Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 | THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO OWN AND OPERATE A CLUB FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE HEALTH AND RECREATION OF ITS MEMBERS. NO DIVIDENDS SHALL BE DELCARED OR PAID TO ITS STOCKHOLDERS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A | PER THE BYLAWS:ELECTIONS 6.1 NOMINATIONS NOT LATER THAN NINE (9) WEEKS PRIOR TO EACH ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS, THE PRESIDENT SHALL APPOINT A NOMINATING COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF FIVE (5) STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS OF THE CLUB, NONE OF WHOM SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHOSE DUTY IT SHALL BE TO NOMINATE TWO (2) PERSONS FOR EACH VACANCY ON THE BOARD TO BE FILLED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. A PERSON SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNLESS SUCH PERSON SHALL HAVE BEEN A STOCKHOLDER MEMBER OF THE CLUB IN GOOD STANDING, OR A SPOUSE OF SUCH A MEMBER NOT SEPARATED FROM THE MEMBER, CONTINUOUSLY FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING HIS OR HER NOMINATION BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE. NOT LATER THAN FIVE (5) WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE SHALL SELECT THE PERSONS TO BE NOMINATED AND REPORT THEIR NAMES TO THE PRESIDENT. PROMPTLY AFTER THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE HAS REPORTED THE NAMES OF THE NOMINEES, THE PRESIDENT SHALL CAUSE TO BE PREPARED WITH RESPECT TO EACH NOMINEE A WRITTEN NARRATIVE OF BIOGRAPHICAL DATA REGARDING THE NOMINEE, AND SHALL CAUSE TO BE INSERTED IN EACH SUCH WRITTEN NARRATIVE A PHOTOCOPY OF A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING CLEARLY THE FACE OF THE NOMINEE. COPIES OF THE WRITTEN NARRATIVES THUS PREPARED FOR ALL NOMINEES SHALL BE POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AT THE CLUB NOT LATER THAN FOUR (4) WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. 6.2 NOMINATIONS BY PETITION FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) WEEK AFTER THE WRITTEN NARRATIVES HAVE BEEN SO POSTED, OTHER NOMINATIONS MAY BE MADE IF MADE IN A WRITING OR WRITINGS SIGNED BY AT LEAST TWENTY (20) STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS AND FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE CLUB, OR IN HIS OR HER ABSENCE, WITH THE PRESIDENT OR VICE-PRESIDENT. IF ANY SUCH OTHER NOMINATIONS ARE MADE, THE PRESIDENT SHALL CAUSE TO BE PREPARED WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH OTHER NOMINEE A WRITTEN NARRATIVE OF BIOGRAPHICAL DATA REGARDING THE NOMINEE, AND SHALL CAUSE TO BE INSERTED IN EACH SUCH WRITTEN NARRATIVE A PHOTOCOPY OF A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING CLEARLY THE FACE OF THE NOMINEE. 6.3 BALLOTS THE SECRETARY, OR IN HIS OR HER ABSENCE, THE PRESIDENT OR VICE-PRESIDENT, THEN SHALL CAUSE A BALLOT TO BE PREPARED AND MAILED TO EACH STOCKHOLDER MEMBER. THE BALLOT SHALL LIST ALPHABETICALLY BY LAST NAME THE NAMES OF ALL PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND ALL PERSONS NOMINATED BY PROPER AND TIMELY WRITTEN NOMINATION BY AT LEAST TWENTY (20) STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS. THE BALLOT SHALL NOT CONTAIN ANY WORDS OR MARKS THAT WOULD IDENTIFY THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER VOTING THE BALLOT.THE OFFICER HANDLING PREPARATION AND MAILING OF THE BALLOTS SHALL CAUSE TO BE MAILED WITH EACH OF THE BALLOTS TWO ENVELOPES. ONE OF THE ENVELOPES, CALLED THE "BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPE," SHALL BE OF SUCH SIZE THAT IT WILL FIT INSIDE THE OTHER ENVELOPE, CALLED THE "AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE," WITHOUT FOLDING. THE BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPE SHALL HAVE IMPRINTED ON ITS FACE THE WORDS, "FOR BALLOT ONLY." THE BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPE SHALL NOT CONTAIN ANY WORDS OR MARKS THAT WOULD IDENTIFY THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER VOTING THE BALLOT TO BE INSERTED IN THE ENVELOPE. THE AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE SHALL HAVE IMPRINTED ON IT: (1) A PLACE FOR INSERTION OF A STOCKHOLDER MEMBER NUMBER; (2) A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION STATING THAT THE MEMBER SIGNING IT CERTIFIES THAT HE OR SHE IS A STOCKHOLDER MEMBER OF THE CLUB IN GOOD STANDING AND THAT HE OR SHE HAS VOTED THE