ARTICLE II

Members

Section 1. Voting Members. Any Erie County Sportsmen’s organization actively interested in hunting, fishing and conservation and other allied activities is eligible to membership after investigation and approval of a membership committee appointed by the president.

Section 2. The annual membership fee for each affiliated club or organization and the voting power of each affiliated club or organization shall be based upon the number of members carried on the books of such affiliated club or organization, as follows:

1 to 50 members $45.00 1 Vote

51 to 100 members $60.00 2 Vote

101 to 200 members $75.00 3 Votes

201 Members and over $90.00 4 Votes

The allocated voting power shall be limited to all motions entitled to a roll call vote pursuant to Article III, Section 11.

There shall be no excess fee and member clubs shall not be subject to any assessment.

Section 3. All dues are payable at the October meeting of each year. In the event that any club shall fail to pay dues within ninety days of their due date, the Secretary shall give written notice to such member club of such fact, and if payment thereof is not made within twenty (20) days after such notice is given, the said member club shall be automatically suspended from membership and cannot thereafter be reinstated except as a new member under a new application for membership.

Section 4. Associate Members. Associate Members shall be those persons to whom membership shall be granted from time to time, pursuant to authorization by the board of directors, by reason of their interest in the goals of the corporation or their desire to join in its activities. The board of directors may provide for different categories of Associate Members, such as honorary members or junior members.

Associate members shall during the month of October of each year pay into the treasury of the Federation the sum of $20.00, for its financial support. No associate member shall hold office nor have any vote in the affairs of the Federation, but shall be entitled to the privileges of the floor at Federation meetings. Associate members need not reside in Erie County.

Section 5. Application. Every application for membership shall be signed by an officer of the group or organization applying for membership and shall be submitted in writing to the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, Inc. which application shall be read off by the Secretary at the next regular meeting of the Federation. The application shall then be referred to the Investigating Committee, which committee, in turn, shall report the results of its investigations with its recommendations at the next ensuing regular meeting. The application will then be submitted at such meeting to the Federation and if approved by a majority vote, the Secretary shall notify the said group or organization of its election or rejection as a member of the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, Inc. Any organization whose application has been rejected may not submit a new application for membership for period of at least one year after rejection.