United Esan Organization Inc.-Houston Chapter 800 1-H South Kirkwood
Houston, Texas 77072. Ph. (281) 568 7577
UNITED ESAN ORGANIZATION BENEFIT RULES:
WHERE AS the General Assembly has repeatedly requested membership privileges and the Board and the Executive agreeing with the General Assembly deliberated the need for membership benefits and resolved that the following are the most pressing areas that need addressing at this time;
REALIZING that all members of the Organization are equal and all UEO members shall have equal rights to equal benefits as defined in UEO constitution as long as each member meets the rules and agrees to equal financing of the benefit package as set forth by the regulations below;
REALIZING that the Organization ratified a benefit package on February 11, 2001, and that the Organization cannot fulfill all the desired needs of Members at this point in our history, the BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE constituted a committee to review and amend the benefit package as ratified on February 11, 2006 and Members of the Committee having executed their duties, and the Board and The Executive accepting their recommendations present the following amendments and rules for ratification by the General Assembly:
I. DEFINITIONS
A. Qualified Active Member:
For purposes of the Benefit Rules and Regulations, a qualified active member is a member in good standing and shall:
- Attend at least two-third of all regularly scheduled General Assembly meetings in the current fiscal year (June 1st of each year to May 31, of the following year);
- All qualified members who joined the organization on or before February 11, 2001, when the original benefit package was ratified, shall pay dues and levies in full from June 2006 to present;
- All qualified new members who joined the organization after February 11, 2001, when the original benefit package was ratified, shall pay dues and levies for the fiscal year preceding the date they joined the In addition, they shall be current in their payments of dues and levies thereafter; and
- To be eligible for any benefit under these rules, each member shall pay $100.00 annually towards the benefit package. Each member who is a member of the organization when the $100.00 rule was effected shall pay $100.00 each year from the date the rule was effected. (The $100.00 rule came into effect in January 2004. It was extended to 4/2004). All new members shall pay $100.00 towards the benefit package as of the date of their joining the organization.