[SEL] Just how do you feel about your club?

[Gary Epps]

Tom, the Bylaws should spell out the duties/responsibilities of the 
individual board members, the board as a whole as well as the officers.

Gary

Germoamer at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/3/2005 8:03:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> jopeter at omninet.net.au writes:
> 
> <<  I along with some like 
>  thinking fellow members raised our objections to this cheap and tawdry 
>  excuse for a Club Badge. >>
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Welcome to the "joys" belonging to a club!!  
> 
> Recently our club had similar circumstances.  The board of directors held a 
> meeting late last fall looking at the 2004 expenses and any 2005 year changes.  
> Two items of interest were discussed at length, one being the present 
> $10/year membership dues and the other was the $4 show admission fee.  The board 
> decided to keep the $10 membership fee the same and to increase the show admission 
> fee to $5.  When the board minutes were presented at the regular club 
> meeting, a few raised great concerns about these fees, how it affected the budget, 
> and how it might affect the number of club membership and spectators.  After 
> much discussion it was decided to present the budget findings, and to have the 
> members present at the next regular meeting vote on the dues and entrance fees.  
> After presentation/discussions at the next meeting, the majority voted to 
> keep the $10 membership fee and to increase the spectator entrance fee to $5 for 
> 2005, just as the board had voted to do themselves!  
> 
> So, one has to ask just what are the club "board of directors" 
> duties/responsibilites?  Of course the "board" is not a club dictatorship and all members 
> ideas and input are needed and appreciated.  Changes should be discussed when 
> not agreed with.  But, if every thing voted and agreed upon by the board is 
> challenged and must be presented to all club members, then what is the board for 
> and would anything ever get done??
> 
> Of course as we all know, when club members are asked if the would serve on 
> the board of directors the answer is they have "conflicts" (NO) and the same 
> answer(NO) is given when they are asked to perform a specific job function for 
> the show!  
> 
> Tom Schmutz
> Concord, Va. USA
> Germoamer at aol.com
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