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Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-3113 (847) 491-5657, fax (847) 491-7713 schatz@chem.nwu.edu Brown University Department of Chemistry 324 Brooke Street Providence, RI 02912 (401) 863-3418, fax (401) 863-2594 richard_stratt@brown.edu Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, USDOE 201 Spedding Hall Ames, IA 50011 (515) 294-0452, fax (515) 294-5204 mark@si.fi.ameslab.gov |
University of California Department of Chemistry 237 Hildebrand Berkeley, CA 94720 (510) 642-3502, fax (510) 642-6262 dan@radon.cchem.berkeley.edu Department of Chemistry University of California Irvine, CA 92697 (949) 824-6018, fax (949) 824-8571 jchemmin@uci.edu Department of Chemistry University of Oregon 210 Willamette Hall Eugene, OR 97403 (541) 346-4635, fax (541) 346-5859 richmond@oregon.uoregon.edu |
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Department of Chemistry University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 333-3374 |
Lab of Chem Physics, NIH Bldg 5, Room 104 Bethesda, MD 20892-0520 (301) 496-6030 Dept. of Chemistry Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 355-9715 x257 |
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Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412) 624-8690 Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706 (608) 262-0265 |
Dept. of Chemistry University of California Davis, CA 95616 (530) 752-2203 Department of Chemistry North Dakota State Univ. Fargo, ND 58105 (701) 231-8291 |
George Schatz
Greetings from the Chair of the Physical Division. Although I have only recently assumed this position, I have been moving through the ranks of the Executive Committee for the last three years, including spending last year as Program Chair. What I have learned from this experience is that the Physical Division is blessed with lots of very talented volunteers, both in the Executive Committee and among members who help with organizing symposia, raising money, chairing sessions and many other tasks. As a result, this is an exciting and active organization, one that tries hard to be in touch with the needs of the members, and which is also doing a good job of maintaining the visibility of Physical Chemistry within the ACS.
Perhaps the most important function of the Physical Division is to organize the program in physical chemistry for the ACS National meetings. I am, therefore, pleased to say that the San Francisco meeting is going to be our biggest ever, with nearly 500 papers given within the Division program. Dan Neumark is the Program Chair, and he has put together an exciting set of invited symposia including: Aperiodic Metals and Metallic Glasses: Surface Properties; Atmospheric Chemistry (Harold Johnston Festschrift); Potential Energy Surfaces: From Polyatomics to Macromolecules; Patterning, Functionalization, and Reactivity of Complex Solid Surfaces; Frontiers of Protein Structure and Function; Physical Chemistry of Chirality; and Physical Chemistry at High Pressure and Temperature.
One of the highlights of the Atmospheric Chemistry symposium will be talks by six Nobel Prize winners (Paul Crutzen, Dudley Herschbach, Yuan Lee, Rudolph Marcus, Mario Molina, and F. Sherwood Rowland). We will also be cosponsoring a symposium with the Colloid and Surface Science Division honoring Gabor Somorjai.
In addition to the invited symposia, we will be having the usual Divisional poster session on Wednesday night. This includes many poster papers that are connected with the invited symposia, along with posters that cover other areas of physical chemistry. Also, there will be a strong contingent of Physical Division poster papers in the Sci-Mix program on Monday night. In case you have not gone to Sci-Mix, this is a society wide event that includes papers from all ACS divisions. Free liquid refreshment is provided, so this is well worth attending.
As a special activity for the San Francisco meeting, we will celebrate the millennium with a special symposium (which runs in an exclusive time slot on Sunday afternoon) entitled Physical Chemistry in the 21st Century. Speakers in this include: Ann McDermott, Susan Solomon, Martin Head-Gordon, David Nesbitt, Sunney Xie and Jim Heath. Please do not miss this exciting opportunity to hear about some of the hottest areas of physical chemistry.
