Wix and Wrabness Yacht Club 

         Membership

Dove Cottage Oakley Road Wix Nr. Manningtree Essex. CO11 2SE

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The club currently offers various types of  membership, including Family, Social Junior memberships. The Club particularly wishes to encourage families and of course, boat owners of all descriptions.

If you are interested in joining our club then please complete the application form (available below) and return it to our Commodore, Mike Doogan at Dove Cottage, Oakley Road, Wix , Near Manningtree, Essex. CO 11 2SE.

Printable Application Form:    

 

Wix and Wrabness Yacht Club

 

Application Form for Membership

Full Name

 

Address

 

 

 

Postcode

 

Tel.  Number

 

Mobile Number

 

email

 

Occupation

 

 

Type of Membership

Names

Relationship

Date of Birth

Fee

Full Member

 

 

N/A

 

£5.00 per person

Family Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£5.00 per family

Junior Member

 

 

N/A

 

£2.50 per person

Honorary Member

 

 

N/A

 

N/A

Social Member

 

 

N/A

 

£2.50 per person

Temporary Member

 

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

Yacht Name

 

Type/Class

 

Length

 

Beam

 

Draft

 

Yacht Home Port

 

SSR Number

 

Sailing/Boating Experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

Signature

Proposed By

 

 

 

Seconded By

 

 

 

       

DATA PROTECTION        “I hereby authorise the Wix and Wrabness Yacht Club Officers and Management Committee, to hold and process and disclose to a third party my personal data for the purpose of maintaining my membership of the Club and to fulfil the General Rules and Byelaws of the Club”.

 

Signed ...............................................................................    Date .............................................

GENERAL INFORMATION

The application form should be returned to Mike Doogan Dove Cottage, Oakley Road, Wix, Manningtree, Essex, CO11 2SE

No payment to be enclosed with the application form.

Upon receipt of an application for membership, the Secretary shall enter such application in a Register of Candidates and shall cause the application form to be prominently displayed in the club premises, if applicable, and on the website for at least fourteen days before the meeting of the Committee at which such application for membership shall be considered. The election of all classes of members is vested in the Management Committee and shall be by a simple majority vote of those members present and voting at the relevant meeting of the Management Committee. The Secretary shall inform each candidate in writing of the candidate’s election or non-election.

Every candidate for membership (except Honorary Members) shall be proposed and seconded by a Full or Family member of the club, both of whom must be personally acquainted with the candidate.

There shall be the following categories of membership with power to vote at all meetings of the club as indicated hereunder. The rights and privileges of each category of members are as defined in the latest edition of the byelaws of the club.

A FULL MEMBER – being a person who, at the date of election, is over the age of eighteen shall have one vote.

A FAMILY MEMBER – which expression shall include one or two parents (as may be) and all children under eighteen years of age. The family unit shall have one vote, exercisable by either parent.

A JUNIOR MEMBER – being a person who, at the date of election, is under the age of eighteen shall have no vote.

Such a member shall be one who at the commencement of the subscription year joins the club other than as a full member or a family member.

AN HONORARY MEMBER – who shall have no vote.

A SOCIAL MEMBER – who shall have no vote.

A TEMPORARY MEMBER – who shall have no vote.

No member except a TEMPORARY MEMBER may use the club premises (where appropriate), or any of the facilities of the club until forty-eight hours have elapsed from the date of posting of notice of election.

Candidates for membership shall have no privileges whatsoever in relation to the use of the club or premises (where appropriate).

The Fees, as agreed at the AGM held in November 2006 are as follows

Joining Fee £5.00

Membership Fee £5.00

Family Membership £5.00

Junior Membership £2.50  (Junior Joining Fee £2.50)

Social Membership £2.50  (Social Joining Fee £2.50)

 

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