Amendment Membership Categories

Scope

  • Removes the category of “Sustaining Member” which is obsolete. There are no members who are in this category.
  • Removes the category of “Patron Member” which is duplicative and serves no useful purpose.
  • Removes the category of “Organizational Member” which is unnecessary and dilutive.
  • Adds a category of “Associate Member” for rowers who wish to affiliate with LBRA casually and as a supplement to membership in other clubs.
  • Adds a category of “Young Adult Member” for individuals too old to be a Junior but too young to be a Masters rower, with special encouragement to affiliate with LBRA at a highly formative, transitional time in one’s career
  • Better defines rights and privileges of each category, for purposes of discriminating between each.
  • Reorders categories by significance and prevalence, for clarity and logical structure.

Existing Text

Section 1.

Membership shall be of the following classifications:

  1. Junior Members: those persons who are less than eighteen years of age.
  2. Members: persons who are eighteen years of age or older.
  3. Organizational Member: any group of individuals who may join as an organization.
  4. Honorary Life Member: those persons who have made outstanding contributions to the welfare and growth of the Long Beach Rowing Association or to Rowing in general.
  5. Patron Member: Life Members who continue to contribute funds, which are not intended as payment of rowing assessments of fees, to any activity supported by the Association.
  6. Sustaining Member: Those persons who have contributed a sustaining member fee, not intended for payment of rowing assessment of fees and who were sustaining members in good standing as of September 30, 1998.
  7. Friends of LBRA: Those persons who have contributed a sustaining member fee, not intended for payment of rowing assessment of fees. Friends of LBRA shall enjoy all the benefits of membership except the right to vote, hold elected office or row.

Proposed Text

Section 1.  Membership Categories

Membership shall consist of the following classifications:

  1. Members: Individuals who are eighteen years of age or older, who competitively affiliate with the Association, and who pay full fees. Members shall enjoy all the benefits of membership without restriction.
  2. Associate Members: Individuals who are eighteen years of age or older who primarily affiliate with other teams or clubs, who are members in good standing of those programs, and who qualify for reduced fees as set by the Board of Directors. Associate Members may use the Association’s athletic equipment and facilities and shall enjoy all the benefits of membership except the right to vote or hold elected office.
  3. Young Adult Members: Individuals who are between the ages of 18 and 23, inclusive, who may be of limited means and deserving of special support, possibly as collegiate athletes or with National Team aspirations.  As with Associate Members, Young Adult Members may use the Association’s athletic equipment and facilities and shall enjoy all the benefits of membership except the right to vote or hold elected office, but need not be affiliated with another rowing program.
  4. Junior Members: Individuals who are less than eighteen years of age. Junior Members may use the Association’s athletic equipment and facilities and shall enjoy all the benefits of membership except the right to vote or hold elected office.
  5. Honorary Life Members: those persons who have made outstanding contributions to the welfare and growth of the Long Beach Rowing Association or to rowing in general. Life Members shall enjoy all the benefits of membership without restriction and in perpetuity.
  6. Friends: Those persons who have contributed a sustaining member fee, not intended for payment of rowing assessments. Friends of LBRA shall enjoy all the benefits of membership except the right to vote, hold elected office or use club athletic equipment.