Tlca 30% bylaw

[wardfoto]

true, it is. i'm just trying to clarify, and come up with a solution that ill serve us best. some of what i say may be re-iteration, just trying to make it clear and concise.
if we make it this way, we open the door to the clubs more so, and give them some slack in other areas. as the club has grown, it may be just enough of a difference to help out at the chapter level, substantially.
wannabe- thanks. i'm really interested in a solution that is more viable, not exclusionary. thanks for the kind words.

 

[Rzeppa]

On behalf of The White Trash, I've simply done away with our bylaws. Although they were meant to be entertainin' from the get-go ... we just don't need 'em anymore.

That eliminates any enforcement issues.

Awe man! You guys had the best bylaws I have ever seen out of all the chapters I have brought in. I especially liked the one about the club b!tch

 

[Rzeppa]

Friends... everyone is saying the same thing...

but packman73 is spot on correct. Part of being a Chapter in Good Standing is submitting your yearly roster, and sending a rep to the board meeting. No Roster, no vote. The association must have a quorum for votes, and that is a percentage of chapters in good standing. If you are not interesting in attending meetings, then do not pursue chapter status. Does not mean a club is less TLCA, simply means no one wants to be mired down in the business side of the association.

What needs to be done is the very first thing I did as Pres... Update our chapters. update means asking those interested to get current by submitting a roster and ensuring a Delegate is present, or simply dropping their Good Standing in the near term until they get current. This should not be construed as tossing chapters. It is simply file maintenance.

There was some discussion at one point of having two types of status, one voting, one simply listed in Trails.

I fully concur with getting our chapters current... and this simply ought to be done every year in January without discussion. When a rep calls in, you verify their status, and if remiss on Roster, ask for one.

As noted, chapters have a lot of autonomy or freedom, but there is some responsibility with being a Chapter in Good Standing, more than just adding a title. And clubs not having the Good Standing status does not mean they are any less supportive of TLCA, it simply means they don't want to send a delegate.

IMO.

Thank you Tony! I will say that keeping TLCA solvent was my first priority when I came on board in January. And since then there have been other issues which I have prioritized higher, such as finding someone to do the care and feeding of our web site and now finding a good AVP (we do now have a strong candidate for the latter).

But when we need to vote on an issue, we do need to have a quorum. And in reality, our bylaws allow a LOT of flexibility, and we do not need to change them to remain true to their intent. Seriously folks, how many TLCA sanctioned chapters REALLY have problems with the 30% rule???

We need to roll up our collective sleeves and get the jobs done. And as I posted before, we fully understand the realities of volunteerism, where people have jobs, families, and many other things to take their time other than TLCA. We really do understand that.

IIRC, calls for CGS last went out around this time last year. Let us do it again, and if no response, that is fine. I won't wag my finger and shame anyone, but the chapter needs to be pulled from the magazine, web site and voting roll call.

Happy cruisin'!

 

[Volunteer]

We've turned in our CGS form every year since we got started and I thought that was the norm. We're not the best at making every TLCA call there has been several times we have an event going on or traveling but we do make it when we can. This club is a full time job for me as its hard to get volunteers to commit to a BOD postion but we do have a good few.

We have a very active club with 1 event every month to keep folks interested (Trail Ride, TLCA event, wrenching session, family crawfish boill or BBQ etc) and a 2 - 3 hour monthly meeting every month. We have our road adoption cleanup every other month and our big end of the year Toyota's for Tots drive where we work weekends from Thanksgiving to Christmas. I'm not trying to make an excuse for not participating more the best thing for me to keep up with TLCA activities is here on MUD where we have a very active clubhouse the emails help but becomes to much at times to keep up with.

I found as have our few delegates the calls often cover activities out of our area or not related to our group. We're not exactly in a great wheeling zone but we do travel well and average at least 10 + rigs at the TLCA events and 2 or 3 times that on the closer rides. We average 2 TLCA events a year making our good neighbor's event the SCC the last three years and we're trying to venture out and see some of the other events at other parks a year at a time. Its been working out so far.

I admire and appreciate all the folks that volunteer their time to make the TLCA run I can certainly relate and hope I can one day do more but until I can hand the keys and drivers seat off to an individual that has the passion, determination and time to keep up what we started here I'll have to continue supporting the TLCA as we are.

We continuely recruit like we did when we first started and have retained a good core group of 30 + members signing on a few new folks here and there as we go. We are a Toyota only group and a TLCA membership is required to join. New folks are welcome to sit in on meetings and come out to events to see if our group has something to offer them and I always ask new members what they're looking to get out of the club so we can try to appeal to everyone. Community work, wheeling, wrenching and family events are all important and define our group.