Membership Terms and Conditions
Each Member, including its employees, officers and directors, agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of CMA membership (“Terms and Conditions”), as set forth below. CMA may change the Terms and Conditions at any time with or without notice and each Member’s continued participation in the CMA shall be considered acceptance of such changes. Failure to comply with CMA Terms and Conditions may result in the suspension or termination of an individual’s CMA membership, such suspension or termination to be determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the CMA. Additionally, CMA may pursue all available legal and equitable remedies.
MEMBERSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Term
Membership is measured in months. The standard membership term is 12 months. Memberships may be able to purchase for consecutive terms at discounted rates when the payment is received at the start of the initial term.
The term of membership for both Member and Student Member will be rolling (e.g. someone joining on January 10 will expire on January 9 of the following year).
Qualifications
Any person who: a) is actively engaged in or interested in the practice, study and teaching of marketing, and b) agrees to abide by such Statement of Ethics as have been and may from time to time be adopted by the Association, may be admitted to membership in this Association. The term “marketing” as used herein means the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives.
Admission to Membership
Admission to membership in the CMA is conducted online via the CMA website. Membership becomes official upon confirmation of payment for the first term of membership. Membership dues are not refundable and are non-transferable. No application for membership shall be denied on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
Dues and Fees
Member dues are a simple, flat rate. The flat rate includes dues for one professional membership or student membership. Current dues are reflected on collaborativemarketingassociation.org.
Groups of five or more individuals are eligible to receive a group discount when the memberships are paid for by a single user. Student membership and multi-year membership are not eligible for the group discount.
Student membership in the CMA is at a reduced rate.
Any revision to the dues schedule shall be communicated to members not less than 60 days before becoming effective.
Termination Policy
Membership shall terminate and the member shall be entitled to no rebate of dues previously paid in any of the following events:
- If the member resigns.
- If the member does not pay the amount owed to the Association prior to their date of expiration.
- If the member does not continue to meet the eligibility requirements set forth in the Association’s Code of Conduct.
- If the member does not continue to abide by such Statement of Ethics adopted or revised by the Association. Such termination shall be effective only upon a majority vote of the Founding Members and Directors, and in accordance with policies and procedures that have been established by the Founding Members.
Confidential Information
Certain CMA Content may be marked “Confidential” or “Proprietary.” In that event, Member agrees to maintain the confidentiality of such content and not disclose or make it available to any third parties.
Contributions to CMA
Members may contribute to CMA content, in various forms including, but not limited to, submitting ideas, participating in committees, and making presentations. Member hereby fully and irrevocably grants, assigns and conveys to CMA all right, title and interest worldwide in and to all Content conceived, reduced to practice, authored, developed or delivered by Member, Member’s officers, directors, employees, agents and independent contractors acting on Member’s behalf, either solely or jointly with others, including, but not limited to (i) any Content expressly labeled as “Content” or provided with an express statement that it is a contribution to CMA; (ii) any Content provided to CMA to be included in CMA standards, specifications, policies, guidance, reports, analyses, procedures that are published by the CMA or as part of a larger compilation or identified as an CMA publication, whether in written or electronic form; or (iii) any Content that is developed in connection with Member’s membership in CMA, developed in connection with Member’s participation in an CMA working group or committee, or developed by Member in connection with Member making a presentation at an CMA event. For purposes of this provision, “Content” means images, text, written works, standards, designs, graphics, pictures, business and product names, domain names, corporate names, logos, slogans, inventions (whether or not patentable), processes, formulae, industrial models, specifications, data, databases and data collections, technology, methodologies, computer programs (including all source codes, object codes, firmware, software, development tools, files, records and data and improvements thereof), software and any and all other copyrightable material.
