IJA Prop Vendor Discount Program

The Vendor Discount Program is a new IJA benefit program designed to help out prop vendors as well as the IJA membership. As part of this program, vendors are offering IJA members an exclusive deal through their web stores at least three days per year.

Goal:

The creed of the International Jugglers' Association is to render assistance to fellow jugglers. It is in this spirit that the IJA has put forth a new IJA Prop Vendor Discount Program. This program has benefit for vendors and jugglers alike, as it gives participating vendors greater access to the IJA and its members, and to the IJA's membership, in that it offers them the opportunity to purchase goods and services from participating vendors at a lower rate. This program adds value to the IJA and directs interested members to the vendors' websites. It enhances and renders assistance to the juggling community.

Summary:

For World Juggling Day and two other days every year, participating prop vendors offer a special discount or offer to IJA members only.

Schedule:

While it is mandatory for participating vendors to offer three offers per year, the only mandatory scheduled program day is World Juggling Day. The other two program days are up to each vendor's discretion, though it is encouraged to hold one day in the winter and one day in the spring. These days MUST be determined by the vendor when they agree to participate in the program, as all program days will be listed on a page on the IJA website.

If a vendor wishes to change the date of a program day, they must notify the IJA Marketing Director of the change one month before the originally scheduled date. Failure to do so could be considered a violation of the terms of agreement and grounds for termination of a vendor's participation in this program.

Reciprocation:

As stated, participating vendors are required to give IJA members an exclusive price break, offer, or other deal on program days. There is no minimum value or other restriction for what this offer is, though, in the spirit of benefiting the juggling community, we do encourage vendors to offer the best deal that they are able.

In return, the IJA will offer participating vendors the following benefits. Vendors are not obligated use all or any of these reciprocal offers:

• Ad space - Up to a quarter page in the IJA E-Newsletter. The vendor's ad run in the monthly newsletter falling immediately before said vendor's program day MUST have a mention of the discount given, as well as mention of the IJA discount program. Please note that the publication date of the IJA e-newsletter does vary from month to month and that it behooves both the IJA and the participating vendors to have relevant sale information prepared more than a month ahead of schedule.
• Ad space - A banner ad at the bottom of the homepage of the IJA website.
• Discount - of $50 off of the total price in tabling at the IJA's annual festival.
• Rights - in declaring that they are a participant and sponsor of the IJA in this program. Participating vendors are required to have a link to the IJA's homepage in a prominent place on their website, just as the IJA is required to put a link to the participating vendors' homepages on its website.

While the digital version of JUGGLE magazine is currently in negotiation, when and if it comes to fruition, discounted ad space in this publication will be promptly discussed among board members.

Publicity:

Participating vendors are encouraged to advertise their participation in this program on their own websites and print materials. The IJA will make announcements regarding this program to the public in its own official publications and forums, as well as others, when possible and warranted.

The IJA will also make available to the public a list of all participating vendors and their program days.

Verification:

Participating vendors will be issued the most current version of the official IJA roster at least one week before a program day takes place. Vendors are required to consult this list before transactions are completed in order to ensure that only IJA members are being offered the IJA-exclusive discounts or benefits. Should a new member wish to make purchases from a vendor on a program day, their membership is required to be processed and paid for in order to take part in the program. For questions concerning the IJA roster, please contact Jim Maxwell, the IJA Membership Director, at , or another IJA Officer or Board Member, should one be named at a later date.

Termination:

Failure to meet the requirements outlined in this document is considered grounds for termination of a vendor from this program. Upon termination, the vendor will be notified and all reciprocal benefits will be revoked. Vendors will not be allowed to re-apply for this program for one calendar year after the date of their termination.

Vendors may opt out of this program at their discretion, but will not be allowed to re-apply until the start of the next calendar year. (For example, vendors who opt out in March of year N will not be allowed to re-apply until January 1st of the year N+1.)

Notice of non-endorsement:

Participation in the program is not to be considered an endorsement by the IJA of any particular persons, vendor, manufacturer, good, or service. As such, all advertisement space will be ordered by way of temporal proximity of program days, alphabetically, or at random.

Contact:

Contact the IJA Marketing Director with any questions or concerns about this problem. Should a question requiring the Board of Directors' action present itself, he will relay and advocate your position to the rest of the Board - in an official meeting, on the BoD forum, or otherwise.