Looking through the IPMS website, I was trying to find the answers to three basic questions, and came up empty:
1. How does a club become chartered?
2. What are the benefits of doing so?
3. When a new member joins, does the IPMS do anything to let either the individual or local chapter know about each other?
Now in regards to questions 1and 2, I have to admit I didn’t read the constitution and bylaws - but if that is the only place the answers are posted, then that needs to be fixed, IMO.
In regards to my third question, I am guessing the answer is “no”. I realize there may be privacy considerations about sharing the new member’s contact info with local clubs, but maybe there could be a checkbox to let the new member opt-in to share an email address with local clubs.
Maybe it is posted and I’m looking in the wrong place?
-Bill