What does membership to ACL do?

I'm an applied scientist in the industry who occasionally published in venues such as ACL, NAACL, etc. Still, I never really understood what the membership status to ACL does. The only reason I would become a member for certain years is that I need to attend some \*CL conference that year (for which you pay the fees separately as well), and I didn't notice if the membership provides anything else.

I'm guessing it's more important for senior researchers in the …

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