Conditions of membership

• Members will not be allowed to participate in the club merely to obtain opportunities without providing opportunities for others. Records may be kept to monitor numbers of opportunities issued/received to ensure members properly participate. Members receiving opportunities but failing to provide a reasonable amount of opportunities may be voted out by a majority of members present.
  
• New members will only be admitted subject to their trade or service being different to that already available from an existing club member.
  
• In the event of a clash, membership may still be available provided:
  • the applicant discusses their services with the affected member first, and only joins with the formal approval of that member.  
  • the applicant agrees to offer a fixed menu of services (and not offer or discuss any conflicting services at Club meetings).
    
• If a member fails to attend meetings regularly, and there is on the waiting list someone from the same trade/profession, the existing member may be replaced subject to a majority vote from the members present.

Club subscriptions

• Club subscriptions are invoiced four weeks in advance of their start date and cover the next six months period. Payment is due within four weeks of receipt of invoice, and in any event before the next six-monthly cycle commences, and is non-refundable.
• Members who do not settle their account within two weeks of issue of the invoice will be reminded after two weeks that they have only two weeks left to settle their invoice. In the absence of payment thereafter, they will be deemed to have resigned.
• Membership fees include the cost of breakfast for one company member per meeting but members may appoint a substitute from their own company to attend any meeting in their place.
• Members may invite guests interested in joining the Club to a maximum of two breakfasts free of charge. Members’ guests must not be from a trade or profession that is in direct competition with another Club member(s).
• Members may occasionally invite guests from their own customer base who, although they may not wish to join, may bring potential benefit to other members.
• Guests asking for information on particular areas of business should only be directed to the member(s) whose Club approved portfolio includes the services sought.

Networking

• Members allocating opportunities on behalf of an existing client will be deemed the Client Manager in so far as that client is concerned.
  
• The Client Manager shall assume responsibility for client co-ordination and will ensure the client receives the level of service expected.
  
• Members do not have to act as Client Manager. However, where a member introduces another member's services to his/her client, out of courtesy, any further introduction by the second member should first be discussed with the first member.
  
• If a member visits or carries out work for any client introduced by a Client Manager, any requests from that client that could result in further work either for the member, an associate, colleague, or any other Club member shall firstly be referred back to the Client Manager for consideration.

Code of Practice

• Members agree to conduct themselves in a professional manner and live up to the ethical standards of their profession.
  
• Members agree to uphold the reputation of the Club and that of individual members.
  
• Members agree to carry out their work with all due integrity, without bias and without allowing personal views to influence their judgement.
  
• Members undertake to respect client confidentiality and not to disclose client information to third parties without prior approval of said client.
  
• Members agree not to use information obtained in carrying out work for one client that could be deemed detrimental to another client.
  
• Members undertake not to receive any material benefits, other than normal fees, as a consequence of any recommendation made.
  
• Members will carry out all work to the best of their ability and to the price agreed.