Join the Ada Resource Association
The Ada Resource Association (ARA) is a non-profit organization whose charter includes sustaining and promoting the Ada programming language.
- On the technical side, the ARA’s financial support has been instrumental in ensuring the smooth evolution of the Ada language and its associated infrastructure. Over the years the ARA has helped fund work on the Ada language standard itself as well as related artifacts such as the Ada Conformity Assessment Test Suite (ACATS).
- On the marketing side, the ARA promotes Ada awareness, principally through a website — the Ada Information Clearinghouse (AdaIC) — that the ARA administers.
Support for these activities comes from the sponsorship funds that the ARA receives, and organizations that participate in the Ada community in any capacity are encouraged to sign up as sponsors at a level that reflects their needs and interests. A schedule of fees appears below.
A major benefit of ARA sponsorship is the exposure it provides through links on the pages of the AdaIC website, which attracts a large amount of traffic on Ada-related topics via Google and other search engines. The website serves as a main portal for the Ada community and features a modern look-and-feel that takes advantage of current technology (RSS feeds, blogs, etc.).
If you or your organization provide Ada products/services or use Ada technology, then signing up as an ARA sponsor will help support the orderly evolution of the Ada language. And more directly, the AdaIC website will bring you a tangible benefit: a new and effective channel for making your customers and prospects aware of your Ada-related offerings and activities.
To sign up as a sponsor, or for more information, please contact Ben Brosgol, ARA President, at ara-president@adaic.com.
Ada Resource Association Sponsorship Levels / Benefits
Sponsorship at all levels is open to organizations — companies, agencies, professional societies, educational institutions — and individuals
Contributor- $500/year
- Contributor name and logo hyperlinked on ARA sponsors page
- Name hyperlinked when referenced from AdaIC web pages
- Twice per year: Links from AdaIC website to Ada-related announcements
- Participation at ARA meetings
Note: Accredited academic institutions using Ada for teaching or research can sign up at the Contributor level at no cost.
Silver Sponsor- $2,000/year
All benefits of Contributors plus the following:
- Distribution of sponsor’s marketing collateral at conferences where ACM SIGAda is exhibiting
- Sponsor name and logo on each page of the AdaIC website
- Larger font and logo than Contributor level, on ARA sponsors page
- Tag line accompanying logo and sponsor name on ARA sponsors page
- Rotating banner on AdaIC home page
- 6 times per year: Links from AdaIC website to Ada-related announcements
- Voting rights at ARA meetings
Gold Sponsor- $5,000/year
All benefits of Silver plus the following:
- Larger font and logo than Silver level, on ARA sponsors page
- Rotating banner on AdaIC home page, twice as frequently as Silver sponsor
- Monthly: Links from AdaIC website to Ada-related announcements
Platinum Sponsor- $10,000/year
All benefits of Gold plus the following:
- Larger font and logo than Gold level, on ARA sponsors page
- Rotating banner on AdaIC home page, twice as frequently as Gold sponsor
- Unlimited: Links from AdaIC website to Ada-related announcements