As is customary at our Spring meeting, we will have a special symposium on Tuesday (with one talk on Monday) to honor the winners of ACS awards. This year we will be presenting nine ACS Awards, including the Wilson Award to Ad Bax, the Theoretical Chemistry Award to Ernest Davidson, the Hildebrand Award to Harry Frisch, the Olah Award to James Haw, the Nobel Laureate Signature Award to Alex Kandel and Dick Zare, the Barnes Award to George Samara, the Langmuir Award to Rich Saykally, the Catalysis Award to Gabor Somorjai, and the Debye Award to Peter Wolynes. I would like to congratulate everyone on winning these prestigious awards. This has been a banner year for awards given to members of the Physical Division, and we look forward to some exciting talks.
We strongly encourage anyone who is interested to become a member of the Division. You do not have to be an ACS member to join, and it is easy to do using instructions that are given elsewhere in this booklet (or on the division web page which I give later). Alternatively, if you are already a member, it is easy to join when you get your annual statement from the ACS. For just $12 per year (less for students), membership provides you with a poster which announces symposium topics several months before each meeting, and then closer to the meeting, you receive this book that includes abstracts of papers given in the division, and the divisional newsletter. In addition, if you are a graduate student, you are eligible for a travel award to support travel to a meeting where you are presenting a paper. Most of the Division dues is used to support activities at meetings, and if Division members attend sessions, or give papers, we derive additional income that helps us to do even more. Both students and non-students can join either of the Subdivisions (Theoretical and Biophysical) for free, and receive their newsletters. You are also welcome to become involved in the Division by suggesting symposium topics for meetings. Current members can forward their suggestions to the Division Secretary, Mark Gordon (mark@si.fi.ameslab.gov). Please include the names of potential organizers as well as possible speakers with your suggestions. Remember that Program Chairs for the Division operate with a one-two year lead-time for most symposia, so much of our planning at this point concerns 2001 and beyond.
Let me take this opportunity to say thanks to my predecessors, as these are the people who have made the Division what it is today, and I have really enjoyed working with them. Geri Richmond was my immediate predecessor as Chair of the Division. She and her predecessor, Ellen Stechel, played a significant role in getting the Physical Division, and now other Divisions, to form a working dialog with the National Science Foundation through a series of meetings that take place at each National Meeting between NSF Chemistry Officers and Divisional representatives. I look forward to following their lead in participating in these meetings. Also, Mark Gordon, and his administrative staff person, Kristin Hinders, have played an enormous role in attending to the day-to-day activities of the Division, especially as concerns the finances of the Division, and taking care of details of the program for ACS National Meetings. I worked closely with Kristin in organizing the two 1999 meetings, and thanks to modern electronic communication it often seemed like Kristin was next door rather than in the next state as we ironed out details that required hourly conversations. Kristin's help was especially important this last year, as we made the transition to the OASys on-line abstracts system. My successor, Dan Neumark, has been involved in completing this transition, and he is again to be commended for the hard work that is required to put together a program of the complexity that we have for San Francisco using software that is still under development. One final person that should be mentioned is Steve Bachrach, who continues to be the webmaster of the ACS Physical Chemistry Division (http://hackberry.chem.trinity.edu/ PHYS) and who has also helped out with the Division's transition to the 21st century.
I look forward to seeing you in San Francisco.
Dear PHYS Division Member:
The Bylaws of the Division of Physical Chemistry, approved in 1977, call for the Division Chair to appoint a three person nominating committee before the spring meeting. A complete slate of candidates prepared by this committee will consist of one candidate for Vice-Chair-Elect, one candidate for each of two vacancies on the Executive Committee, and one candidate for each vacancy that may have developed in the ranks of the division Councilors, Alternate Councilors, and Secretary-Treasurer position. The Vice-Chair-Elect automatically becomes the Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect, Chair, and Immediate Past-Chair in each succeeding year. Thus this person makes a commitment to serve five years on the Executive Committee. In the year this person serves as Chair-Elect the duties of Program Chair are also his or hers. The term of office for other Executive Committee members, Councilors, and Alternate Councilors is three years. The Secretary-Treasurer serves five years.
