TGFG golf club by-laws
**improvements to by-laws still in progress**
The information below is in progress for corrections and clarification. Mahalo for your patience.
Article I - NAME
The name of this golf club shall be the TGFG Golf Club.
Article II - PURPOSE
FIRST: To stimulate interest in golf by bringing together a group of golfers desirous of forming a golfing organization.
SECOND: To promote and foster among the members a closer bond and fellowship for our Church and its mutual benefit, and to promote and conserve the best interests and true spirit of the game of golf as embodied in its ancient and honorable traditions.
THIRD: To encourage conformance to the USGA Rules of Golf.
FOURTH: To maintain a uniform system of handicapping as set forth in the USGA Handicap System and issue USGA Handicap Indexes to the members.
FIFTH: To provide an authoritative body to govern and conduct an annual club competition in which proceeds will go to help support the St Jude Catholic Church.
Article III - MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Membership shall be available to all Parishioners and their children, age requirement will depend on the golf course. There shall be at least 10 members with a maximum TBD.
Section 2. Memberships in the club are by individual and non-transferable.
Section 3. Only golfers with a reasonable and regular opportunity to play golf with fellow members and who can personally return scores for posting may be members and receive USGA Handicap Indexes from the club.
Section 4. Membership confers no voice in the operation of any golf courses, clubhouses nor any facilities of the courses.
Section 5. Membership confers no special privileges in connection with any golf course.
Section 6. Membership in the club are for a calendar year only, with all memberships expiring on December 31st.
Section 7. The fiscal year for the club will be January 1st through December 31st.
Section 8. Membership shall be St Jude Parishioners. Non-Parishioners requesting membership shall be sponsored by current or in-coming Parishioners.
Section 9. Membership may confer honorary memberships upon those whom they feel have contributed to the advancement of our organization. An affirmative vote of the membership shall be required to approve such action.
Section 10. The annual meeting of the TGFG Golf Club shall be held on the Anniversary of the golf club in the month of September. The governing body shall provide for the holding of such other meetings as may be deemed necessary or desirable, and they shall call special meetings upon written petition signed by not less than ten percent of the membership.
Section 11. A legal quorum at any meeting shall be 50% of the members present in person or by proxy. Each active member in good standing shall be entitled to one vote.
Section 12. All membership fees and dues shall be established by the membership from time to time in such amounts as they deem to be adequate to operate and maintain the club. Members shall be liable for dues until their written resignation has been received and accepted. All monies collected shall accrue to the benefit of the membership.
Article IV – OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Section 1. A meeting of the membership must organized to conduct an election of officers.
Section 2. The officers shall consist of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and their duties shall be such as their titles would indicate or such as may be assigned to them respectively from time to time.
Section 3. The membership shall authorize and define the duties of all committees. The members of each committee shall appoint a Chairman.
Section 4. All appointed committees shall function as recommended in the USGA Golf Committee Manual. The following committees shall be appointed each year, with such other committees, as the President may deem necessary or advisable:
Tournament Committee to arrange and schedule with the management of any golf course as necessary, and conduct all intra-club and inter-club competitions.
Handicap Committee composed primarily of members with the responsibility to establish a fair and proper system of handicaps in accordance with procedures set forth in the USGA Handicap System Manual.
Social Committee to encourage and arrange social and entertainment features and events for special occasions.
Article V - AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS
Section 1. Membership dues will be $2.00/Month, payable NLT the 2nd tournament of each year.
Section 2. If a Players ball comes to rests against an immoveable object such as a tree root, to prevent personal injury and damage to equipment, without penalty, the player may take a one club relief no closer to the hole, clean and place.
Section 3. If and when guests are invited to play with the TGFG GC, these guests are placed into slots after club members have filled all earlier slots. Guests can be placed into earlier slots with members who are sponsoring them. As an example, if a club member brought 1 or 2 guests, these guests can be placed into earlier slots with the sponsor. If a member brought in a foursome, the foursome will be placed into open slots after all current members have filled earlier slots. In other words, members have priority and will play first, guests fill all other open slots.
Section 4. All Handicaps provided for club tournament play are handicaps posted after last tournament play. Then they are matched against current Tournament Course Handicap Index List.
Section 5. Effective 1 Jan 2010, each member will contribute $1.00 more toward the Tournament Prize money (totaling $6.00). This $1.00 will go toward a Hole-In-One Prize. A current member making a Hole-In-One will receive 80% of the total cash collected and 20% will go to St. Jude Church. If a new member, less than 6 months as a current member, will ONLY receive 50%. 10% of which will go to a designated recipient.
Section 6. Comments and/or changes to our Club By-Laws are welcomed. Please write down any suggestions and present them to any Club Officer. During the next Executive Committee Meeting, all suggestions will be discussed and, if approved, will be included in the next change to our By-Laws. If any suggestion is not approved by the Executive Committee, it will be presented to the membership after the next Club Tournament.
Section 7. Each player (club member or not) will contribute $5 extra to help cover the costs, (green fee and $5 prize money) for priests. If we have 24 players at every tournament, $5 each should cover the total cost for our two priests. If we have less than 24 players, we will need to dip into our club funds to cover the remainder of the cost. This would eventually deplete our club funds which is mainly used for administrative costs.
