RMC Meeting Requirement & Probation Policy
Retired Men’s Club of Cape Cod
Calendar Year Meeting Requirement
Calendar Year Meeting Requirement
Regular Members—defined as members under the age of eighty (80)—are required to attend in person at least three (3) Club meetings during the Club Calendar Year (January 1–December 31). “Meetings” refers to the Club’s regularly scheduled monthly meetings.
Regular members may satisfy this requirement by attending in person three (3) of the nine monthly meetings scheduled each year or two (2) monthly meetings plus one (1) Club-sponsored special social event. A special social event may be counted in place of a monthly meeting. Special social events do not include routine Club activities such as golf, bowling, investments, chess, cycling, etc.
Under Article III, Section 3 of the club’s By-Laws, regular members who do not meet the three-meeting requirement may be removed from the active roster. However, the Board has adopted a new Probation Policy effective January 1, 2026. Instead of forfeiting membership, any regular member who fails to meet the three-meeting rule will be placed on probation for the following year with the opportunity to regain full membership privileges.
Regular members may satisfy this requirement by attending in person three (3) of the nine monthly meetings scheduled each year or two (2) monthly meetings plus one (1) Club-sponsored special social event. A special social event may be counted in place of a monthly meeting. Special social events do not include routine Club activities such as golf, bowling, investments, chess, cycling, etc.
Under Article III, Section 3 of the club’s By-Laws, regular members who do not meet the three-meeting requirement may be removed from the active roster. However, the Board has adopted a new Probation Policy effective January 1, 2026. Instead of forfeiting membership, any regular member who fails to meet the three-meeting rule will be placed on probation for the following year with the opportunity to regain full membership privileges.
Retired Men’s Club of Cape Cod
Probation Policy – Effective January 1, 2026
Probation Policy – Effective January 1, 2026
While on probation:
- Members are encouraged to attend monthly meetings to fulfill the minimum participation requirement.
- Members may not participate in other club activities (e.g., Golf, Bowling, Investments, Chess, cycling, etc.) until reinstated.
- Members must have paid their annual dues in a timely manner.
- Probation may be waived by the Executive Committee if the member was not able to attend meetings due to health or other personal circumstances.
- Realizing that new members join the club at various times during the calendar year, members in their first calendar year in the club are exempt from the three-meeting requirement and probationary policy, however it will apply to their second and subsequent years.
- Once a probationary member meets the Club’s meeting requirement during their probationary year, they will be reinstated as a member in good standing.
- If a probationary member fails to meet the minimum requirement during the probationary year, their membership will be forfeited unless the Executive Committee grants an exception at that time.