Effective Date: July 24, 2026

1. Application for Membership

Submitting an application does not create a membership.

Every applicant must:

• Complete the required application

• Pay the displayed application fee

• Provide accurate information

• Submit requested documentation

• Cooperate with identity, eligibility, and integrity reviews

The current membership-application fee is $50 unless a different amount is clearly displayed at checkout.

The application fee is separate from annual membership dues and is charged for intake, processing, verification, and review.

2. Approval and Denial

MRAA may approve or deny an application in its reasonable discretion.

Factors may include:

• Completeness

• Identity verification

• Professional activity

• Applicant category

• Documentation

• Prior conduct

• Payment history

• Fraud or security concerns

• Consistency with MRAA standards

• Risk to the integrity or reputation of MRAA

MRAA is not required to disclose confidential scoring, internal review methods, security information, third-party information, or a detailed reason for denial.

A denial notice may simply state that the application was not approved.

Unless MRAA provides an earlier date in writing, a denied applicant may submit a new application after one year. A new application and application fee may be required.

3. Annual Membership Dues

After approval, the applicant must pay the applicable annual membership dues before membership is activated.

Current standard dues are:

• Individual membership: $200 annually

• Business or label membership: $500 annually

The amount displayed at checkout controls if MRAA formally updates its pricing.

Application fees, annual dues, certification fees, expedited-review fees, and physical-award costs are separate charges.

4. Membership Activation

After approval and required payment, MRAA may:

• Create a member profile

• Send an account-activation email

• Issue a temporary username or secure activation link

• Require the member to create a password

• Provide access to member services

The member must complete activation within the time stated in the email. An expired activation may require administrator assistance.

5. Membership Term

Membership begins on the activation date or another date shown in the member account or receipt and continues for one year unless suspended or terminated earlier.

Membership does not automatically renew unless automatic renewal is clearly disclosed at checkout and the member affirmatively agrees.

Where automatic renewal applies:

• The renewal amount and frequency will be disclosed

• The member may cancel before the renewal date

• Cancellation will prevent future renewal charges

• Cancellation does not ordinarily refund the current membership term

6. Member Benefits

Benefits may include:

• Member profile access

• Member certification pricing

• Certification-request access

• Recognition tools

• Member communications

• Resource access

• Public-profile features

• Other services announced by MRAA

Benefits may change, and not every benefit is guaranteed to remain available throughout the term.

7. Member Certification Pricing

Current member certification review is $210 per request unless another amount is displayed at checkout.

Certification is not included in annual membership dues unless MRAA expressly states otherwise in writing.

Each certification payment covers one certification request.

8. Member Responsibilities

Members must:

• Keep account and contact information accurate

• Protect account credentials

• Use their own lawful professional identity

• Maintain permission for submitted content

• Promptly correct inaccurate public information

• Avoid misleading claims about MRAA

• Follow all MRAA policies

• Cooperate with reasonable verification requests

9. Member Profiles

Members may be permitted to publish biographies, images, links, professional names, business information, credits, and other profile content.

MRAA may remove profile content that is:

• False

• Misleading

• Infringing

• Illegal

• Abusive

• Explicit

• Unrelated

• Harmful to website security

• Inconsistent with MRAA standards

MRAA does not endorse every statement made on a member profile.

10. Membership Marks and Status

Membership does not authorize a member to claim:

• Certification of every project

• Endorsement by MRAA

• Accreditation by a government agency

• Affiliation with another awards organization

• Ownership of MRAA marks

• Authority to certify another person

A member may accurately state that the member is an active MRAA member while the membership remains active.

11. Suspension or Termination

MRAA may suspend or terminate membership for:

• Nonpayment

• Chargeback abuse

• False submissions

• Forged documents

• Misuse of certification

• Intellectual-property infringement

• Harassment

• Fraud

• Security violations

• Conduct materially harmful to MRAA

• Violation of MRAA policies

Membership suspension or termination does not ordinarily create a refund right.

MRAA may revoke account access without automatically revoking a valid prior certification. However, a certification may be separately reviewed or revoked when its evidence or use is affected.

12. Expiration and Cancellation

A member may cancel future renewal at any time through an available account setting or by contacting support@mraa.me.

Expiration or cancellation may end:

• Member-only access

• Member pricing

• Profile-editing access

• Eligibility for member benefits

Expiration does not erase completed transactions, internal records, or valid public certification records.

13. Nontransferability

Membership belongs to the approved person or entity and may not be sold, assigned, shared, or transferred without written approval.

14. Contact

Membership questions may be sent to support@mraa.me.

MRAA Membership Terms