Distributors

Membership Eligibility Requirements

The Corporation Board of Directors shall establish the criteria, requirements and/or fees for each category of membership, which may be updated and or modified from time to time.

    Per Bylaws:  Qualifications of Distributor Members - Any person, firm, corporation or other business entity which has actually been engaged in the wholesale distribution of security hardware for at least two years as part of a multi-step distribution process is eligible to become a Distributor Member of the Association under the terms and conditions herein set forth or as may be determined by the Board of Directors.

     Distributor membership shall be automatically terminated for any member who fails to attend one of three consecutive regular annual meetings of the Association.  Such termination shall be effective upon the close of the third consecutive meeting missed by such member.

    In determining whether an applicant for Distributor Membership is actually engaged in the wholesale distribution of security hardware, the Association shall consider the following:

    Distributor membership is available to business entities in the wholesale distribution of security hardware that meet the following:

1. The applicant has annual sales of security hardware of at least 1.5 million;
2. The applicant must sell at least 75% of its total security hardware product at wholesale; wholesale defined as business to business not business to consumer.
3. The applicant actively promotes and distributes security hardware through a distributor- produced catalog or employs sales personnel calling on customers on a regular basis via telemarketing or personal contact.
4. No more than 20% of applicant's total sales are to any one customer or affiliated group of customers.

    The association may require applicants for Distributor Membership to provide satisfactory evidence that they have actually been engaged in wholesale distribution of security hardware for at least two years.  Such evidence shall be afforded confidential treatment. The association shall provide an applicant rejected for Distributor Membership an opportunity for an informal hearing.

Annual Dues for Distributors (based on Annual Sales Volume)

Applicants are required to submit the first two year's dues with application.

Distributor Application