May 26, 1993
Membership shall be limited to persons who are interested in the purposes of this corporation, with no other qualifications except payment of an inititation fee and annual dues.
Application for membership shall be made in writing on forms prescribed and furnished by this corporation and shall be accompanied by the prescribed initiation fee and annual dues.
Eligible applicants shall be admitted to membership upon payment of the initiation fee and the annual dues. Each member as evidenced by his or her application for and admission to this corporation agrees to abide by all the terms and conditions set forth in these Bylaws and the regulations and limitations promulgated by its duly elected officers and directors.
Applicants becoming members on a date after the beginning of the annual period shall pay the full initiation fee, but only that portion of the annual dues as is determined by multiplying the number of months remaining in the annual period, divided by12, times the annual dues.
(a) The annual period shall begin on July 1st of each year and end on midnight June 30th of the following year.
(b) An applicant becoming a member at any time after the 1st day of any month, shall be considered as being a member on the first day of said month for the purposes of determinng the portion of the annual dues he/she shall pay.
Memberships shall be renewed by the payment of annual dues.
All dues for the renewal of memberships shall be due on or before June 30th of the year preceding the renewal year.
Notice that annual dues are due and payable shall be mailed to each member via the bulletin or by email at least thirty days prior to the above date.
Memberships not renewed on or before July 31st of the renewal year shall be considered expired. Such members shall be dropped from the membership roster and all privileges, rights, or interests in Peninsula Fly Fishers shall immediately terminate. Said members shall immediately return all club property to a current officer.
Terminated members shall be considered new members for purposes of reinstatement and may be reinstated at any time by a payment of the initiation fee and annual dues consistent with the formula set forth in this article (Article II, Section 4).
Any member may withdraw from membership at any time by filing written notice with the Board of Directors and surrendering any current membership card and any club property he/she may hold. No refund of any portion of the initiation fee or annual dues shall be made to any member withdrawing from membership.
The Board of Directors shall fix the initiation fee and the annual dues for regular members and junior members from time to time as they deem necessary.
Classes of Membership:
(a) Regular Members: Persons seventeen years of age or over who have paid the initiation fee and annual dues shall be regular members and shall have full rights and privileges of this corporation with one voting right each.
(b) Junior Members: Persons who are not yet seventeen years of age who have paid the initiation fee and annual dues and, with parental or guardian written permission, shall be junior members and may participate in any and all functions and activities of the corporation, but with no voting right to receive assets of this corporation upon dissolution.
(1) Junior members in good standing at age seventeen shall automatically become regular members on their anniversary date without payment of initiation fee, but with payment of regular membership dues.
(c) Honorary Members: Persons whose actions are consistent with the aims and purposes of the corporation and who are deemed by the board of directors to be worthy of such distinction may receive an honorary membership. Honorary members may participate in any and all functions and activities of the corporation, without payment of dues, but with no voting rights, nor right to receive assets of the corporation upon its dissolution.
(1) Honorary members shall be selected by the outgoing board of directors in accordance with Article IV, Section 3, at the last board meeting of the year. Said board of directors shall at the same time review all existing honorary memberships and shall either renew or terminate them.
(2) Honorary memberships shall be for the annual period immediately following the date of selection by the outgoing board of directors.
(d) Lifetime Members: Persons whose actions are consistent with the aims and purposes of the corporation and who are deemed by the board of directors to be worthy of such distinction may receive a lifetime membership in this corporation. Lifetime members may participate in any and all functions and activities of the corporation, without payment of dues, and shall have no right to receive assets of this corporation under its dissolution, but shall have one voting right each.
(1) Lifetime members shall be selected by the board of directors in accordance with Article IV, Section 3, and presented to the membership for confirmation on or before the last general membership meeting of the year.
(2) The term of lifetime membership is so stated: for the lifetime of the person or persons so designated.
(3) A method of accounting for honorary and lifetime membership shall be established by the board of directors.