Steps for Club Membership

• When you bring a guest, please check in with the Club Secretary (Justin Richie).  The Secretary will note your guest and give you the opportunity to introduce them at the beginning of the meeting. REMINDER:  Please have them stand with you so everyone in the room can easily see this individual. 
• If you are interested in perhaps proposing this individual and this person shows an interest in possibly joining, they should visit the Club at least three times, preferably-four. Make sure you introduce them to those at your table and others before and after the meeting.  REMINDER: Please let the chairman of the Membership Committee know you are recruiting this individual.  Mike Chaloult, Jr. chairs this committee for 2010 -2011. 
• After these visits, if you are still interested in proposing this individual for membership, talk with the Club Secretary, Justin Richie, and pick up a Membership application.
• You, the Proposer, will fill out this information and return it to Justin Richie. The Secretary then forwards this data to the Classification Committee and then notifies the President and the Chairman of the Recruitment Committee.  If there is an open slot, depending on this person’s Classification, the committee can then complete the card. The purpose for the Classification is to prevent too many individuals, in the same profession from creating a lopsided membership. 
• The Classification Card and Application will be returned to the Secretary and subsequently forwarded to the President.
• The President will then convene the Board of Directors and officers to review the name of the prospective member.  If the Board approves, the data is returned to the Secretary of the Club. 
• The Secretary will immediately notify the Proposer of the individual’s preliminary acceptance; the Proposer must then have the Membership Application signed by the prospective member and return it to the Secretary. 
• The name of the proposed individual will then be “placed on the Table” for the whole membership to review.  The name will remain “on the table” for two weeks to allow adequate time for all Club members to consider the proposed individual. 
• Any Club member who objects to the admission of the proposed new member must state their objections in writing; such objections must be forwarded to the President or the Secretary. 
• If there are no written objections, the President will notify the Proposer that this individual has been formally approved and should be invited to the next meeting. 
• If there ARE written objections, the President and Board will reconsider the nomination.