| Annual Membership |
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| Annual membership in NDBA or any of its divisions or chapters runs on a calendar year
basis, commencing January 1st and ending December 31st of each year. The two types of annual memberships are: |
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| Racing - Boat Owners and/or Drivers |
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| All owners and all drivers of each boat must be fully paid annual racing members.
An owner of multiple boats will be required to have only one owner’s racing membership. Also, a husband and wife who jointly own a race boat will be required to have only one owner’s racing membership. |
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| Associate |
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| Any individual, sponsor, or promoter desiring to be an association member for the
purpose of receiving newsletters, race fliers, or other related correspondence. |
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| Annual Membership |
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| Racing memberships of each member division or chapter will be recognized by all other member divisions or chapters. However, owners and drivers who wish to accumulate points in the High Points Championship Series or set records within a particular division or chapter must be fully paid annual racing members of that division or chapter.
Membership is open to anyone without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religion, or sex. All members will receive a membership card, newsletter, and rule book upon payment of their dues as shown in Appendix D. |
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| New Membership |
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| New membership in NDBA or any of its member divisions or chapters requires the
submission of a properly completed application along with the required dues. All owners and all drivers of each boat must be racing members. |
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| Renewal Membership |
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| Memberships may be renewed by paying the required dues along with any pertinent
information such as an address change. Failure by a boat owner to renew his membership prior to the dates listed for each division or chapter in Appendix D may result in the loss of his assigned boat racing number for the upcoming year. If in a previous year or years, a renewal applicant has acted in a manner (either verbally or physically) which is deemed detrimental to NDBA, a sanctioning division, member division, chapter, any Director, official, or fellow member of any member division or chapter, as well as the sport of drag boat racing in general, his application for renewal may be denied by a vote of the Board of Directors of his member division or chapter. If denied renewal membership in his original member division or chapter based upon the foregoing, no other member division or chapter may accept said applicant as a member. |
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| Single Event Memership |
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| Single event memberships are available only for Sportsman and Bracket class racers
who wish to race for that specific event’s purse only. A single event member is ineligible to receive points in the High Points Championship Series, set records, and has no voting privileges. If a racer desires to upgrade to a full racing membership at any time during the racing season, the difference between the single race membership(s) paid to date in the current racing season and a full racing membership must be paid. The accumulation of points shall begin with the points earned at the first race in which the racer participates as a full racing member. Said member will not receive any retroactive points from previous races in which he participated as a single event member. See Appendixes D and E. |
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| Membership Status |
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| The membership status of an owner and/or driver shall be that membership status
which was recognized during the normal course of registration, and shall apply to said
owner and/or driver throughout the entire event. |
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| Payments/Returned Checks |
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| All payments to NDBA, or any division or chapter thereof, must be made in U.S. funds,
whether said payment is by cash or check. Any check issued and made payable to NDBA or any division or chapter thereof as payment of dues, entry fees, etc. which is returned by the bank upon which it is drawn as a direct result of any willful or intentional actions of the maker(s) of said check will result in the participant for whom the check was tendered forfeiting any and all rights and privileges to which he would have otherwise been entitled by virtue of said payment (beginning as of the date that the check was tendered). This shall include, but not be limited to, the loss of membership, the loss of voting privileges, the loss of any points awarded in the High Points Championship Series, as well as require restitution of any cash prizes which were paid to the participant. The restoration of privileges and accumulation of points will begin only after each individual check (along with the required handling fee as noted in Appendix F) has been satisfied by cash only in U.S. funds. The loss of any points and/or cash prizes is permanent; neither will be reinstated or returned. The division or chapter which receives any such returned check will notify all other NDBA divisions or chapters in writing of said occurrence as well as notification of when reimbursement is received. If necessary, prosecution to the maximum extent allowed by law may be pursued to effect collection of the returned check(s). |
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| Correspondence |
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| All correspondence sent to NDBA or any division or chapter thereof, as well as their
Directors or officers, via public mail service, courier, wire service, electronic mail, or any other means now known or hereafter developed, shall become the sole property of NDBA or said division or chapter. As such, said correspondence may be reproduced, published, or publicly displayed in any forum or manner as NDBA or its division or chapter so chooses. |
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| Mailing Address |
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| Membership applications, renewals, any other inquiries concerning membership in
NDBA or any division or chapter thereof, or requests for information concerning drag boat racing, should be sent to the appropriate address as listed in Appendix C. Any legal or general notice or document which needs to be sent to an individual participant will be sent via certified mail to the latest address furnished to NDBA or the member division or chapter on either a membership application or race registration. Such mailing shall constitute legal service even if the participant refuses to accept or fails to claim said certified mail. |
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National Drag Boat Association (NDBA)
American Drag Boat Association (ADBA Div 1)
Central States Drag Boat Association (CSDBA Div 2)
Southern Drag Boat Association (SDBA Div 3)
St Louis Drag Boat Association (SLDBA Div 4)
Columbia Drag Boat Association (CDBA)
Delaware Drag Boat Association (DVDRC)
International Hot Boat Association (IHBA)
Kentuckey Drag Boat Association (KDBA)
National Jet Boat Association (NJBA)
Outboard Drag Boat Association (ODBA)
Victorian Drag Boat Club (VDBC) |