Smart Reasons for your Company to be part of the Chamber

• Promote your business to the right people.
• Enjoy frequent networking opportunities at Chamber functions.
• Belong to Geelong’s only independent business voice.
• Be kept informed of important business and industry issues.
• Have your business details included in the Chamber’s website and linked to your website.
• Watch your business grow.
• Every new member strengthens the voice of the Chamber.

Membership Costs:

Please note there are no joining fees. The current annual subscriptions are:

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP 

Please complete your details on the application form and forward, along with your payment made payable to the Geelong Chamber of Commerce, to :

Donna Hopgood - Administration Officer

Victorian Business Centre
69-71 Moorabool Street
GEELONG
VIC 3220

For further details about the Chamber please do not hesitate in contacting Donna Hopgood on : 03 5222 2234.

Refund Policy
Membership: Please choose carefully.  We do not give refunds if you simply change your mind or make a wrong decision.  Once membership fees have been paid they remain valid for 12 months from the period of payment.

Events: Payment must ber received prior to the event. Entry fees will only be refunded if the purchaser notifies the Chamber no less than 48 hours prior to the event. This notification must be in writing and can be submitted by either fax, email or post.

The Geelong Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to keeping your details private. Any information, we collect in relation to you, is kept strictly secured. We do not pass on/sell/swap any of your personal details with anyone. By signing the membership form and consenting your business details are displayed on our website with your stipulated contact details. By signing the membership form and consenting. We also use this information to identify your orders, provide you with our monthly newsletter and to personalise your contact with us; that's all.  
Whenever you use our web site, or any other web site, the computer on which the web pages are stored (the Web server) needs to know the network address of your computer so that it can send the requested web pages to your Internet browser. The unique network address of your computer is called its "IP address," and is sent automatically each time you access any Internet site. From a computer's IP address, it is possible to determine the general geographic location of that computer, but otherwise it is anonymous.
We do not keep a record of the IP addresses from which users access our site except where you have specifically provided us with information about yourself, in which case we also record your IP address for security purposes. An example of this would be when proceeding to a checkout to finalise an order you may wish to make. After completing the form provided, your IP address will be stored along with a transaction number that allows us to track your order.

Security Policy
When purchasing from The Geelong Chamber of Commerce your financial details are passed through a secure server using the latest 128-bit SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption technology.128-bit SSL encryption is approximated to take at least one trillion years to break, and is the industry standard. If you have any questions regarding our security policy, please contact our customer support centre at admin@geelongchamber.com.au

 

Applicants for membership should note that Article 9 states :

"A member wishing to resign must give written notice to the Secretary not later than 31 December in each year the member/he/she will become liable to the subscription for the ensuing year.

A member whose subscription is in arrears cannot vote at any meeting or on a poll and when his subscription is six months overdue all privileges of membership will be forfeited until all subscriptions in arrears have been paid.

Subscriptions in arrears shall be treated as debts due to and recoverable by the Chamber."