Policies & Procedures

1. MEMBERSHIP — only one person from each professional classification is permitted to join the Best of the Best Business Group. Likewise members are allowed to represent ONLY ONE classification / occupation in this group.

2. INTEGRITY — an individual cannot be a member of any other networking group that allows only one person per profession, as this will hurt the integrity of our group.

3. FEES — there is no application fee. The only expenditure is the cost of breakfast times the number of meetings for that month. This amount is payable at the beginning of the month, quarterly or yearly (checks should be made out to Best of the Best )

4. ATTENDANCE — eight absences are allowed per year. Substitutes may and should be sent in your place. All substitutes (may introduce themselves by name only). You should brief them prior to the meeting that they are there representing YOU.

5. MEDICAL LEAVES — will be evaluated and granted on a case to case basis.

6. MEETINGS —are held every Wednesday (except for holidays). Meetings start promptly at 7:30 AM and are preceded by fifteen minutes of networking. Anyone arriving after 7:45 AM will be marked as late. Your presence is required for the entire meeting.

— Please dress appropriately (professional business attire) people will form an opinion about you by your image, body language and vocabulary. Your appearance and actions are congruent with your pro-fessionalism and the reputation of your company. The more attention you pay to your image, the less you need to convince people that you can be trusted.

7. VISITORS — are always welcome. Current members who have a concern with a visitor, or foresees a conflict with a potential member, must address those concerns with David Chirico only.

8. REFERRALS — to be counted — all referrals must be submitted on the official three part referral form. Any verbal referral will not be counted. A Referral will be counted only the first time it is given - (one referral per member, per client)

9. MEMBER LISTS — the membership list is created for the purpose of giving referrals within the group and should not be used solicit business or given to outsiders.
A personalized referral Brochure (trifold) is available to all members for a nominal cost.

10. EMAILS — to avoid spam and the like, all emails must be submitted to David Chirico for distribution to the group.

11. ELECTRONIC DEVICES — all electronic devices must be silenced during the meeting. If during the meeting it becomes necessary to leave or answer a call, please leave the meeting as discreetly as possible.

A member’s classification will be opened for failure to comply with any of these policies & procedures.