change membership requirement to include LoTW as confirmations.
Also allow membership committee to confirm from the ARRL website
in lieu of applicant providing proof.
 
(original)
        2. Full Member.
           a: A candidate for Full membership must meet all of the
              requirements for Associate membership; and
           b: A candidate for Full membership must provide proof of
              possession of QSLs from 100 DXCC entities with their
              application for membership. Proof may be a valid DXCC
              certificate, listing in the "DXCC Yearbook", a listing
              in the "Honor Roll" list published in QST or at least
              100 QSL cards from at least 100 different entities, as
              defined in the current ARRL DXCC Entities List. This
              proof must be presented to the membership committee for
              verification with the candidate's application.
 
 
(change)
           b: A candidate for Full membership must provide proof of
              confirmation of at least 100 DXCC entities with their
              application for membership. An applicants claim of
              DXCC membership will be confirmed by the membership committee
              using the ARRL Web page DXCC Listings.  An applicant
              without DXCC must provide QSL cards and/or a LogBook
              of The World listing from at least 100 different
              entities, as defined in the current ARRL DXCC Entities List.
 
 
 
 
 
application changes      change the requirement that requires dues
upfront with the application, to collect dues at voting, and
prorate the dues for the remainder of the year
 
III
(original)
     B. Application for Membership:
        1. Petition for membership in the EIDXA shall be by written
           application on a form provided by the club. Incomplete
           applications will not be accepted. Dues for the full club
           year shall be included with the application.
        2. The completed membership application must be submitted to
           the EIDXA Secretary-Treasurer.
        3. The Secretary-Treasurer will forward the application to
           the Membership committee.
        4. After review and consideration of the application, the
           Membership committee shall present the application to the
           club at the following regular meeting of the EIDXA with
           its recommendation.
 
(change)
     B. Application for Membership:
        1. Petition for membership in the EIDXA shall be by written
           application on a form provided by the club. Incomplete
           applications will not be accepted.
        2. The completed membership application must be submitted to
           the EIDXA Secretary-Treasurer.
        3. The Secretary-Treasurer will forward the application to
           the Membership committee.
        4. After review and consideration of the application, the
           Membership committee shall present the application to
           the club at the following regular meeting of the EIDXA
           with its recommendation.  Dues will be payable when
           the applicant is voted into membership, and will be
           one quarter of the yearly dues for each remaining
           quarter in the club year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
create a DXpedition Funding Committee and the Tom Hise DX Fund
 
 
add a paragraph C to the committee section  (note   the bylaws
specify three members to a committee)
 
(addition)
DXPedition Funding Committee.  The committee will make
recommendations for funding DXPeditions with club money raised
from dues, personal gifts, and pass-the-hat contributions.  All
or part of the recommendation may be matched by funds from the
Tom Hise DXPedition Fund.  Committee will review upcoming
dxpeditions, and requests received asking for funding. They will
present recommendations to the membership at regular meetings.
They will also present their analysis showing how they arrived at
their recommendations.  One member will be the Secretary/Treasurer.
At least one member will be on the DXCC Honor Roll.  The committee
will provide Jan Hise with periodic reports of dxpedition funding
support.
 
 
 
 
 
Add a section at the end to create the fund
 
(addition)
Tom Hise DX Fund.  Created in memory of Tom Hise, NC0O, with a
generous gift from Jan Hise.  This fund will be used to support
DXpeditions, providing matching funds to club funds. Up to $1000
per club year from this fund may be used as the matching funds.
Additional contributions may be made to this fund.