SHREVEPORT -BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA BY-LAWS

MEMBERSHIP

  1. Nomination Procedures: A full member at a regular meeting must nominate all prospective members.

    1. Definition of Members:

      1. Life Member ------a full member with club privileges for life. (Voting)

      2. Full Member -------all members except those who qualify as Junior, Extended Student, Family or Associate Member. (Voting)

      3. Family Member ---family members include the members spouse and children up to age 19 who meet membership requirements. (Non-Voting)

      4. Senior Members ---are those who are 65 years or older and are considered full members. Status is reached the year following the 65th birthday. (Voting)

      5. Junior Member -----is extended to those persons who are in full student status through high school graduation.

1.2.5(a) Full time college students upon application to the BOD may apply for 1.2.5a Extended Student – Special exemption. A full member not related to applicant must sponsor the applicant. (Non-Voting) (Note: (a) added for administrative clarification only)

  1. Associate Member-will be extended to persons wishing to receive the Newsletter only. No other privileges as afforded. (Non-Voting)

  2. Visitor/Temporary Member -will be extended to AMA members w ho are visiting in the area for no more than 30 days. Visitors exceeding 30 days through 6 months may make application through a full member in good standing to the BOD for a one time period only and to pay dues on a prorated basis. (Non-Voting)

  3. Associate Member with Flying Privileges-extended to members from other AMA clubs who live at least 50 miles from the Shreveport Courthouse and wish to have access to the Field. (Non-voting).

    1. New Member Application:

    2. 1.3.1 Full CLUB privileges will be afforded the applicant who is a member of AMA upon receipt of his/her SHARKS Application Form accompanied by dues and upon recommendation by a CLUB member in good standing to a CLUB officer. Prospective Members must be present and/or represented by a full member in good standing at the next scheduled regular meeting at which time he/she will be officially voted into the CLUB. If at that time the application is disapproved dues will be refunded at that time.
  1. Termination of Membership:

1.4.1 Termination of membership may occur be resignation, failure to pay dues or for just cause.

A. A member may resign by notifying the CLUB Secretary in writing. No dues will be refunded unless a sever hardship can be proved to the BOD by the member.

B. Failure to pay annual dues within the prescribed time frame as stated in the Constitution will result in loss of membership. Any member who is dropped for non-payment of dues and subsequently applies for membership in the same year will be required to pay the full years dues, plus initiation fee, in order to be re-instated. If, after a one-year absence, an individual dropped for non-payment applies for membership, they will be considered new members.

C. A membership may be withdrawn for just cause for willful disregard of CLUB rules, by-laws, and constitution and regulations. The nature of the incident will be reported to the BOD who will require the SAFETY COORDINATOR (or other officer if he is unavailable) to investigate the incident and report his findings to the BOD. The member may request to plead his case before the BOD and or general membership. The BOD may elect to penalize the member to a lesser degree if found guilty of the offense.

DUES

  1. Members will pay dues annually at the following rate: Life $ None Full: $ 120.00 Senior: $ 65.00 Extended Student: $ 24.00, initiation fee waived Junior: $ 12.00, initiation fee waived Associate: $ 12.00 for Newsletter only Family: $ None Associate w/flying: $ 60.00, initiation fee waived, (no prorating of dues).

  2. New Members Anyone applying for membership must pay a full years dues and an initiation fee of $25.00. Those Full or Senior members who join the club between July 1st and October 31st will be required to pay a full years dues however they will be presented with a prorated coupon for those months they were not present. The coupon will be redeemed as part of the following years dues. It is the member’s responsibility to retain this coupon. Lost coupons will NOT be replaced. Any member applying for membership after October 31st will be considered paid in full for the following year. Dues for the Associate Membership w/Flying Privileges are not Pro-rated regardless of date of joining

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2.3 All initiation fees, member dues and any other monies collected will go into the operating fund. The operating fund will be used to pay all operating expenses in the current year and the operating expenses for the following January and February. All excess funds at the end of each calendar year will be applied to the SHARKS Field land note principal. Once the land note has been paid in full all excess funds at the end of each calendar year will go into a separate capital improvements fund.

FIELD RULES

3.1 ALL members WILL comply with the CLUB field safety rules at ALL times. Field Rules will be reviewed and changed as appropriate by each new BOD. Copies will be provided to each new member and a copy will be posted at the field. The membership will vote to approve the field rules a presented by the BOD. Changes occurring during the year will be immediately posted at the field and published in the next Newsletter.

EXPENDITURES

  1. The president is authorized to spend up to $50.00 without prior approval of the BOD or general Membership and this must be reported to the membership at the next general meeting.

  2. The BOD is authorized to spend up to $ 350.00 in any one month for immediate and necessary operating expenses such as repairs, mowing and event concessions etc., without the prior approval of the general membership. However all such expenditures must be reported to and approved by the membership at the next general meeting.

  3. All other major expenditures must first be approved by a quorum of the membership at the preceding general membership meeting.

  4. At all sanctioned and CLUB event the Contest Director/BOD is responsible to present an anticipated Expenditure of funds by category for approval to the general membership preceding the event

  5. For the purposes of event planning and AMA sanction requests; the current Officers are allowed to schedule events up to and including the annual Holiday in Dixie Fly in April of the next calendar year.

  6. Each year in November the BOD will cause a review and fiscal accounting of all monies received and dispersed by the CLUB and findings reported to the membership.

CLUB ASSETS

  1. The club property, notes, deeds and titles shall be accessible by the current serving BOD and officers.

  2. The current President, Vice President and/or Secretary shall be the point of contact for the club and are empowered to act in the interests of the club in matters pertaining to the club property in accordance with the wishes of the Board of Directors and with subsequent approval of the membership.

  3. Any matter concerning buying or selling club property over the limit set in paragraph 4.2 must be brought to the attention of the Club membership for approval at a regular club meeting.

  4. It is the Duty of the outgoing Officers to transfer any and all Club records, data and property to the Officers elected for the next calendar year.

Revised Febuary 2006