From owner-constitution@andromeda.68k.org Thu Sep 4 00:01:07 1997 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 02:00:06 -0500 From: owner-constitution-digest@lsmsaaa.org (LSMSAAA Constitution Digest) To: constitution-digest@68k.org Subject: LSMSAAA Constitution Digest V1 #8 Reply-To: constitution@andromeda.68k.org Sender: owner-constitution-digest@lsmsaaa.org Errors-To: owner-constitution-digest@lsmsaaa.org Precedence: bulk LSMSAAA Constitution Digest Thursday, September 4 1997 Volume 01 : Number 008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:01:39 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andre' DeHon" Subject: Re: Sec. 3 -- Dues > 3.1 Postal Fees > Any member of the LSMSAAA, regardless of status, may opt to > receive communications from the association through postal rather > than electronic media. Should a member of the LSMSAAA opt for > postal communications, an additional fee of $2 annually is > required to defray costs. This $2 annual charge may be paid to > the LSMSAAA Treasurer along with any other dues, or may be paid > to the LSMSAAA Recording Secretary separately. May an "inactive" member opt to only pay postal fees and only receive communicatoins from the organization? Does this mean that an alum who doesn't really care about voting can get away with just paying $2/year? I reccommend we change the wording to "Any Active member" (or is the proper working "Any non-inactive member" (kinda like a non-decreasing function, huh? :-) )) Andre' ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:08:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andre' DeHon" Subject: Re: Sec. 3 -- Dues > 3.2 Timing of Changes in Membership Status > Members may pay dues or postal fees for a given fiscal year at > any time. > (a) If dues or postal fees are paid prior to the beginning > of a fiscal year, all rights and privileges of membership > associated with those dues begin (or continue, for members who > are already active) at the start of the fiscal year. > (b) If dues or postal fees are paid after a fiscal year has > already begun, relevant rights of membership begin upon receipt > of payment by the LSMSAAA Treasurer; no privileges are > retroactive. Add: (b') There is no reduction in dues if paid after the begining of the fiscal year. Regardless of when dues are paid, they cover the remainder of the designated fiscal year. > (c) Once a member of the LSMSAAA has paid lifetime dues > sufficient to cover 10 fiscal years, regardless of timing, that > person becomes a Lifetime Member. No act of the Executive > Committee may revoke someone's Lifetime Membership. > > 3.3 Retroactive Rate Increases > Changes in the dues requirements (through Section 9, governing > constitutional amendments) may not be retroactive; anyone who has > paid dues for a given fiscal year before the new rate structure > takes effect will still qualify as having paid dues for that > year. Add: Particularly, any dues paid for a fiscal year in advance of the fiscal year will be accepted at the dues rate in effect for the fiscal year in which the dues were paid rather than the fiscal year for which the dues paid. > No change in the dues requirements may revoke Lifetime > Membership once someone has qualified. Andre' ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:15:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andre' DeHon" Subject: Dues and membership Another thing to consider: Should recent graduates have dues waived for the first N-years following graduation from LSMSA (N=2? N=4) as a hook? Should this be in the constitution or just in the by laws? (This might affect budgetting, knowing that there would be n*200 non-paying members at any point in time) I partially suggest this in lieu of mailing newsletters to everyone. Make the recent grads members by default, then send it only to "Active" members. This gives the new people a couple of years (when they are most poor) to see the organization before asking them to part with cash to be members. Andre' ------------------------------ End of LSMSAAA Constitution Digest V1 #8 ****************************************