Munster Chess Union
2. MEMBERSHIP
2.1 Membership of the MCU shall consist of individual membership and affiliated membership, as respectively defined in Clauses 2.2 and 2.3 below.
2.2 Individual membership of the MCU shall consist of all those Chess players within the Munster Region who fulfill the following conditions:- that they support the objects of the MCU; and that they are members in good standing of the ICU; and that they are members in good standing of one of the Chess Clubs affiliated to the MCU in accordance with Clause 2.3 below.
2.3 Affiliated membership of the MCU shall be open to all those Chess Clubs in Munster who fulfill the following conditions:- that they support the objects of the MCU; and that they pay the annual membership subscription of the MCU; and that they abide by the rules of the MCU.
2.4 For the purposes of this Constitution �Chess Club� shall be defined as any group of chess players within Munster who join together under a common name as a club for the purpose of playing and promoting chess, and any such Club shall automatically become a member of the MCU on written notification to the Secretary thereof of such Club�s formation, subject in all cases to the Club and its members complying with the requirements of this Constitution.