See Chapter 113 as to Pre-Juniors generally.
After his or her ninth birthday, a child of an Active member (resident or non-resident) is no longer entitled to use the Club until he or she applies and is accepted for Junior membership. Application for Junior membership can be made at any time between the ninth and twenty-first birthdays upon payment of the applicable initiation fee set forth in Chapter 110.
Guidelines and Policies for retention of each of the classes of junior membership
and the transfer from one class thereof to any other class of membership shall be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Trustees.
Article I, Section 3
The derivative status of Junior members shall be extended to the children of Active members who are between the ages of 9 and 21.
Article I, Section 3
The class of JSP is available only between the ages of 21 and 25 to
(i) Junior members who convert to JSP at age 21,
(ii) children of new Active members who become JSPs at the time a parent or parents are admitted as Active member and
(iii) individuals who are married to JSP members, in each case in accordance with the Club’s Guidelines and Policies.
Article I, Section 3
Junior with Senior Privileges (JSP) membership is available only to former Junior members (and their spouses as described in Section (F)(3)).
Upon reaching age 21, a former Junior member will automatically become a JSP member with no application or screening process required.
Non-member applications will not be accepted for this class of membership, other than children of new Active members, as described in Chapter 142. A non-member applicant between 21 and 25 years of age who is not the child of a new Active member must apply for Active or Social membership.
1. Generally. When a JSP member reaches the age of 25, he or she has the option of applying for a senior membership category (Active or Social) at a reduced initiation fee. Approximately ninety days prior to his or her 25th birthday he or she will be sent a formal application for transfer which must be returned the month prior to that in which his or her 25th birthday occurs. If the form is not so returned, the membership will be automatically dropped. JSPs applying for senior membership of any class will be screened by the Membership Committee and their names will be posted on the posting notice that is sent to the general membership. See Chapter 142.
2. Parent Notification. Parents of JSP members shall be notified when the JSP elects not to transfer to senior membership.
Covered by Chapter 146.
Active members shall be entitled to transfer to and from Social membership without any processing. Upon applying for reinstatement from Social to Active membership they shall pay
(i) the difference in assessments accrued during the period of Social membership between the Active and Social rates and
(ii) if they have maintained Social membership for less than twelve months, the difference in dues accrued during the period of Social membership between the Active and Social rates.
Such transfers must be submitted in writing to the Membership Committee and are put into effect the first of the following month.
The effect on children of a parent ceasing to be an Active member upon a transfer to Social is described at Chapter 141. Upon a transfer back to Active membership, children under 21 who thereby become eligible to be Junior members may apply for and become Junior members as described in Part A.
1. General Rule. Joint membership is only available to couples who are legally married or are registered domestic partners.
2. Enforcement. Any application for joint membership (Active, Social, Membership by Marriage, or JSP treatment described in Section 4 below) will require documentation verifying eligibility for joint membership. No application for joint membership will begin processing without such documentation.
10/24/24: Board adopted requiment of documentation verifying eligibility.
8/29/24: Membership of Social joint member terminated upon discovery that the couple were not legally married (or registered domestic partners), as he was not eligible to be a joint member.
3. Single to Joint. A single membership becomes a joint membership when:
(i) a non-member who is a spouse or domestic partner of a single member applies for joint membership and is accepted (Membership by Marriage), or
(ii) two single members marry or become domestic partners.
The situation in clause (i) is addressed in Chapter 142. In the case of clause (ii), the two single memberships may be converted to one joint membership by giving notice to the Membership Manager. Clauses (i) and (ii) apply to non-resident members and resident members in the same manner, except as described in the Bylaw provision quoted below.
"Registered domestic partners" has the same meaning as "state registered domestic partners" in
RCW 26.60.020,
and also includes persons who have substantially similar status under the law of their state of residence (if not Washington).
Article I, Section 2
4. JSPs and Legacy Members. (a) Although there is no "Joint JSP" member category:
(i) If two JSP members marry only one membership will be charged for monthly dues and assessments so long as they are married.
(ii) If a JSP is married to a non-member who is under age 25, the non-member may apply for Membership by Marriage as described in Chapter 142. Upon being approved, the former non-member will have the privileges of JSP Membership so long as he or she remains married, without payment of monthly dues and assessments beyond those paid by his or her spouse.
Part C above shall apply to a married couple who both have the privileges of JSP membership as it does to single JSP members, except that they will become Joint Active or Joint Social members upon approval, rather than Single. For the purpose of Part C, and also for the purpose of determining the amount and timing of the JSP to Senior Active transfer fee, both spouses shall be treated as if they were the age of the oldest of them.
