REGULAR MEMBERSHIP
Membership permits privilege of voting at all meetings and is subject to dues and assessments as defined herein.

Any proprietorship, partnership, subsidiary or division of a corporation or corporations that has an office, and/or receiving, and/or processing facility, and who buys, and/or sells, and or brokers for a commission, and/or stores, and/or ships dry edible beans grown within the Rocky Mountain Bean Dealers Association geographic area shall be eligible to apply for Regular Membership

Regular Member Allocation – (Each vote = $225)

First Receiver/Shipper – Operating firm who receives beans directly from producers, and reships beans without processing beans to an established grade.
Receiver/Processor – Operating firm who receives beans directly from producers and/or from a first receiver/shipper and processes beans to an established grade.
Marketing Firm – Operating firm which strictly buys and sells beans without directly operating as a First Receiver/Shipper and/or Receiver/Processor.

1. A regular member operating as a First Receiver/Shipper shall have at least one (1) regular vote = Annual Dues $225
2. A regular member operating as a Receiver/Processor and handling up to 100,000 hundredweight of beans yearly within the geographic area as defined  herein shall  have a least two (2) regular votes = Annual Dues $450
3. A regular member operating as a Marketing Firm within the geographic area as defined herein regardless of volume shall have at least three (3) regular votes = Annual Dues $675
4. A regular member operating as a Receiver/Processor and handling more than 100,000 but less than 250,000 hundredweight of beans yearly within the geographic area as defined herein shall have at least four (4) regular votes = Annual Dues $900
5. A regular member operating as a Receiver/Processor and handling more than 250,000 hundredweight of beans yearly within the geographic area as defined herein shall have at least five (5) and no more than seven (7) regular votes = Annual Dues $1125 (5 votes) up to $1575 (7 votes)
6. A regular member, regardless of number of hundredweight handled or operating firm designations, shall be entitled at its option, to have a maximum of seven (7) regular votes.

Regular Membership