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Encyclopedia > International Sign Association

ISA is a 1,900 member trade organization composed of manufacturers, users, and suppliers of on-premise signs and sign products. Member companies employ more than 400,000 people, in all 50 states and 69 foreign countries. ISA exists to support, promote, and improve the $30 billion-a-year sign industry, which sustains the nation’s nearly $3 trillion-a-year retail industry. Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Sign can denote any of the following: Look up sign on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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Mission Statement

  • 1. ISA will represent the industry to improve legislation and regulations that affect the sale and use of signage.
  • 2. ISA will support research concerning the economic value of signage.
  • 3. ISA will represent the industry to improve codes and standards that regulate signage products.
  • 4. ISA will support research concerning scientific and technical aspects of signage.
  • 5. ISA will represent the industry to improve legislation, regulations, codes and standards, that regulate the process of manufacturing, installing or servicing signs.
  • 6. ISA will provide education to improve the sign industry.
  • 7. ISA will conduct trade shows to provide a vehicle for vendors to exhibit their offerings to the sign industry and for the generation of income to support the association.
  • 8. ISA will promote the value of the sign industry.
  • 9. ISA will provide services and benefits that enhance the value of membership.
  • 10. ISA will grow membership

Legislation (or statutory law) is law which has been promulgated (or enacted) by a legislature or other governing body. ... Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting and revising facts. ... For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... A technical is a fighting vehicle. ... The word standard has several meanings: Classically, standard referred to a flag or banner; especially, a national or other ensign carried into battle; thus standard bearer indicates the one who bears, or carries, the standard. ... A vendor is one who sells something. ... Social welfare can be taken to mean the welfare or well-being of a society. ...

Events

Annually, ISA holds the International Sign Expo, which is the largest sign show in the world with more than 1,700 exhibition booths, and more than 19,000 attendees. ISA has held the annual sign show and convention yearly since 1947. ISA also sponsors, or participates in smaller regional shows throughout the year. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...


See also

Look up isa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... {{redirect| // While three-letter acronym is the older and more frequently used term, some have argued that most TLAs are not really acronyms at all, and advocate using the term three-letter abbreviation instead. ...

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