GCBAA Board of Directors Streamline Membership Categories During the annual GCBAA Summer Board Meeting the Board discussed ideas to streamline the membership categories for builder members by consolidating and adjusting the criteria needed for upgrading. As the GCBAA participates in allied industry events we have noticed in conversations and networking that our program has become cumbersome and confusing. The Board of Directors requested the GCBAA Membership Committee along with the Executive Board review the program to which they offered suggestions that the Board ultimately approved. The category changes were adopted for 2018-below are details of the new programs. We thank the GCBAA Membership Committee for their work on the new structure; Chairman John McDonald, II, Klaus Ahlers, Rick Williamson, Mark Creighton, Joy Ramos, and Erik Christiansen. The GCBAA eliminated the Associate Builder, Associate Renovation Builder, and Associate Irrigation Contractor categories as intermediate categories between application and the next level of membership. The criteria to upgrade from the Applicant Level is to show the equivalent of two 18-hole projects within the last three years. Applicant members can apply to upgrade once a minimum of 18 months has passed from the time the company has become an Applicant Member or once the company can show they have been in business for at least three full years upon the date the upgrade would take effect. The Applicant Level Member must submit project references that have spanned the last three years for consideration. Contact the GCBAA office if you have any questions or if you think your company might qualify for upgrade.
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