Associate membership and corporate membership already exist. Rowse are a corporate member, associate members are normally those not yet of sufficient scale to be full members (this is changing) but intending to get there.
If corporate is what you want contact Alex or Margaret.
I strongly supported the opening up of full membership. Those whose livelihoods are wholly wrapped up in bee farming as long term employees have more to gain or lose from BFA membership than many of the existing smaller scale members. They often have a wealth of experience and ability that will be an asset to the organisation and the organisation will be an asset to them (not least it means they are then within a marketplace for their skills).
Whilst Jolanta did not initially qualify she was a potential major asset and to get her in we had to transfer colonies over to her, and now this has borne fruit with her free standing queen and nuc producing unit. Now she qualifies under the new rules without having to make a structure for it, and I have a couple of others I think should be in.
FWIW, she is instructed, as would others be, that they vote according to their own inclinations. (and she did vote contrary to me in a couple of issues) This is NOT an attempt by some members to secure an effective block vote, as was suggested to me by a member after the change was made.
