Membership

Join the peak body for snow & outdoor

Our members are wholesalers, importers, manufacturers, retailers, rental businesses, other trade buyers and the media. Active membership is required to attend the SIA Trade Show.

For retailers & trade buyers

Associate

Fee waived for current members this year

$55

per business, per year

For wholesalers, importers & manufacturers

Full Member

$500

per year, inc GST

Members’ rates for space at the annual SIA Trade Show
The option to exhibit at the annual SIA Ski & Snowboard On-Snow Tests & First Look (members exhibiting at the upcoming Trade Show)
Free listing on the SIA website
Support for projects judged to be in the interests of SIA members

Joining fee: [TO CONFIRM]

How joining works

Choose your membership

Associate for retailers and trade buyers, Full Member for wholesalers.

Pay online

Secure checkout by card.

We review your application

You can log in straight away. Member access unlocks once approved, and we email you.

You’re in

Memberships renew each year on 31 August.

Full Member criteria

Fulfil the criteria for exhibiting at the Trade Show
Be an Australian business enterprise, or a foreign-owned company established as a Proprietary Limited Company in Australia
Have been trading in the Snowsports industry for at least 12 months
Have company banking in Australia
Be proposed and seconded by two different existing SIA wholesale members

The Membership Code

Applicants agree to be bound by the Constitution of the Company (available on request) and the Membership Code, and to abide by both during their membership. Applicants also guarantee the accuracy of the information provided in their applications. A company search is carried out before the Board considers each application.

Read the full Membership Code

Applicants for membership of the Ski Industries Association of Australia Limited (‘the Association’) agree to be bound by this code as a condition of admission to membership and continuation of membership.
‘Wholesalers’ where used in the Constitution of the Association shall be persons who carry on their business generally selling such goods, equipment and clothing related to Snowsports in Australia to retail or rental outlets or bodies such as ski schools, lift operating companies, ski instructional groups, area management committees, ski pools, Government or semi-Government bodies associated with the Snowsports industry, or other similar large purchasing groups purchasing in wholesale quantities.
Members of the Association shall: (a) promote products of good quality and high technical standard; (b) recognise that every dealer is an important partner in the distribution cycle of Snowsports goods, equipment and clothing; (c) make a living reality in their business of the motto ‘if we sell it, we service it’, in order to maintain and strengthen a reputation amongst consumers for Association members for quality of material and workmanship of products and service back-up; (d) carry on their business with integrity and honour; (e) submit data where relevant to the SIA Hardware Surveys.
Recognising the role of the Association within the industry, members shall assist the Association in its endeavours to: (a) establish and promote means of communication and distribution of information to retailers, rental outlets and other buyers; (b) liaise with Government and semi-Government departments and authorities concerning tariff and trade matters and put submissions relating to matters of concern to the industry to such departments and authorities; (c) promote friendly trade and social relations in the Snowsports industry amongst members of the Association; (d) promote fair and open competition, being in the best interests of the Snowsports industry, and create recognition that the best way to meet challenge is through constant innovation and improvement of products and services.
In connection with any Trade Show conducted on behalf of or by the Association and without limiting or restricting the powers and responsibilities of the organising committee of any such Show, members shall specifically agree as follows: (a) no member shall permit a manufacturer, importer or wholesaler who is not a member of the Association to participate in its stand or exhibition at any such show; (b) no member may sell or take orders for any goods not included in the exhibiting member’s price list; (c) any orders taken and invoices issued must be taken and issued on the member’s standard order or invoice form and accounts in connection therewith are carried by the member; (d) all directives given by the Management Committee of the Trade Show, or its designated representative, must be acted upon by all members.
Any member being an Incorporated Body, Registered Proprietors or Partners shall notify the Association in writing in the event of any proposed change of shareholding, directors and/or management, since membership of the Association is not to be considered as an assignable or saleable asset.
The SIA Board shall consider breaches of the Constitution of the Association and Membership Code of the Association only if submitted in writing.
Failure by any member to comply with the terms of this Code shall constitute conduct unbecoming of a member or prejudicial to the interests of the Association for the purposes of Clause 3 of the Constitution of the Ski Industries Association of Australia Limited.

Questions about membership?

Talk to the SIA office.