We are excited to announce that the Member features of the NCIA website are now live!

In the first week of May, an email was sent to the primary contact email address that we have on file for your NCIA member business. That email – with the subject line “[National Cannabis Industry Association] Please activate your NCIA member account” – included instructions and a link to set up the user name and password for your member business. If you have not yet done so, please do. You will need your member account to access the Board of Directors voting form as well as the full stories included in this newsletter. If you did not get that email or are having trouble activating your account, please email communications@thecannabisindustry.org.

Your NCIA member account will also allow you to access more exclusive content, including the Members-Only Blog, where you can share and discuss industry issues with other NCIA members. By logging in to your member account, you will also be able to review and update your member information and add additional users from your member business.

(Please note that additional company users will have access to member content but will not be able to access the Board of Directors ballot or change information in the member account. Only the primary member account-holder has those capabilities.)

In order to make the Members-Only Blog a true forum for ideas and discussion, we are now accepting submissions for educational guest posts written by NCIA members or allied nonprofit organizations. Please review the guidelines below before submitting your post to communications@thecannabisindustry.org.

• Guest posts are educational in nature and directed toward an audience of cannabis business professionals.
• Guest posts are 200-800 words and may contain external links, images, video, and other forms of content.
• While it is assumed that members writing guest posts will reference their member company and provide resources created by the company, the NCIA blog is not a forum for company advertisements. Pitches and advertisement-heavy posts will not be accepted for publication.
• All posts are subject to editing by NCIA staff and become the property of NCIA upon publication.
• Posts may be shared more widely by the author or NCIA through social media, email, or external media.