On Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 3:14:28 PM UTC-8, wrote:
Hi there.

Im intrigued to hear is anyone has seen a club Hijacked by its members to benefit themselves. (access to free gliders. selling off assets to suit them etc...). i am hearing some rumours around an old club basically ousted everyone and now have hold of the assets and wont let anyone join and have sold off some of the kit. i would be disgusted if this is true. But it is from some very good sources. Nothing has been done because it would have to get the law involved which would cost too much money.

Just interested to hear some thoughts.

Richard

It all depends upon how the bylaws are written. I bet that most new (and old) club members have never read their club bylaws, but they are supposed to protect your investment. Remember when the SSA suffered a $200,000 loss to embezzlement? Well, the bylaws called for an annual audit that would have nipped this scam in the bud. Turns out that none of the directors read the bylaws!

Tom