Membership

Classes

Three classes, distinguished by who they are for and whether they carry a vote. The board sets the fleet threshold that separates Class A from Class B, and sets dues for each.

Class A Voting

Carriers operating larger fleets

Motor carriers above the fleet threshold the board sets. Full participation in governance, including standing for election to the board.

Class B Voting

Small and mid-size carriers

The majority of the industry by company count. Same governance rights as Class A; the classes differ in dues basis, not in standing.

Associate Non-voting

Vendors and allied businesses

Insurers, brokers, equipment and software suppliers. Associate members may participate in events and committees but do not vote, and are not eligible for the board.

What membership includes

Everything listed here exists. Where something is planned rather than built, this page says so rather than describing it in the present tense.

A verifiable membership record

A certificate you can send to a broker or an insurer, carrying a code and an address that resolve to the live record. Anyone can check it without an account and without seeing anything beyond your status. Try the check.

Representation on regulatory matters

Comment on rulemakings that affect how members operate, and positions adopted through the governance process rather than issued by staff. How positions are set.

A vote in governance

For voting classes: one vote per member company in board elections and on matters put to the membership. Not weighted by fleet size or by dues paid.

Compliance and safety material

Plain-language guidance on federal requirements. Written to be usable by a small carrier without a compliance department, which is most of the industry.

Events and committees

Meetings run under a published antitrust protocol, with agendas circulated in advance and minutes kept. The protocol is not a formality; see below.

What membership does not include

Two things members of associations often expect are absent here on purpose, and it is fairer to say so at the point you are deciding than to let you find out afterwards.

No rate benchmarking

We do not collect or publish what members charge. An industry rate benchmark circulated among competitors is the textbook unlawful information exchange, and the fact that it is a common association product does not change that. The database has no column for it.

No open member-to-member forum

A discussion board among companies that bid against each other is difficult to moderate and easy to misuse. The capability exists behind a flag that is off, and turning it on requires counsel sign-off and moderation controls that are not built. The full policy lists what else we will not host.

These are not gaps we intend to close quietly. If either changes, the antitrust policy changes with it, in public.

Staying in good standing

Good standing is what benefits depend on. It is computed from these conditions and nothing else — there is no discretionary judgement in it, and no condition that is not listed here.

Dues paid

Current on dues, or inside the grace period that follows a renewal invoice. A failed card does not end a membership; it starts a sequence of notices.

Operating authority on file

For carrier classes, a USDOT number that resolves. We record what the federal register says; we do not assess it.

Policies acknowledged

The antitrust policy and code of conduct, acknowledged by a named person with authority to bind the company.

Primary contact reachable

A working address for the person who receives governance and billing notices. Undeliverable mail is a standing problem, not an administrative one.

If your membership falls out of good standing you are told which condition failed and what clears it. Losing benefits without being told why is a support problem disguised as a policy.

Term, renewal and leaving

Membership runs for a term set by the board and renews at its end. Before a renewal charge you get notice with the amount and the date, and a working link to cancel — not a phone number that only answers during business hours.

You can resign at any time from your account, in the same number of clicks it took to join. Dues already paid for the current term are not refunded unless the board's policy says otherwise, and that policy will be stated on this page before it applies to anyone.