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| 5. |
Members |
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| 5.1 |
Classes |
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The
Club shall consist of Members of the following classes:
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| (a) |
Ordinary
Members |
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| (1) |
Ordinary
Members shall be over the age of eighteen
(18) years and this class of membership is
sub-divided into the following sub-categories:
(a) Resident Members;
(b) Country Members;
(c) Absent Members; and
(d) Corporate Members. |
| (2) |
Resident Members
are Ordinary Members residing in the State
of Selangor, Malaysia and the Federal Territories
of Kuala Lumpur and Putra Jaya, Malaysia. |
| (3) |
Country Members
are Ordinary Members residing in East Malaysia
and West Malaysia outside the State of Selangor,
Malaysia and the Federal Territories of Kuala
Lumpur and Putra Jaya, Malaysia, or residing
in Brunei or residing in Singapore. |
| (4) |
Absent Members
are Ordinary Members residing temporarily
or permanently outside the territories defined
in Rule 5.1(a)(2) and Rule 5.1(a)(3) above. |
| (5) |
(5) Corporate
Members are Ordinary Members who are nominated
by a Corporate Body or Society incorporated
or registered in Malaysia as the case may
be. A Corporate Member shall be required to
pay a special entrance fee equivalent to five
(5) times the entrance fees for Resident Members
and shall pay a subscription equivalent to
two (2) times that of the current subscription
for Resident Members. Each Corporate Member
may nominate two (2) nominees whose names
shall be submitted to the Committee for approval.
Any change in the nominees shall be subject
to the Committee’s approval and shall
be levied with a fee as will be determined
by the Committee. Each Corporate Member which
consists of two (2) nominees shall be allowed
one (1) voting right only. The total number
or Corporate Members shall not exceed at any
time, ten percent (10%) of the total number
of Ordinary Members existing. The Committee
shall have the absolute discretion to decide
whether or not to approve a nominee or replacement
nominee of a Corporate Member without having
to give reasons for its decision. In the event
the Committee shall not approve a nominee
nominated by a Corporate Member, the Corporate
Member shall (subject to these Rules) be entitled
to nominate another nominee until such time
as and when one (1) of its nomination is approved.
In the event a Corporate Member shall fail
to pay the Club any amount due to it, then
without prejudice to the rights, entitlement
and claims of the Club against such Corporate
Member, the Club shall be at liberty to demand
payment of such outstanding amount(s) from
the nominee or nominees of that Corporate
Member and such nominee or nominees shall
immediately on demand pay the Club for and
on behalf of that Corporate Member the amount(s)
due to the Club. |
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| (b) |
Temporary
Members |
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| (1) |
Temporary
Members are persons over the age of eighteen
(18) years who are elected for a maximum period
of two (2) years. Temporary Members shall
pay prior to election, an entrance fee of
a rate equivalent to twenty percent (20%)
of the entrance fee for Ordinary Members and
a refundable deposit of Malaysian Ringgit
One Thousand (RM1,000.00). |
| (2) |
At any time
within the two (2) year period, Temporary
Members are eligible to apply to become an
Ordinary Member upon the payment of the difference
between the amount paid at the time of election
as Temporary Member and the entrance fee for
Ordinary Members relevant at the time of exercise
of the conversion. |
| (3) |
A Temporary
Member does not have any right to vote nor
any right to propose or second candidates
for membership and shall have no share in
the property and assets of the Club and shall
have no voice in the affairs of the Club.. |
| (4) |
Monthly subscription
for Temporary Members shall be double that
for Resident Members. |
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| (c) |
Social
Members |
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| (1) |
Social
Members are persons over the age of eighteen
(18) years who are solely interested in non-boating
and non-sailing social activities of the Club
who are approved by the Committee to join
the Club for a period of one (1) year. Persons
approved by the Committee to become Social
Members, shall prior to such approval, pay
a non-refundable annual subscription of Malaysian
Ringgit One Thousand (RM1000.00). Social Members
are not required to pay an entrance fee. |
| (2) |
Social Members
may renew their annual membership on the same
terms subject to the consent of the Committee. |
| (3) |
At any time
within the one (1) year annual membership
period, Social Members are eligible to apply
to become an Ordinary Member by paying the
full subscription and the entrance fee for
an Ordinary Member. |
| (4) |
A Social
Member does not have the any right to vote
nor any right to propose or second candidates
for membership and shall have no share in
the property and assets of the Club and shall
have no voice in the affairs of the Club. |
| (5) |
Social Members
are not entitled to use the yachting, yacht
racing, motor boating, fishing and all other
sea sports and related facilities of the Club
including but not limited to facilities for
mooring, anchoring, berthing, pontoons, storage,
repair, chandlery, fuelling, water and electricity
supply and all other facilities related to
the sports of the yachting, yacht racing,
motor boating, fishing and all other sea sports. |
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| (d) |
Youth
Members |
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| (1) |
This class of membership is open to Malaysian
citizens between the ages of eighteen (18)
years and thirty (30) years. Upon election,
a Youth Member shall pay a minimum sum of
Malaysian Ringgit Five Hundred (RM500.00)
as part payment of the prevailing entrance
fee for Ordinary Member. The balance of the
entrance fee shall be divided by the remaining
number of months before the member reaches
the age of thirty (30) years. This instalment
shall however not be less than Malaysian Ringgit
Fifty (RM50.00) per month and shall be paid
together with the monthly subscription applicable
to Ordinary Members. |
| (2) |
A Youth Member
does not have any right to vote nor any right
to propose or second candidates for membership
and shall have no share in the property and
assets of the Club and shall have no voice
in the affairs of the Club. |
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| (e) |
Junior
Members |
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| (1) |
Any
Members’ child between the age of eighteen
(18) years and twenty three (23) years who
is a full-time student, or any other persons
below the age of twenty three (23) years may
be elected as a Junior Member at the discretion
of the Committee. |
| (2) |
A Junior Member
shall not be required to pay any entrance
fee. |
| (3) |
The yearly
subscription for Junior Members will be Malaysian
Ringgit One Hundred (RM100.00) per annum payable
in advance. |
| (4) |
The Committee
may, at their discretion, waive the subscription
of any Junior Member in the interest of furthering
participation in sailing for the Club, or
for the State, or for the nation. |
| (5) |
Upon reaching
the age of twenty (23) years, a Junior Member
shall within three (3) months apply to become
an Ordinary Member paying the full subscription
and the entrance fee for an Ordinary Member
unless waived in part or in whole by the Committee. |
| (6) |
A Junior Member
who does not apply to become an Ordinary Member
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