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2010 Proposed Amendments - Proposed amendments need to be submitted in writing to be read at the November 1, 2010 Member's Meeting
2009 Proposed Amendments (We will add these to the sight as they occur, to be brought before the Membership in Dec 2009)
2008 Proposed Amendments (These were brought before the membership and passed on the Dec 2008 Membership Meeting)
2007 Proposed Amendments (Some of these were passed. The remainder were brought before the membership and passed on the Dec 2008 Membership Meeting)
2010 Proposed Amendments
We have the following proposed change for the establishing of an armorer
under Article V, Duties of Officers and Standing committees, Section 20:
The armorer will be appointed by the President with the approval of the
Directors. The armorer's duties will include inspection, storage, cleaning,
and repairs of all club owned firearms. He will be responsible for
accountability of firearms issued and returned, stored in the safe provided
by the club.
At the November 2010 Member's Meeting Rick P will read off normal
housekeeping rules and any other changes submitted in writing at the
November 2010 meeting. These will be voted on by the general membership
during the December 6, 2010 meeting.
2009 Proposed Amendments
As of the October Members Meeting we have no changes.
October 31st is the deadline for submissions. The November members meeting is when the submissions will be read. December members meeting is when the submissions will be voted upon by the membership.
If you have any submissions, please send them to Rick Plichta
2008 Proposed Amendments (Note - All proposed changes or adds are in "red")
Section 16. Finance
Committee
The
Finance Committee shall consist of four (4) members elected by the
membership and the elected Treasurer. An elected person on the Finance
Committee cannot serve as an elected Officer (except Treasurer) or as a
Director of the Club. To avoid the appearance of impropriety, the Treasurer
cannot serve as Chairman of the Finance Committee, but rather serves in an
advisory capacity and answers questions about the Budget. The duties of the
Finance Committee shall consist of reviewing all monies spent by the Club
above $100.00 and reviewing all requests for cash
advances. The Finance Committee votes on the matter and a
majority shall govern. (12/2004)
Finance
Committee
- Review
and comment on the appropriateness of all non-routine expenditures in
excess of $100.00.
Non-routine expenditures are those not required for normal operation of
the Club.
- Develop
a budget for each calendar year. The budget for the following year should
be developed before October 1st. This will allow the proposed
budget to be presented to the members at the October/November meetings.
-
Approve all requests for
cash advances made by committee chairs, if not doing so will cause a
financial burden to the committee chair or would be impractical to handle
any other way. Cash advances must be in-line with the approved budget.
- Any
non-routine expenditure above $100.00 brought up at the Board of Directors meeting will be reviewed by the
Finance Committee prior to the next general meeting.
- At
least three members of the Finance Committee will be available at the
general membership meetings between
- In
general, the Finance Committee will make a motion to table any items for
non-routine expenditures above $100.00
that have not been reviewed by the Finance Committee prior to the general
meeting at which the item is presented.
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For cash advance
requests, these must be made to the Finance Committee prior to the start
of the general meeting or in writing to the Finance Committee Chair. The
committee will review each request and if deemed appropriate, direct the
Treasurer to make a cash advance in the form of a check.
The Fund Raising Committee
shall consist of three members of the club, one of which will serve as
chair, all of which are appointed by the Officers and the Board of
Directors.
The duties of the Fund
Raising Committee will consistence off running the 50/50 drawings at all
general meetings, running the annual raffle event, and any other fund
raising event the club shall deem appropriate.
The committee will be
responsible for defining of all rules, if prizes are to be awarded. These
rules must be first approved by the Officers and the Board of Directors
before being published.
All monies collected must
be promptly turned over to the Treasurer or deposited into one of the clubs
bank accounts, as directed by the Treasurer.
Article VI –
Application for Membership
Section 4. Membership Work
Requirements
All members must serve six
hours working for the Club in some capacity during their first five years of
membership. Failure to submit a report to the Admission Committee of six
hours work within each year of the five year probationary period will result
in termination of membership from the Club. During each probationary year,
the member can opt to buy out their work obligation for that year by paying
an amount equal to that year’s dues. The probationary period will begin on
the date the member gets voted in. There will be no prorated buy-outs if
less than 6 full hours are worked.
Section 5. Field and
Member Orientation
All new
members must complete a field orientation, at the field by a qualified
member of the Club, before they receive access to the field. The field
orientation is to cover field uses, rules and regulations; in addition the
orientation may address the events, history and tradition of Pointer Fish
and Game Club. A qualified member to present the orientation are those
members currently on the Board and any other member as selected and voted on
by the Board to be part of the Field and Member Orientation Program.
(12/1996)
Add Upon completion of the orientation, all new members must sign a copy of the range rules acknowledging that they understand them and will obey them.
Add: Section 8 - Family Membership
A spouse, when accepted as a member, shall have the application fee and their dues set at 50% of that of the primary member.
2007 Proposed Amendments
Note: Article VIII- DUES AND ASSESSMENTS:
Section 1. Dues Passed (raised to 100.00 dollars a year.
Section 5. Field and Member Orientation (Passed)
Section 6.Application Fees Remains the Same , The proposal to Reduce the Application Fee to Remain at $50.00 Dollars , Failed Application Fees are equal to the Dues @$!00.00 A family fee Plan was proposed but it. Failed to pass proposal. Rick will write up a new Family Fee proposal and Submit it at the Meeting Monday , 1Nov 2008.
Proposed Changes were Discussed @ the Sept.08 Officers & Directors Meeting and also discussed @ the Oct Off.& Dir. meeting . These will be presented at the Nov,3rd Reg. Club Meeting in writing.
*Article VIII – Dues and Assessments*
*Section 1. Dues*
The annual dues of the Club shall be determined by the membership,
payable in advance between the dates of October 1^st and inclusive of
the January meeting. Dues may not be changed until members of record are
notified of such proposed change in advance and voted on at the next
following meeting. Any member not having paid his dues by or at the
January meeting automatically forfeits his membership. (12/1992)
/*Annual dues are proposed to be increased from $50.00 to $100.00
commencing January 1, 2008.
_* Board approves this increase and the membership voted on adoption of
the increase at a previous meeting._
*Article VI - Application for Membership:*
*Section 5. Field and Member Orientation*
All new members must complete a field orientation, at the field by a
qualified member of the Club, before they receive access to the field.
The field orientation is to cover field uses, rules and regulations; in
addition the orientation may address the events, history and tradition
of Pointer Fish and Game Club. A qualified member to present the
orientation are those members currently on the Board and any other
member as selected and voted on by the Board to be part of the Field and
Member Orientation Program. (12/1996)
/*This applies to all new members including family members of age 16 or
older.*/
*/_** This is a housekeeping change to clarify the scope of the
by-law._/*/**/
*Section 6. Application Fees*
A non-refundable application fee equal to one year’s dues must be
submitted to the Financial Secretary with each application for
membership excluding a member’s offspring under the age of eighteen.
/*Proposed to that the Pointer Fish and Game application fee for new
member be set at $50.00. This is in response to the recent club dues
increase to $100. Up until this time the new member application fee has
been the same as the annual dues fee. However, we worry that this
combined $200 cost will discourage new members from joining. Changing
the by-law to $50.00 fee should make it easier to attract new members.
_*** Board recommends not adopting this proposed change at this time
_*/Any questions concerning these proposed changes may be addressed to Rick
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