>Community Benefits:
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   <LI>Networking and leadership opportunities through participation in SIGSOFT events</li>
   <li>Stimulating interaction among practitioners, researchers, and educators through SIGSOFT events</li>
   <li>Representing software engineers to professional, legal, and political entities</li>
   <li>Opportunities to serve as a <a href="volunteer.html">volunteer</a> in various capacities in relation to SIGSOFT activities</li>
   <li>Fostering professional development of software engineers through participation in the Computing Curriculum for Software Engineering Steering Committee</li>
   <li>Providing assistance to graduate students presenting papers at SIGSOFT-sponsored conferences via the Conference Attendance Program for Students grants</li>
   <li>Participation in honoring distinguished individuals through the: 
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     <li><a href="/awards/outstandingResearchAward.html">ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award</a></li> 
     <li><a href="/awards/distinguishedServiceAward.html">Distinguished Service Award</a></li> 
     <li><a href="/awards/influentialEducatorAward.html">Influential Educator Award</a></li>
     <li><a href="/awards/impactPaperAward.html">Impact Paper Awards</a> and</li>
     <li><a href="/awards/icseMIPAward.html">ICSE Most Influential Paper Award</a></li>
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   <li><a href="/awards/distinguishedPaperAward.html">ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards</a> are also given to a small number of papers accepted at SIGSOFT-sponsored conferences</li>
   <li>Participation in honoring distinguished Ph.D. students through the <a href="/awards/dissertationAward.html">ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award</a></li>
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<p>You can also join SIGSOFT without joining ACM, and we have special information for <a href="student.html">students</a> 
        and <a href="volunteer.html">volunteers</a>. 

<p>The current annual rates in US dollars are:</p>
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 <li>SIGSOFT membership, Professional: $20</li>
 <li>SIGSOFT membership, Student: $10</li>
 <li>SIGSOFT membership, Affiliate (non-ACM Member): $20</li>
 <li>SIGSOFT Member Plus Package (in addition to SIGSOFT membership):
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   <li>ICSE Proceedings: International Conference on Software Engineering (April): $30</li>
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<p>For further information about ACM and SIGSOFT membership, please refer to</p>
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 <li><a href="http://www.acm.org/membership/">ACM Membership Questions and Answers</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/membership/sig-pdfs/sigsoft.pdf">SIGSOFT Dues and Membership application</a> (PDF)</li>
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