BALLOT PLACED INSIDE THE BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPE; (3) A LINE FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER TO PRINT HIS OR HER NAME; AND (4) A LINE FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER TO SIGN HIS OR HER NAME. 6.4 VOTING NOT LATER THAN TWELVE (12) DAYS PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING, THE OFFICER HANDLING PREPARATION AND MAILING OF THE BALLOTS SHALL CAUSE TO BE MAILED TO EACH STOCKHOLDER MEMBER OF THE CLUB, IN ONE MAILING ENVELOPE TO EACH MEMBER: (1) A BALLOT; (2) A BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPE; (3) AN AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE; (4) COPIES OF THE WRITTEN NARRATIVES FOR ALL NOMINEES, PREPARED AS INDICATED ABOVE; (5) A FORM BY WHICH THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER CAN APPOINT A PROXY; AND (6) REASONABLY CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS ADVISING THE MEMBER HOW TO MARK AND RETURN THE BALLOT, AND STATING THAT THE BALLOT, IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED, MUST BE RETURNED TO THE CLUB NOT LATER THAN THE POINT IN TIME DURING THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING WHEN THE PRESIDING OFFICER ANNOUNCES THAT THE BALLOTING IS CLOSED. THE MAILING ENVELOPE ALSO MAY CONTAIN WHATEVER ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING PROCEDURES FOR VOTING THE BALLOT THE OFFICER HANDLING THE PREPARATION AND MAILING OF BALLOTS CHOOSES TO INCLUDE.THE INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANYING THE BALLOT SHALL STATE THAT THE BALLOT, AFTER HAVING BEEN MARKED BY THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER, SHALL BE PLACED INSIDE THE BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPE, AND THAT THE BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPE THEN SHALL BE SEALED AND PLACED INSIDE THE AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE. THE INSTRUCTIONS SHALL STATE THAT THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER'S BALLOT WILL NOT BE COUNTED UNLESS THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER EITHER: (1) (I) PROPERLY MARKS THE BALLOT; (II) SEALS THE BALLOT INSIDE THE BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPE; (III) PLACES THE SEALED BALLOT ONLY ENVELOPE CONTAINING THE BALLOT INSIDE THE AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE; (III) ALSO PLACES INSIDE THE AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE A SIGNED VALID PROXY APPOINTING ONE OR MORE STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS TO ACT FOR HIM OR HER AT THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING; (IV) SEALS THE AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE WITH THE BALLOT ONLY ENVELOPE AND THE PROXY INSIDE; (V) INSERTS HIS OR HER STOCKHOLDER NUMBER AND PRINTS HIS OR HER NAME IN THE DESIGN-NATED PLACES ON THE AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE; (VI) SIGNS THE CERTIFICATION ON THE AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE, AND (VII) RETURNS THE AUTHENTICATING ENVELOPE TO THE CLUB NOT LATER THAN THE POINT IN TIME DURING THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING WHEN THE PRESIDING OFFICER ANNOUNCES THAT THE BALLOTING IS CLOSED; OR (2) (I) PROPERLY MARKS THE BALLOT; (II) ATTENDS THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING, EITHER IN PERSON OR BY VALID PROXY; AND (III) CASTS THE BALLOT AT THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING NOT LATER THAN THE POINT IN TIME DURING THE MEETING WHEN THE PRESIDING OFFICER ANNOUNCES THAT THE BALLOTING IS CLOSED. THE INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANYING THE BALLOT ALSO SHALL STATE THAT IN VOTING THE BALLOT THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER MUST CAST NO GREATER NUMBER OF VOTES THAN THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS TO BE ELECTED; SHALL STATE THAT CUMULATIVE VOTING IS PERMITTED; AND SHALL STATE THAT THE BALLOT WILL NOT BE COUNTED IF THE STOCKHOLDER MEMBER FAILS TO FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS. 6.5 AUTHENICATION A BALLOT SHALL NOT BE COUNTED UNLESS IT HAS BEEN VOTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS SET OUT IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SECTION 6.4. ANY APPOINTMENT BY A STOCKHOLDER MEMBER OF AN ATTORNEY-IN-FACT MUST BE IN WRITING, MUST BE VALIDLY SIGNED BY A STOCKHOLDER MEMBER, AND MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE CLUB NOT LATER THAN THE POINT IN TIME DURING THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING WHEN THE PRESIDING OFFICER ANNOUNCES THAT THE BALLOTING IS CLOSED. 