MEMBERSHIP REFUND AND CANCELLATION POLICY

Membership Cancellation by Chamber

• The CHAMBER OF COMMERCE reserves the right to refuse/cancel a membership.
• If the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE refuses a new or renewing membership, registrants will be offered a refund.

Membership Cancellation by Member

• Membership cancellations received within 10 business days of registration may be eligible to receive a full refund.
• Cancellations received after the stated deadline will not be eligible for a refund.
• Cancellations will be accepted via phone or e-mail, and must be received by the stated cancellation deadline.
• All benefits and incentives received by the member must be cancelled/returned to the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
• All refund requests must be made by the member or credit cardholder.
• Refund requests must include the name of the member and/or transaction number.
• Refunds will be credited back to the original credit card used for payment.
• These above policies apply to all CHAMBER OF COMMERCE memberships unless otherwise noted in the corresponding program materials. Please read all individual program information thoroughly.

EVENT REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY

Event Cancellation by Chamber

• The CHAMBER OF COMMERCE reserves the right to cancel an event due to low enrollment or other circumstances which would make the event non-viable.
• If the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE cancels an event, registrants and sponsors will be offered a full refund.
• Should circumstances arise that result in the postponement of an event, registrants and sponsors will have the option to transfer registration or sponsorship (or equal credit to another event) to the same event at the new, future date.

Registration Cancellation by Participant

• Unless specifically stated on registration materials, the deadline to receive a full refund for your registration is 10 business days prior to the event for our signature events and 5 business days prior to the event for our routine events .
• Cancellations received after the stated deadline will not be eligible for a refund.
• Refunds will not be available for registrants who choose not to attend an event.
• Cancellations will be accepted via phone or e-mail, and must be received 24 hours prior to the event.
• All refund requests must be made by the attendee or credit card holder.
• Refund requests must include the name of the attendee and/or transaction number.
• Refunds will be credited back to the original credit card used for payment.
• These above policies apply to all CHAMBER OF COMMERCE events unless otherwise noted in the corresponding event materials. Please read all individual event information thoroughly.

The REAL Purpose of a Chamber of Commerce
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​​Chamber missions vary, but they all tend to focus to some degree on:
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• Building communities (regions/states/nations) to which residents, visitors and investors are attracted; promoting those communities
• Striving to ensure future prosperity via a pro-business climate; representing the unified voice of the employer community; and Reducing transactional friction through well-functioning networks. 
• Most are led by private-sector employers, self-funded, organized around boards/committees of volunteers and independent
• They share a common ambition for sustained prosperity of their community/region, built on thriving employers
• Most are ardent proponents of the free-market system, resisting attempts to overly burden private sector enterprise and investment
• Local businesses are voluntary-paying members of a chamber (nonprofits, quasi-public and even public sector employers also sometimes pay dues to belong)
• ​​While most chambers work closely with government, they are not part of government although many consider the process of appropriately influencing elected/appointed officials to be one of their most important functions

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Not all chambers are the same.  Most Chamber discontent comes from misaligned expectations and misaligned values.   ​

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