Membership

Download the current Members Wait List to check the queue for membership.

The membership of the Mackinac Island Yacht Club establishes the maximum number of members at each Annual Meeting. At the present time there are 300 members. About a quarter of them are year-round or summer residents of Mackinac Island.

Members can view our current initiation fee and annual dues on the Members Only page.

Policies concerning membership are as follows:

Membership and Waiting List Rules

These rules are subject to ratification by the membership at each Annual Meeting.

1. Any matter which comes before the Membership Committee for approval shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of its members.  A matter which garners less than a two-thirds majority shall be considered not approved.

2. The membership shall be limited to 300 members.

3. In the event of a divorce, the following rules shall apply:

A. The spouse who applied for membership (member spouse) shall be entitled to retain the membership.

B. Subject to the approval of the Membership Committee, the member spouse may, by written notice, relinquish all membership rights to his or her spouse.

C. In either case, a membership application is required of the party not retaining the original membership.  It shall be construed a new application, subject to the initiation fee, dues assessment and Membership and Waiting List rules then in effect.

4. Subject to the approval of the Membership Committee, in the event of the death of a member spouse, the membership will remain with the surviving spouse.  If the surviving spouse should remarry, he/she shall be considered the member spouse.

5. A waiting list shall be maintained by the Secretary and shall be subject to the following rules:

A. No applicant on the waiting list shall be considered for membership until the number of members falls below the limit as set forth in Paragraph 2 of these Rules.

B. Applications shall be considered to fill one or more vacancies on a “first come, first served” basis and shall be either approved or not approved for membership by the Membership Committee.

C. An applicant approved for membership shall have thirty (30) days to pay the initiation fee, dues and assessments then in effect.

D. It shall be incumbent upon the applicant and his/her endorsers to notify the Club of any change in the applicant’s address or telephone number while the applicant is on the waiting list.

E. Applicants who fail to comply with Rule 5(c), or who are considered by the Membership Committee and not approved for membership, shall be removed from the waiting list and notified at the applicant’s last known address.

F. Applicants on the waiting list shall be advised, upon request, as to their status on the list.

G. Applicants desiring to be on the Waiting List for the Mackinac Island Yacht Club must provide their completed Application accompanied by an Application Fee of $100.00.  This fee will only be refunded if the applicant is not placed on the Waiting List.