(1) "Bona fide member" means the same thing as "bona fide active member." Bona fide members hold full and regular membership status.
(2) To have full and regular membership status in a Washington charitable or nonprofit organization, you must:
(a) Be at least eighteen years old, unless the organization:
(i) Has a primary purpose that is the development of youth; and
(ii) The only activity the organization conducts is raffles or amusement games, whether licensed or unlicensed; and
(iii) Has at least three members or advisors who are at least eighteen years old and who supervise the operation of the gambling activity; and
(iv) Has an adult member or advisor designated as the manager for the gambling activity; and
(b) Take part in at least one of the following activities of the organization:
(i) Attend at least one regular membership meeting per year; or
(ii) Vote for officers and/or board members; or
(iii) Help set policy by serving as a member of the board of directors or a similar policy setting position; or
(iv) Serve as a volunteer providing services or raising funds from nongambling sources; or
(v) Maintain a level of communication that demonstrates knowledge of the activities of the organization; and
(c) Live within one hundred miles of the main administrative offices of your organization which are located in Washington, or attend seventy-five percent of the organization's board meetings.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
9.46.070. WSR 09-09-065 (Order 643), § 230-03-140, filed 4/13/09, effective 7/1/09; WSR 06-07-157 (Order 457), § 230-03-140, filed 3/22/06, effective 1/1/08.]