Local IBA Affiliation Benefits and Fees
AMIBA is here to help you successfully start, develop, and maintain a local
IBA Affiliation Fees All start-up materials and first year benefits: $950 This one-time fee includes start-up materials and templates, licensing and development. (We can provide installments if necessary-- contact us for information). Annual affiliation fee beginning year 2 is a sliding scale based on IBA annual budget. Under $20,000 -- $200 $20,000 - $40,000 -- $400 $40,000 - $80,000 -- $500 Over $80,000 -- $600 Have an existing organization? Contact us! |
Independent Business Alliance® or "Buy Local / Indie" camapign. AMIBA’s commitment to IBAs is to help them effect positive change in their communities through supporting them with resources, information, connections and on-demand consultation. No other source can approach the experience and focused support AMIBA offers.
Your initial benefits include:
- An organizer's handbook and checklist with extensive information and how-tos to help you organize quickly while avoiding potentially costly, time-consuming errors and guide you through developing your group into a powerful, successful organization.
- Templates for organizational documents (articles of incorporation, bylaws, and a thorough business plan), database customized for IBAs, printed member directory, window decals for local members, prospect recruitment brochures, promotional materials (bookmarks, print ads; bag stuffers), fundraising letters and dozens more items.
*Expect this package to save you $10,000 or more in development costs or more than 100 hours of time. As IBAs develop new programs and materials, we collect the best and provide you access in our online member resources. - How-to sheets to help you organize many popular initiatives.
- Consultation on IBA operation, media relations, editing, policy, member employee education from staff with years of hands-on experience organizing local alliances.
- 300 Thank you for choosing our Independent Local Business decals (additional quantities of all items available at wholesale cost). As with many of these items, we can add your group's name and logo for local printing at your request.
- 50 Put Your Money Where Your House Is! bumper stickers
- 30 Why Buy Local? posters -- 6 of each design
- Why Buy Local? bag stuffer / countertop card template -- 8 different designs
- Assistance adapting AMIBA publications for local use
- Starter/backup web page, if desired, and link to your site. (A new "off-the-shelf " website template and online version of our IBA database template, in the planning for 2009, will eliminate the need for special software/knowledge and will allow multiple editors via web browser.)
- Access to restricted member resources area of AMIBA website that includes a growing library of materials and ideas developed by IBAs around the continent -- many are ready to adapt for your local use.
- Member version of monthly updates from AMIBA (frequently includes additional tools not included in public version).
- License to use registered name Independent Business Alliance, the IBA logo and slogans Put Your Money Where Your House Is, You’re Not A Clone, Why Shop At One? and Because Community Matters.
- Regular conference calls with other IBA directors/organizers to share ideas and support.
- A PowerPoint slide presentation with talking points to use for presenting or recruiting in your community.
- Annual national organizers gathering to learn from each other and broaden the Localization Movement.
- 50% or more discount on in-person presentations and trainings for your community and at regional organizers gatherings (see the latest schedule).
- Access to fiscal sponsorship program to help you obtain tax-deductible contributions and grants for your public education work.
- Access to AMIBA staff with extensive publishing and media experience to help develop your press releases, op-eds or make appearances in your local media.
- The advantage of being part of the pioneer organization with growing national recognition. While other organizations (and marketing firms) have emulated components of the IBA organizing model, AMIBA is the only organization staffed by people with years of hands-on experience organizing local Alliances.
- Additional tools and benefits are added regularly.
- Still not convinced? We encourage you to contact any member IBA and ask them how affiliation with AMIBA has helped them.