ASA members contribute experience, questions, sources, and professional judgment through defined channels. Engagement works best when the right representative participates consistently and understands the scope, confidentiality, conflict, and competition rules.
Committees
Standing committees address regulatory affairs, scientific affairs, quality and manufacturing, government and state affairs, communications and public affairs, and membership and professional development.
Committee participation depends on category rights, subject relevance, capacity, balance, conduct, and the charter. A committee recommendation becomes an ASA position only through the required approval.
Task forces and working groups
ASA uses time-limited groups for a defined issue, project, or document. An assignment states the question, output, deadline, chair, participants, confidentiality, and end point. Members should join only when they can contribute relevant experience and meet the work schedule.
Policy and technical consultations
Consultations may request operational examples, source material, proposed language, data under an approved protocol, or review of a draft. ASA records material input and avoids disclosing a participant’s confidential business information in public work.
Member roundtables
Roundtables support candid discussion of shared questions without producing an automatic ASA position. Facilitators use an agenda and competition safeguards. Summaries are attributed and published only under the stated terms.
Education and faculty
Members may attend ASA Academy programs and, where qualified, be considered for faculty or reviewer roles. Faculty selection depends on subject fit, teaching ability, disclosures, balance, and the program standard—not membership level or sponsorship.
Leadership and advisory service
Board, chair, advisory, and reviewer roles require separate appointment and accountability. Attendance, sponsorship, or professional reputation does not create an automatic appointment. ASA records term, scope, qualifications, disclosures, and decision authority.
Member issue intake
A useful issue submission includes:
- official source or document;
- jurisdiction and deadline;
- affected operations or audience;
- the question ASA should address;
- available evidence and material uncertainty;
- the submitter’s interest and any confidentiality request.
Submission does not guarantee action. ASA evaluates mission fit, priority, authority, capacity, evidence, and consequence.
Participation standards
Members must:
- prepare and remain within scope;
- disclose relevant interests;
- protect controlled information;
- avoid sales pitches and improper competitive discussion;
- distinguish their organization’s view from ASA’s position;
- respect the chair, process, and other participants;
- complete agreed work or release the role.
Find a route to contribute
Current members can sign in to the member portal for active opportunities and records.