Rules and Joining

Car Club of Hot Springs, Arkansas

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No, you don't have to be rich off of Daddy's money or sell us your first born child to get in. First and foremost is friendship, then its the rides.

Backyard Kustoms Car Club Bylaws

Backyard Kustoms (BYK) welcomes vehicles of all shapes and sizes into the club. We are not restricted to a certain make, model, height or size. This club was created to be an organized group of all those who love their rides and want to show them off.
Membership into BYK requires at least one show worthy vehicle. Show worthiness will be decided by a consideration of all founders. Exceptions may be made for long-time members who have had to change vehicles for whatever reason.
Buying a members vehicle does not gaurentee membership.
Membership begins when dues of a said amount are given by prospecting members to the Founders or the Treasurer. Entry dues are set at $35.
Monthly dues will be required at $10 each month. These dues go mostly to the funding of our yearly show as well as shop materials.
Prospecting members may sit in at as many open meetings as they want before dues are paid.
Upon the payment of dues, members will be offered one free black Backyard Kustoms shirt in any size. Additional shirts can be ordered at a cost of $10 each. Additional shirts can also be ordered in any color with either white or black lettering.
New members will be on a one month probation from the time they pay their dues. After that time is up, they will recieve their Backyard Kustoms sticker.
Backyard Kustoms stickers will be ordered through either the Founders or Secretary. Stickers will be produced by JimTrim. Members may choose the color and size of their sticker. Stickers are encouraged to be at least 12" long.
The Backyard Kustoms sticker is property of Backyard Kustoms and not of the individual members. Stickers may be pulled if the full body of the club decides it to be necessary. Such occurances will be done only as a last resort.
There will be monthly meetings that all members must attend. Dates will be posted on the Meetings Page and the Founders will call all members a week or so ahead. Most of these will be open to any wishing to join. Meetings will be held at 8pm on the second Friday unless otherwise stated.
Meetings missed without reason (i.e. work, class, vacation, etc.) will be counted as a strike. These meetings are necessary to the continued life of the club and at three strikes you will be asked to either repay your joining dues or have your sticker removed. Strikes will be removed each year.
There will be no illegal activities during the meetings, wherever they may be held. Anytime BYK is coming together as a group we want to avoid any unwanted scars on our reputation. If we police ourselves then the police won't have to. This includes burnouts.

These bylaws may be subject to change. Last updated 2.22.2010

Sticker Pulling

Times when the removal of a sticker may be necessary include but are not limited to;

Bringing unwanted and unlawful attention to the club either in a vehicle sporting the BYK sticker or in a BYK shirt
Starting or being involved in fights with other members of the club
Complete disrespect shown to the club and its members
Complete disrespect shown towards police which may reflect badly on BYK as a whole
Three stikes gathered through a refusal to appear at meetings. This is not only a loss of the sticker but of the Membership.

Stickers will only be removed after a meeting of the Founders first and then possibly a meeting or discussion with all the members not including the member whose sticker is on the line. If a sticker is pulled, there will be a $25 penalty charge for replacing the sticker if membership becomes reinstated. Loss of the sticker does not necessarily mean loss of membership. Loss of membership will be voted on seperatly if the temporary loss of the sticker is not enough to ensure a continued good behavior.