Policies

• Any member who misses three monthly membership meetings in one
• calendar year will be in default and lose their member in good standing
• status.
• As a courtesy, the association’s leadership may send a warning email
• notifying the company after a second missed membership meeting.
• Members who are no longer in good standing will receive a formal notice
• of the change in status from the association’s leadership.
• Members no longer in good standing will stop receiving regular
• communications from the association, and their company will be removed
• from the association’s website.
• The Trade Category for Members no longer in good standing will be
• considered open, and the membership committee will be allowed to fill
• the trade or member category with a new member.
• No refund of membership dues will be processed.

Note: A member may be considered to rejoin the association the following year

or “down the road” by the membership committee.

Dues for new members joining after January 1st will be handled as follows:

• January 1 to June 30th – Pay full membership for a year.
• July 1 to August 30th – Pay full membership for current year and
• membership for the following year.
• September 1 to December 31st – Pay prorated membership for the current
• year and membership for the following year.

All members in good standing (not in default for attendance) at the end of a calendar year will be allowed to renew the following year uncontested for their membership category. Renewing members must return their completed application and sign their code of conduct and pay their membership dues by the end of the first meeting of the year. If not paid at the first meeting due to lack of attendance, trade (or member) will be given until the end of January. If not received by the last day of January the membership category is considered open and the membership committee will be allowed to vet and fill a new member for that trade (or member category). The Annual Leadership and Board of Directors of the association have the sole and final discretion as it relates to acceptance of renewal applications, based upon the code of conduct, member interactions, and performance in the industry.

• The completed application goes to the membership committee to be
• vetted.
• Membership Committee to notify leadership that they have received a
• new membership application.
• The vetting process includes a review of conflicting membership
• categories by the membership committee as a group, a review of the
• applicant in other areas like performance and reputation, and, if
• necessary, a review of the references provided.
• Upon acceptance, the membership committee will send an approved
• application and a recommendation to the Annual Leadership VP (in
• charge of committees) with a cc to other Annual Leadership members.
• Annual Leadership are to review the membership committee's
• recommendation and take action as necessary.
• The secretary will notify the applicant if they have been approved and will
• provide payment information for membership.
• The process should take less than 2 weeks.
• Once membership dues have been paid, the Secretary will send the
• Welcome Letter and add them to the Roster.
• Membership dues must be received before attendance at another
• meeting.

The Southern California Trades Association wants to encourage manufacturer membership. In an effort to promote manufacturer membership, the Leadership and the Board have put in place this policy to encourage participation.

To be considered for membership in the SCTA, the manufacturer must commit to attending 40% of the monthly meetings (4 of 10) and the Meet the Trades event. This allows a manufacturer member to handle their out-of-region responsibilities. If the manufacturer applicant has responsibilities that are 100% local to San Diego, the manufacturer applicant will be asked to adhere to the same attendance policy as Trade and Consultant members.

To be approved for membership, a manufacturer applicant will need the endorsement of the SCTA Trade member who installs their products.

The definition of a manufacturer is:

As it relates to the SCTA and this policy, a manufacturer is a material supplier only. The manufacturer does not install the materials that they supply to the industry.