The headquarters office can help chapters planning ACM membership drives by providing:

• ACM Membership Applications and brochures
• Publications Catalogs
• SIG Reference Guides
• Samples of ACM major publications and SIG newsletters
• ACM logo in camera-ready or electronic format

Each year, ACM chapters are entitled to receive a free set of mailing labels for the ACM members in their geographic area, in exchange for a copy of the chapter's membership roster. To get the free set of labels, contact the Local Activities Coordinator. The request may take up to two weeks to process.

If you would like to promote one of your events to the entire ACM membership, contact the Local Activities Coordinator to purchase a list.

ACM offers use of its Chapters-Announcement listserv to publicize noteworthy chapter events and conferences to ACM members in a specified area. The person requesting such services must have valid ACM membership, and should send a message in plain text format, along with a zip code range or ranges, to the Local Activities Coordinator. Chapters are limited to one message per month.

ACM Local Activities also maintains the Chapter Events Listserv, which can send announcements and other newsworthy items to ACM members in your area. Some examples of newsworthy items include:

• Joint meetings with other societies
• World-class speakers
• Local conferences, workshops or seminars
• Special awards or recognition
• Scholarships
• Contests/competitions

ACM welcomes the opportunity to publicize newsworthy events. MemberNet is ACM's online member newsletter covering ACM news and activities, which is emailed to all ACM members each month. Items of interest may be submitted for publication by writing the MemberNet editor at mn-editoracm.org.

Distributed annually and upon request, this roster gives names, addresses and telephone numbers of ACM Council members and other key people, including Chapter chairpersons. The roster should be kept with this handbook: Online Key People Directory

The ACM Distinguished Speakers Program is one of the premier technology outreach programs in the computing industry. Each year several dozen distinguished computing professionals serve as current ACM Distinguished lecturers. These lecturers give talks to over one hundred ACM chapters and regional magnet events.

Recognition of service certificates for outgoing chairpersons who have served at least one year in office will be issued free of charge upon written request. Certificates for other officers will be issued on a cost recovery basis. The ACM President and Secretary sign these certificates. Send your request to local_activities@acm.org

Headquarters coordinates the initial processing of petitions and bylaws for new chapters and the processing of bylaw amendments with the Membership Activities Board, and issues a hand-lettered Certificate of Charter when a chapter is chartered. Copies of each chapter's bylaws are kept on file at Headquarters, and are available upon request.

Each chapter is required to submit a statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements every year. The Local Activities Director can answer most general questions about the form, as well as other basic questions regarding financial management. Questions more complex in nature should be directed to ACM controller. All inquiries from the IRS to the chapter should be directed to the ACM Director of Finance.

The Commercial Package covers ACM legal liability for negligent acts on the part of ACM employees, volunteers, ACM Professional, Special Interest Group (SIG), and Student Chapters causing bodily injury, personal injury, or property damage to a third party up to $1 million each occurrence and $2 million aggregate as long as the suit is brought in the US; the following major perils worldwide are covered:

• injury arising out of accidents
• property damage arising out of accidents
• personal injury (false arrest, invasion of privacy, libel and slander)
• serving alcoholic beverages
• fire legal liability (if ACM causes a fire in leased premises)
• liability for business contracts (covers legal liabilities for damage or loss of property and bodily injury ACM would be responsible for in contracts, but would not cover non-performance)

ACM Information Director Resource Kit for Server accounts and Mailing lists

ACM Information Directors are appointed by official ACM chapters to manage the development and maintenance of appropriate ACM online services.