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 financially supports the continued maintenance of the Ada language standard and its associated infrastructure (ACATS, ASIS, etc.). This work has been instrumental in ensuring the smooth evolution of the Ada language.
- On the marketing side, the ARA promotes Ada awareness, principally through a website — the Ada Information Clearinghouse (AdaIC) — that the ARA administers.
To continue to provide these services, and to offer a wide range of opportunities for participation and support, the ARA is introducing a new organizational structure based on sponsorship levels. Details on benefits and fees are on the next page.
A major goal of the new ARA structure is to strengthen the organization’s Ada advocacy role. A key element is the AdaIC website, which attracts a large amount of traffic on Ada-related topics via Google and other search engines. This website has been enhanced to take advantage of current technology (RSS feeds, blogs, etc.), and its scope has been broadened to provide resources and news on topics such as safety-critical software, MILS, multicore, and hard real-time systems. The resulting modern and dynamic website will serve as the face of the Ada community.
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 brosgol@adacore.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
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
