Membership

Section 1: Minimum Number of Members

The club shall begin with and maintain at a minimum at least six members that are at least 16 years of age or older.

Section 2: Requirement for Regular Membership

To become a chapter club member, a person shall:

a) Voluntarily express a true interest in becoming a member and supporting the clubs purpose.

b) Become a member of The Bass Federation, Inc. (TBF,Inc) and its home state federation approved industry partners.

c) Be recommended by two members at a regular monthly meeting.

d) Be voted on by membership. Vote shall be by secret ballot.

e) Be 16 years of age or older to be in an adult club.

 

Section 3: Requirements for Individual Junior Membership

 

To become an individual junior member of an adult club, a person shall:

 

a) Voluntarily express a true interest in becoming a member and supporting the clubs purpose.

b) Be less than 18 years of age.

 

*Individual junior members, who are not a member of a junior club, are not required to pay membership dues and are not entitled to the benefits of a regular membership. The inclusion of individual junior members will not affect a clubs liability insurance policy. Individual junior members are not covered by the accidental death and dismemberment policy. Individual junior members may not hold any office in a regular adult club nor can they be voting members. At age 16, individual junior members may choose to continue membership as an individual junior member or by joining the regular club as a regular member. All individual junior membership ceases on a persons 18th birthday.

 

Section 4: Membership Dues

 

The membership dues shall be $80 annually, initially payable upon being voted into the club, $15 of which shall be for TBF National Federation dues, $50 of which shall be for club dues and $15 of which shall be for State Federation dues.

 

Section 5: Membership meetings

 

The membership shall hold regular meetings at pre-established locations and times.