ATADA 2009 Full Member Application/Renewal/Update Form and Instructions Page of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association, Inc. (ATADA)

ATADA Full Member Application/Renewal/Update Form and Instructions

A Full Member is defined as an individual or business entity who has been active for two or more years in the area of antique tribal arts such as dealers, restorers, appraisers, publishers, book dealers, show promoters, etc. Business entities must provide the name of the principals - anonymous business entities will be accepted in rare circumstances and only as approved in advance by the BOD (Board of Directors).

There is a membership application fee of $500 plus annual dues of $300. Associates applying for an upgrade from Associate to Full Member are subject to the membership application fee and must complete the New Full Member application form. Membership dues and application fee are due at the time of application. Full members who operate two or more galleries may choose to list each additional gallery on an additional full page in the directory at an annual fee of one-half of the annual dues per additional gallery. Please mail a check made out to ATADA to Robert V. Gallegos, ATADA Treasurer, 215 Sierra SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA. You may pay by credit card - Please phone Bob Gallegos at (505) 262-0620 or fax Bob at (505) 260-0383 with credit card information.

After approval of your application, your name, manager's name, business name, address, specialty, services, up to three phone numbers including fax and cell phones, up to two email addresses and web URL or eBay Member ID, will be listed in the ATADA directory. Each Full Member will be allocated one full page in the annual directory including a large, high quality color image with caption - see http://www.atada.org/ImageTutorial.html for details. Send your image to ATADA Webmaster, Arch Thiessen, Webmaster@ATADA.org. You must include an image caption and member or gallery name in the email. The items in the image you use for your listing may be for sale. In fact, displaying images of fresh material should drive traffic to our site and can mean added sales for you. Although the image in the printed version will stay the same for a year, the online image can be changed as often as once a month. There is space for only one gallery address per membership in the annual directory and on the web page. Full members who operate two or more galleries may choose to list each additional gallery on an additionalfull page in the directory at an annual fee of one-half of the annual dues per additional gallery. You may choose that your email and/or one of your phone numbers not be published. However, if your e-mail or phone number is not published, you must provide a protected (unlisted) email address and /or phone number for communication with ATADA. (Contact the ATADA Executive Director if this is a hardship for you).

Updates and corrections of contact information may be made at any time. The update will be posted on the web as soon as possible and will be published in the next newsletter.

ATADA Members are required to uphold ethical standards as defined in the ATADA Bylaws, and must agree to honor the ATADA guarantee of authenticity and condition for all American Indian and Tribal Art sales.

ATADA performs extensive background checks on all Full Membership applicants. The names of two Full Members who have had this status for two or more years and who support your application must be provided along with the membership information. The BOD will contact these sponsors on your behalf. (The application form provides for the names of three sponsors so that your application will not be unduly delayed in the event that one of your sponsors is temporarily unavailable.) The BOD must first approve your application, and has up to 30 days from receipt of your application to approve or disapprove. At this point, you will have Provisional Member status and your contact information will be printed in the web directory and in the newsletter. The ATADA Membership has thirty days from the date of publication in the newsletter to comment on Provisional Members. After review by the membership, you will be notified that your application has been approved or disapproved. Once full approval has been obtained, you may apply for ATADA group insurance benefits and a full listing with image will be published on the web and in the next annual directory. All fees will be returned to you in the event that your application is turned down.

The format of the ATADA on line Gallery and Directory is unchanged for 2012. Full members not requiring changes in their directory listing need not resubmit this form in 2012.

ATADA Full Member Application/Renewal/Update Form

* required input

*ApplicationType: must choose one

*FirstName MiddleInitial *LastName

tip: if joint membership - enter (FirstName) Alice B. Jones and Mary Z. (LastName) Smith - to alphabetize under Smith

or - enter (FirstName) Alice B. (LastName) Jones and Mary Z. Smith - to alphabetize under Jones

CompanyName

*CompanyStartDate

ManagerName

ManagerTitle

*Address1

Address2

Address3

*City State/Province PostalCode

*Country (abbreviate as USA, etc.)

