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About ABC Illinois
Illinois membership includes consultants, vendors, corporate, as well as beginning novice members who provide a high level of professionalism for the weddings and special events they manage.
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Membership Categories
A Consultant is someone who provides the bride with full-service wedding coordination, consultation and/or direction.
A Novice is someone just starting out to be a consultant and who plans to meet criteria established to be a consultant-level member.
A Vendor is a wedding professional who markets specific goods or services to brides locally…a florist, photographer or caterer.
An Auxiliary member is an additional member from the same company.
A Corporate member is a company that manufactures or markets nationwide or worldwide to wedding professionals or to the bride.
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Standards of Membership
- Supply background information about the member and his/her business, or other information deemed essential to the Association's responsibility to provide factual reports on the profession
- Cooperate with Association activities and efforts to promote and improve the professionalism of the bridal business
- Respond rapidly and honestly to all complaints forwarded by the Association
- Supply, on request, the evidence on which any advertising is basted
- Adhere to the Association's Code of Ethics and cooperate with the Association in all matters relating to it
- Use the Association's name and logo only as authorized
- Pay all Association bills in a timely manner
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Member Designation Levels
Association membership is based on a point system to determine designation levels. Its purpose is to have ABC titles reflect a member's formal education and home-study course training, as well as his or her real world experience and industry contributions.
To better serve clients, consultants are required to obtain a minimum requirement of continuing education to maintain their designations.
There are 5 membership designation levels -- The points necessary to achieve each level are:
Novice Level (Wedding Consultant or Vendor) --- 0-24.75 points
Consultant Level (Wedding Consultant or Vendor) --- 25-49.75 points
Professional Bridal Consultant or Professional Wedding Vendor --- 50-74.75 points
Accredited Bridal Consultant or AccreditedWedding Vendor --- 75-99.75 points
Master Bridal Consultant or Master Wedding Vendor --- 100 + points
Additional information and requirements are listed at www.BridalAssn.com
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