Sheridan Beach Community Club

Membership

The Sheridan Beach Community Club Associate Membership Policy allows the Club to maintain affordable membership fees for deeded members and provides the opportunity for deeded members to sponsor their friends to join the Club as associate members and become involved in the Sheridan community. The Beach Club is a private facility owned by the deeded members. The Beach Club, through its Board of Trustees, retains the authority to approve associate membership, and to modify this policy in the interest of the deeded members.

 
Associate Membership Eligibility:
  1. Associate member applicants must reside within the associate member boundaries. The boundaries apply to both sides of the street. Applicants living within 1 mi. of the associate boundary may apply, but associates within the specified boundary have priority in their application process.
  2. The Board may adjust the associate membership boundary, as it deems appropriate. While it is the intent of the Board to minimize changes in the boundary overtime, it may make changes to promote a balance between the Club’s interest in sufficient pool of applicants and a reasonable wait time for associate member applicants.
  3. Associate member’s order on the Associate Member waiting list will be determined by the date the Membership Committee Chair receives the completed associate membership application and two completed sponsor reference forms. Associate members application must be received and approved by the Board before being added to the waiting list.
  4. Eligible associate member applicants must have two deeded members sponsor them for membership.
  5. Applicants that declined an offer of membership move to the bottom of the applicant list.
  6. Applicants on the waiting list, who solely as a result of a boundary change, end up residing outside of the revised boundary, maintain their eligibility for membership and their position on the waiting list.
  7. Associate members who move outside the associate member boundary must request their continued associate membership in writing to the Board and be approved by the Board for continued associate membership.
  8. Associate members who end up outside of the associate boundary as a result of a boundary change will be able to retain their associate membership.
  9. Deeded members who moved into the associate member boundary area can immediately become associate members with the approval of the Board.
Procedures:
  1. The Membership Committee Chair sends the application form to the interested associate member applicant who lives within the designated associate membership boundary.
  2. The applicant completes the form, has two deeded members complete the sponsor form and send all three forms to the Membership Chair.
  3. The Membership Chair posts the name of the associate membership applicant and his/her spouse in a The Shouter for comment.
  4. The Membership Chair takes the applicant and sponsor forms to the board meeting. The Board reviews the application and votes on whether to approve the applicant for membership. Simple majority is required for Associate Membership approval. If approved, the applicant will be added to the waiting list.
  5. The Membership Chair contacts the applicant and reports the status of his/her application.