Contact Details
Elgar Park, Elgar Rd
Box Hill 3128
boxhillnorth@yahoo.com

Box Hill North Life Membership criteria as approved at the September 2007 AGM

1. Goal
Life membership is awarded to those who have made a significant contribution to the club. The aim is to make life membership hard to obtain so that it is respected by members and valued by recipients.

2. Qualification
To ensure consistency, a prescribed number of games is required;

200 games as a player

or 300 games as a volunteer official

or 300 combined games played / voluntary official

In addition, the person concerned must have been an active member for at least 10 years (active is participating/supporting/assisting for at least 60% of games in each year).

Games by officials are highly regarded but it is possible to do 2 each Saturday and hence the higher hurdle.

3. Officials
Officials are defined as those listed on team sheets. Only voluntary service counts toward Life Membership. The number of games will be recorded each year in the Annual Report.

4. Record Keeping
It is each person's individual responsibility to ensure their official games are recorded properly each year. It is also incumbent on senior members of the club to ensure proper records are being kept. In the case of claimed missed games, adjustment will only be made when official team sheets can be reasonably obtained.

5. Code of Conduct
To ensure life membership retains its high status, the adherence of members to the code of conduct will be considered. Those who have previously been found guilty of a serious breach or 2 minor breaches, shall have a minimum of 100 games added to their qualification hurdle. The committee at the time of nomination will have the option to increase (but not decrease) this hurdle if they see fit.

6. Honour Board Notional Games
A notional 18 games per year will be recorded towards life membership for those in the senior roles of the club as defined on the honour boards (President, Secretary, Treasurer, Senior Coach, Reserve Coach, Member). These notional games will only count towards life membership, not milestones.

7. Procedure
At each AGM, qualified members may be nominated for life membership. The committee will review the record of games per the Annual Report, any disciplinary record and whether the 10 year rule has been met. If qualified, the member will normally be awarded life membership at the next Presentation night.