[sac-board] Re: New Membership Services Form
- From: Paul Dickson <dickson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:48:15 -0700
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:21:42 -0700, AJ Crayon wrote:
>
> Paul, great job I think something like this will help many member also.
>
> SAC has always had pro-rated rates for joining during the year, but I was
> unaware there was one for new members and one for continuing members. In the
> past, read real distant past, there was only the quarterly one.
>
> Will this page also appear in the newsletter?
Something like it. This was done as a standalone version. It might be
easier for Rick to update the version in the newsletter rather than fight
a maybe impossible battle to import this version.
Article VIII, Section B:
1. A schedule of annual dues prepared by the com-
mittee headed by the Treasurer and accepted by
the General Assembly shall be added to the by-
laws. This schedule will be reviewed for possi-
ble revision at the end of each fiscal year by the
Treasurer or at any other time that is deemed
necessary by the Board of Directors or a major-
ity of the General Assembly.
2. Annual dues shall become due and payable at
the beginning of the fiscal year. New members
joining at other times will be charged on a pro-
rated basis based on the quarter the application
is accepted as shown:
Fiscal Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Percent Payable 100% 75% 50% 25%
3. Any member whose dues are delinquent for more
than 60 days shall be automatically terminated
from membership. Any terminated member
reapplying for membership shall pay all back
dues or a reinstatement fee as shown in the at-
tached schedule.
4. Any dues in excess of the regular membership fee
constitute an optional contribution in support of
the activities of the Saguaro Astronomy Club.
5. Regular members age 65 or older shall have their
annual membership fee reduced by 50
The continuing members have a reinstatement fee as per (3). Prior to the
current version of the constitution, the fee was specified as the
pro-rated discount of one quarter.
I had the concept of the constitution and by-laws being two separate
things while rewriting. The by-laws would be the year-to-year,
month-to-month details of running the club. Things like the actual amount
of the dues are part of the by-laws, since they will likely change more
frequently than the constitution. The by-laws are captured in the meeting
minutes of the decisions made and approved a club meetings. This is why
the minutes publication in the newsletter is so important, if the minutes
in the newsletter don't reflect our decisions, then these by-laws have no
foundation.
It just noticed (5) today. The pre-approved and approved constitutions
had a typesetting error. The % sign signifies a comment to the
end-of-line within the TeX source file. I obviously did not escape the %,
so the rest of the sentence is lost. Trouble is, strictly speaking, this
is what was approved by the club's member. The only change I made to the
TeX source was add the ratification date at the beginning. So senior's
have their membership fee reduced by 50 of WHAT? Percent, cents, minutes,
miles or what? :-)
-Paul
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