Content shall be the exclusive property of CMA (becoming CMA Content) and CMA shall have the right to use the Content, or any part or parts thereof, as it sees fit. Member will not seek, and will require its officers, directors, employees, agents and independent contractors acting on its behalf, not to seek, patent, copyright, trademark, registered design or other protection for any rights in any such Content. Member agrees that it shall require its personnel, at CMA’s expense, to take any actions and execute all documents as CMA may reasonably require to vest in CMA or its nominees the rights referred to herein and to secure for CMA or its nominees all right, title and interest in and to the Content.
Online Payment Terms & Conditions
By accessing or using CMA’s online payment service, Member agrees to be bound by all applicable terms and conditions. CMA may modify the terms and conditions at any time, with or without notice.
The CMA online payment service is provided to Member to facilitate payment of dues, sponsorships and other products and services. Member will receive a confirmation once payment has been received. The CMA utilizes a third party service to process payments.
CMA will not be liable for any deficiencies in the accuracy, completeness, availability, privacy, security or timeliness of payment information sent via this online payment service. CMA will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this online payment site, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, and punitive damages. CMA will not be liable for any breach of Member’s personal or credit card information resulting from the interception of such information during its transmission to CMA. Member expressly agrees that its use of this service is at Member’s sole risk. Member agrees that it will not intentionally provide false information when accessing or using the CMA’s online payment service.
CMA is committed to Member’s privacy and will not distribute information sent via this service to third parties. CMA’s finance and membership departments alone have access to data collected and will not store any personally identifiable information, including credit card information.
Automatic Renewal Authorization
By selecting the automatic renewal option, Member accepts these terms and conditions authorizing CMA to charge the credit card or debit the debit card account that Member has specified in the amount of the balance due as part of Member’s CMA membership. Member agrees that the payment card specified by Member for automatic bill payments to CMA is, and will continue to be, an account that Member owns, and that Member will maintain sufficient availability under Member’s credit card limit, or sufficient funds in the account linked to Member’s debit card, as applicable, to pay Member’s CMA bill. The automatic charge to Member’s credit card or debit to Member’s debit card account will occur within two business days of the start of the new membership term. Once the payment has been processed, Member will receive an electronic (email) notification that payment has been applied to Member’s card for the sum of Member’s membership dues from the CMA.
These terms and conditions will constitute Member’s copy of Member’s automatic renewal authorization to CMA. Member should print and retain a copy of this automatic renewal authorization for Member’s records.
Automatic Renewal Cancellation
Members may cancel their automatic renewal authorization to CMA at any time through the Member’s profile on CollaborationMarketingAssociation.org or by contacting CMA Member Service. Members who were charged an automatic renewal fee may request a refund of that fee for up to 30 days from the date of payment. However, Member acknowledges and agrees that he or she must pay membership fees for any renewal terms via check or online payment to continue membership.
Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability
THE CMA SITE, CMA CONTENT AND ANY OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY CMA ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, GUARANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY CMA WITH RESPECT TO THE FOREGOING, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN LAW OR IN FACT, ORAL OR IN WRITING. FURTHERMORE: (a) CMA MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE CMA SITE OR CMA CONTENT, AND ACCESS THERETO, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR ERROR FREE; (b) MEMBER’S USE OF THE CMA SITE AND CMA CONTENT, AND MEMBER’S RELIANCE THEREON, IS AT MEMBER’S OWN RISK; (c) CMA MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ADEQUACY, TRUTH, COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR TIMELINESS OF CMA CONTENT, AND; (d) CMA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL CMA OR ITS ADVERTISERS, VENDORS, PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM, OR ARISE OUT OF MEMBER’S MEMBERSHIP IN CMA, THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE CMA SITE OR CMA CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF CMA OR ITS ADVERTISERS, VENDORS, PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. CMA’S MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO ANY MEMBER SHALL BE THE AMOUNT OF THE MEMBERSHIP DUES PAID BY MEMBER TO CMA IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE MEMBER’S CAUSE OF ACTION. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, CMA AND ITS ADVERTISERS, VENDORS, PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS LIABILITY IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE LIMITED AS MUCH AS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
