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PRIMARY:
Any
person representing a firm, partnership, corporation or other business
entity selling at retail goods that consist predominantly of used or recycled
personal or household merchandise shall be eligible for Primary Membership.
There shall be one and only one Primary Member from any group of persons
or business entities that are related to each other through direct or indirect
ownership, financing or licensing arrangements.
A Primary Member is a voting Member.
Benefits include a NARTS Member decal, the NARTS newsletter, Membership
directory and reduced Member rates.
Primary Dues: $120 year + $25 application fee
SECONDARY: Any person
representing a firm, partnership, corporation or other business entity
selling at retail goods that consist predominantly of used or recycled
personal or household merchandise, and which is related to a Primary Member
through ownership, financing or licensing arrangements, shall be eligible
for Secondary Membership.
A Secondary Member is a non-voting
Member representing your additional location(s). Benefits include a NARTS
Member decal, the NARTS newsletter, Membership directory and reduced Member
rates.
Secondary Dues: $84 year
ASSOCIATE: Any partner
or regular full-time employee of a Primary or Secondary Member in good
standing in the Association shall be eligible for Associate Membership.
An Associate Member is a non-voting
Membership designed to give others involved in your business a professional
status along with reduced Member rates.
Associate Dues: $36 year
PROVISIONAL: Any individual
or person representing a firm, partnership, corporation or other business
entity planning to be eligible for Primary Membership within one year from
the date of acceptance into the Association in this Membership category
shall be eligible for Provisional Membership. NO PROVISIONAL MEMBER SHALL
BE ELIGIBLE TO RENEW ITS PROVISIONAL MEMBERSHIP WITHOUT EXPRESS PRIOR APPROVAL
OF THE ASSOCIATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
A Provisional Member is a
future owner and a non-voting
Member. Benefits include NARTS newsletter, Membership directory and reduced
Member rates.
Provisional Dues: $120 year + $25 application
fee
Membership Parameters According to Bylaws: Article IX
Any person applying for Membership
to this corporation is subject to the approval of the board of directors.
Membership in this corporation is limited to individuals representing the
following categories of retail stores, shops and outlets;
1. For-profit retail stores, shops
and outlets which solicit inventory on a consignment basis, commission
basis, or bona fide arms length purchase basis; or
2. Not-for-Profit retail stores, shops
and outlets operated by and on behalf of the charities they represent.
Retail stores, shops and outlets which
receive inventory solicited as a charitable donation, but operate in whole
or in part for the benefit of a non-charitable, for-profit person or entity
shall NOT be eligible for Membership.
Membership in NARTS shall be recorded
in the name of the individual, not the employing organization. In the event
a member leaves the employing organization or for any other reason finds
it necessary to transfer their membership within the same company, the
member may do so with payment of a processing fee accompanied by the proper
paperwork.
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