BY-LAWS
- Dues and Assessments: Monthly dues, assessments and
flying charges shall be due and payable when billed. Any member
who is in arrears by more than sixty days shall have his/her flying
privileges suspended until such amount is current. In the event
of special circumstances the member may request, the membership or the
Executive Board provide temporary re-instatement for good cause
assuming that a payment plan is presented to the body and accepted by
the body. The Treasurer shall provide notice of delinquencies in
aggregate on the monthly financial statement. Member payments are
applied to oldest account balance first.
1a: (unofficial wording, decision made on October
28, 2006). Any member
who is in arrears by more than ninety days shall be placed on inactive
status, which is essentially the same as having resigned. To be
reinstated the member must pay his debt to the club in full, and
re-join as per paragraph 3, below.
- Resignation: Any member resigning from the Club should
submit a written notice of his/her intentions to one of the following
officers: President, Secretary or Treasurer.
- Re-joining: Any ex-member in good standing, who
resigned within the previous twelve months, may apply for reinstatement
in the club. Upon acceptance, he will pay a rejoining fee
equivalent to three-months dues, as based on the then current rates
contained in the "General Information Sheet".
- Dissolution: It is required that if two-thirds of the
membership desire to dissolve the Club, the Executive Board shall
liquidate the assets as follows:
- Equity: Assuming the club has equity after
paying loans and the cost of sale on aircraft and any other assets, the
remaining funds (hereinafter equity) shall be distributed based upon
the following formulation. The equity will be divided based upon
the length of membership in the club to a maximum per member of sixty
(60) months. For example: assume the club has forty-eight (48)
members of which forty (40) are members who have been in the club sixty
(60) or more months and eight (8) member who have been member for six
(6) months each. The total number of club months is calculated to
be 2448 months; therefore forty (40) members would be entitled to a
share equal to 60/2448 or 2.451% interest and eight (8) members would
be entitles to a share equal to 6/2448 0.2451% interest.
- Deficit: Assuming the club has a deficit after liquidation
of the assets due to loans, liens or bills to be paid, each member
shall be responsible for an amount which would be calculated based upon
months in the club as in By-Laws paragraph 4 sub-paragraph a above.
- Maintenance: All maintenance of the Club airplanes
shall be under the supervision and direction of an FAA licensed
mechanic.
- Determining Monthly Dues: The Treasurer shall maintain
records to determine the fixed and variable costs of the aircraft and
report these costs to the Executive Board, which will set monthly dues
and hourly rates based on these costs. Thirty (30) days notice
will be provided in the Club minutes prior to a rate change.
- Membership: The maximum number of members is set by a
majority vote of the Executive Board. The current size of the
Club is set at sixty (60).
- Pilot in Command privileges for member in good
standing: Only a Club member who meets the FAA and Club
requirements or Club member while under instruction by an FAA certified
flight instructor may act as Pilot in Command of a Club owned airplane.
- For new members only: New member are required to
conduct their first flight in a club airplane with a Club approved
CFI. Upon successful completion of the flight, the instructor
shall write in their logbook endorsing the success demonstration of the
pilot’s ability to exercise the privileges of pilot-in-command of the
club airplane.
- Exceptions to this rule: For the purpose of Club
business (maintenance, ferry flights, sales demos, etc.) deviations
from this rule may be authorized by the Executive Board.
- Removal of member: Violation of Club rules can subject
a member to removal from the Club at the discretion of the Executive
Board and the approval of no less than two-thirds of the members at a
regular meeting.
- Removal of Officers and Executive Board Members: An
Officer or Executive Board member may be removed from office by a vote
of not less than two-thirds of the remaining members of the Executive
Board or two-thirds of the membership.
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