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WPN Policies

Who May Attend a WPN Meeting?

WPN meetings are open to women from age sixteen to one hundred sixteen!

Cell Phone/Pager Policy

We ask you to silence your cell phones and turn off pagers during our meetings. If yours rings, we reserve the right to collect a $5 fine, which will be donated to charity.

Table Networking

Table Networking is fun and easy. After breakfast, your Table Leader table will get things started, and then we go around the table. Each member and guest will have 1.5 minutes (90 seconds) to pass business cards or brochures, and to tell tablemates about their business. It’s a great place to practice your “elevator speech!” The bell will indicate the time for the next guest to begin. Please respect everyone’s time by ending your presentation when the bell rings. Following table networking is a five-minute follow-up period, when members and guests can obtain additional information, answer questions, or make plans to continue conversations after the meeting.

Member Announcements

WPN Members may make announcements at each meeting during table networking, or to the entire group which relate to their own businesses or non profit organizations they support. However, because of our limited time, we draw for 5 members to make announcements to the entire group. How do we define an announcement?

An announcement is:
An event you are promoting
A class or seminar you are offering
A business open house or celebration you are having
A limited-time special your business is offering
Special recognition you or another member have received

An announcement is not:
A general business promotion
A general introduction of yourself or your business
A personal announcement (but please submit these for website and newsletter publication!)

Handouts

We ask that you refrain from handing out business materials except during table networking. Members are welcome to leave brochures or fliers on the WPN Member Information Table. Please take any remaining materials with you when you leave.

Member Dues

WPN membership dues are only $55 for the first year, and $50 to renew. Your annual membership begins the first of the month after dues are paid. We’ll remind you a month before it’s time to renew.

Guest Policy

We invite you to attend your first breakfast meeting at a reduced fee of $15. Your second breakfast as a guest is $18. After attending two meetings as a guest, we ask that you join in order to continue attending. Past members may attend once as a guest.

No Show Policy

Because we must pay for every reservation, we ask you to cover your breakfast fee if you cannot attend after reserving for a meeting. Members and guests who cancel before the RSVP deadline (5 p.m. Friday before the meeting) will not be charged.

Spam/Mass e-mail and Telephone Solicitation Policy

The WPN Member Directory is provided to encourage networking and facilitate business transactions between members. It is not intended to provide emails and phone numbers for solicitation. WPN does not allow members or guests to send mass emails or to solicit members by telephone. Please respect this policy, and our members’ busy lives.
If you’d like to reach all of the membership, we encourage members to reserve a display table in the WPN Business Center, submit an announcement for the newsletter or website, or enter the Member Announcement drawing at the breakfast meeting.