In a message dated 09/26/2006 6:03:23 PM Central Daylight Time,
larry.young@pobox.com writes:
> Most VMC affiliated clubs also have a reciprocity agreement. If you are a
> member of a VMC affiliated club, you can run a single event each year at
> another VMC affiliated club without having to join. I think VSCDA is one of
>the
> few clubs that don't subscribe to this arrangement. Bill, why don't you fix
> this.?
>
Because it is not broken. Whether you perceive it as right or wrong, it is
on purpose.
Under IRS rules, the VSCDA is a 501 Paragraph (C), 'Not for Profit'
organization. To maintain that status, they must ensure that at least 85% of
their
income comes from the membership. Therefore the VSCDA Board requires all
entrants be members. I suppose the VSCDA loses some entrants who feel this
rule is
unreasonable, but as a matter of fact, the $60 membership fee is quite
reasonable, as are their entry fees.
I suspect there are several other, if not many, sanctioning bodies who OUGHT
to be applying this rule, but are not. They may be surprised when and if the
IRS comes in and empties their savings account because they do not play by
this rule.
Bill Dentinger
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