*Primary Phone Number for Communication with ATADA - Phone1 Label: *Phone1 Number may be unlisted, used for communication with ATADA, use (123) 456-7890 format

*Phone1 Label Confirm: *Phone1 Number Confirm: please confirm Phone1 (above)

Phone2 Label: Phone2 Number use (123) 456-7890 format

Phone3 Label: Phone3 Number use (123) 456-7890 format

*Email1Label *Email1 may be unlisted, used for communication with ATADA

*ConfirmEmailLabel *ConfirmEmai1 please confirm Email1

Email2Label Email2

EBAY ID or WWWURL1

*ATADA Sponsor1 (required on new applications)

*ATADA Sponsor2 (required on new applications)

ATADA Sponsor3 (optional on new applications)

Specialty (170 characters maximum, spaces count as one character)

Services (85 characters maximum, spaces count as one character)

Please send your JPEG image to the ATADA Webmaster (Webmaster@ATADA.org) with your image caption and member name or gallery name included in the email. No superimposed text. There must be a background area on both sides of this image for binder punchouts and bleed. The image should be at least 1800 pixels wide x 1575 pixels high. Include approximately 150 pixels of background on each side for bleed and binder punchout, leaving an approximately square region at the center 1575 pixels high by 1500 pixels wide containing the art you wish to display. If you are uncomfortable with these instructions, please arrange the art in an approximately square layout in the center of the picture, provide generous borders, and send the largest image that you can. We will crop and/or resize your image to fit. - see http://www.atada.org/ImageTutorial for more details. You may phone Arch Thiessen st 505-984-3216 if you have any questions about these instructions.

In the Seller's judgment as a dealer in objects of this kind, the information set out above is accurate. If the Buyer shows that such information is inaccurate in any significant way within one year from the date of purchase, the Seller will accept a return and offer a full refund, which the Buyer agrees to accept as full satisfaction. The return of the object must be in the same condition as sold. The Seller guarantees that the Buyer receives good title to the object. If there is evidence showing that Seller did not provide good title and the Seller is promptly so informed by the Buyer, the Seller will either remove any cloud on the title or accept return of the object and give the Buyer a full refund, at the Seller's option. These guarantees extend only from [DEALER'S NAME] to the Buyer named in this invoice.

It is not necessary to explicitely use the ATADA guarantee in your sales literature - some words such as " As a member of ATADA, we offer our buyers a guarantee that all objects we sell are as represented regarding age, authenticity and extent of restoration (if any), and have been properly acquired and fall within the laws concerning cultural sensitivity as specified in the ATADA Bylaws" can accomplish the same objective by referring to the ATADA guarantee indirectly.

*I agree to abide by all the terms and conditions and ethical behavior standards defined in the ATADA Bylaws (Confirm use of Guarantee)

I will send a check for $800 ($300 dues + $500 Application fee) to Robert V. Gallegos, ATADA Treasurer, 215 Sierra SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108 or phone (505)262-0620 with credit card information.

I am an expert and am willing to give an illustrated lecture on the following subject(s):

I do appraisals for a fee on a regular basis. I am accredited by an Appraiser Organization. These are my credentials: (Leave blank if not accredited)

I do appraisals for a fee on a regular basis. These are the areas of specialization in which I do appraisals: (Leave blank if you do not do appraisals)

When the processing of your form is complete, you will see a message on your screen indicating that processing of your form was completed successfully. You will be asked to check your email and look for a message from ATADA. Please reply to this message with 'I Confirm' in the subject line. If you do not see the screen message, if you have problems with this form, or if you do not receive an email from ATADA, please contact Arch Thiessen, ATADA Webmaster, Webmaster@ATADA.org, phone (505) 984-3216.

If you have problems with this form or wish to submit a hand written copy, please print out this page, fill in the form by hand, and mail to ATADA's Executive Director, Alice Kaufman at US mail address: ATADA, 82 Madrone, Larkspur, CA 94939, USA.