STANDING RULES OF THE MONACOS IN MOTION CHAPTER

Adopted November 28, 1997

Amended January 30, 1998

Amended  August 15, 2001

Amended March 14, 2002

Amended March 16, 2003

Amended July 14, 2003

Amended August 12, 2004

Amended March 17, 2006

Amended July 9, 2008

Amended March 16, 2010

Amended March 11, 2011

1.      Limit membership to owners of Monaco motorized brand models  manufactured by  Monaco Coach Corporation and Monaco RV, LLC, including Beaver, Holiday Rambler and Safari Coaches, Royale Coach, coaches manufactured by Executive Industries and all Monaco coaches manufactured prior to 1992, who are also members of Monaco International.

2.   Terms of office: President, Vice President(s), Secretary, and Treasurer are to be elected for a term of one (1) year or until their successors’ are elected. A second (1) year term in any office is at the option of the office holder. A third one (1) year term would be by vote of the membership. President, Vice President(s), Secretary, and Treasurer shall serve no more than three (3) consecutive one (1) year terms per office. The National Director and Alternate National Director shall be elected for a term of one year.

3.    Election of officers shall be at the Monacos in Motion annual business meeting at the Monaco International Pre-Rally which precedes an FMCA International Convention beginning with the Monaco International Pre-Rally preceding the Summer FMCA International Convention in 2012 and will be effective immediately following the meeting at which the election takes place. Should FMCA hold more than one International Convention in a future year and Monaco International hold Pre-Rallies preceding them, then Monacos in Motion annual elections will be held at the first Monaco International Pre-Rally in that year.

4.    A One time initiation fee of $25.00 shall be assessed each member unit to cover administration costs, chapter badges, and chapter flag.

5.    The annual dues for membership in the Chapter shall be $15.00.

6.    A reinstatement fee for delinquent members shall be $15.00 plus current dues.

7.    The Caravan Leader(s) will make his or her caravan self-supporting.

8.    When determining the caravan fee, the Caravan Leader will include $1.00 per day per coach and the sum of $450.00. In addition, Monacos-in-Motion, from its club Treasury will subsidize each caravan to the extent of $500.00, said amount not to be included in calculating the caravan fee. The total of all such monies in this paragraph is to be used to help defray the caravan leader’s cost of setting up the caravan. If a co-leader is involved in the caravan, the caravan leader shall determine how these monies are to be apportioned among the leaders to defray costs. It is chapter policy for the leaders to accept these monies and not to use them to reduce the cost of the caravan.

9.    The Caravan Leader(s) shall be responsible for submitting a detailed accounting of all income and expenses within thirty (30) days from the completion of the caravan.

10.           The Caravan Leader may, with good cause and for the general good, recommended the suspension or expulsion of any member of this chapter who willfully and unreasonably disobeys a proper request from the Caravan Leader in matters involving conduct, fraud, health, welfare, or safety of the assembled group or the public at large. Such recommendation for suspension or expulsion shall be made in writing to the meeting of the Board Committee plus not less than four additional chapter members, not a party to the proceeding, to hear the charges and defense. The participants of this special meeting shall, after due deliberation and upon a two-thirds vote, take such action as it deems appropriate to the situation.

11.  Caravans shall be open to Monacos in Motion members only.