The Cooper Union Amateur Golf Association

By-laws

(Ratified Saturday, October 25, 1997)

 

• Article I - Author
   
  
• Article II - Name
   
  
• Article III - Purposes
   
  
• Article IV - Membership
   
  
• Article V - Board of Directors
   
  
• Article VI - Officers / Committees
   
  
• Article VII - Amendments

Charlie Smith

The name of this golf club shall be "The Cooper Union Amateur Golf Association". This shall often be abbreviated as "CUAGA".

 

• FIRST: To stimulate and promote interest in golf among those with a past or present relationship with the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
   
  
• SECOND: To promote and foster among the members a closer bond and spirit of camaraderie for their joint and mutual benefit, and to promote and conserve the best interests and true spirit of golf as embodied in its ancient and honorable traditions.
   
  
• THIRD: To encourage conformance to the USGA Rules of Golf by creating a representative authority.
   
  
• 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 club competitions

 

1. There will be a minimum of ten (10) members and a maximum of five hundred (500) members of CUAGA at all times.
    
   
2. Membership shall be available to all full time matriculated students at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
    
   
3. Membership shall be available to all former full time matriculated students at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
    
   
4. Membership shall be available to all faculty members of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
    
   
5. Membership shall be available to all former faculty members of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
    
   
6. Membership shall be available to any person seventeen (17) years old or older by nomination of any member and approval of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors cannot approve any such nomination if the percentage of members in CUAGA admitted under this section would not be less than fifty percent (50%) after such approval.
    
   
7. All candidates for membership require a majority of the membership committee or, in the absence of a membership committe, the Board of Directors for admittance to CUAGA.
    
   
8. Memberships are individual and non-transferable.
    
   
9. 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.
    
   
10. Members must participate in at least one outing of at least nine (9) holes and seven hundred fifty (750) yards with CUAGA before membership is awarded.
     
    
11. Members are required to fulfill a participation requirement annually.
    
     
    
    1. The participation requirement may be fulfilled by participation in at least one club golf outing of at least nine (9) holes and seven hundred fifty (750) yards with peer review of score cards.
        
       
    2. A member may be exempt from the participation requirement is the member becomes physically unable to participate in CUAGA events. In the event of temporary physical disability, the member will not be expected to fulfill the participation requirements until the first full season after rehabilitation.
        
       
    3. First failure to do so will result in a written warning to the member and a suspension of active membership. A second consecutive failure will result in the suspension of issuance of a USGA Handicap Index. Upon a third consecutive failure, the board of directors reserves the right to vote to terminate membership. The suspension shall be revoked upon completion of a CUAGA event. At member request, the board may delay enforcement of this rule for one (1) year once for each member.
    
     
    
12. Members are expected to pay annual dues by January first. Failure of a member to pay annual dues will result in suspension of membership until all annual dues and penalty charges are paid in full.
     
    
13. All memberships are considered provisional until January first when membership requirements will be verified. Any member provisionally accepted who isn't finally accepted will have any dues paid refunded.
     
    
14. Suspended members may not participate in any club vote, participate on any committee, the Board of Directors or receive USGA Handicap indexes from the club.
     
    
15. Membership confers no voice in the operation of any golf courses, clubhouses nor facilities of the same.
     
    
16. Membership confers no special privileges in connection with any golf course.
     
    
17. Memberships are annual, expiring on October thirty-first. All members in good standing are automatically renewed.
     
    
18. The fiscal year for CUAGA is November first until October thirty-first.
     
    
19. The Board of Directors may confer honorary memberships upon those whom they feel have contributed to the enrichment of the community of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. A unanimous vote of the Board of Directors is required to grant an honorary membership. Honorary members are exempt from annual dues and attendance requirements.
     
    
20. In the event that any member of CUAGA shall commit any act which discredits or reflects disrepute upon CUAGA or shall refuse or neglect to comply with the rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors or the duly appointed officers, such member shall be subject to suspension or expulsion after ten days written notice and the right to be heard, by a vote of two-thirds of the Board of Directors at any regular meeting or special meeting called for such purpose.
     
    
21. The Annual Meeting of CUAGA shall take place on the fourth Saturday in October. The Board of Directors 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 then twenty-five percent (25%) of the membership. The Board of Directors may change the date of the Annual Meeting before October first with a two-thirds majority vote or after October first with a unanimous vote. Best efforts will be made to notify the members of CUAGA of all scheduling changes.
     
