SMA membership provides many benefits for you and your company. It gives you personally the opportunity to meet, network and interact with your counterparts in other companies on an ongoing basis. It also provides an opportunity to be involved with the planning and managing of APEC, as well as giving you and your colleagues a discount on registration fees for attending APEC and other PSMA sponsored workshops and events.
Other Benefits:

• Your company gets a listing on the PSMA web site with a hyperlink directly to your company web site. In addition, your company has an invitation to provide a Spotlight Banner to showcase its latest product on the PSMA Home Page
• Your company also receives free or discounted copies of PSMA publications and reports,
• An important membership benefit is the opportunity to join and participate in one or more of the PSMA Technical Committees. Participating in one or more committees is the best way to increase the benefits from your company and your personal PSMA membership. People involved in PSMA Technical Committees all agree that their investment returns multiple benefits that surpass the time spent participating – both for their company and for their own careers. Just ask someone who is a committee member. The committee provides the opportunity to network with knowledgeable people who are influencing the power sources industry.

You are personally encouraged to join a committee and get involved in their activities. Most committees meet about once a month for about one hour by web conferencing. You are welcome to attend and monitor a committee meeting before making a decision to join the group. If you are interested in attending one of the meetings, please contact the Association Office for call-in information.

This is an open invitation to participate in or join any committee. Bring your experience, interest and enthusiasm to influence and impact the direction of the organization. Currently PSMA has the following committees:

• Capacitors
• Energy Harvesting
• Energy Management
• Industry-Education
• Magnetics
• Marketing
• Power Electronics Packaging
• Reliability
• Safety & Compliance
• Semiconductors
• Technology Roadmap
• Transportation Power Electronics

Your participation will contribute added value to the subject and enhance your own knowledge.
This is also a great way to network with your colleagues.

For more information describing the committees and the dates for the next meetings, please view the PSMA web site or contact the PSMA office at power@psma.com.

If you or anyone in your company is interested in getting on the distribution list for future issues of PSMA UPDATE, please send e-mail to: power@psma.com. Be sure to include your name and the name of your company.