YOU MAKE ASDSO
MORE COMMITTED THAN EVER
Thank you for becoming an Active Member of ASDSO, the leading national non-profit association dedicated to dam and levee safety. Since ASDSO was founded in 1983, we have worked to establish and strengthen state dam safety programs and improve interstate and intergovernmental communication about dam safety. Together, we have continued to advance this mission and to hold ourselves to a high standard. ASDSO members believe we have a responsibility to make a difference in our communities and nation by decreasing the risks associated with dams. ASDSO supports a diverse membership who are unified by mission. Your professional and mission-driven interests are supported by ASDSO. This booklet is an intro to maximizing your membership, finding opportunities, and discovering your role in ‘building a future where all dams are safe.’
YOUR MEMBERSHIP MAKES AN IMPACT
Your membership investment not only provides support to you in your career and interests, it helps the association have a meaningful impact on reducing the risks associated with dams. Thanks for making ASDSO stronger!
Thanks to your dues, donations and other fundraising successes, ASDSO is creating open source educational videos for dam owners, operators and the public. ›› DamSafety.Org/Dam-Owners
MAXIMIZE
YOUR MEMBERSHIP What do you want out of your ASDSO membership?
›› Through membership dues, you support ASDSO projects that directly give back and support the community at large.
In 2020-21, ASDSO leaders were quoted or data was used by 70 plus news outlets increasing the awareness of dam safety issues.
WHO ARE THE
ASDSO MEMBERS?
Iowa State Representative Jon Garton, who had a growing interest in video production, worked with the Dam Owner Outreach Committee to explore ways to create videos specific to dam owners. The work led to what would become ASDSO’s Dam Owner Academy, a growing series of educational YouTube videos.
Young professional, Lee Mauney, is an avid reader and discovered many books that he felt could interest ASDSO’s membership. Lee reached out to the Journal of Dam Safety Editorial Committee and began the ASDSO Book Club, a review of books that now appear in each quarterly issue of the journal.
Following the 2019 failure of Spencer Dam in Nebraska, the owners, the state program, and ASDSO leadership saw the importance of discovering and sharing the causes and lessons learned. Mark Baker, the Dam Failures and Incident Committee co-chair, led what would be ASDSO’s first independent dam failure investigation.
QUICK START SET UP YOUR MEMBER PORTAL Visit the ASDSO Portal at https://portal.damsafety.org. To edit your profile, click the Login link, then enter the email address you used during the sign-up process. If you don’t remember your password (or if you were registered by someone else), click the Forgot Your Password link to request a reset. Once you are logged in, click the Profile square on the ASDSO Portal home screen to edit your account information.
SET UP YOUR COLLABORATE LOGIN To join ASDSO Collaborate, click the Collaborate button on the top of our homepage (www.DamSafety.org) or from the ASDSO Portal home screen underneath the Profile square (you will use the same login information you created in your ASDSO Portal). After you’ve signed the Terms and Conditions, you can join Communities from the blue menu bar and set up your email digest preferences from the top dropdown menu under: Profile – My Account – Community Notifications.
CONTACT OTHER MEMBERS While logged in at Collaborate, find other members by clicking Directory on the toolbar.
VOLUNTEER FOR A COMMITTEE Sign into your ASDSO Collaborate login, click on the Volunteer dropdown and choose Overview or Opportunities to learn more and to put your name forward.
START A CONVERSATION The best way to get involved in ASDSO is to ask questions and meet other members. This can be through attending an event, posting on collaborate, or through volunteering.
If you have any questions, here is how to reach us:
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