Thank you for your interest in joining RFMA!
Detailed below are some of the benefits of RFMA membership, an overview of membership fees, and other detailed information.
Detailed below are some of the benefits of RFMA membership, an overview of membership fees, and other detailed information.
MEMBER BENEFITS
- RFMA helps you get off the island – you are not alone out there and we connect you with a vast network of your peers.
- Want to pick the brains of other knowledgeable restaurant members? Using the member directory, you can search by name, company, restaurant, type or location and begin sharing best practices.
- You can go one step further and join the cyber age by participating in the members-only RFMA online community, a branded social network where members create profiles, blog, create and join groups and participate in forums to learn from and network with other members. It’s a Facility Manager’s FaceBook!
- Members anxiously await the arrival of their subscription to RESTUARANT FACILITY BUSINESS magazine, published 10 times per year.
- Budgets tight? Members get deeply discounted rates for registration and booth space for the RFMA annual conference, webinars presented on RFMA-U Online, and any other cool new stuff we come up with throughout the year.
- Want news and information delivered right to your desk top or PDA? As a Member you will receive the monthly "Facilitator" E-Newsletter to keep you informed.
- Struggling with a repair or maintenance issue and need to find a quality vendor? At your fingertips is the RFMA vendor member directory - search by company name, product type or state and your are on your way to "problem solved! "
- Have a little too much time on your hands after a layoff, or need an extra pair of hands to fill a job opening? You have an all access pass to the RFMA Job Board.
MEMBERSHIP FEES (General Overview)
Restaurant Professional Brand Membership -
The Professional Membership belongs to the individual and is transferable with the individual.
The Professional Membership belongs to the individual and is transferable with the individual.
This option is open to Facility Management Professionals whose primary responsibilities are to direct, manage and/or coordinate restaurant facility maintenance/repair and capital improvements. This option is available to a direct employee of a restaurant brand or entity.
- $250.00 (Primary member)
- $75.00 each additional member from the same company
Restaurant Professional Independent Contractor Member: $250
This option is open to Facility Management Professionals whose primary responsibilities are to direct, manage and/or coordinate restaurant facility maintenance/repair and capital improvements. This option is available to an independent contracted employee for a restaurant brand or entity. NOTE: If candidate also provide products or services for restaurant facilities they are NOT eligible for this category. If the brand or entity the brand or entity they represent also has an existing Professional Brand Primary member, you do NOT qualify as an additional member if you are an independent contractor and not a direct employee.
Restaurant Professional Member - Unaffiliated: $75
This is open to restaurant professional members in good standing who lose their Facility Management position and are seeking fulltime employment as a Restaurant Professional. The membership will be maintained for the duration of the existing membership and contact information will be changed. This category will allow up to one renewal at the additional member rate of $75, unless the member finds employment with a vendor company, at which time their membership will be terminated. NOTE: A request must be made in writing to the RFMA office to obtain this membership type and once full-time employment has been secured and membership expires, the member will be invoiced for renewal at the primary member rate, if applicable.
Retired Professional Member: $75
Retired professional membership is open to professional members in good standing upon their permanent retirement from full-time employment in a position qualified for professional membership. The Allied Membership belongs to the company; membership fee is based on annual sales volume.
Student Member $50
Student membership is open to individuals who are engaged in full-time study at an accredited college or university - transcript must be provided.
Student membership is open to individuals who are engaged in full-time study at an accredited college or university - transcript must be provided.
Vendor-Allied Corporate Membership
- Category one: $500 first member - Annual Sales Volume $125,000 - $500,000 Each Additional Member - $100
- Category two: $650 first member - Annual Sales Volume $500,000 - $5 million Each Additional Member - $125
- Category three: $1250 first member - Annual Sales Volume over $5 million Each Additional Member - $150
- Allied membership is open to individuals whose primary responsibilities include: business development; sales and/or marketing as a consultant; representation of a manufacturer, vendor, dealer, distributor; and/or providing restaurant facility-related products and services.
Retired Allied Member: $75
Retired membership is open to Allied members in good standing upon their permanent retirement from full-time employment in a position qualified for professional membership.
Retired membership is open to Allied members in good standing upon their permanent retirement from full-time employment in a position qualified for professional membership.