Benefits for Local Authority Members
ALGIM exists solely to help its members and further the Local Government sector's developments and achievements. As a result, through their ALGIM membership Local Authority members experience a number of benefits from professional development and networking, to shared research and cost savings.
ALGIM's membership runs from 1 July to 30 June and is renewed annually. Member organisations that have not yet made payment of your annual subscription need to do so to continue to receive member benefits. A Local Authority's membership covers all persons within your organisation and therefore anyone can attend and participate in all ALGIM events and opportunities at member rates.
To confirm if your Local Authority is a member of ALGIM, please visit the ALGIM Local Authority Members page.
ALGIM Local Government Member Benefits
- Discounted and free opportunities to learn at/through our ALGIM Conferences, ICT Training Academy and webinars programme
- Events include world class speakers, professional development, and extensive networking opportunities
- Eligibility for our prestigious Awards programme that highlights the most innovative solutions being created by Local Government, as well as five Professional Development Scholarships per year valued at $3,000 each;
- Access to a great range of resources including ALGIM's award winning Information Management Toolkit
- The annual Web Audit programme which surveys every Council’s website to review its usability, accessibility, enquiry respose times and best practice principles, with rankings available free of charge along with a report (PDF, 121.7 KB) reviewing key trends and areas of improvement required across all Councils
- Research and whitepapers discussing key concerns and topics for the industry
- Strong support to your Customer Service teams, through our
- A resource library which includes examples of council policy documents and case studies of cost-effective, innovative products, services and systems from various local Councils
- Three free editions of Network magazine a year, a publication that focuses on sharing and highlighting thought leadership, new technology and ideas for the IT and IM sector;
- Leveraging discounts around licenses and products (see below)
- Free access to presentations from all our Conferences, which gather national and international experts in GIS, ICT, IM, Records, Customer Service and Web and Digital Services.
- The redeveloped and improved Infobase resource database software, which tracks all systems, software and vendors utilised by Councils nationwide, to make comparing, reviewing and improving your own resources easier and more informed. Our new initiative has been a joint-venture with Canadian and Australian Councils and soon ALGIM members will also be able to review international data as well.
- International relationships through ALGIM's founding membership of LOLA, the international network of Local Government Authorities
- Advocacy - ALGIM regularly acts on behalf of the entire Local Government sector. In 2016 some of the matters we were involved in included:
- challenging the new licensing rates set by Microsoft
- petitioning Minister Amy Adams on the Ultra-Fast Broadband delays
- championing and helping Councils implement the extensive changes in the new Public Records Standards
- representing the sector at Parliament’s Open Data Workshop for Public Sector and at the ISO TC46 International Meeting
- working with Central Government and a number of Councils to develop a Linked Data initiative example to be used on a national scale.
- Opportunities for mentorship through ALGIM and our advisory groups
- Domain moderation (.kiwi)
- External advice and recognition on Best Practice
Leveraged Deals
Local Authorities Membership
To find out pricing and join ALGIM, please contact admin@algim.org.nz