[NLRS] Bylaws Change!

[Baker, Donn B]

Yes, Paul does.

Up 'til now there was no problem with the Service Area, because the ARRL
said 175 mi. about the "club center."  After 1 Nov 2002, the club chooses an
ARRL Section (for us, the state of MN) _OR_ the 175 mi. radius circle.  I
was attempting to help us make the choice.

I'm not sure why we'd want to "change" the location of the center,
especially on a contest by contest basis.  (Well, yeah, I can, but....)

Relative to the member in good standing change, the only _real_ requirement
is that we have a way of "removing" members who are no longer members (i.e.,
don't participate, etc.).  Otherwise we can NEVER have a valid vote,
election, etc., because we can't get a quorum.  Anything that provides for
that is OK as far as I'm concerned.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jcplatt1@mmm.com [mailto:jcplatt1@mmm.com]
> Sent: 18 February 2002 12:57
> To: nlrs@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [NLRS] Bylaws Change!
> 
> 
> 
> OK, Paul brings up some good points.   I was confused by the club
> competition requirements versus the definition of who is a NLRS member
> ..... the two can be different, I was thinking that they need 
> to be the
> same.  Wrong.
> 
> How about this:
> 
> Change # 1.    For NLRS membership, the requirement is that 
> you have to pay
> your yearly dues and the dues need to be accepted by the 
> Club.   Basically,
> a business transaction ..... you want to be a member and the 
> Club accepts
> you.   No meetings required, etc.
> 
> Change #2.    For our service area (for club aggregate 
> scoring for contests
> only), I do like the idea of having a definition on file should we be
> challenged, but, I also like the ability to be flexible for 
> any special
> occasion that may arise.  So, how about we go with Donn's 
> wording for the
> club center (radius 175 miles, etc), but add a sentence that 
> states ".....
> unless otherwise defined by the Club Officers".     This gives us an
> understanding of what our club center is but allows us the 
> flexibility to
> handle special instances with little or no pain.
> 
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
> 
> 
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>                     Paul Husby                                
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> Regarding the proposed changes in membership requirements:
> 
> >1.Have attended at least one (1) club meeting during the year.
> >2.Dues have been paid as provided in the Constitution and By-laws.
> 
> Based upon what I am hearing, NLRS would be at a disadvantage to other
> contest clubs in requiring in-person meetings to maintain 
> membership.  MWA
> is considering some kind of smorgasboard of options, 
> including in-person
> meetings, on-air meetings, contest log submissions, 
> involvement in club
> management (reflector, web, officers, Aurora, etc), even 
> participation in
> reflector discussion.  I am sure some of the big eastern 
> clubs will go even
> easier.  This is not to say that NLRS should adopt the lowest common
> denominator, but since these requirements are purely for the 
> purpose of
> establishing eligibility for the ARRL contests, we should pay 
> attention to
> what our competitors are doing.
> 
> >Service Area - The Service Area of the Northern Lights Radio 
> Society shall
> be a
> 175-mi radius circle, centered at 45 degrees North by 94 
> degrees West, or
> approximately 3 statute miles NE of the town of Winstead, MN.
> 
> The new change in the rules would allow us to use all of 
> Minnesota rather
> than a circle (not smart!).  I do not believe they require us 
> to specify
> our circle any more formally than they did before.  (I'm 
> pretty sure that
> it is even okay to adjust the circle from contest to contest, 
> so long as
> all the submissions from a given contest meet the 
> requirement.)  At any
> rate, the last thing we need to do is carve the circle in 
> stone and require
> a vote at the annual meeting to change it.  Also, the wording makes it
> appear that we do not welcome members from outside the 
> 'contest service
> area', which is certainly not the case.  I would recommend 
> not changing the
> non-existing current language.
> 
> 73, Paul
> 
> Paul Husby, W0UC
> 
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