[Bylaws-l] Membership Rights

[John Roberts]

OKI.  Here's the latest draft with the comments from Dave and John added/modified as they stated:

MGN John Roberts 
CO, USS Anasazi, NCC-62001 
Commandant, SFMC 
OIC, 898 MSG 
jcroberts2 at hotmail.com 



Membership Rights
The following rights apply to all members equally, unless otherwise prohibited by law.  These rights cannot be limited or taken away by the STARFLEET Board of Directors, or any other person in STARFLEET, except as required by law.  
 
Section 1 Rights:
·         Right to due process. 
·         Right for all sides in an issue to be heard before decisions are made. 
·         Right to appeal all decisions rendered against you.
 
Section 2 Rights for members in Good Standing:
·         Receiving a new, or renewing, membership packet and all of its contents per annual membership.
·         Be given access to six issues of the Communiqué per primary subscription, per annual membership.
·         Ability to specify the type of membership desired (single or family), and the right to change from one type of membership to another for any reason, without retribution.  No refunds of membership dues will accompany any kind of change in membership, pro-rated or otherwise unless previously submitted funds have not yet been deposited by STARFLEET Finance.
·         Access to due process and for all sides in an issue to be heard before any judgment is made.
·         Access to information about the availability of, and application process for, any open position at any level of STARFLEET.
·         One vote in the triennial STARFLEET International election, unless otherwise prohibited by law or unavailable as part of membership class.
·         Permission to voice your opinion at any level of STARFLEET.
·         Participation in STARFLEET Academy to the extent wished.
·         Ability to apply for any Chapter, Regional, or International position you feel qualified to hold.
 
The Board of Directors reserves the right to add, withdraw, or otherwise amend those rights specified in Section 2.  Additional rights, as created by the Board of Directors are to be approved by a majority vote of the Board of Directors and, if approved, the newly created rights will be added to this section of the By-Laws without further vote by the membership at large.  The Board of Directors also reserves the right to impose limitations, or remove the rights (contained in Section 2), on a case-by-case individual basis for members who have failed to fulfill their responsibilities of membership (or are alleged to have failed to fulfill the responsibilities of membership) at any time. 
The Officers of the Corporation, or their designated person(s), team(s), or committee(s), shall have the authority to temporarily limit or remove the rights of any member (in Section 2), for any violations of policy previously approved by the STARFLEET Board of Directors.  (Section 2) Membership rights may also be temporarily limited or removed upon allegations of failing to fulfill the responsibilities of membership, as deemed necessary by the Officers of the Corporation.  The STARFLEET Board of Directors reserves the rights to reinstate the rights previously limited or removed, upon the outcome of a member’s appeal.  The Officers of the Corporation also reserve the right to reinstate rights previously limited or removed from a member on a temporary basis.
                                
For the scope of this section, temporarily shall mean from the time that the action or offense is made or taken by a member, until the end of the appeals process, heard by the entire STARFLEET Board of Directors.
 
 
 		 	   		  
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