Membership Information
How to Join?
The SGMP membership application is available here as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file. You may download this file, then print it locally from your computer. You need to have Acrobat Reader to view and print this file. This software is available free of charge. There is also a Microsoft Word version if you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, but we would prefer you use the PDF file.
Complete the printed application. Planners AND CONTRACT PLANNERS must also complete and return the planner profile with the application. If you wish to affiliate with a chapter, MAIL your ORIGINAL SIGNED AND DATED application, along with your membership fee payable to SGMP, to the membership contact listed for the chapter you wish to affiliate with.
All completed applications should be mailed to Carolyn Barrett, CHSP,the membership chair and not directly to the national office. Mailing your application to the national office will cause a delay in processing the application.
Carolyn Barrett, CHSP
The Whitney A Wyndham Historic Hotel
610 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Faxed or emailed applications WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED and will delay the processing or your membership!
Note: Supplier applications must be submitted with a completed planner application or they will be returned to the applicant.
Membership Benefits
SGMP is the only national organization dedicated to improving the knowledge and expertise of individuals in the planning and management of government meetings through education, training, and industry relationships. SGMP offers it members
- Education in basic and advanced areas of meeting planning
- Information on the latest techniques and services available to insure successful meetings
- A referral network of planner resources and opportunities to inspect conference facilities
- Regional chapter education conferences, chapter affiliation, monthly meetings, and newsletters
- Professional contact with other government planners and suppliers knowledgeable in government contracting
- A comprehensive membership directory updated each year
- SGMP's newsletter Government Meeting Professional, published six times a year on this web site
- Government Meetings Advantage Magazine, published and mailed to each member quarterly
- The National Annual Education Conference providing an excellent opportunity for members to share the latest techniques in meeting management
As the only professional meetings industry association specializing in the government market, SGMP offers its members opportunities for professional development through:
- Encouraging and improving communication, understanding, and cooperation between planners and suppliers through regular
- meetings, discussions, and conferences;
- Expanding the knowledge and abilities of planners and suppliers by conducting formal education programs;
- Aiding planners in locating and evaluating commercial meeting facilities and support services by operating a communications link;
- Researching, analyzing, and translating regulatory policies and legislative issues which affect governmental meetings;
- Promoting an understanding in decision-making areas that directly or indirectly impact the scope of operations of the planner;
- Maintaining liaison activities with other professional meeting planner and supplier groups; and,
- Providing guidance and advice to planners on all phases of planning, executing, and evaluating government meeting.
For more information, contact Carolyn Barrett, Director of Sales, The Whitney A Wyndham Historic Hotel.
Email: cbarrett@wyndham.com