Chamber Policies

POLICY #1 

REMOVAL OF DELINQUENT MEMBERSHIP FROM ACTIVE 

An invoice will be mailed 30 days prior to the expiration of the member’s annual
membership. The first week after the membership investment was due a second invoice
should be mailed stating that the investment is late and payable immediately. If the
delinquency reaches 30 days past due, a third invoice should be mailed with a letter
stating the investment is 30 days past due. If the delinquency reaches 45 days past due,
the Board of Directors should then be notified to make a personal contact regarding the
member’s investment. If the delinquency reaches 60 days past due, and no arrangements
have been made by the member, a letter and final invoice should be mailed explaining
that if the investment is not made within 10 days of the notice, they shall cease to be a
member of the Grayling Regional Chamber of Commerce. 

Adopted 06/18/97, Revised 10/17/07 

POLICY #2 

ENDORSEMENT POLICY 

The chairman shall appoint an endorsement review committee as needed. The Grayling
Regional Chamber of Commerce will conduct a process for evaluating requests for
endorsements from organizations, agencies, individuals, committees, and members by
using the following criteria: 

Request for Endorsement
Evaluation Form 

Rate each item: 1=Unfavorable, 2=Moderate, 3=Favorable 

_____Fit with Chamber mission 

_____Benefit to members 

• Business impact
• Personal impact
_____Ability or probability of success 

• Basis or experience or track record
• Longevity
• Impact without project 

_____Long Range community impact 

•Effect on attractiveness of community
•Necessary service
•Consequence of time frame 

_____Magnitude of economic impact 

•Continuing costs
•Future requests
•Short term operational costs 

_____Relationship to the Chamber 

•Member or sponsored activity
•Active supporters of the Chamber 

_____Total out of a possible 18 

Does the review team recommend endorsement by the Chamber Board of Directors?
_____Yes _____No 

If not, the review team recommends taking the following step(s):
_____Make information gathered available to the Board
_____Make information gathered available to the membership
_____Do nothing
_____Other _____________________________________________________________ 

Adopted 01/20/99, Revised 10/17/07 

POLICY #3 

FEE POLICY 

The Grayling Regional Chamber of Commerce will continue to allow chamber member
organizations to use the Chamber of Commerce Credit Card Terminal. The fee will be
1% above the current rate charge by our bank and .40 cents per transaction. 

The chamber will charge an administrative fee of 10% of all sales of all tickets, books, or
any other items for chamber member organizations. This is in addition to any credit card
terminal fees that will be charged for transactions. This fee reflects the amount of
chamber staff time these activities take to process. 

Adopted 11/16/05, Revised 10/17/07 

POLICY #4 

MULTIPLE BUSINESS OWNERS MEMBERSHIP RATES 

The Grayling Regional Chamber of Commerce recognizes and appreciates that there are
business owners that may own more than one business and therefore will only charge the
current full membership rate for the business that employs the most people and will
charge half the current rate of all subsequent businesses that an individual may own. 

Adopted 10/17/07 

POLICY #5
EVENT MANAGEMENT POLICY 

The Grayling Regional Chamber of Commerce will strive to operate its events at a profit.
Each event will be reviewed by the board at the conclusion of the event. 

Adopted