The Secretary-Treasurer is required to announce the slate of candidates in the fall newsletter (which is part of the abstract separates for the fall meeting).
To increase the input of the members in this nominating process and to broaden the pool of candidates, the executive committee seeks input directly from members for use by the nominating committee. Any member may suggest nominees to any of the officers of the PHYS division in writing. The nominee must agree to serve.
Additional nominations can come from the membership in the following fashion: A petition candidate must be supported by the signatures of not fewer than 4% of the members of the PHYS division in good standing (presently approximately 3,500). No signature shall be valid if it appears on more than one nominating petition for the same vacancy during the same calendar year.
A letter shall be submitted from each petition nominee stating willingness to be a candidate for election and to serve the Division for a full term if elected. No nominee may be a candidate for more than one vacancy. If nominated for more than one vacancy, the nominee must choose which nomination to accept.
Four weeks from the date of the mailing of the fall newsletter shall be allowed for additional nominations to be received by the Secretary-Treasurer. All valid nominations received within that period shall be accepted, and no others.
If no valid nominations are forthcoming from the membership, the nominees submitted by the Nominating Committee for Vice-Chair-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer and membership on the Executive Committee are declared elected.
Regardless of whether petition nominees are validated or not, the Bylaws require the Secretary-Treasurer to mail to every PHYS division member a ballot that bears at a minimum the names and biographical sketches of the single candidates for each Councilor and Alternate Councilor vacancy submitted by the Nominating Committee.
New Officers for the PHYS division follow.
The first six physical chemists assumed their respective offices at the close of the national ACS meeting in New Orleans, LA (August 1999). The Councilors and Alternate Councilors began their terms of service on January 1, 2000. The PHYS division thanks outgoing officers Geraldine Richmond (Chair), George Schatz (Chair-Elect), Daniel Neumark (Vice-Chair), Richard M. Stratt (Vice Chair-Elect), Paul Houston (Executive Committee), John Simon (Executive Committee), and Ron Levy (Alternate Councilor) for their service to the Division.
Mark Gordon
This newsletter contains information about the ACS national meetings and any other items of interest to significant numbers of PHYS division members. All members of the PHYS division are welcome to submit items to the Secretary for inclusion in the newsletter. The deadlines are generally around December 1 and May 1 for the newsletters appearing before the Spring and Fall ACS meetings, respectively. Submissions may be made via mail, FAX or e-mail.
In response to member feedback, the Biophysical Subdivision was formed to support the growing number of physical chemists who study biological systems.
Subdivision membership is free to dues-paying members or affiliates of the Division of Physical Chemistry. To join the Biophysical Subdivision, notify the secretary, Gerald Babcock, at the address in the table of officers. Indicate that you wish to join and mention that you belong to the PHYS division. If you do not belong to the Division, you may join both the Division and the Biophysical Subdivision by completing the application form at the end of this newsletter.
A nominating committee, consisting of Krishnan Ragavachari (Lucent Technologies), Gregory Ezra (Cornell University) and Richard Stratt (Brown University) selected Edwin L. Sibert (Wisconsin) as the new Vice-Chair of the Subdivision. We all thank Ned for graciously agreeing to serve and undertaking this important responsibility. He began his duties at the conclusion of the New Orleans meeting.
Theoretical Chemistry News is mailed semiannually to all members of the Theoretical Chemistry Subdivision. It includes news of symposia at national meetings as well as information about the Theoretical Chemistry Postdoctoral Position Clearinghouse.
Subdivision membership is free to dues-paying members or affiliates of the Division of Physical Chemistry. To join the Theoretical Subdivision notify the secretary, Michael Page, at the address in the table of officers. Indicate that you wish to join and mention that you belong to the PHYS division. If you do not belong to the Division, you may join both the Division and the Theoretical Chemistry Subdivision by completing the application form at the end of this newsletter.
