| All members shall be entitled to use MYC facilities and
participate in MYC activities. Membership in the MYC, except for Junior
membership, shall entitle the member to invite guests to use MYC facilities
and, in the case of regular members, shall entitle his or her spouse and
children under the age of 18 years to the regular use of MYC facilities
and the right of participation in MYC activities.
2.1 Regular member means a person 18 years or older
qualified for and elected to membership in the MYC. The person shall have
been a resident for not less than four months. A regular member shall
be entitled to one vote and may hold office, provided that such person
is a member in good standing.
2.2 Family voting member means a person 18 years or older
who is a spouse of a regular member and who is qualified for and elected
to membership in the MYC. A family voting member shall be entitled to
one vote in addition to that held by his or her spouse and may hold office,
provided that such person is a member in good standing. Applications for
family voting membership must designate one spouse as the regular member.
2.3 Junior member means a person between 10 and 18 years
of age, or to the age of 22 if the person is a full time student, who
is qualified and elected to membership in the MYC. A junior member shall
not be entitled to vote or hold office.
2.4 Honorary member means a person who has performed outstanding
service to MYC and who has been so designated and approved by unanimous
vote of the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the
Board of Directors. Said membership will be for a period of two (2) years.
An honorary member shall not be entitled to vote or hold office.
2.5 Resident Corporate Member means any legally formed
corporation or business entity holding a valid Guam business license and
actively conducting business on Guam which desires to provide MYC membership
privileges to its employees. Not more than one vote or more than one person
from person from a resident corporate member may hold office.
2.6 Temporary member means a person 18 years of age or
older who desires MYC membership privileges for three calendar months
in any one year. Upon board approval, membership may be renewed for an
additional three months. A temporary member shall not be entitled to vote
or hold office.
2.7 Non-resident member means any regular member who will
be absent from Guam or the Marianas Islands for for not less than one
year and who submits written request for non-resident membership status.
A non-resident member shall be entitled to receive all MYC publications
and notices distributed to the general membership, shall be entitled to
reinstate his or her previous membership without penalty, additional fees
or loss of seniority and shall be entitled to use MYC facilities during
visits to the area not exceeding 30 days in any one calendar year. A non-resident
member shall not be entitled to vote or hold office.
2.8 Life member means a regular member, or family voting
member, or past regular member 18 years of age or older, who has rendered
distinguished service of fundamental importance to the existence and aims
of the MYC. Life membership shall be awarded only by unanimous vote of
the Board of Directors and must be approved by 2/3 vote of the MYC voting
membership at a regular and called meeting. A life member shall be entitled
to vote providing the life member or proxy holder is present at the meeting
at which the vote is taken and may hold office.
2.9 Mariner member means a person 18 years of age or older
who is not a resident of the Territory of Guam. A mariner member shall
not be entitled to vote, nor be entitled to hold office until such time
that said member establishes residence within the Territory of Guam and
requests conversion to regular membership.
2.10 Corporate mariner member means any business entity,
corporation or yachting organization lawfully organized and established
under the laws of the United States or other territory or possession thereof,
or under the laws of any foreign country or political subdivision thereof,
which desires to provide MYC membership privileges to its people. A corporate
mariner membership shall entitle one resident office-employee so designated
by said corporate mariner member to one vote, providing the corporate
member or proxy holder is present at the meeting at which the vote is
taken, but such employee shall not be entitled to hold office until such
time that such employee establishes residence within the Territory of
Guam.
Section 3. Application for Membership. Prospective candidates
for membership shall submit applications in writing to the membership
committee on forms provided by the MYC. Applications for membership must
be approved by a quorum of the Board of Directors at a regular or special
Board of Directors meeting.
Section 4. Membership: transferability, termination. Membership
in the MYC is not transferable and shall be forfeited upon voluntary termination,
death, or expulsion of a member except that in the case of a regular member,
the spouse of that member shall assume the rights and privileges of regular
membership as defined in Section 2.1 of this chapter. Any property interest,
including all fees and dues paid and all rights and privileges shall cease
upon termination of membership.
4.1 Voting rights and qualification for office: transferability.
A regular member may upon written notice to the Board of Directors
transfer his or her voting rights and qualification to hold office to
his or her spouse. Such notice shall state the name of spouse upon whom
voting rights and eligibility to hold office are confered and the time
during which the transfer is to remain in effect. Notices not complying
with the requirements of this subsection shall be rejected.
4.2 Conversion to regular membership on dissolution of marriage.
A spouse holding family voting membership pursuant to Section
2.2 of this chapter and who thereafter becomes divorced or legally separated
from the spouse holding regular membership, may apply to the Board of
Directors for regular membership. In such cases, the applicant shall not
be required to pay any additional initiation fee, but shall thereafter
be required to pay monthly dues at the rate established for regular members.
4.3 Junior membership conversion. Junior members and the
sons or daughters of regular members upon reaching 18 years of age may
become regular members of MYC without payment of an initiation fee, but
shall be required to pay regular membership dues on approval of their
membership by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Resignation. A member may resign by notifying the Board
of Directors in writing. A member resigning in good standing shall be
entitled to apply for reinstatement on payment of a $25.00 fee.
Section 6. Leave. A member in good standing may submit a written
request for leave of absence to the Board of Directors. A quorum of the
Board of Directors may, at their discretion, grant a member a leave of
absence without payment of dues for a period of not less than three months
and not more than three years.
Section 7. Current mailing address. It shall be the responsibility
of every MYC member to provide the MYC Secretary with his or her current
mailing address. Any member failing to comply with this section shall
be conclusively presumed to have designated the MYC Secretary as his agent
for the receipt of any notices of publications by the MYC Constitution
or By-Laws.
Section 8. Definitions
8.1 For the purposes of these By-Laws, a resident means
a person who has established bonefide residence in the Territory of Guam
for a period of not less than four months.
8.2 A member in good standing means a duly initiated
member whose dues account is current. |
