Interest is not acceptance
Submitting an interest form starts a conversation. It does not create membership, reserve a category, establish exclusivity, guarantee admission, or require payment.
Category review
The network may define, narrow, combine, or separate categories based on actual services, licensing boundaries, customer overlap, and potential conflict. One primary member may represent an approved category after written confirmation. Category status can change if a member leaves, materially changes services, fails to remain qualified, or does not meet participation expectations.
Professional qualifications
Members remain responsible for all licenses, registrations, insurance, permits, disclosures, and professional rules applicable to their work. The network may request reasonable evidence but does not guarantee that every credential remains current. Customers must perform their own due diligence.
Participation expectations
- Describe services and limitations accurately.
- Attend and prepare consistently when meeting schedules are established.
- Protect confidential and personal information.
- Respond to introductions promptly and professionally.
- Do not pressure members to purchase, refer, or endorse.
- Disclose conflicts, referral compensation, or financial interests where applicable.
- Follow the community standards and referral policy.
Fees and commitments
Founding-stage interest pages do not announce or collect membership fees. Any dues, term, renewal, cancellation, refund, or meeting obligations must be provided before a person commits or pays.
Review, suspension, and removal
The network may review concerns involving safety, fraud, harassment, misrepresentation, repeated nonperformance, unlawful activity, misuse of referral information, or conduct that creates material risk. Interim suspension may be used while serious concerns are assessed. Removal decisions should consider available information and the need to protect participants; membership is not employment or a guarantee of continued category representation.
Independence
Clearwater Business Network is independently forming and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by BNI Global, LLC.