Terms and Conditions of Membership

1) The terms and conditions posted here, set out the rules by which IATAM membership is governed. These rules may from time to time change and any such changes will be posted here on this website. It is a member's responsibility to keep up to date with these terms and conditions. LAST UPDATE 31st Oct 2011.
 
2) Membership is open to anyone who runs training courses or provides counseling or other services in the area of verbal, physical or psychological aggression management. This includes verbal diffusion techniques, tactical communications skills, physical self preservation, self defense, breakaway training, control and restraint, anger management, prevention of and coping with bullying, mediation, counseling and other methods of dealing with aggression.
 
3) Membership is available at various levels dependant of the level of involvement that the member has with the subject as defined by the following membership classes:
 
Fellow - A fellow will be a full voting member with all rights. A full member must earn their living or be substantially engaged on a time basis in the teaching of verbal, physical or psychological aggression management techniques. They will be entitled to a full listing on the IATAM website. They will be able to attend all normal IATAM meetings. They will be entitled to use the designation FIATAM.
 
Member – A member will have voting rights. They must teach verbal, physical or psychological aggression management techniques on a part time basis. They will be listed in the IATAM membership directory. They will be able to attend all IATAM meetings. They will be entitled to use the designation MIATAM.
 
Associate – An associate will NOT have voting rights – They must have an interest in verbal, physical or psychological aggression management techniques. They will be able to attend all normal IATAM meetings. They will be entitled to use the designation AIATAM.
 
Student Member – A student member will not have voting rights. They must be studying verbal or physical aggression management techniques on a part time basis. They will be able to attend all normal IATAM meetings.
 
Founder Member – A founder member was a member of either of the classes of Fellow or Member who joined IATAM before the 1st July 2004 – Founder Members will be acknowledged as such on the IATAM website and may use the designation FFIATAM (Founder member and Fellow of the International Association of Trainers in Aggression Management) or FMIATAM (Founder member of the International Association of Trainers in Aggression Management)
 
4) Membership of IATAM is for a period of one year. On the anniversary of being granted membership the annual fee will be payable in order to renue membership. A renewal notice (via email) will be sent to remind members to renew - it is a members responsibility to renew and IATAM cannot be heald liable if for whatever reason notification of renewal is not received by a member.
 
5) The various member designations FFIATAM, FMIATAM, FIATAM, MIATAM and AIATAM may only be used by members who have current membership.
 
6) As a Fellow, a member may have an optional page on the IATAM website (The member must provide the HTML webpage in a way that is suitable for display) - The page can link to the members website as long as it does this by opening a new browser window. The annual fee for the webpage and link will be payable directly to our website design providers Winghigh Limited.
 
No inappropriate material shall be used in the member's page. Inappropriate material would include images likely to cause offence or text that is inflamatory or denigrates or otherwise impunes other members of IATAM or other Aggression Management professionals.
 
Inappropriate material will be refused at the discretion of the webmaster or membership secretary.
  
The member agrees to indemnify IATAM against any claim or liability arising from anything they have included in their webpage.
  
7) A Member will have an optional listing in the on-line members directory and this listing can link to the member's website. The annual fee for the link will be payable directly to our website design providers Winghigh Limited.
   
8) Membership may be refused to anyone that the membership secretary feels is not suitable. Any refusal of membership will be explained.
  
9) If a member is convicted of any criminal act or does anything to bring IATAM into disrepute his membership may be terminated.