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The Ganjier Guild · Maine 501(c)(6)

A trade association
for independent
cannabis professionals.

The Ganjier Guild is a member-led community for practitioners building careers outside corporate channels. Open monthly sessions, peer practice, a verified directory, and a unified in-portal resource library — all governed by the membership.

Join the Guild About the Guild
Open monthly session · 2nd Sunday Peer practice circles Verified directory Resource library

Lifetime memberships, capped at 100. Numbered badge, founders' wall, lifetime AGM standing.

Target: 40 charter members in the first 30 days · 100 within 12 months. The roster closes for good once the cap is met.

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Five strategic pillars · plus governance

Credential. Convene. Codify. Connect. Champion.

The Guild positions itself as the professional society of the cannabis industry — analog to AICPA, ASHRAE, or the Court of Master Sommeliers. Above brands, above products, above any single state market.

Credential

Recognize the Ganjier Program's Certified Ganjier and Ganjier Product Specialist badges through verified directory profiles and continuing-education tracks.

Convene

National, regional, and virtual gatherings of professionals — the 2nd-Sunday Open Session, practice circles, and an annual flagship.

Codify

Published professional standards, ethics, and best practices that consumers, employers, and regulators can trust.

Connect

A vetted member directory and referral network for hiring, mentorship, and peer practice — built on member-controlled visibility.

Champion

Issue-based advocacy for industry professionalism — within 501(c)(6) limits — anchored by an educational, professional-standards lens.

Govern transparently

Bylaws, ADR-tracked decisions, an open compliance calendar, and disinterested-director quorum for every cross-entity matter.

The bigger picture

One Guild. Three roles to play.

The Guild is the hub. Around it, two affiliated entities handle work the trade association can't: a service company that supports working professionals, and a cooperative that shares profits with its members. Each entity has its own purpose — and clear lines about who does what.

Read about the ecosystem
501(c)(6)

The Ganjier Guild

The trade association. Owns programming, IP, and the membership.

LLC

Smoke & Oakum

Service company. Paid work for working professionals — outside the Guild's nonprofit scope.

Co-op

The Guild Collective

Cooperative. Profit-sharing waterfall to qualifying members. Forming.

Membership

Two paid tiers. One free newsletter.

No silver/gold/platinum games. Membership reflects how you actually engage with the Guild.

Free
$0

Friend of the Guild

Newsletter, public Open Session invite, and access to free resources. No member voting or directory listing.

Sign up
Most members Paid
$49 / month

Community Education

Practice circles, full resource library access, member directory listing, voting eligibility, and committee participation.

Join
Paid · Verified
$49 / month

Certified Ganjier

All Community Education benefits plus a verified-credential badge on your profile. Requires a current Credly badge from the Ganjier Program.

Apply

Evaluation independence. The Guild does not issue, grant, or revoke Credly badges. Eligibility for the Certified Ganjier tier is confirmed by Guild staff against the public Credly issuer record — never inferred automatically.

Tour the platform

Three surfaces, one operational fabric.

Click through to see how the public directory, the published architecture, and the member portal connect to the Guild’s day-to-day operations.

Public face

Member Directory

Searchable directory of Guild members. Profiles surface verified Credly badges, role labels, and regional information at the member’s discretion.

  • Member-controlled visibility
  • Verified-badge surfacing
  • Regional + role filters
  • Public link
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How it’s wired

Architecture

Sitemap, the four-tier ACL, the SSA umbrella, and every integration in one diagram. The Guild publishes how it’s built so members and counsel can audit it at any time.

  • Sitemap + IA
  • Four-tier ACL diagram
  • SSA + Section 28A roles
  • Integration map
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Where members work

Member Portal

Profile, badge verification, event RSVPs, the unified resource library (documents + replays), committee inbox, and read-only views into the LLC, Co-op, and shared infrastructure.

  • Resource library · documents + replays
  • Credly verifier
  • Cross-entity service schedule
  • RSVP & calendars
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Why this exists
Independent practitioners deserve infrastructure that treats them like professionals — not leads. The Guild belongs to the members.

The Ganjier Guild · Maine 501(c)(6) trade association

What the Guild is — and isn’t
  • A certification body A trade association
  • A badge issuer A badge verifier
  • A corporate channel Member-led infrastructure
  • A subscription product A 501(c)(6) with members
  • Single-vendor lock-in Open governance + open programming
Where to next

Pick a surface to tour.

Every section in the top nav is a real prototype — interact, click, and explore.

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