    
22. A quorum at any such meeting shall be either fifty percent (50%) of the membership in good standing, or twenty (20) members in good standing present in person or by proxy. Each member in good standing is entitled to an equal vote. With the exception of the Chairman of the board who is only entitled to a vote in the event of a tie.
     
    
23. All membership fees and dues shall be established by the Board of Directors from time to time in such amounts as they deem to be adequate to operate and maintain the club. Current fees and dues will be publicly available to all members. 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.

 

1. The Board of Directors shall consist of five members in good standing of CUAGA and they shall exercise all powers of management of CUAGA not specifically excepted by these By-Laws.
    
   
2. The Board of Directors shall consist of at least fifty percent (50%) members who are past or present matriculated students or faculty of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
    
   
3. Prior to September fifteenth (15th) the Board of Directors shall appoint a nominating committee consisting of five (5) members of CUAGA. Prior to October first (1st) and at least two weeks prior to the Annual Meeting, this committee shall submit to the Board of Directors and shall publicly post a list of nominees to fill any vacancies for the term of office beginning the day of the Annual Meeting.
    
   
4. Each members of the Board of Directors shall serve for one year. Each member of the Board of Directors may be re-elected without limit during the election held at the annual meeting.
    
   
5. The Board of Directors shall meet at such times and places as they may select and a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.
    
   
6. Members of the Board of Directors must be members in good standing who have fulfilled the participation requirement the prior year. Any member of the Board of Directors who is not a member in good standing is immediately removed from the Board of Directors.
    
   
7. In the case of any vacancy on the Board of Directors, the remaining directors may, at their option, elect a temporary successor by majority vote.
    
   
8. A member of the Board of Directors may be impeached by the general membership when the general membership believes that the member of the Board of Directors is no longer suitable for his position. Impeachment procedures shall be as follows:
   
    
   
   1. In the normal manner (a petition signed by twenty-five percent (25%) of the members in good standing) the membership will call for a special meeting of the general membership.
       
      
   2. At the special meeting of the general membership there will be a discussion concerning the possible impeachment including, but not limited to the reasons for impeachment and defense against impeachment.
       
      
   3. A vote shall be taken. Impeachment requires seventy-five percent (75%) of the members in good standing who vote on the issue, whether in person or in proxy, to vote in favor of impeachment.
       
      
   4. Any further impeachments shall immediately be conducted.
       
      
   5. After all impeachments, nominations for replacements shall be taken from the general membership. All nomination that are seconded are accepted.
       
      
   6. Canidates will be discussed and given an opportunity to make a statement.
       
      
   7. An election shall ensue until all positions are filled. Canidates must have received votes from at least fifty percent (50%) of the members in good standing who vote, whether in person or in proxy, in order to be elected. In the event an additional ballot is required to fill all the positions, any canidate who failed to receive votes from at least ten percent (10%) of the members in good standing who vote, whether in person or in proxy, shall be removed from the ballot. In the event this provides insufficient canidates to fill all empty positions on the Board of Directors, nominations will again be accepted.

 

1. Within two (2) weeks of the Annual Meeting the Board of Directors shall meet and elect the officers.
    
   
2. The officers shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Past-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and their duties shall be such as their titles would indicate or such as may be assigned from time to time.
    
   
3. The Board of Directors shall authorize and define the powers and duties of all committees. Chairmen and members of all committees shall be appointed by the President, and the President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees except the nominating committee.
    
   
4. Except as modified by the Board of Directors, 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.
   
    
   
   1. 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
       
      
   2. Tournament Committee to arrange and schedule with the management of any golf course as necessary, and conduct all intra-club and inter-club competitions.

 

1. The Board of Directors shall have the power to repeal or amend any of these By-Laws provided that such revisions shall not be effective until approved by a majority vote of the members in good standing of CUAGA at a meeting held in accordance with the provisions contained herein.
    
   
2. Should these bylaws be found insufficient, in conflict with, or otherwise fail to satisfy the USGA guidelines for a golf club without property the Board of Directors shall have the power to repeal or amend any of these By-Laws provided that such revisions are necessary for conformance to USGA guidelines for a golf club without property with a majority vote. Such revisions shall be effective immediately until the next annual meeting. At the annual meeting the revisions shall be voted upon and if not ratified by a majority of the general membership the membership shall discuss and approve revisions that will satisfy the USGA guidelines. Should the membership fail to approve revisions that will satisfy the USGA guidelines the newly elected Board of Directors shall have the power to repeal or amend any of these By-Laws provided that such revisions are necessary for conformance to USGA guidelines for a golf club without property with a majority vote.

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