If the primary member resigns, the spouse/significant other is automatically out of the Club. Currently the only way for the spouse/significant other to continue as a member of the Club is for dues to be paid for both (knowing that only one will actually golf). Let's have more common sense policy for dealing with changes in life circumstances.

Except in this case, the secondary member was able to retain membership. When another couple in a similar circumstance asked for the same treatment, they were told what happened with this other couple was a mistake. Their request was denied. A mistake or precedent is the question.

Nothing should be changed for the YAMs but think it only fair that other full-time dues paying members have the same privileges.

How about the couple gets to propose to the Board how they want to handle this changed circumstance? The Board would act on its own only if the couple does not propose a resolution.

All a primary member needs to do is notify the Secretary of the Board in writing that the spouse or significant other is no longer a member. This policy should be cancelled.

This is a throwback to another time and place no longer relevant in the 21st century.

Why would years and years of dues paying membership be disallowed when computing eligibility for Lifetime status? Here are 3 instances where members thought they would qualify for were told no, they did not. All 3 had years of membership + age to + 120. a. A woman, a founder member, was informed that her initial years of membership, when she first joined the Club as a significant other, counted for nothing despite the fact that she was paying dues for all those years. b. A woman, who was a founder member and a widow, applied and was denied being told all her years of dues paying membership counted for nothing since she was always a spousal member. Double whammy for her. When she became a widow she applied for Widow status and was told that it didn't exist, even though there were members with that status as there are to this day. Good luck finding anything about this status anywhere. c. A man applied but was denied because he had opted for Senior Membership two years earlier so was now completely ineligible. Was not informed of that when he applied for Senior status even though he was very close to qualifying; might have made a different decision had he been made aware of what he was forfeiting.

Seems a bit harsh to have to pay this amount when you're ill, taking care of another, or simply down on your luck. Apparently this became policy in reaction to someone who was granted a medical leave but it came to light he was playing golf at his other club. Why should everyone granted a leave be subject to this financial burden beause of fradulent behavior of one? Pretty onerous; if monies need to be paid as a deterrent to fraud, perhaps it could be less than half.

Reinstate the former policy.

Why not leave it up to each couple, with parameters? For example, if switching such a change would stay in effect for a full calendar year. Each year the couple will declare who is in which status. It has no bearing on the amount of annual dues paid by a couple and administratively it's simply a key stroke in the computer system.

A poorly thought through policy that adversely impacts spousal/significant other members; should be revisited.

All the consequences of such a change should be communicated in writing with all the impacts signed off on. There are still instances of secondary members being surprised that their couple membership was changed to this status.

Allow all full-time members to be eligible to serve on the Board and have voting rights.

The Bylaws should be posted on the website (as the Member Handbook is). And any time bylaws are changed, the revisions should be highlighted, posted on the website and bulletin boards, and distributed to all members via an email blast.

Fees should be posted on the website and kept updated. If the website is secure enough to contain our personal information, it should be secure enought for ths info to appear.

When a couple joins the Club, the amount paid by the couple, no matter how it is invoiced and entered into the accounting system, was likely paid from jointly held funds. Both should have full and equal privileges. Why not establish the category Couple Membership? We have it; it's just not called that.