Are you a member of any ACM special interest groups? Which ones? Do you find your membership valuable? What kinds of value are you getting out of it? (Not affiliated with ACM. Just trying to get a sense of how valuable ACM memberships are.)
Are you a member of any ACM special interest groups? Which ones? Do you find your membership valuable? What kinds of value are you getting out of it? (Not affiliated with ACM. Just trying to get a sense of how valuable ACM memberships are.)
I’ve been a member of the ACM for the past twenty years. I’m not currently a member of any SIGs, but I have been a member of SIGPLAN, SIGSIM, and SIGWEB. When I was a student I signed up for multiple SIGs so I could read the proceedings at a reduced rate. With changes to ACM’s publication policy and the advancement of their digital library, I’m not sure if there is an economic benefit between the publications and membership anymore.
Membership within a SIG provides some benefits if you are interested in going to that community’s conferences or publishing in their journals. It is a signal that you are interested in joining and sustaining that community. But if you are just idly interested in the area, I don’t see the value.
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