The Executive Committee has been soliciting formal suggestions for symposia and speakers for the meetings to be held in three years. These suggestions will be essential input for organizing the programs of the meetings. For greatest effectiveness, follow these suggestions:
a) Recommend a symposium topic, organizer and list of suggested speakers. (A list of recent PHYS symposia follows for information purposes.)
b) Provide a brief description of the significance of the symposium.
Numerous symposia in 2000 have been accepted based upon these suggestions.
The deadline for receipt of suggestions is August 1, 2000. (Address these to the Secretary/Treasurer, Mark S. Gordon, at the address in the table of officers.) The Executive Committee will meet in Washington DC in August to plan the programs for 2002 and 2003.
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213th ACS National Meeting San Francisco, CA April 13 - 17, 1997 |
Frontiers in Electronic Structure
Theory Chemistry of Single Molecules Kinetics of Growth on Surfaces Symposium Honoring the Memory of Professor Brian E. Bent Dynamics of Complex Systems: Peter Debye Award Symposium Nanostructured Materials: Clusters, Composites & Thin Films Orientation and Alignment in Chemical Processes New Concepts in Surface Chemistry: Diffusive Motion of Atoms & Molecules on Surfaces |
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214th ACS National Meeting Las Vegas, NV September 7-11, 1997 |
Biophysical Chemistry Dynamics in Molecular Systems Heterogeneous & Homogeneous Processes in the Atmosphere Radiation Chemistry Structure & Dynamics at Liquid Interfaces Self-Assembling Thin Film Materials - Organized Multilayered Systems / Nanoscale and Patterned Assemblies |
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215th ACS National Meeting Dallas, TX March 29-April 2, 1998 |
Kinetics of Combustion Processes Electron Transfer Molecular Structure and Reactivity in Supercritical Fluids Structure and Dynamics of Amorphous Materials and Glasses Large Scale Electronic Structure Methods and Novel Applications Water at Surfaces Electrochemistry at Nanostructured Materials Device Applications of Nanoscale Material |
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216th ACS National Meeting Boston, MA August 23-27, 1998 |
Special Topics in High Resolution
Spectroscopy Structure and Reactivity of Complex Metal Oxide A Celebration of 20 Years of the Subdivision of Theoretical Chemistry Physical Properties of Polymeric Materials and Molecular Thin Films Innovations in Teaching Physical Chemistry Concepts and Courses Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry and Photophysics Biophysical Program: Oxygen Activation in Metalloenzymes Biophysical Program: Frontiers of Theory in Biophysical Chemistry Biophysical Program: Ultrafast Protein Responses |
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217th ACS National Meeting Anaheim, CA March 21-25, 1999 |
Liquids and interfaces (in honor
of Doug Henderson) Free radicals in condensed phases Unimolecular reactions and intramolecular dynamics Physical chemistry of sol-gel materials Frontiers of statistical mechanics: in honor of Ben Widom Linear conjugated polyenes: A celebration of the scientific career of Bryan Earl Kohler Structures of electrochemical interfaces by new spectroscopic probes and approaches |
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218th ACS National Meeting New Orleans, LA August 22-26, 1999 |
Water and Water Clusters Chemical Waves, Fronts and Patterns Chromophore Aggregates Electronically Nonadiabatic Processes in Gaseous, Cluster and Condensed Media Imaging in Chemical Dynamics Modern Electronic Structure Theory: Celebrating the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
The 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting will take place in San Francisco, CA, during the week of March 26-31, 2000. Dr. Daniel Neumark, 2000 Physical Chemistry Division Program Chair, has arranged for a broad range of topics in modern physical chemistry to be featured in symposia and a general poster session at this meeting. The topical symposia and their organizers are:
Co-sponsored Symposia
Online abstract submission deadline for this meeting is April 15, 2000. Paper abstracts are strongly discouraged, but may be submitted on the ACS Abstract Form to the symposium organizers before April 1, 2000.
