•New Membership
Guests must attend two meetings before submitting their application for membership.
New members must submit application to the Membership Chair. After interviewing the prospective member and confirming the prospective member is a good fit for the group the Membership Chairperson will send out an email ballot for current members to vote on the acceptance of the new members. The decision to accept new members will be a majority vote.
Members are restricted to one leads generating group.
Members are encouraged to bring guests to meetings after confirming with the
Membership Chair.
All members agree to accept the following responsibilities
in the group: Participate in at least
one ongoing or special committee per year, assist in at least one event or
booth a year, attend weekly meetings, pass qualified leads, pay quarterly dues.
•Organization/Leadership
The organization’s board is comprised of a governing board of six members with
equal authority.
President: lead
the group, coordinates and conducts weekly meetings, appoint and oversee
committees as needed.
Vice
President: assist president, schedule presentations, report lead
generations.
Treasurer:
handle all money and transactions, maintain bank account, and invoice quarterly
dues.
Public
Relations: communicate with outside groups as needed, keep group
informed of activities and events in community, advertise TCWIB.
Membership
Chair: greet guests at meetings and events, accept new member
applications and submit a ballot for vote by members.
Secretary: keeps
minutes for each meeting, maintain legal minute records
Election of officers shall be held yearly in December with
the new board taking office in January. The new board may amend the bylaws with
a majority Board vote legally documentation in the meeting minutes.
•General meeting format
Member introductions, pass
referrals, discuss new/old business, business minutes, presentation or
brainstorming session, inspirational minute, board meeting updates, board
position updates.
•Attendance
Meetings are extremely important and members are encouraged to view weekly
meetings as important as client appointments.
Members may miss a maximum of three meetings per quarter,
but no more than one per month. You are responsible for notifying the group of absences
in advance: i.e., a message to the President or Vice President or Membership
Chairperson. A member will not be considered absent if she has someone
represent her at the missed meeting.
A member will be given a warning one time after missing the
2nd meeting. After missing 1 full month a written warning will be issued and
the Board will make a decision within 2 weeks regarding the membership standing
of truant member. If a member needs to take a leave of absence, she must submit
a form to the Membership Chairperson which must be approved by the board. A
leave of absence can be no longer than 1 month before the position becomes
available to a new member.
•Suggestions/Voting
Members are encouraged to make suggestions and submit them to the board
president at any time. Final decisions will be voted upon by the board and
reported back to membership at the following meeting and in the minutes.
If there is a matter that a member wishes to address and
bring to the board, she may make a request to present the matter at a board
meeting. The member will be given up to 5 minutes (so as not to take up the
time provided for board meetings) for her presentation after which, the board
will continue with their executive board meeting which is open to board members
only.
•Dues
Quarterly membership dues of $30.00 will be billed the first week of the
quarter and are due the third week of the quarter. If dues are not received the
delinquent member cannot return to the meetings the following month until dues
are paid, her position will then be open to a new member.
New members will be charged a new member fee of $5.oo in
addition to her first quarter dues.
Dues will be prorated for new members joining mid-quarter.
Dues are non-refundable.
Dues will be used for administrative and operating expenses.
Other expenditures such as group functions will be voted on by the board.
•Termination/Resignation
The group holds its members to high professional and ethical standards
including, but not limited to, representing the divisions of non-competing
industries as they are defined by the group and representing the group and its
members in a positive light during meetings and outside the group.
Ethical issues will be arbitrated by the board and their
decisions are binding.
Membership may be terminated by the board if a member
violates the bylaws or ethical standards or displays unprofessional behavior.
Termination requires board discussion.
If a member wishes to resign from their position in the
group, she must either write a letter of resignation or send it in an email to
the Membership Chair.