Emeritus memberships shall be available as described in Section 5.
Article I, Sections 2 and 3
Eligibility.
A current member shall be eligible to convert to Emeritus membership when he or she:
(i) reaches 80 years of age;
(ii) has been an Active or Social member for at least 40 continuous years; and
(iii) has been a Resident Active member for at least 20 years.
For this purpose, time as a member with the benefit of a dues waiver for military service and
time as a Joint Emeritus member are included toward both the 40- and 20-year thresholds.
A member shall be eligible for Emeritus membership only if he or she, by himself or herself,
meets all three of the tests described above.
However, the spouses and registered domestic partners of Emeritus members may become Joint Emeritus members
without any other qualification or approval, but subject to subsection (d).
Emeritus members may transfer to Active membership, and Active members who are eligible to convert
to Emeritus membership may transfer back to Emeritus membership,
from time to time in accordance with rules prescribed by the Board of Trustees,
but without payment of any transfer or similar fee.
Article I, Section 5(a)
The Board has, on rare occasions, made exceptions to the strict terms of the eligibility provisions. Note that all such exceptions were made before the above qualifications became part of the Bylaws, when the same qualifications were a matter of Club policy.
12/4/03: MSP to grant Mr. Bill Brink’s request for emeritus status following 61 years of active membership, 39 of them consecutive.
1/24/01: MSP to approve the request of Mrs. Philip Padelford to grant Mr. Philip Padelford an emeritus membership based on his membership since 1941 and his age of 89 years, notwithstanding his short interval as a non-member for 13 months due to a 1975 divorce. The granting of this request is subject to the approval of the Membership Committee chair Jim Almon.
Transfer to and from Active. An Emeritus member who has transferred to Active membership, or vice versa, may not transfer back before the first anniversary of the prior transfer. Permitted transfers between Emeritus and Active membership shall be made upon submission to the Membership Manager of the form specified by the Membership Manager.
Privileges.
An Emeritus Member shall be entitled to full use of all Club facilities and guest privileges.
Article I, Section 5(b)
Dues and Charges.
No dues or assessments shall be charged to Emeritus members.
No initiation or transfer fee shall be payable upon conversion to Emeritus member.
Article I, Section 5(c)
Death and Surviving Spouse or Partner.
Upon the death of a Joint Emeritus member, the surviving spouse or domestic partner must transfer within one year
to another appropriate membership category and resume payment of the applicable dues and assessments
unless the surviving spouse or domestic partner is or becomes eligible for Emeritus membership himself or herself
within that one year period.
Article I, Section 5(d)
Dissolution of Marriage or Domestic Partnership: See Chapter 145, including subsection 5(c).
Other Matters.
As more fully set forth elsewhere in these Bylaws, Emeritus members:
(i) shall not be entitled to vote in elections of the Board of Trustees, or to vote on any other matter;
(ii) may not be members of the Nominating Committee;
(iii) may not be voting members of any committee and may not be members of any "committee of the board" referred to in Article VI, Section 15;
(iv) may not be members of the Board of Trustees or officers of the Club;
(v) may not propose or second applicants for Active or Social membership; and
(vi) shall not be entitled to any distribution of assets upon the dissolution of the Club.
Article I, Section 5(e)
Emeritus members may be
appointed as non-voting members of advisory committees and may attend their meetings and
participate in discussion, but shall not be voting members of any committee.
Article VI, Section 1
Emeritus members shall be eligible to attend the annual and special meetings and to speak on matters before them, but shall be non-voting.
Article III, Section 1.
3/15/23 Amendment inserted the above provisions into the Bylaws, pursuant to which the rules in subsection 5(a) through (d), which were formerly Club policies, became part of the Bylaws and the terms of Emeritus membership were changed as described in clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection 5(e).
The Membership Committee shall ... direct and supervise all activities in connection with invitation to membership, except in the case of ...
Emeritus ... members.
Article VI, Section 5
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3/15/23: Approved by Board MSP of 12/1/22, effective upon member approval of Bylaw amendment regarding Emeritus membership.