A spouse who has the privileges of JSP membership only by virtue of being married to someone who was a JSP before their marriage may not receive the college JSP dues refund referred to in Chapter 110, Part D.
(b) If a JSP member is married to a non-member who is age 25 or older, the two of them may simultaneously apply for (i) Membership by Marriage as described in Chapter 142 and (ii) transfer from JSP to a senior membership category (Active or Social) as described in Part C above. They may not apply for Membership by Marriage without simultaneously applying for transfer to a senior membership category. They will become Joint Active or Joint Social members upon approval. For the purpose of determining the amount and timing of the JSP to Senior Active transfer fee, both spouses shall be treated as if they were the age of the oldest of them.
(c) If two Active Members marry and one or both is a Legacy Member, their obligation to pay installments of the JSP to senior transfer fees thereafter (if any such obligation remains) shall be affected as follows:
(i) If only one of them is a Legacy Member, they shall have no obligation to pay installments after they are married, but no installment previously paid shall be refunded or credited against any other amount payable.
(ii) If both of them are Legacy Members, they shall be obligated only to pay the installments payable by the oldest of them after they are married, but no installment previously paid shall be refunded or credited against any other amount payable.
For the purpose of this subsection, "Legacy Member" means an Active member (resident or non-resident) who transferred from JSP to Active membership pursuant to Part C.
(d) Upon dissolution of a marriage referred to in this Section, Chapter 145 shall apply. The JSP to senior transfer fee is an "initiation fee" referred to in the Initiation Fee Rule, Section 145(4).
(e) The policies in this section apply only to individuals who are legally married and in the extremely unlikely event that a JSP (or former JSP who has not fully paid the fee for transfer to Active membership) becomes a registered domestic partner, treating the registered domestic partnership the same as a marriage.
5. Joint to Single. Upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership (or a legal separation), a joint membership becomes a single membership (or, in some cases, two single memberships) as described in Chapter 145.
A joint membership cannot otherwise be converted into a single membership. If a joint membership is being resigned, then both husband and wife, or both domestic partners, must sign the resignation letter.
8/26/10: Policy in preceding paragraph applied to prohibit a couple, shortly before divorce, from having the non-original member resign, which would have changed the effect of the policy on continuation of membership after divorce (Chapter 145).
8/26/04: The Board considered a request from a joint member (the original member) to suspend the privileges of her separated spouse, but declined to take action.
See Chapter 147.
1. Cross-References. Expulsion and reinstatement of membership after expulsion is covered in Chapter 241.
The effect of the termination of a parent's membership (by resignation, expulsion or death) on children is described at Chapter 141.
2. Resignation Process. All resignations shall be submitted in writing to the Membership Manager. Members are responsible for all dues and charges up to and including the month in which the written resignation is received.
If a joint membership is being resigned, then both spouses, or both domestic partners, must sign the resignation letter. If a JSP membership is being resigned, it must be signed by the JSP (not the parent). Parents may resign one or more of their children's Junior memberships at any time.
3. Reinstatement. A member who voluntarily resigns his or her membership may be reinstated only: (a) if a written request for reinstatement is made within one year of the date of resignation and (b) upon payment of all back dues, assessments and other charges that would have been payable had the member never resigned, provided that, after resignation of joint membership, this rule only applies as follows:
(i) if the former joint members remain married or registered domestic partners: both are reinstated as Joint Members;
(ii) if the former joint members are both alive but no longer married to each other or registered domestic partners: only the Original Member (as defined in Chapter 145) is reinstated;
(iii) if only one of the former joint members is alive: that member is reinstated, whether or not he or she was the Original Member.
Upon a reinstatement pursuant to this Section, children under 21 who thereby become eligible to be Junior members and were previously Junior members shall automatically be reinstated to Junior membership.
1/23/20: Modified rule for reinstatement after resignation; 3/3/11: Adopted rule for reinstatement after resignation.
3/25/21: Conditioned reinstatement upon payment of (i) all unpaid back dues, assessments and JSP to Senior Active transfer fee and (ii) late payment fees and interest on the foregoing from the date each installment of dues, assessment and transfer fee would ordinarily have been payable, as if he had remained a member.
5/27/21 and 10/27/22: Denied reinstatement for person who resigned Nonresident membership approximately ten years previously.
Changes of category and other membership changes shall be applied for or effected as specified in the relevant provisions of these Rules & Policies or, if not so specified, by written notice to the Membership Manager. Any application or notice to the Membership Manager shall be effective only if in such form as he or she may specify.
Membership changes generally take effect at the beginning of a month, except as otherwise determined by the Membership Manager.
Category changes shall be listed in the normal posting method for the benefit and knowledge of the general membership.
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1/26/23: Chapter 144 approved by the Board.