Listed below is information to join CSCOC:
Eligibility:
There shall be three (3) types
of memberships open to all persons who are in
good standing with the American Kennel Club and
who subscribe to the purpose of this Club.
(a) Regular Members:
Any person eighteen (18) years
of age and older is eligible to apply for regular
membership. They must have attended four (4) or
more general meetings during the preceding twelve
(12) months to maintain regular member status.
Regular members have voting rights and are counted
as part of the quorum.
(b) Associate Members:
Any person eighteen (18) years
of age and older is eligible for associate membership.
Attending less than four (4) general meetings
in a twelve-month period automatically puts a
regular member into associate membership status.
Associate members have voting right, but are not
counted as part of the quorum.
(c) Junior Members:
Any person under eighteen
(18) years of age, and eligible to compete as
a junior handler in an American Kennel club licensed
show, shall be eligible to apply for junior membership.
Junior members shall have the same privileges
as regular members except they shall not have
voting privileges. Junior members in good standing
shall, upon attaining their eighteenth (18th)
birthday, automatically become regular members,
and shall thereby pay the current dues for regular
membership with the termination of this membership.
Dues:
Membership dues shall be as
set by the Board of Directors, payable on or before
the first (1st) day of July of each year. During
the month of May the Treasurer shall send to each
member a statement of his dues for the ensuing
year.
Election to Membership:
Each applicant for membership
shall apply on a form as approved by the Board
of Directors and which shall provide that the
applicant agrees to abide by the constitution
and by-laws and the rules of the American Kennel
Club. The application shall state the name, address,
and occupation of the applicant and it shall carry
the endorsement of two members. Accompanying the
application, the prospective members shall submit
dues payment for the current year.
All applications shall be
obtained in person at a general membership meeting
and filed with the Membership Chairman or Secretary
at a subsequent (second) general membership meeting.
The application will be read to the membership
at the following (third) general membership meeting
attended by the applicant. At the fourth general
membership meeting the applicant attends the applicant
will be voted upon and affirmative votes of three-quarters
(3/4) of the members present and voting at the
meeting shall be required to elect the applicant.
Meetings do not have to be consecutive, but must
be within a twelve-month period.
** For more information, please contact:
Membership
Chairperson: Diane Love
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