APPLICATION PROCEDURES

1. Applicants can be submitted any time of year and only need to be submitted once unless there is a change in the sponsor, seconder or letter writers (letter writers can be substituted while the application is pending).

2. Applicants submitting their applications after Memorial Day will wait until the next season to participate in the full admissions process.

3. Each application must be accompanied by the endorsements of the sponsor and the seconder. Two additional member endorsements are required and no more than two will be considered.

4. Sponsors and seconders shall be required to complete a questionnaire describing the scope and depth of their relationship with the applicant.

5. No member may sponsor or second any applicant where a principal purpose for doing so is to further the business of the applicant. The Admissions Committee shall have a duty to determine, to the extent practicable, whether this provision has been violated. If the Committee finds it has been violated, the Committee shall not recommend the applicant for membership.

6. Members of the Admissions Committee (or any member of the Club membership unit whose spouse holds one of these positions) may not, following their election by the Council in March or their appointment by the President, submit to the Admissions Committee a sponsor or seconder endorsement for admission of a candidate.

7. No member of the Club may sponsor, second, or write a member endorsement for a relative.

8. Any member of the Club in good standing is eligible, commencing in the fourth year of membership, to do only one of the following:
(a) sponsor one applicant, or
(b) second one applicant, or
(c) write a member endorsement for two applicants. Only one person in a Club membership shall be eligible for the purpose of this rule.

9. Sponsors, seconders, and member endorsers shall not duplicatetheir support for an applicant by making phone calls toany member of the Admissions Committee.

10. Phone calls to the Admissions Committee supporting an applicant shall be made only by members who know the applicant well. Members shall only call one member of the Admissions Committee about applicants.

11. Informal parties are held at the end of the summer for newapplicants and their sponsors. A second cocktail party, earlyin the following year, will be held for new applicants withouttheir sponsors. Returning applicants will be asked to attenda party at the end of the summer only, without their sponsors.

12. At the invitation of a member, applicants may attend all club-sponsored events without regard to the guest limitation provisions described in Guest Rule 3a.

13. All applicants recommended by the Admissions Committee shall be finally passed upon to the Council. The Admissions Committee will then promptly notify sponsors and applicants of the Council's decision.

14. The Admissions Committee shall utilize a review process that shall include sponsor interviews, social encounters with applicants, receipt of input from members of the club and an application review; following which applications may be accepted by the Admissions Committee and placed in a “pre-approved” status. The pre-approved applications will be categorized internally by the Admissions Committee into a Priority Group, a Legacy Group, and a Standard Group. The Priority Group’s characteristics will be defined by the Council annually and communicated to the Admissions Committee in a timely fashion. All other applications will be in either the Standard Group or Legacy Group. The order of priority within each group will be at the discretion of the Admissions Committee and will be kept confidential. The Admissions Committee will recommend to the Council in March of each year those pre-approved applications from the Priority Group, Legacy Group, or Standard Group, as directed by the Council. Being in the pre-approved status category, or in the Standard, Legacy, or Priority Group, is not a guarantee of eventual admission to the Club. The Admissions Committee can remove any applicant from the pre-approved status list for behavior inconsistent with the Club’s values.

15. If a marriage of a member is dissolved, the membership may be retained by only one of the parties as determined by mutual consent of the two parties involved.

16. In the event that the party who does not retain the membership following dissolution of the marriage subsequently applies for membership, such party shall be required to have a sponsor, but no seconder or additional letters of recommendation. Otherwise, such party shall be subject to all the policies and procedures for membership applications set forth in these rules. If the application is accepted, such party will be placed in the Legacy Group.

17. If a member marries or remarries, the Admissions Committee shall be notified following such marriage, and two letters of recommendation regarding the new spouse shall be submitted to the Admissions Committee. The new spouse will be invited to meet the Admissions Committee and upon favorable recommendation by that Committee, shall be finally passed upon by vote of the Council. Such application procedure by the new spouse may take place immediately following the marriage. Until a vote of the Council has taken place, the new spouse shall be entitled to House Guest privileges.

18. For admissions purposes only, a legacy candidate is defined as a candidate who, as a child, grew up at the Club and whoseparent(s) are current members in good standing. No more than 50% of each Year’s admitted members can be comprised of legacy applicants.

19. All applicants, new and those whose applications have pre-approved status, are required to attend one club-sponsored social event during the season in order to meet other members.

20. The Admissions Committee shall adopt working procedures for the distribution of applications, sponsor interviews, application review,the meeting and vetting of candidates, and the prioritization of applicants that have a pre-approved status. Those procedures shall be maintained, in writing, by the Admissions Committee and can be made available upon request to the Chairman.