Membership Benefits
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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP - PAID FOR BY YOUR DUES
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1. Professional Consultants - Safety & Compliance (FDA, DOT, Homeland Security, HR, OSHA, EPA), Government Affairs, and Technology. |
Available for free consultations - all questions are encouraged. On site training and mock audits at special GAWDA rates. |
| 2. Highly acclaimed Welding & Gases Today, a quarterly magazine, and GAWDA Connection, a semi-monthly electronic newsletter. | Included. Free magazine subscriptions to Key Contract, CEO, and all branches. Electronic newsletter free to all who have email address on file with HQ. |
| 3. gawda.org - "The Keeper of the Knowledge" - thousands of fully searchable pages of safety, compliance, and other information. | Included. Available to all members with a User Name and Password. To receive User Name and Password, contact HQ. |
| 4. Safety and HR Compliance Teleconferences - Bi-monthly presentations by our consultants on a hot safety or other topic. | Included. Read GAWDA Connection for scheduling announcements. |
| 5. Webinars hosted by member service providers on subjects of specific interest to distributors of industrial gases and welding supplies. | Included. Read GAWDA Connection for scheduling announcements. |
| 6. Online Membership Database and Directory - database fully searchable, and updated monthly. | Included. Printable at no cost from www.gawda.org. |
| 7. Monthly Safety Organizer containing safety and other guidance and training. | Included. |
| 8. Financial and Compensation Benchmarking Data - Annual Profit Report, Quarterly Trends Report, and Bi-Annual Cross-Industry Compensation and Benefits Report. | Profit Report and Compensation Survey included at special GAWDA rate. Online quarterly Trends Report is FREE to GAWDA members. |
| 9. Industry Advocacy initiatives in partnership with CGA | Included. In 2003, GAWDA and CGA met with FDA and filed brief on new medical gas cGMP guidelines. |
| 10. Regulatory Alerts | Published as necessary. |
11. Surplus Inventory -
Online Clearinghouse for excess inventory. |
Published monthly and posted at www.gawda.org |
OTHER
VALUABLE BENEFITS AVAILABLE AT A SPECIAL GAWDA PRICE |
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| 12. SOP Manual for Medical Oxygen. | Available only to GAWDA members. |
| 13. SOP modules for other medical gases, training, compliance audits, and other specialized medical gases services available from B&R Compliance Associates, GAWDA's FDA and Medical Gases Consultant. | Available only to GAWDA members. |
| 14. GAWDA University. Networking and Educational Programming - Spring Management Conferences, Regional Meetings, Annual Convention, Special Safety and Compliance Seminars. | See calendar of events at www.gawda.org. 12 presentations on key issues for Sales, Executive, and Operations management (4 each). April 5-6 SMC co-located with AWS Welding Show in Chicago. 2003 Convention attendees claimed the event was worth an average of $23,900 in new business. |
| 15. Online FDA, OSHA, DOT, EPA, and HR Compliance Manuals - 4-volume set fully searchable by all employees of companies with subscription. Updated annually. | Available only to GAWDA members. |
| 16. Specially priced business programs and services from Strategic Business Partners sponsored by GAWDA or National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW). | Available at www.gawda.org under Resources and Business Services. |
| 17. Group Life Insurance Program including dependent and AD&D coverage | Program through MetLife currently insures 126 GAWDA member companies and 5,286 employees. |
| 18. Safety and other literature, posters, manuals, etc. | Available now from HQ. Listing posted at www.gawda.org. |