Article I - NAME
The name of this golf club shall be the TGFG Golf Club.
Article II - PURPOSE
FIRST: To stimulate interest in golf by bringing together a group of golfers desirous of forming a golfing organization.
SECOND: To promote and foster among the members a closer bond and fellowship for our Church and its mutual benefit, and to promote and conserve the best interests and true spirit of the game of golf as embodied in its ancient and honorable traditions.
THIRD: To encourage conformance to the USGA Rules of Golf.
FOURTH: To maintain a uniform system of handicapping as set forth in the USGA Handicap System and issue USGA Handicap Indexes to the members.
FIFTH: To provide an authoritative body to govern and conduct an annual club competition in which proceeds will go to help support the St Jude Catholic Church.
Article III - MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Membership shall be available to all Parishioners and their children, age requirement will depend on the golf course. There shall be at least 10 members with a maximum TBD.
Section 2. Memberships in the club are by individual and non-transferable.
Section 3. Only golfers with a reasonable and regular opportunity to play golf with fellow members and who can personally return scores for posting may be members and receive USGA Handicap Indexes from the club.
Section 4. Membership confers no voice in the operation of any golf courses, clubhouses nor any facilities of the courses.
Section 5. Membership confers no special privileges in connection with any golf course.
Section 6. Membership in the club are for a calendar year only, with all memberships expiring on December 31st.
Section 7. The fiscal year for the club will be January 1st through December 31st.
Section 8. Membership shall be St Jude Parishioners. Non-Parishioners requesting membership shall be sponsored by current or in-coming Parishioners.
Section 9. Membership may confer honorary memberships upon those whom they feel have contributed to the advancement of our organization. An affirmative vote of the membership shall be required to approve such action.
Section 10. The annual meeting of the TGFG Golf Club shall be held on the Anniversary of the golf club in the month of September. The governing body shall provide for the holding of such other meetings as may be deemed necessary or desirable, and they shall call special meetings upon written petition signed by not less than ten percent of the membership.
Section 11. A legal quorum at any meeting shall be 50% of the members present in person or by proxy. Each active member in good standing shall be entitled to one vote.
Section 12. All membership fees and dues shall be established by the membership from time to time in such amounts as they deem to be adequate to operate and maintain the club. Members shall be liable for dues until their written resignation has been received and accepted. All monies collected shall accrue to the benefit of the membership.
Article IV – OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Section 1. A meeting of the membership must organized to conduct an election of officers.
Section 2. The officers shall consist of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and their duties shall be such as their titles would indicate or such as may be assigned to them respectively from time to time.
Section 3. The membership shall authorize and define the duties of all committees. The members of each committee shall appoint a Chairman.
Section 4. All appointed committees shall function as recommended in the USGA Golf Committee Manual. The following committees shall be appointed each year, with such other committees, as the President may deem necessary or advisable:
Tournament Committee to arrange and schedule with the management of any golf course as necessary, and conduct all intra-club and inter-club competitions.
Handicap Committee composed primarily of members with the responsibility to establish a fair and proper system of handicaps in accordance with procedures set forth in the USGA Handicap System Manual.
Social Committee to encourage and arrange social and entertainment features and events for special occasions.
Article V - AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS
Section 1. Membership dues will be $2.00/Month, payable NLT the 2nd tournament of each year.
Section 2. If a Players ball comes to rests against an immoveable object such as a tree root, to prevent personal injury and damage to equipment, without penalty, the player may take a one club relief no closer to the hole, clean and place.
Section 3. If and when guests are invited to play with the TGFG GC, these guests are placed into slots after club members have filled all earlier slots. Guests can be placed into earlier slots with members who are sponsoring them. As an example, if a club member brought 1 or 2 guests, these guests can be placed into earlier slots with the sponsor. If a member brought in a foursome, the foursome will be placed into open slots after all current members have filled earlier slots. In other words, members have priority and will play first, guests fill all other open slots.
Section 4. All Handicaps provided for club tournament play are handicaps posted after last tournament play. Then they are matched against current Tournament Course Handicap Index List.
Section 5. Effective 1 Jan 2010, each member will contribute $1.00 more toward the Tournament Prize money (totaling $6.00). This $1.00 will go toward a Hole-In-One Prize. A current member making a Hole-In-One will receive 80% of the total cash collected and 20% will go to St. Jude Church. If a new member, less than 6 months as a current member, will ONLY receive 50%. 10% of which will go to a designated recipient.
Section 6. Comments and/or changes to our Club By-Laws are welcomed. Please write down any suggestions and present them to any Club Officer. During the next Executive Committee Meeting, all suggestions will be discussed and, if approved, will be included in the next change to our By-Laws. If any suggestion is not approved by the Executive Committee, it will be presented to the membership after the next Club Tournament.
Section 7. Each player (club member or not) will contribute $5 extra to help cover the costs, (green fee and $5 prize money) for priests. If we have 24 players at every tournament, $5 each should cover the total cost for our two priests. If we have less than 24 players, we will need to dip into our club funds to cover the remainder of the cost. This would eventually deplete our club funds which is mainly used for administrative costs.