Submit your abstract on-line at the ACS website: http://www.acs.org/meetings. Please see the following page for more information.
As is now customary, Program Chair Neumark has arranged for the presentation of contributed talks in each of the topical symposia. The contributed talks will be selected by the individual symposium organizers from among abstracts that explicitly request consideration for oral presentation. The criterion for selection will be close connection with the topics addressed in the symposia. Abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be assigned to the poster sessions, unless the authors request otherwise.
The individual organizers of each of the topical symposia will select contributions from those that specifically request an oral presentation. Since the organizers will not be able to accommodate all requests, the poster sessions will be specifically organized to group posters by symposium topic. While the symposia do cover a wide range of topics, they cannot cover the full depth and breadth of physical chemistry. The division welcomes general contributions to the poster sessions, which will be grouped by subject area.
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A speaker may give, at most, one invited talk in the PHYS division in any one calendar year. Note that this rule does not apply to contributed talks and posters, so there is still plenty of opportunity for all physical chemists to present their research results in the PHYS division.
Abstract requirements: Submit a 150 word abstract via the ACS web-based submission system, OASys. Submission instructions and information on abstract requirements can be found at the ACS Web site, http://www.acs.org/meetings.
Request for contributed oral presentation: Authors who submit a contributed paper to the program and wish their abstract to be considered for possible oral presentation in a topical symposium must indicate such preference. The abstract should be submitted to the symposium in which oral presentation is desired, and is due one week prior to the deadline.
General Papers: Members are cordially invited to present papers at the poster sessions. Abstracts should be submitted as instructed on the ACS Meetings web page, http://www.acs.org/meetings. The deadline, as published in C&E News, on the OASys web site, and the call for papers must be observed to allow the ACS to compile the program and to print and to circulate the abstracts.
Information and Rules Applying to All Contributed Poster Papers
Pacifichem, Honolulu, HI, December 14-19, 2000
The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Pacifichem 2000, is established to disseminate recent research results in the chemical sciences among chemists of the Pacific Rim countries, thereby fostering industrial development, improving local and global environments, and enhancing the material well-being of the peoples of Pacific Rim countries. The Congress is cosponsored by the ACS, The Chemical Society of Japan, the Canadian Society for Chemistry, the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.
Contributed papers are welcome for most symposia in either oral or poster format. The anticipated deadline for submission of abstracts is April 1, 2000. Further information can be obtained from the Congress Secretariat, c/o American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, e-mail:pacifichem@acs.org, fax: 202-872-6128, http://www.acs.org/meetings/paci fic2000/
Over 179 symposia have already been accepted for presentation at Pacifichem 2000. The following 23 symposia are planned in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (Area 10):
San Diego, CA, April 1-5, 2001
Program Chair: Professor Richard Stratt, Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brooke Street, Providence, RI 02912, richard_stratt@brown.edu
Chicago, IL, August 26-30, 2001
Program Chair: Professor Richard Stratt, Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brooke Street, Providence, RI 02912, richard_stratt@brown.edu
Orlando, FL, April 7-11, 2002
Program Chair: Professor John C. Hemminger, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, jchemmin@uci.edu
Boston, MA, September 8-12, 2002
Program Chair: Professor John C. Hemminger, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, jchemmin@uci.edu
http://www.hec.utah.edu/TheoryPage |
Theoretical chemistry lies at the interfaces among chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computational science, and has been greatly affected by the ongoing explosive growth in computer technology. It is an exciting and ever-more-important area of modern chemistry education and research. This web site offers an overview of the roles that theory plays within chemistry education and research, illustrates the wide impact that theory has within chemistry, introduces the reader to theoretical chemistry's modern day components, and provides guidance to students who may be interested in pursuing a career in chemistry. The level of presentation used ranges from what motivated high school students can follow through that appropriate to a chemistry faculty member active in research.
