{"id":1106,"date":"2019-05-24T10:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T14:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpabackup.wpengine.com\/state\/?page_id=1106"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:12:20","slug":"how-to-join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/how-to-join\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Join"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e1106-e1 muq-0 muq-1 muq-2\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-image\"><\/div><div class=\"x-bg-layer-upper-image\" data-x-element-bg-layer=\"{&quot;parallaxSize&quot;:&quot;150%&quot;,&quot;parallaxDir&quot;:&quot;h&quot;,&quot;parallaxRev&quot;:false}\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e1106-e2 muq-4 muq-5\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e1106-e3 muq-6\"><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline h3\" style=\"color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\"><span>Join our National Virtual Chapter Today!<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e1106-e5 muq-0 muq-1\"><div class=\"x-container max width e1106-e6 muq-7\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e1106-e7 muq-8\"><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline h3 accent\" ><span>National Virtual Chapter Membership Application<\/span><\/h2><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><p>Please make sure you have reviewed the <a href=\"https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/about-us\/\">eligibility requirements<\/a> prior to completing the National Virtual Chapter application.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025-2026 membership year will officially begin on September 01, 2026. Should you have any questions please contact Michael Ricard, Director of Membership &amp; Technology, at <a href=\"mailto:mricard@bpa.org\">mricard@bpa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>To apply for the National Virtual Chapter, navigate to the BPA Member Registration System (<a href=\"https:\/\/register.bpa.org\">https:\/\/register.bpa.org<\/a>) and start the application process by clicking on the \"Join the National Virtual Chapter\" link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"816\" height=\"456\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-2048x1143.png 2048w, https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-500x279.png 500w, https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-816x456.png 816w, https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/09\/nvc-registration-1184x662.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e1106-e10 muq-0 muq-3\"><div class=\"x-container e1106-e11 muq-7\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join our National Virtual Chapter Today!National Virtual Chapter Membership ApplicationPlease make sure you have reviewed &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/how-to-join\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-blank-4.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Join - National Virtual Chapter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bpa.org\/nvc\/how-to-join\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Join - National Virtual Chapter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Join our National Virtual Chapter Today!National Virtual Chapter Membership ApplicationPlease make sure you have reviewed ... 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