There are many individual benefits of being an AAW member. One of the
premier benefits is the American Woodturner publication. Recently, the AAW
put the entire archive of the American Woodturner on our website. This vast
resource is available to the membership at will. We'd like to have you
experience this benefit. We have a temporary page for non-members to use to
enjoy this new member benefit.
http://www.woodturner.org/products/aw/WholeIssues/index.htm 
 

A new benefit of membership is the periodic drawings. Currently, there
is a monthly drawing from the membership for a group of very exciting
prizes. These drawings will continue all year and are planned for the future
as well. We also have a year end Grand prize drawing for a Powermatic lathe.
You can see the details on these drawings at
http://www.woodturner.org/org/mbrship/drawings.htm.

I think you'll agree that there are even more benefits to being an AAW
member. Recently we have added vendor discount program. We want to help get
our 13,600 + members in touch with vendors who support our non-profit
organization, by encouraging vendors to offer our membership exclusive
discounts and other incentives to buy the products they offer.  If you have
any questions, please feel free to contact me or ask your local chapter
contact. We'll be glad to answer any questions you may have.

There are many other benefits to membership they are listed here, please
take a look at the comprehensive list of the benefits of membership.

Benefits of AAW Membership
.Six issues of American Woodturner
.Marketing opportunities on our website for artists, collectors, galleries
and museums
.Group rates for health, life and commercial business insurance (US members
only)
.AAW members are covered by the chapter liability insurance AAW provides to
local chapters. Ability to demo at chapter events and shows.
.Merchandise discounts at many suppliers, and savings of up to 50% on AAW
merchandise, including project books, DVDs, logo apparel and more!
.Access to Educational Opportunity Grants
.AAW Forum and member-only access to articles and resources at
www.woodturner.org
.Ability to vote in AAW board elections if a member prior to the end of
August.
.Eligible to apply to be a member of  the Professional Outreach Program
(POP)
.Exhibit opportunities
.Annual International Woodturning Symposium
.Covered by the AAW provided local chapter liability insurance. To be
covered for bodily injury insurance for chapter demonstrations or events
.Access to apply for demonstration opportunities at AAW Symposiums
.AAW Resource Directory contains a complete listing of contact information
of our members, Local Chapters, demonstrators, and woodturning resources.
Updated listings are available to members on our website. A printed
directory is published biennially
.Local AAW Chapters. Over 325 local chapters offer workshops, camaraderie,
opportunities to share ideas and techniques, and access to lending
libraries, discounts, and volume purchases.
.Access to all past issues of American Woodturner through the Members Only
Area
.Access to machine-readable American Woodturner issues for those members who
are visually impaired, and use computer screen reading software - contact
the webmaster if this applies to you.

Thanks,
Kurt
kurth@woodturner.org