Marin
Alano Club
1360
Lincoln Avenue
San
Rafael, CA 94901
Phone:
415-456-8479
Being
of service for over 40 years
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PARKING
Permit parking is
at the Lincoln Hill Community Church one block north on Lincoln Ave
from 6:30am to 7:30pm Weekdays ONLY.
Please do not park at the Church on weekends or outside of these
weekday hours.
Permits available upon request from the snackbar.
Parking is also available along Lincoln Avenue. Please do not park in
any private parking lots, side streets, or driveways, as doing so
jeopardizes our use permit.
Mission
Statement
The
specific and primary purposes for which the Marin Alano Club is formed
are: To carry on, as a non-profit organization, activities auxiliary
to and supplemental to the movement of Alcoholics Anonymous and to
stimulate and further such movement by aiding and assisting persons
to recover from their alcohol problem; and as part of such activities
to furnish, provide and maintain physical facilities for social and
recreational uses.
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ABOUT
US

Help Support the
Marin Alano Club
The Marin Alano
Club was founded
in 1965 and moved to its present location, 1360 Lincoln Avenue, in
1974. The Alano Club, a non-profit charitable organization under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provides meeting
space for Alcoholic Anonymous and other 12 step support group meetings.
There are over 50 AA and other 12 step meetings a week at the Marin
Alano Club attended by 1300 people seeking 12 step recovery and
support. The Alano Club receives revenue from the meetings, member dues
and its snack bar. The facility has always financed repairs and
refurbishments through volunteer work, fund-raising events, private
gifts and regular income streams; however, it has some fairly major and
much-needed infrastructure repairs. These include a new foundation to
replace the substandard brick foundation, new double insulated windows,
extensive drainage work on the north side to repair years of consistent
flooding to the basement, new siding on the south side, new tar and
gravel roof on the rear deck, a new patio that will be able to better
accommodate fund raising events, BBQs, painting of the entire building,
replacing rear deck stairs and landing. This upgrading and repairs will
also include some interior and exterior ADA Accessibility requirements.
The Marin Alano
Club has only
once
received an outside grant - a small grant from County Supervisor Susan
Adams -
to repair the front porch and stairs. The Club brings in just enough
revenue
to manage the facility with several part-time employees. Members and
the Board of Directors
provide much of the other help and support to maintain the Club’s
facilities, including groundskeeping, minor repairs, events and
management expertise. These types of donated services allow the Marin
Alano Club to provide meeting space at a reasonable cost to the
community.
Membership
Section
1.
The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its Members as
the Director of the Membership Committee. This director shall appoint a
committee
chairman, and report to the Board, regarding membership goals,
procedures and
progress.
Section 2. QUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
(a) Any person, who is a member in good standing of Alcoholics
Anonymous, is a relative of a member of the Club, or a person
specifically interested
in furthering the movement of Alcoholics Anonymous, may present to the
Membership Committee of the Club his application for membership in the
Club,
accompanied by a payment of one (1) months dues. Said application shall
be
considered by the Membership Committee and if the Committee determines
that the
applicant has maintained continuous sobriety for the thirty (30) days
period
immediately preceding the presentation of the application and at all
times
thereafter, such application shall be accepted and the applicant shall
be advised
thereof. ONLY MEMBERS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR
REGULAR MEMBERSHIP IN THIS CLUB.
(1) Categories of
Membership
A. REGULAR
MEMBERSHIP.
Individual who use membership in the Club to further and maintain his
or her sobriety, a member in good standing of Alcoholics Anonymous, and
is entitled to hold office and to vote at the general membership
meetings.
B. ASSOCIATE
MEMBERSHIP. A
special category of membership. Individual must be proposed by a
regular member and may have all the privileges of the Club but with no
rights hold office nor to vote at the general membership meetings. Dues
to be that of regular membership.
Section 3. DUES.
(a) The membership dues shall be established by the Board of Directors
at the first regular meeting of the Board each year. Dues shall be
payable in
advance on or before the first (1st) day of each month. No life
membership in the
Club, whether or not contingent upon payment of dues, shall be given or
awarded to any person, except pursuant to a resolution adopted at a
regular business
meeting of
the membership of the Club by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members
present. (b) A member shall be considered as delinquent in the payment
of dues
if not paid within thirty (30) days after the (1st) first of the month
and shall be
notified of the delinquency by mail sent to the last known address. If
the delinquent
dues are not paid within (15) fifteen days after the mailing of the
notice, the
delinquent member shall automatically lose all membership rights and
privileges.
Section
4. WAIVERS.
The Membership Committee of the Club shall have the
sole power to waive, reduce, or accept service in lieu of the payment
of
dues for any Club member, and for such reason as: a serious financial
condition or
illness, and all information shall remain confidential as far as
possible.
Section 5. LOSS
OF MEMBERSHIP.
(a) Any member of this Club, of any category, who enters or is within
or adjacent to the Club premises while under the influence of alcohol,
narcotics, or
barbiturates, or who practices panhandling within or adjacent to the
Club premises,
or who shall be guilty of conduct unbecoming a member, or shall violate
any
Club rule or these by-laws shall be subject to suspension from
membership in this
Club and upon such suspension such members shall have all privileges of
membership withdrawn. (b) The extensive or extended use of drugs,
narcotics or sedatives
shall be construed as a violation of sobriety and shall be considered
synonymous
with the use of alcohol in all the by-laws and rules of the Club.
Section
6. REINSTATEMENT.
(a) Any member suspended under the by-laws and general rules of the
Club may apply to the Membership Committee for reinstatement.
(b) The requirements of Article V, Sections 2 and 5 must be met by any
suspended member of the Club. Reinstatement is hereby left to the sole
discretion
of the Membership Committee. Section 7. Guests Guest privileges are
hereby left to the sole
discretion of the
Membership Committee.
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501(c)(3)
Non-profit
organization
The
specific
and
primary purposes for which this club was formed are: To carry on, as a
non-profit organization, activities auxiliary to and supplemental to
the movement of Alcoholics Anonymous and to stimulate and further such
movement by aiding and assisting persons to recover from their
alcoholic problems; and as a part of such activities to furnish,
provide, and maintain physical facilities for social and recreational
uses.(Marin Alano Club, Inc. ; bylaw's, Article 2, Section 1.)
The
Marin Alano Club is
self-supporting and receives no outside funding
from any source. The Club is incorporated as a non-profit organization
and received 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in 1974. The Club has a Board
of
Directors of seven or nine members which is responsible and responsive
to the members and a small staff responsible
to the Board.
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