Membership Application


Please fill out this form in order to apply for membership in the American Alpaca Fiber Federation, LLC.

Please provide the following contact information:

First Name
Last Name
Farm Name
Street Address
Address (cont.)
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal Code
Phone
E-mail

Please review the following Terms and Conditions and check approval below to continue.

American Alpaca Fiber Federation, LLC (AAFF)
Membership Terms & Conditions

1.               Pricing - All fiber sold to AAFF by its members will be weighed at the time of purchase with the member confirming both weight and purchase price amounts.  Checks for payment will be processed only off of AAFF's purchase ticket.  AAFF purchases fiber.  It does not trade out products.

2.               Hold Harmless - You agree to hold harmless AAFF, its managers, members and affiliates from and against any claims, damages, failure to perform, breach of contract, and/or any other potential liability, brought by You or through You as a result of your membership, regarding the benefits and services offered by AAFF.

3.               Guidelines - AAFF explicitly reserves the right and sole discretion to: (i) modify its pricing, if desired by AAFF; (ii) review Your use of the Membership Benefits for fraudulent or inappropriate use, if applicable, and to terminate Your use of the Membership Benefits or apply additional fees if You violate these terms of service; (iii) establish limits and guidelines concerning the use of the Membership Benefits; (iv) terminate Your use of the Membership Benefits for non-payment of fees for the Membership, activities prohibited by the laws of the United States and/or foreign territories in which You conduct business, activities designed to encourage unlawful behavior by others, activities designed to impersonate the identity of a third party, activities whether lawful or unlawful that AAFF determines, in its sole discretion, to be harmful to its other members, operations, or reputation; and (v) terminate Your use of the Membership if Your use of the Membership Benefits results in, or is the subject of, legal action or threatened or proposed legal action, against AAFF or any of its affiliates or partners, without consideration for whether such legal action or threatened or proposed legal action is eventually determined to be with or without merit.

4.               Arbitration - Any dispute regarding the construction, interpretation, performance, validity, or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement, or whether any Person is in compliance with, or breach of, any provisions of this agreement, shall be submitted to binding Arbitration in Boerne, Kendall County, Texas.  The Rules of the Commercial Division of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) shall apply, except as agreed to herein.  Any arbitration conducted under this section shall be heard by a sole arbitrator (the "Arbitrator”).  The Disputing Party that submits a Dispute to arbitration shall designate a proposed Arbitrator in its Arbitration Notice. If any other Disputing Party objects to such proposed Arbitrator the AAA shall designate the Arbitrator.  The written decision of the Arbitrator shall be final, nonappealable, and binding upon the Disputing Parties and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.  Each Disputing Party shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of its respective counsel, unless the Arbitrator determines that compelling reasons exist for allocating all or a portion of such costs and expenses to one or more of the Disputing Parties.

 

  I have read and agree to the above listed terms and conditions.


American Alpaca Fiber Federation, LLC
Ó2008 All rights reserved.
Revised: 09/05/08