The objectives of this Association are to promote cooperation among those directly and indirectly concerned with and interested in the operation of public cemeteries and related subjects, to stimulate the development of improved methods and procedures, to disseminate information in relation thereto, to publish or cause to be published a minimum of one Newsletter per quarter, to be distributed to all members, and to foster the education of the governing boards and administrative personnel of public cemeteries in better methods of operation and matters of mutual interest.