Member Toolbox

Welcome to the ESA Member Toolbox page. This page is designed to be a single-location for your most common membership needs with regards to keeping your ESA membership current and accurate.

 

Encourage Your Colleagues to Join ESA by Email:

Communicating with your colleagues by e-mail is probably one of the easiest things that you can do to help encourage membership. You are the link between the headquarters staff and the potential members that you know.

 

Version 1 (general):

ESA is the largest organization in the world dedicated to the study, understanding, research, and building the global knowledge base of insects. We were founded over 110 years ago and currently have over 5,500 international members in fields as wide-ranging as entomology, pest control, health departements, and academia. Some of the benefits of membership include:

• free online access to our scientific journals,
• free online access to our annual report -- Arthropod Management Tests,
• free members-only access to the ESA Membership Directory for networking opportunities,
• the opportunity to build your resume with leadership experience through committees and other forms of participation,
• significant discounts on attending ESA Meetings,
• free subscription to American Entomologist,
• free subscription to the ESA Newsletter, and much more.

May we send you some more information on ESA? If so, please simply reply to this email with your contact address. You can also access our website (http://www.entsoc.org/) and read more about the Society. A PDF of the membership application is attached to this note. Thanks for your time, and we look forward to serving you as a member very soon.

 

Version 2 (personal):

I heard that you might be interested in joining the Entomological Society of America. As a member for _____ years, I can tell you that I am delighted to hear this. I first joined ESA back in ______ because _______. I renew each year because ________________.

 

Some of the benefits of membership include:

• Free access to our online journals -- http://esa.catchword.org
• Free access to our online membership directory so you can keep in touch and network with entomologist around the world -- https://www.entsoc.org/Forms/d_login.aspx
• Discounts on attending our meetings -- /annual_meeting/2005/index.htm
• Discounts on books -- /Pubs/Overview/
• And so much more!

Our international membership includes over 5,700 members from virtually all aspects of the entomological community including students, zoologists, apiculturists, pest control professionals, researchers, extension agents, and of course .. entomologists. Joining ESA is simple. We have an online application form (that can be found at https://www.entsoc.org/Forms/new_member.aspx) or by using the attached PDF form.

(for students only) We have a very active student membership. Students comprise over 20% of our ranks. Rodrigo Krugner is the current Chair of the Student Affairs Committee and he can be reached at rkrug001@student.ucr.edu if you have any student-related questions.

If I can be of any further assistance to you, please let me know. We are looking forward to having you with us!