Originally Posted by
PaulDow
Another function you can do as part of your educational purpose is to host FAA safety seminars. You don't have to do a lot of things, but the primary purpose of the chapter would need to be educational. That includes teaching members the safe ways to build, maintain and fly aircraft.
When we applied several years ago, they seemed to spend the most time on our bylaws. The EAA version is a good starting point. They also wanted a non-discrimination policy. There's a sample one on the IRS web site that we used with some modifications to take out the irrelevant parts.
There's additional work if your organization is going to issue scholarships. That includes sending kids to the EAA Air Academy with Young Eagle funds. You have to set up a fair and well-defined selection process.
I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but it does look to me like B11 makes sense just by eliminating every other category. What categories do the other people suggest?
I don't have access to our original application now. It's over with our chapter secretary in Jack Benny's vault, so I don't know what we used.