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ACETA activities and member benefits
ACETA activities and member benefits include:
Membership types
ACETA offers two memberships:
General membership. This is for a manufacturer or distributor of commercial and/or entertainment technology products. Fees are based on the number of full time equivalent employees a company has as follows:
At the 2015 AGM, ACETA took the decision to REDUCE membership prices for general members. The new rates are as follows:
Annual subscription fee for General Members,
All prices are ex GST.
This reduction was in response to industry feedback that many companies wanted to join but couldn't justify the fee. Consultation was held to identify what fee they thought was reasonable and this schedule was developed based on that information.
Associate membership for $450 pa plus GST. This is for an incorporated company, trust, partnership or joint venture in Australia which re-sells; services or maintains; rents or hires; provides system design, integration, installation; provides training (including schools, colleges and universities); and which are media and/or trade/industry event owners for the industry.
Individuals may not become members of ACETA.
ACETA activities and member benefits include:
- Representing the interests of the industry to and building relationships with government and government authorities, such as the ACMA, the Department of Trade and Industry, Export Australia and AusTrade
- Reduced price testing and compliance with Comtest Laboratories, the premier NATA-accredited lab in Australia and the number one compliance management team
- The ACETA safety campaign; raising the issue of the growing number of non compliant and unsafe suppliers in the industry and how to differentiate. Members can use the ACETA logo to identify themselves as companies that comply with Australian laws and standards.
- ACETA Forum webinars. webinars covering topics including RCM, marketing on a shoestring, HR for small businesses, manufacturing issues and the digital switchover that is impacting wireless audio, plus face to face workshops at industry events and articles in trade media
- Continuing to work with government, the ACMA and the wireless audio community to represent the interests of all users
- Helping attract good quality candidates to the industry's job vacancies
- Continuing to advocate for what the industry wants for a trade show: one compellingly attractive show in one place under one roof
- Presenting information and news to the industry through the regular Bulletin.
- Members section of the website with exclusive content
Membership types
ACETA offers two memberships:
General membership. This is for a manufacturer or distributor of commercial and/or entertainment technology products. Fees are based on the number of full time equivalent employees a company has as follows:
At the 2015 AGM, ACETA took the decision to REDUCE membership prices for general members. The new rates are as follows:
Annual subscription fee for General Members,
All prices are ex GST.
- A qualifying organisation with up to two full-time employees: $900
- A qualifying organisation with three full-time employees: $1200
- A qualifying organisation with four full-time employees: $1,500
- A qualifying organisation with five or more full-time employees: $1,800
This reduction was in response to industry feedback that many companies wanted to join but couldn't justify the fee. Consultation was held to identify what fee they thought was reasonable and this schedule was developed based on that information.
Associate membership for $450 pa plus GST. This is for an incorporated company, trust, partnership or joint venture in Australia which re-sells; services or maintains; rents or hires; provides system design, integration, installation; provides training (including schools, colleges and universities); and which are media and/or trade/industry event owners for the industry.
Individuals may not become members of ACETA.
To join ACETA please follow these prompts:
Please read the constitution - all members must agree to follow it and the industry guidelines.
Fill out & submit member application form.