Membership

...is limited to 24 active members, aged 40 or more. Members must attend at least six of the ten yearly meetings— September through June (no meetings in July or August). Members not meeting this requirement will be dropped from the club.

After five years of membership and at any time after age 75, active members may apply for Emeritus status. These members don’t present papers, but do hold the right to vote and are required to still pay dues. Regular attendance is required only if there is a waiting list to become an emeritus member.

Two additional people may be approved as Reserve members. They will have all the privileges of regular members except that they are not in rotation for presentations or member's moments, and do not vote. They move onto the active member roster as soon as openings become available.

Prospective members attend one meeting before being formally proposed. Persons proposed— and seconded by members present— shall fill vacancies.

Officers

...include President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The current President, one other member he appoints, and the immediate Past-President are recognized at the April meeting as the Election Committee. They present a slate of nominees for the following year at May’s meeting. New officers are elected at the June meeting.

Dinner Meetings:

Wranglers always meet on the second Thursday of each month at the Aljoya Retirement Center (no meetings July/August). Come anytime after 6 for the happy hour (wine arranged for by our VP each meeting...at a very reasonable cost!). Dinner is 6:45, Member’s Moment is about 7:20, featured speaker is on at 7:30. Out by 9!

Program Presentations:

Each member, in his turn, presents an oral paper to the club. Members are notified well in advance of their scheduled presentations. Speakers are urged to decide, and notify members in advance, what the particular wrangling issues of their presentation should be. Each speaker should submit to the Secretary a short abstract of his talk for inclusion in the minutes.

The Secretary maintains a schedule of speakers, and revises it as new members join. New members are expected to deliver presentations by the sixth month of their membership.

Each month’s featured speaker should coordinate with the Pres prior to his presentation. He must contact all members to determine an attendance headcount— and call it in to Aljoya’s Catering Manager (Lilet Cristobal, 206-232-5070, LiletCristobal@eraliving.com) no later than the Monday before the meeting.

Speakers using slides can arrange for a run-through of the audio/visual system with Aljoya‘s Teresa Garrick (during biz hours— 232-5073).

The December Christmas meeting includes spouses/guests. The President will discuss the nature of the presentations for this particular meeting with both scheduled speakers.

Dues:

In September, and again in January, members pay a flat fee determined by the Treasurer (it's about $150 per half-year) to cover their share of dinner expenses, regardless of the number of meetings attended or missed.

September’s assessment includes the cost of one guest per member at the December (Christmas) meeting.

Members may also host guests at any meeting and pay their dinner costs ($25) to the Treasurer. The featured speaker may bring a guest to his meeting without charge.

Officers For 2016-2017

President— Jim Marich

Vice President— Dan Zak

Secretary— Tom Davidson

Treasurer— Lowell Ericsson