6.6 ELECTIONS NOT LATER THAN FIVE (5) DAYS PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING, THE PRESIDENT SHALL APPOINT AS ELECTION COMMISSIONERS WHATEVER NUMBER OF STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS HE DEEMS APPROPRIATE, BUT NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5). THEREAFTER, THE PRESIDENT MAY, IF HE IN HIS DISCRETION CHOOSES SO TO DO, APPOINT ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS AS ELECTION COMMISSIONERS. THE NUMBER OF STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS AVAILABLE AND WILLING TO SERVE AS ELECTION COMMISSIONER AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME DURING THE PERIOD FROM FIVE (5) DAYS PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING THROUGH THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING SHALL NEVER BE LESS THAN FOUR (4), AND THE PRESIDENT SHALL APPOINT AS ELECTION COMMISSIONERS WHATEVER NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO HAVE AT LEAST FOUR (4) SUCH MEMBERS AVAILABLE AND WILLING TO SERVE AS ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME DURING THAT PERIOD. BEGINNING TWO (2) HOURS PRIOR TO THE TIME SCHEDULED FOR THE START OF THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING, AND AT THE PLACE WHERE THE MEETING IS TO BE HELD, THE VICE-PRESIDENT, OR IN HIS ABSENCE SOME STOCKHOLDER MEMBER DESIGNATED BY THE SECRETARY OR THE PRESIDENT AND THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS SHALL OPEN AND COUNT, ALL PROPERLY AUTHENTICATED BALLOTS THAT THERETOFORE HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE CLUB. THE AUTHENTICATING AND BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPES CONTAINING THE BALLOTS SHALL NOT BE OPENED AND THE BALLOTS SHALL NOT BE COUNTED UNLESS AND UNTIL THE ENVELOPES CAN BE OPENED AND THE BALLOTS COUNTED IN THE PRESENCE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR (4) OF THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE FAMILIES OF ANY STOCKHOLDER MEMBERS, MAY ATTEND THE OPENING AND COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS. THE OFFICER SUPERVISING THE OPENING AND COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS, IN THE PRESENCE AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR (4) ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF ANY OTHER PERSONS ATTENDING, SHALL CAUSE THE AUTHENTICATING AND BALLOT-ONLY ENVELOPES TO BE OPENED. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B | STOCKHOLDERS ONLY HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE ON OR CHANGE THE BY-LAWS, NO OTHER DECISIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THEIR APPROVAL. THESE BY-LAWYS MAY BE ALTERED, AMENDED OR REPEALED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS AT ANY DULY CONVENED ANNUAL OR SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. A PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL BE SET OUT IN WRITTEN PETITION DELIEVERED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SIGNED BY NOT LESS THAN 20 STOCKHOLDERS. EACH PETITION SHALL PROMPTLY BE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED BY THE BOARD, AND, WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER DELIVERY OF THE PETITION TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT A RESOLUTION EITHER (1) RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, (2) RECOMMENDING AGAINST ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, OR (3) STATING THAT THE BOARD HAS NO RECOMMENDATION. THE BOARD THEN HAS TO PRESENT THE PETITION FOR VOTE AT THE NEXT ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS OR NOT LESS THAT 105 DAYS AFTER THE PETITION IS SUBMITTED. COPIES OF THE PETITION MUST BE MAILED TO EACH STOCKHOLDER 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT WHICH TIME THE AMENDMENT CAN BE VOTED ON. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 | THE FORM 990 IS COMPLETED WITH THE HELP OF THE ORGANIZATION AND AUDITORS; THEREFORE, NO FORMAL REVIEW IS COMPLETED BY THE ORGANIZATION BEFORE FILING. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 2C | THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING AUDITOR AND OVERSEEING THE AUDIT HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. |
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