MEMBERSHIP: The Batavia Leads Group (BLG) is open to anyone who is a member in good standing of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce.

PURPOSE: The Purpose of Batavia Leads Group is to provide a forum and structure for members to meet bi-weekly to promote their business and network with other members of the group.

ATTENDANCE: Members are expected to attend meetings regularly. For networking to be effective it is necessary to have periodic and regular contact with other members of the group. A member may have an associate or other person from the same or unrelated business fill in for him or her as a guest. The guest is intended to be your representative for that meeting and, as such, will be responsible for providing a 60-second commercial on the member's business.  Guest representation will be limited to 3 times during a six-month session. Only 2 unexcused absences are permitted.

SESSION: A session will consist of a six-month period, from July 1 through December 31 and from September 1 through March 1.

DUES: Dues are $50 dollars for a six month period and are due April and October of each year by no later than the April 30 or October 31 of the respective session. Failure to pay dues by the stipulated time will disqualify a member from participating in meetings during that session unless a prior arrangement has been made with the Treasurer. Dues will be prorated at the time of application. A partial month remaining will count as a full month for determining proration.

MEETINGS: Each meeting is anticipated to last approximately 1 hour, beginning at 7:30 am or other agreed upon time. Meetings are held currently on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month at Panera Bread in downtown Batavia. Each meeting will provide an opportunity for the sharing of business and industry updates, an introduction of your particular business, a referral exchange and a presentation of up to 20 minutes by one member designated to be the presenter for that meeting.

VISITORS: Members are encouraged to invite guests to attend our meetings. A visitor may attend two meetings before joining. Guest representatives (filling in for a current member) are not required to join and, consequently, are not subject to this two meeting limitation.

REFERRALS: Members are expected to provide quality business referrals at each meeting. An invited visitor who attends (other than a guest representative) will be considered a referral. If no lead is presented at a meeting, then the person is responsible for presenting 2 leads the next meeting or pay a $2 penalty.

GROUP LEADERSHIP: The leadership of the BLG will consist of a Group Leader, responsible for attendance, presentations, and conducting the meetings; a Co-leader, responsible for membership, tracking referrals, and conducting meetings in the absence of the Group Leader; and a Treasurer , responsible for dues collection, payment of BLG expenses, and accounting. These positions are intended to be for one-year terms, and will be agreed upon by majority vote of those present at the first meeting in September of each year.

EXCLUSIVITY: There can only be one type of business per group.
Duplicate businesses priorities:
  1. Current Chamber Member with dues paid
  2. Waiting list by registering on this website
  3. Batavia Business
  4. First come first serve

NEW MEMBERS: Current members will vote in any new members. Current duplicate business has veto power over a new applicant of the same business.  Duplicate businesses can join the waiting list and have first priority of the new group.

If your industry already has a member on the active membership list below you can click here to sign-up on our waiting list to be part of the next group when it is created or the position in your industry becomes available.