Membership: Members will be accepted, based on board approval and payment of dues. Dues is expected to be paid in advance of any upload of email contacts, listing on the website or of newsletter distribution.
Inclusion in the panel of experts, our panel speaks, spotlight on business section and the banner advertising section will be done by lottery and the number included in each newsletter will be determined based on the number of members in the group. All information on the newsletter will also be listed on the website. There will be an alphabetized listing on the website of business types and business name.
Gold members will be given a bold listing and priority placement on the website, as well as a landing page within the NGRI website. For an example, see Amber's page at www.networkinggroupofri.org/amberkelley.html. These landing pages are accessable from the panel of experts and are also included in our newsletters. Silver and Bronze members will be listed in the alphabetized section, by industry and by business name.
New members will be required to send an introductory email (using our standard introductory message) introducing the group and our intentions with regard to email on a regular basis, which will give potential contacts an option to opt out of receiving emails from the group.