membership

Open to all individuals active in using freight indices to trade or for other business activities. 

Membership & Subscription

The Association shall have a membership. People who support the work of the Association, and are aged 18 or over, can apply to the Committee to become a member. New members after the initial intake will be voted in by the Committee on simple majority. 

The membership joining fee is £400 per company plus a yearly fee of £200, which lasts for one year and may be renewed by subscription. 

➢ To protect the privacy of our members, membership will not be open to members of the press

➢ The Committee will keep an up-to-date membership list. The membership list must detail:

– The full name of the member
– The full address of the member
– A contact telephone number
– An email address

➢ The Committee may remove a person’s membership if they believe it is in the best interests of the Association. The member has the right to be heard by the Association before the decision is made and can be accompanied by a friend

➢ All members will be subject to the regulations of the Constitution and by joining the Association will be deemed to accept these regulations and codes of practice that the Association has adopted and will adopt from time to time

➢ Members will pay an annual subscription fee to cover costs of administration, events and any eventual content creation. This shall be of such sum as the Committee may from time to time determine. The founding members’ fee shall be £100 and will be paid following the first Annual General Meeting (AGM) in March 2023

➢ Individuals shall not be eligible to take part in the actions of the Association or vote at general meetings unless the subscription has been paid and/or membership has been agreed by the Association Committee.

Disqualification of Members

A Committee Member must cease to hold office if he or she:

➢ Ceases to be a member of the Association

➢ In the written opinion, given to the Committee, of a registered medical practitioner treating that person, has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a Committee Member and may remain so for more than three months

➢ Resigns as a Committee Member by notice to the Association

➢ Is absent without the permission of the Committee members from all their meetings held within a period of twelve consecutive months and the Committee Members resolve that his or her office be vacated.

REGISTER

Open to all individuals active in using freight indices to trade or for other business activities. An initial joining fee of £400 per company and annual fee of £200 thereafter.