CAS Web Site Directory Supplants Membership Information Update

The CAS Committee on Online Services and the Executive Council have agreed to discontinue publication and distribution of the Membership Information Update. This publication has annually provided a midyear membership listing update for members whose address and/or telephone/fax/E-mail address had changed since the Yearbook was prepared. In addition, the Update included listings of members by ten employment types, further grouped by employer by city, and including member designations and telephone numbers.

Discontinuation of this publication saves the CAS an annual cost of approximately $15,000 to publish and mail a directory update. Through the CAS Web Site, users with passwords will be able to obtain more current members’ directory information that is updated on a monthly basis.

With the development and wide acceptance of the CAS Web Site, the Update-type information is now provided through the Members Only section of the Web Site. Directory information is accessed from a searchable membership database that is updated monthly by the CAS Office to record members’ address and other changes. The Update section for type of employment will be developed as before by the CAS Office and placed on the CAS Web Site (Members Only section) in July.

Members who have not yet registered for a password to the Members Only section on the CAS Web Site should contact Amy Wright, CAS Web Site Assistant, at awright@casact.org. Upon request to the CAS Office, Subscriber Program enrollees and Academic Correspondents will be provided with special passwords to the Members Only section at the CAS Web Site that are limited to the membership database and listing by employment type only.

Members, subscribers, and academic correspondents without access to the Internet may obtain a paper copy of the type of employment listing from the CAS Office. This service will be available in July 1998.