In article , Dan Luke wrote:
Yes, it makes perfect sense. The kind of people who like to make rules
join clubs so they can.

Yep, and they rise to the top because the other people in the club want to do
what the club's really about: fly, hunt, restore old cars, whatever, so the
mini-Hitlers become officers by default.

We had a pretty good system in the club I was in when I lived in Houston
- the club board couldn't change the club bylaws and SOPs by fiat - any
change to the basic club rules had to be voted through by the
membership. This kept petty rule making to a minimum; the bylaws/SOPs
relating to checkouts etc. were pretty much what you'd find at any FBO,
including things like a check out in an Arrow was good for a Warrior
too. (Unlike many FBOs in our area, we did NOT have restrictions on
private or turf or short fields - the only requirement for the airfield
you wanted to use is that it was charted. I often flew the Bonanza to
the glider club).

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