Proposed By-Law Changes

To be discussed at the next meeting

Change the first sentence of Section 1. of Article VII as follows:

from: "Annual dues shall be established by Club vote and will be due and payable no later than March 31^st of each calendar year."

to: "Annual dues shall be established by Club vote and will be due and payable no later than January 1^st of each calendar year."

Reason for change: The agreement with the City of Richland for use of the ORV Park flying field requires AMA membership for all Club members flying at the field. The AMA membership period runs from January 1st to December 31st of each year. Currently, Club membership dues are payable no later than March 31st, but the flying field gate lock combinations are not changed until April 15th. This situation allows 3-1/2 months of access to the field by persons who may not have renewed their AMA membership for the new year, thus placing our agreement with the City in jeopardy. This proposed By-law change would resolve the problem by requiring that the gate combinations be changed on January 1st of each year, with the new combination given only to Club members (who must be AMA members) who have paid their dues for the new year.

Ed. Note: This change has other benefits as well. It will make distribution of the new field lock combination more secure (the new combination could be given out along with the new membership card rather than having to be published in the newsletter). This proposed change would also eliminate the present requirement to publish two different versions of the April newsletter just to avoid distribution of the combination to non-members or former members.

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