Throughout the site, hundreds of references are provided that include widely used text books (including a link that offers full access to the author's text on the subject) as well as literature articles and world wide web contacts for many practicing theoretical chemists. A multitude of web links provide wonderful educational information from which students can gain further detail as well as links to additional exciting science material.
Sabbatical or Career Change Opportunity |
Senior professionals and graduate students are invited to apply for one of the two American Chemical Society Congressional Fellowships and a Science Policy Fellowship. Work in the Congress or ACS using your scientific and technical expertise. Gain first-hand knowledge of the government and contribute to decision-making. For a brochure contact:
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The application period for the ACS Scholars Program for the 2000-2001 academic year has begun. The application package is available on the web at:
or by mail at ACS Membership Division, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Postmark deadline for submission is February 15, 2000.
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Created by ACS in August 1996, ChemCenter helps users organize the vast number of electronic resources available today. It provides easy access to the existing Web resources of the Society ACS Publications Division, Chemical Abstracts Services, and ACS Web. Unique features of ChemCenter include hourly updated chemistry news, Web cards, and "This Week in Chemical History." ACS and other credible sources frequently post information important to practicing chemists, such as professional services, conferences, publications, databases, education, shopping, and resources. Opportunities exist on the Web site for users to participate in an interactive, virtual community where they can maintain awareness of important scientific issues, engage in collaborative discussions with fellow specialists, and debate research and issues of interest.
ChemCenter's Washington-based development team, guided by a senior-level steering committee, is working to expand the content and features available on the site. We invite you to visit ChemCenter and share your comments and suggestions. Contact Louise Voress by phone (202-872-4563); by fax (202-776-8253); by e-mail (l_voress@acs.org), or by snail mail (American Chemical Society, Room 525, 1155 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036).
National Inventors Hall of Fame |
All ACS members are invited by the Society's Committee on Patents and Related Matters (CP&RM) to make suggestions to the Committee on possible candidates for induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The inventor is not required to be a U.S. citizen, but the invention upon which the nomination is based must be covered by a U.S. patent. The invention must have contributed greatly to the national welfare and significantly promoted progress in science and the useful arts. Nomination documents can be obtained online at http://invent.org/book/nomination. html; by email to d_fillinich@acs.org, or write to Debbie Fillinich, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036. Nominations for the year 2000 will be accepted until February 1, 2000.
Legislative Action Center |
In an effort to promote ACS member involvement and to increase the Society's impact on public policy, the ACS has just added a Legislative Action Center to its Government Affairs web site,
The new center allows ACS members to identify their federal legislators, learn about the legislative process and key issues, and send letters or e-mail messages to Congress.
The Legislative Action Center comes in response to requests from ACS members to increase the Society's impact on Capitol Hill and to decrease the time it takes to communicate with policymakers. The Center also will be the essential tool for members participating in the Society's Legislative Action Network--a web-based grassroots program for updating ACS members on federal issues and facilitating contact with members of Congress. Using this interactive web site, Legislative Action Network participants now will be able to respond to timely legislative action alerts within minutes, alerting members of Congress to the concerns of ACS members before votes on R&D, education, and other key issues.
"The Action Center essentially will be a one-stop shop for all members to learn about ACS priority issues, profile their Representative and two Senators, and, if desired, send a message simultaneously to all three," said David Schutt, Assistant Director of the Office of Legislative and Government Affairs. "We hope those members not already participating in our grassroots networks will sign-up for the Legislative Action Network and take advantage of this first-rate system." Network participants also will receive monthly legislative bulletins via e-mail, to keep current on science education, R&D funding, the environment and other priority issues.
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We invite you to encourage non-members to join the PHYS division. It is the professional organization devoted to physical chemistry and physical chemists and can be most successful with maximum participation by physical chemists. Some of the more practical advantages of membership are: