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ELIGIBILITY TO JOIN
* To join the NBWE network, you must either reside or conduct your business within the wider northern region of Sydney (broadly speaking, the suburbs from Hornsby to Sydney and across to the northern beaches). You must also have a current email address. Being a member does not mean you need to attend any expos, and many members choose to join us just to be listed and access our web traffic.
* All members have a common membership expiry date of 23rd April, at which time invitations will be made to renew for twelve months.
* Only NBWE members may exhibit at our expos.
* Some outside-of-area or online businesses may be offered membership in certain service categories where these are not sufficiently available in our area.
* Expos on the Northern Beaches are conducted and promoted under the NBWE brandname. Expos on the North Shore are conducted and promoted under the NSWE brandname. We operate two different websites and you are listed on both when you join. These are www.nbwe.com.au and www.nswe.com.au
* NBWE reserves the sole right to approve new memberships, continuing memberships and membership renewals. NBWE will decide the number of members allowed in each service category on the website and at expos.
JOINING OPTIONS
* For new, small or developing businesses, a Basic Webpage provides a low cost webpage with basic features.
* For established businesses, a Design Template Webpage provides a wider range of design features for an enhanced web profile.
* The Basic Webpage provides approximately 100 words of text and an image sized at 200 x 300 pixels, a bold font business name, plus a contact details box which includes an email and website link. The page layout is in black and white, with no colour options (apart from your image), nor is font selection or a logo space available. Click here to see a sample of a Basic Webpage. The Basic Webpage option is not available to celebrants & photographers.
* The Design Template Webpage has a wider range of features, including a logo, a Send More Information feature, a larger image, a range of colour backgrounds and fonts, and the page is individually optimised for seach engines. There are also five different page layout designs to provide more flexibility to meet your particular requirements. Click on these design templates to see the range of layout design options: Template 1, Template 2, Template 3, Template 4, Template 5.
* All webpages include an "auto-notifier" feature. Each time your webpage is visited, an email is generated informing you of the visit. This feature provides a "real-time" measure of how much exposure your page is receiving.
JOINING REQUIREMENTS
* New members need to supply the separate components that will be used to build their webpage, depending on whether they are joining with a Basic Webpage or a Design Template Webpage. The separate components are: an 80-150 word description of their product or service as a ".doc" or "rtf" file; an image/logo as a jpeg file at pixel size specified; plus contact details such as address, contact numbers, email and/or weblink. Just email this material to richardalaba@optusnet.com.au
* New Design Template Webpage members may suggest one of the five template designs, but the final decision is based on the supplied material and how it best suits the template. Layout and/or colour suggestions are welcome, but are best supplied as a digital representation (as opposed to written descriptions) as your definition of "light blue" may differ from the designers. Page layout suggestions MUST be one of the five available templates (see above). Colours will be chosen to best suit your supplied logo and/or image. As a professional design company, final design decisions rest with the webmanagers, Chilli Creative Co. Changes as distinct from corrections will incur a change fee.
* It is the responsibility of all new members to ensure all contact details and spelling are correct prior to submitting. If an email address is supplied, the members page will include a direct email link as well as a "Visitor Notification" which generates an email to the supplied address each time the page is visited. It is the members responsibility to verify that all of the supplied information and links are correct and functioning within seven days of their page going live. Any corrections (as distinct from changes) that are requested beyond this time will incur a charge.
FEE STRUCTURE
* The joining fee for a Design Template Webpage is $450.
* The joining fee for a Basic Webpage is $300.
* Twelve months membership renewal for both types of pages (23 April to 23 April) is $300.
* For applicants joining part way through the membership year, there is a partial discount of $50 per quarter off the total fee for a Design Template Webpage membership, and $25 per quarter off the total fee for a Basic Webpage membership.
* An expo advertising levy of $195 is paid for each expo that you attend. The advertising levy covers the cost of advertising each particular expo.
* You may request a change to your webpage at any time. Fees are $60 for an image swap; $60 for a text change; and $180 for a full page revamp. An upgrade from a Basic Page to a Design Template page is $300. All figures quoted include GST.
* Once paid, Membership Fees, Renewal Fees, Webpage change Fees, and Registration Fees are not refundable.
GENERAL EXPO RULES
* Attendence at an expo is via a completed Registration Form and payment of a $195 advertising fee for each expo;
* There is a general limit of four exhibitors per category, except where space permits a higher number;
* If a member is not available to exhibit or has missed the registration date, invitations will be made to other members in any category;
* In categories with more that four members, expo invitations will be made on a rotational basis wherever possible;
* Members are not permitted to advertise services other than those stated on their webpage;
* Exhibitors must limit their advertising to the display of their goods and services in the space provided within the expo venue. Distributing advertising anywhere other than the provided expo space is not permitted;
* Pressure selling techniques are not permitted at our expos;
* No direct-to-public retail selling is permitted at any of our expos;
* In the event that repeated complaints are made about the services, products or behaviour of a member, NBWE/NSWE reserves the unconditional right to remove the member from the site or sites.
JOINING OUR NETWORK
* To join our network, please use the online application form via the link below. When it is filled out and submitted, a copy will be emailed to NBWE/NSWE and a copy sent to your email address. A downloadable and printable version may also be used, which is found on the Members Only section of our sites.
* Before you apply to join, take the time to read the current and archived copies of the NBWE/NSWE Newsletters which are stored on the Members Only section of this site. The Newsletters give you a fuller picture of Network issues, website visitor statistics, expo rules and other matters that arise from time to time.
*If you wish to proceed with an application to join us, please make contact via phone (9948 4492) or email to confirm your eligibility to become a member before completing the online application form below. In the interest of balance across the website, many service categories have limits on the number of suppliers that can join at any given time and some categories have specific criteria that must be met before membership is offered.
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