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MEMBERSHIP
CATEGORIES REVISITED
by
Jeff Melin
This month,
the CISS board met specifically to review the membership categories
as described in the Club Bylaws. The purpose of this was to review
how the categories are being used and to insure that their use
is uniform and makes sense for the well being of CISS.
The Operations
manual is currently under a major review and updating as well.
These two actions are tied together because membership information
of a temporary nature, such as Initiation Fees, Dues, Operations
fees, and administrative procedures, all of which may be changed
as needed by board action, are being moved to a new Membership
section in the Operations Manual.
Regular, Family,
Special, Student, Weekend, and Associate Membership Categories
will be continued. The Inactive Category was discontinued some
time ago via board action due to lack of use, although copies
of the Bylaws distributed thereafter continued to display it.
Principles
that have been looked at in this review have been that the policy
followed must meet the fiscal needs of CISS, be fair to all members,
and keep in mind that the club is a flying club and other benefits
such as socialization, etc. are secondary to the main purpose
of the club. Also, all flying status members must willingly give
a fair share of time and effort back to the club in order to keep
costs low and under control. The officers will be taking a hard
look at all necessary activities so that if a member believes
that he or she is physically unable to perform a scheduled duty
such as Ground Crew, Tow Pilot, or Flight Instructor, we may be
able to offer another necessary job to serve as that members time
contribution to CISS.
At this time,
no changes are anticipated for Regular, Family, and Student Members.
The Special Member category, intended for those who with board
approval, are temporarily relieved of scheduled duty due to unusual
or extreme work related or family issues, will see the elimination
of per flight surcharges and an increase in the annual fee for
missing duty to $400.00 per year, effective January 1, 2003. Associate
members must maintain an SSA membership but will no longer have
flying privileges. The purpose of the Associate category is to
enable a member who will not be able to fly due to work or other
conditions to preserve their initiation fee investment and SSA
membership until they can resume Regular status with full flight
privileges. Obviously, flight surcharges for the Associate category
will no longer apply. The Weekend Member is defined as a non-CISS,
current SSA Member, who is current or who seeks a BFR or check
ride prior to flying club equipment. The fee for such a person
will be $25.00 per day plus applicable fees paid in cash at the
time of flying.
Should you
have any questions, please feel free to contact Jeff Melin, Membership
Chair, 8csoars@prodigy.net,
317-848-5306 or any of the club Officers.
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