Also from this week's C&EN, Kristin Omberg, the chair of ACS' Committee on Budget & Finance writes about the increase:
Each spring, the Society Committee on Budget & Finance (B&F) reviews a proposed membership dues increase for the following calendar year. Between 2015 and 2016, dues increased $4.00, from $158 to $162. In 2017, dues will increase $4.00 again, to $166.If you'd like to understand their formula, read on.
It's cause of Scihub, innit?
ReplyDeleteLOL. (Real answer: it tracks a portion of the Consumer Price Index.)
DeleteBecause everyone knows that the ACS execs deserve a raise even when so many members are un-/under-employed.
DeleteWell the top 10 paid ACS employees only made ~6 million dollars combined in 2014. It's only the dues of roughly 30 thousand ACS members.
DeleteYou really might as well just set 2 benjamins alight!
ReplyDelete"Views expressed on this page are those of the author and not necessarily those of ACS."
ReplyDeleteI wish you could get C and E news without being a member.
ReplyDeleteThat is the only thing that I miss about not being a member.
I understand that you can get it as a non-member for $285.
DeleteOr you can dig them out of the recycling bin at work for free!
DeleteI find the 25 free articles are a huge benefit. As a corporate scientist, we do not have subscriptions to most journals and have to pay one by one. There are plenty of ACS articles I want to read, but don't quite match the corporate bottom line. That's what I use my 25 freebies for.
ReplyDeleteThank God for those good Communists at sci-hub!
ReplyDeleteNo thanks. Free content on the internet has been way more useful than paying to be part of an outdated professional organization.
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