The
Club offers Full, Full Family, Associate, Full
Student, Associate Student, Junior Country,
Honorary and Group membership.
The membership year
is from 1st March to 28th ( 29th ) February. Application for membership should be
made to the Membership Secretary, signed by the
applicant and, by two members of the Club. All
nominations require approval at the next meeting
of the General Committee.
Full membership
Gives
the right to sail and keep a dinghy on the club's
premises during season provided it is of a class
or type approved by the Committee, and the right
for the member to use the Club's facilities under
the direction of the Committee.
Full Family membership
Gives
the privileges of a full member and also the
right for the member's spouse and children up to
the age of 14 to use the Club's facilities.
Full
members are entitled to a vote at General
Meetings of the Club and if they are the owner of
a registered boat, are entitled to an extra vote.
Associate membership
Gives
the right to sail any dinghy not owned by the
member which is kept at the club by a full member
with their permission and the right to use the
Clubs facilities under the direction of the
Committee.
Student Membership
May
be granted at the discretion of the General
Committee to persons aged over 18 years who are
in full education or training. Full Student
Members may be transferred to Full, Full Family
or Associate without payment of an entrance fee,
provided they have been a Full Student Member for
two years.
Junior membership
Is
available to persons aged between 14 and 18 and
gives the right to use the Club's facilities. A
Junior member shall cease to be a Junior at the
end of the year preceding the year in which he
attains 18 years of age. A Junior member may be
transferred to any other category of membership
without payment of the entrance fee provided that
he has been a Junior member for two years.
Group membership
May
be provided to organisations at the discretion of
the Committee, Please contact the
Commodore for
further information.
Country membership
Is
available at the discretion of the Committee to
members who have been Full, Full Family,
Associate, Family Associate or Junior members but
who live at a distance too remote to enable them
to make normal use of the Club facilities or are
unable to make use of the Sailing facilities
provided by the Club.
The
Club House represents a large investment and
members have put a lot of time, work and money
into making it one of the finest in the North.
New members are therefore charged a joining fee
as a contribution to this investment.
Duties
As
a club which is operated by its members for each
other's benefit on a voluntary basis, all members
are expected to take turn in acting as race
officials, safety boat crews or serving in the
galley as scheduled on the duty
roster.
A
number of maintenance working parties are, also
organised during the year, which members are
obliged to support for at least a day's work a
year.
There
is also an opportunity to become involved at all
levels in the running of the club. The club would
welcome new blood and ideas on the Committee and
our extensive training programme is a great
opportunity to get RYA Instructor qualifications.
