Bylaws Amendments September 2006

Below are the proposed amendments to the Rotary Club of Jonesboro Bylaws.  The club will vote on these amendments at its September 26, 2006 club meeting.  Deleted Text   Added Text

Explanation of Changes:

Article 6 -

Section 1 - Changes the admission fee from $40 to $30 which breaks the admission fee out from the badge fee and documents the club's historical practice of waiving the admission fee for members who were previously Rotarians in another or our club.

Section 2 - (added new section 2) Sets the badge fee at $15 to cover current costs of badge and shipping.

Section 3 - Renumbered Section 2 to Section 3 and updated the current dues from $160 to $164 as a result of the final installment of the three year phased-in Rotary International dues increase.

Article 13 -

Section 3 - Adds the provision for voting on proposed members electronically.  This was needed to address the membership committee's efforts to reduce the amount of time needed to move a proposed member through the new member process.

Bylaws

Rotary Club of Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
Club # 2520, District 6150, Zone 29 of Rotary International

Updated on December 8, 2005September 26, 2006

Article 6   Fees and Dues

Section 1 – The admission fee shall be $ 340 to be paid before the applicant can qualify as a member.  This fee will be waived for new members who were previously members in good standing of another Rotary club.

Section 2 – A fee for a name badge of $15 will be charged to all new members and for replacement badges for existing members.

Section 2 3 – The membership dues shall be $ 160164.00 per annum, payable semiannually on the first day of July and of January, with the understanding that a portion of each semiannual payment shall be applied to each member’s subscription to the RI official magazine.

Article 13   Method of Electing Members

Section 1 – The name of a prospective member, proposed by an active member of the club, shall be submitted to the board in writing, through the club secretary. A transferring or former member of another club may be proposed to active membership by the former club. The proposal shall be kept confidential except as otherwise provided in this procedure.

Section 2 – The board shall ensure that the proposal meets all the classification and membership requirements of the standard Rotary club constitution.

Section 3 – The board shall approve or disapprove the proposal within 30 days of its submission, and shall notify the proposer, through the club secretary, of its decision.  Approval or disapproval shall be by viva voce vote at a regular or called meeting of the board or by electronic polling of the board of directors.

Section 4 – If the decision of the board is favorable, the prospective member shall be informed of the purposes of Rotary and of the privileges and responsibilities of membership, following which the prospective member shall be requested to sign the membership proposal form and to permit his or her name and proposed classification to be published to the club.

Section 5 – If no written objection to the proposal, stating reasons, is received by the board from any member (other than honorary) of the club within seven (7) days following publication of information about the prospective member, that person, upon payment of the admission fee (if not honorary membership), as prescribed in these bylaws, shall be considered to be elected to membership.