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Meet The Trades 2025

SAVE THE DATE!!!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2025

Holiday Inn Express Carlsbad –  2725 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad, CA 92009. 

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You’re Invited! Get On The List SCTA Annual "Meet The Trades"

Attention Builders, Developers, General Contractors, and Purchasing & Marketing Directors:
The Southern California Trade Association invites you to our highly anticipated
Annual Meet The Trades event—your one-stop opportunity to connect with industry experts and trusted trade professionals!

📅 Date: Friday, August 22, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 Location: Holiday Inn Carlsbad 2725 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad, CA 92009

Meet over 30 trades serving the building industry—from initial groundwork to final finishes. Whether you’re seeking new partnerships or expanding your network, this event delivers.

✨ Enjoy refreshments, giveaways, and enter our Passport Challenge!
Collect stamps from all participating trades and turn in your completed passport to be elgible for the Grand Prize. 

✅ RSVP – [Click Here] if you have not registered.

Let’s make connections that build the future—together.

Thank You To Our Sponsors:

Meet The Trades Vendors

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Meet The Trades - Raffle Winners

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2024 Meet The Trades Highlights

Our 2024 Meet The Trades event showcased a diverse array of trades from across the building industry, with participation from developers, builders, and contractors. The event featured over 40 trade booths and the opportunity for builders to win raffle prizes, generously provided by SCTA members.

Thank you to all our members and committees who made this event a success, fostering collaboration, innovation, and community growth. Stay tuned for more updates as our membership continues to expand in 2025!

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Review of New Members Policy

  • The completed application goes to the membership committee to be
    vetted.
  • Membership Committee to notify leadership that they have received a
    new membership application.
  • The vetting process includes a review of conflicting membership
    categories by the membership committee as a group, a review of the
    applicant in other areas like performance and reputation, and, if
    necessary, a review of the references provided.
  • Upon acceptance, the membership committee will send an approved
    application and a recommendation to the Annual Leadership VP (in
    charge of committees) with a cc to other Annual Leadership members.
  • Annual Leadership are to review the membership committee's
    recommendation and take action as necessary.
  • The secretary will notify the applicant if they have been approved and will
    provide payment information for membership.
  • The process should take less than 2 weeks.
  • Once membership dues have been paid, the Secretary will send the
    Welcome Letter and add them to the Roster.
  • Membership dues must be received before attendance at another
    meeting.

Renewing Members Policy

All members in good standing (not in default for attendance) at the end of a calendar year will be allowed to renew the following year uncontested for their membership category. Renewing members must return their completed application and sign their code of conduct and pay their membership dues by the end of the first meeting of the year. If not paid at the first meeting due to lack of attendance, trade (or member) will be given until the end of January. If not received by the last day of January the membership category is considered open and the membership committee will be allowed to vet and fill a new member for that trade (or member category). The Annual Leadership and Board of Directors of the association have the sole and final discretion as it relates to acceptance of renewal applications, based upon the code of conduct, member interactions, and performance in the industry.

 New Members Dues Policy

Dues for new members joining after January 1st will be handled as follows:

  • January 1 to June 30th – Pay full membership for a year.
  • July 1 to August 30th – Pay full membership for current year and
    membership for the following year.
  • September 1 to December 31st – Pay prorated membership for the current
    year and membership for the following year.

Policy for a Member in Default Due to Attendance

  • Any member who misses three monthly membership meetings in one
    calendar year will be in default and lose their member in good standing
    status.
  • As a courtesy, the association’s leadership may send a warning email
    notifying the company after a second missed membership meeting.
  • Members who are no longer in good standing will receive a formal notice
    of the change in status from the association’s leadership.
  • Members no longer in good standing will stop receiving regular
    communications from the association, and their company will be removed
    from the association’s website.
  • The Trade Category for Members no longer in good standing will be
    considered open, and the membership committee will be allowed to fill
    the trade or member category with a new member.
  • No refund of membership dues will be processed.

 

Note: A member may be considered to rejoin the association the following year
or “down the road” by the membership committee.