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Skillet & Glass – Membership Categories*
Guest Member – Can purchase logo merchandise, (other than membership lapel pins) access basic content on the S&G website including archived videos, recipes, feature articles, etc. – No fees
Basic Member – In addition to Guest privileges, agrees to receive at large, online email and mail notices, and content at the discretion the parent company of S&G – Requires sign-up with email address, name, mail address – No fees
Premium Member – In addition to Basic Member privileges, has access to all website content including basic and premium content (feature articles and videos, and agrees to receive all premium content online, snail mail, or phone messages). As a Premium Member of a local chapter. Receives invitations to all local chapter events (pays for individual event tickets), agrees to volunteer, periodically (some minimal activity will be encouraged but not required), in events as a contestant, feature writer, video demonstrator, event staff, etc., and significant activity as video, feature articles. Depending upon the significance of such contribution a Premium Member may be rewarded with the “Fellow” membership described in the next paragraph. Premium Members will be given discounts on merchandise purchased online, or onsite at events. Premium Membership requires sponsorship by at least one Premium Member and one Fellow Member, or one Charter Member as described below – Premium fees apply – $240 per year. 30 day cancellation notice prior to renewal date is required
Fellow Member – In addition to Premium Member privileges and requirements, is an active contributing member of the local chapter of the guild with fellowship responsibilities. Such responsibilities will be accorded official status, such as “chapter president”, “event chairman”, “chapter editor”, “video chairman”, etc. Receives invitations to all chapter events, nationwide (or worldwide and pays for individual event tickets); has the right to purchase and wear merchandise bearing the S&G logo, a membership lapel pin Has the right to represent oneself as a “Fellow of The Skillet & Glass” or, “Skillet & Glass Fellow”. A Fellow may be so designated after demonstrating his enthusiasm for the guild by having given generously of his time and energies to the ongoing activities of the guild including: writings, demonstration videos, sharing of periodicals of decided interest, and/or sharing of portions or all of publications of decided interest (decided interest is that of the local and/or parent company officials) Fellow membership will be for a period two years following the year that the significant activity was contributed – Fellow fees apply – $0 per year for 2 years then Premium fees apply
Charter Member – These will be the first 50 or so committed members of the first chapter of the Skillet and Glass. They will be entitled to all benefits of Premium Members and will, as long as Skillet and Glass exists, never have to pay membership fees. No Fees
S&G Partner – Has the right to establish one local chapter of S&G. The maximum membership of a chapter is expected to be 100 Premium and/or Fellow members. Membership fees will be at a minimum set by the national organization but may be more depending on the local demand. There will be no limits on the number of local chapters, and a partner may be granted the right to establish more than one chapter anywhere in the United States. As demand may present itself, S&G may establish international registration and at such time a chapter may be established anywhere. Chapters shall be organized and maintained according to established minimal requirements of S&G. The requirements to be a Partner in the S&G will at a minimum require prior “Fellow Member” status and the demonstration of organizational skills, writing skills, marketing and merchandising skills, leadership, creativity, and excitement together with other requirements as may be added as the guild progresses. An S&G partner will share–by an established percentage in various categories—revenues from membership fees, merchandise, advertising, and any other revenue generating activities. An S&G partner may receive an elevated percentage of revenues for generating new advertisers and continue to collect the elevated percentage of the revenues generated from those advertisers. Fees for an S&G Partner will include an initiation fee. As of this writing, the initiation fee for Partner is $1,500.00.
*This is the second attempt to organize the guild in categories of membership. This will be a malleable document as the guild progresses –initial draft by RFO, 9/5/2020, second draft 6/26/2023.