Networking Group of Ocean County (NGOC)
Membership Rules

The Networking Group of Ocean County is a business networking group devoted to helping its members promote and improve their businesses. Our group is professional, but fun, and welcomes new members.

Our mission is straightforward -- to assist each other in growing our businesses, and to provide area consumers with the best products and services available.

We are an exclusive group, meaning only 1 company per type of business. If business functions overlap, the members who have the conflict will discuss the overlap and come to a working agreement (ex: the 2nd member whose function overlaps with the 1st members, can not talk or promote that particular function in the meetings or to the group).

Your attendance and participation is important.

We have No monthly dues, No referral or guest quotas.

Meetings

We meet twice a month (the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month)….
(click here for meeting schedule)

The 1st Thursday = morning/breakfast meeting
Location: Check Home page of organization site.
Meeting begins at 8:30 am, get there earlier to network (network before & after meeting)
Members contribute to pay for room (exact cost depends on number of members present that day).
NOTE = no additional cost except for what you order to eat or drink

The 3rd Thursday = afternoon/lunch meeting
Location: Check Home page of organization site.
Meeting begins at 1:00 pm, get there earlier to network (network before & after meeting)
NOTE = no cost except for what you order to eat or drink

All meetings last about 1 hour (not including personal networking before and after)

All meeting notifications and reminders are done via email

Attendance

1. One meeting per month is required by members in order to stay active.

2. Four (4) consecutive missed meetings (2 months) require membership review. We want active members, not names on a list. If meetings are going to be missed, please email Linda Andrews so that communication can be documented. Once a member has missed 4 consecutive meetings (2 months), the Steering Committee will review their membership and decide on a course of action.

After 4 consecutive missed meetings (2 months AND without previous communication), a Steering Committee member will attempt to contact that person to determine why the meetings were missed. If no response, that membership is revoked and that business category is available for another business to take.

Guests and prospective members

1. Guests are welcome at all meetings. Please check the website before a guest attends to make sure that business category is available (so there are no direct conflicts).

2. Person inviting guest is responsible for informing guest of meeting information, following up with them, inviting them to the next meeting, and then informing them of their membership status after a vote is taken.

3. Guests must attend 2 meetings before membership is granted. Voting on their membership occurs at the end of the guests’ 2nd meeting (guest will be asked to leave meeting early, so vote can be taken). The member who invited the guest will be responsible for informing them of their membership (if no one invited them, and they just walked in off the street, Linda Andrews will be responsible for that guest).

Guests are responsible for paying for whatever food or drink they purchase at the meetings.

Current Steering Committee Members

Linda Andrews – Toms River Online
Bob Henne – Toms River Online
Bill Carolan – The Exterminator
Tony Martirano – Martirano Landscaping
Miriam Monroe – Mary Kay