Integrate New Members Roundtables provide a vital mechanism for new members to become active in the work of the Society and for meeting members with common interests. Roundtables provide new members a chance to participate and to contribute to the work of the group and the Society. Although it is expected that the core of a Roundtable is composed of Individual members of SAA, anyone can belong to a Roundtable. Because of this, Roundtables play a unique and significant role in recruiting new members to the Society. SAA members listed among those applying to Council.
Roundtables are responsible for maintaining their own membership information.
The Roundtables offer opportunities to their members to take leadership in working with and for their colleagues. Through the years, a considerable number of the elected and appointed positions within SAA have been filled by persons who began their leadership roles in Roundtables. They identify and consider issues in which a significant number of members have an interest. Members may investigate different facets of the issues, then report and discuss their findings during Roundtable meetings and through Roundtable mailings. Council remains the policy-setting body for SAA, and only it can promulgate a formal position for SAA or any of its constituent bodies.