New Member Application

Membership applications are complete when the application form, curriculum vitae (or resume/bio-sketch), and a description of your organization, including payment source, is submitted. Once complete, the Membership committee will review your application.

If you are not yet a member, but would like to receive updates about open SACME meetings or opportunities 3-4 times per year, click here to be added to our non-member mailing list.

Renewal Membership

Membership dues are not refundable. You may transfer your membership to another individual at your institution upon approval of the new individual’s application.

Event Cancellation

The policy for an event refund varies by event. Refunds are generally honored up to 30 days before the event with a $25-$50 cancellation fee. Cancellations within 30 days of an event are not refundable.  Please see individual event information for exact policy.

SACME Headquarters

SACME Headquarters
820 East High Street, Suite A   
p: 312-224-2522       
email: info@sacme.org

Opt-Out Option for Privacy

SACME does not provide its membership or subscriber list to any third party. Should Members wish to "opt out" of any public display of their contact information from formal SACME communications, members may log into their account, click "View Profile", and then click and edit the "Privacy" header. 

Delivery/Shipping from SACME

It is the responsibility of each SACME applicant or member to provide their correct mailing address.  Use the SACME Headquarters contact information above to ensure that SACME has your correct mailing address.

Privacy Policy

SACME is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our members and visitors to our website. Outlined below is our policy for the collection and use of information through our website and other activities. SACME created this policy with a fundamental respect for the rights to privacy of our members, customers, and visitors.

Information Collection and Use
When becoming a member of SACME, registering for our educational events or conferences, ordering products, making a donation, and signing up for services offered through SACME using our website or through printed forms or interaction with staff, you may be asked for information about yourself, including but not limited to contact information (such as name, e-mail address, mailing address and phone number) or demographic information (such as professional designations and professional activity information). This information is used by SACME to plan and conduct the relevant activities, and to communicate with you regarding related events and services provided by SACME. In some cases, this information may also be used to understand the audience for SACME’s programs and services in the aggregate and to provide insight into typical users of those products and services, so we may better plan for new and revised service offerings.

SACME maintains a searchable member directory online, available only to current members. Members may, at any time, remove themselves from inclusion in this directory or limit the information listed about themselves. Members may not use the information in the SACME member directory for promotional or marketing purposes.

For our services that require payment (such as certain events, products and services), we collect credit card information (such as account name, number and expiration date) and/or bank account information (such as routing and account information found on checks), which is used for billing purposes only and is not otherwise shared, except with a reputable third-party processing vendor. All sensitive payment data transmitted via SACME’s website is protected using Transport Layer Security (TLS), an industry-standard encryption protocol. In addition, SACME implements additional safeguards such as access controls, audit logs, and data security policies to help ensure the integrity and confidentiality of member and customer information.

We may at times have additional features through which you may submit information to us (such as feedback forms). Requests for service, support, or information may be forwarded as needed to best respond to a specific request. Under some circumstances, we may retain e-mails and other  information sent to us for our internal administrative purposes and to help us better serve customers. From time to time, we may invite you to provide information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and therefore you have a choice whether to disclose requested contact information (such as name and mailing address) and demographic information (such as zip code or job title). In addition to other uses set forth in this policy, contact information collected in connection with surveys and contests is used to notify the winners and award prizes and may be shared with sponsors of such surveys or contests.

If you participate in any of our in-person activities, your image may appear in images and media produced about the event. These images and media may be used by SACME to market future events and services or may be used for service delivery (e.g., recorded sessions at conferences made available at a later date as educational offerings).

Automatically Collected Data
Web servers, including SACME’s, automatically collect information about visitors. This information includes the date, time, and navigation history of the session, as well as your browser type and IP address. This information does not contain anything that can identify you personally. Automatically collected data may be used to deliver content specific to your interests and to honor your preferences. We use “cookies,” a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Cookies make it possible for us to reduce the number of times you are required to log in or to tailor the website to fit your interests. Most internet browsers allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to the instructions or help screen of your browser to learn how it handles cookies. Some of our business affiliates may use cookies on our sites in ads or promotions. We have no access to or control over these business affiliates’ cookies, so we urge you to read their privacy policies for information.

Information About You that May Be Stored in Our Database
We may check the information you have provided against any information we have about you in our database. We do this to ensure that we maintain the most current and accurate information about you as a valued member. You are provided the ability to update and manage much of the relevant information we retain about you through the use of the “View Profile” function on the website account menu available to any validated (logged in) user.

Our database may contain your name, address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address, if you provide them. We may also collect additional information about you related to your participation with SACME including but not limited to: offices you hold, committees, councils, boards or task forces on which you serve or have served, membership status and history, meetings and events attended, products purchased, certification-related activity status and history, invoice and payment history.

How We Use Information About You
Automatically collected data such as cookies and log files help us understand the interests of our visitors in order to enhance their experience on our sites. We also use this information for our internal security audit log, trend analysis and system administration, and to gather broad demographic information about our user base for aggregate use.

We may use information you have provided to process transactions you request. We may also use this information to inform you of new products and upcoming events that may be of interest to you, based on your participation in SACME activities, purchases of products, or interests you have indicated. You may choose not to receive these communications. We may combine demographic information you have supplied with site usage data to produce general profiles, in aggregate form that cannot identify you personally, about our members, customers, and visitors and their preferences in the content of the site and advertising.

We use aggregate demographic information about our members, customers, and visitors to improve our service, for marketing purposes, and/or industry reporting purposes. We may use images and media that include your likeness for marketing purposes or as part of a recorded educational offering.

Shared Data
We partner with other third parties to provide specific services. For example, conference registration services may be provided by a third party. These third parties are not allowed to use information about you except for the purpose of providing these services. We may share aggregated or composite information that does not identify you personally with our advertisers, exhibitors, and business affiliates. In certain situations, exhibitors and sponsors may receive contact information for events they sponsor. Relevant participants are provided an opportunity to exclude themselves from that contact information sharing. SACME may be required to provide information about any of its members or prospective members to law enforcement or government agencies.

Security
When our registration or order forms request sensitive information (such as credit card numbers), that data is transmitted securely using industry-standard encryption protocols, specifically Transport Layer Security (TLS). SACME also employs additional safeguards such as firewalls, access controls, and encryption of data at rest where applicable, to protect the confidentiality and integrity of member information.

Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that SACME cannot be held responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We urge you to read the privacy statements of websites that collect personally identifiable information.