NSBA membership requires that you be a nice enough person to be invited home for a family dinner, love to fish, have thick skin giving and receiving  kidding & ribbing. you need to be able to tell great whopper lies and have a good sense of sportsmanship in addition to meeting our minimum participation requirements.
Here are the club’s guidelines for maintaining good membership status.

PARTICIPATION:  Our single most important requirement to be a member in good standing is participation.
You are expected to fish only four out of our six monthly Tournaments in order to remain in good standing as a member.
Fishing less than four of our season's Tournaments are handicapping your chance at Angler of the Year or Top Gun.
In addition, if you don't participate then a boater  or non-boater may be left without a partner.
( participation is everything in our club)
All that is expected of you.... is to attend the monthly meeting and one tournament per month (if possible)
Your annual Angler of the Year points accumulate based on meeting  attendance, Tournament  participation,
and your fish weight. You are free to fish any money tournaments or our (preferred) optional most every weekend Buddy Tournaments. These can be called by the any member on any water they want to fish.

CLUB MEMBERSHIP:  Because we have such a full range of events in our schedule, we require that North Shore Bass Anglers be your exclusive fishing club. When a member does not participate in an event, another member is left out in the cold without a partner. Membership in other fishing clubs has proven to conflict with our club’s events and participation. We want true blue active NSBAC members. Fishing weekend pick up Buddy Tournament outings anyone can fish with anyone they wish. this is so our members get to know oneanother better. Fish these Buddy Tourneys as often as you can .... but again these are optional events).

MEETINGS: You are expected to attend our monthly meetings. An important part of our club's format is making friends,  eating a good dinner  & having a few drinks together (which is how we pay for the meeting hall) and participating in the club partner pairings draw. It's also a time to honor the Tournament winners. The club Raffle was designed to raise money to pay for the web site and add money to the Classic fund. If you can't afford to support the raffle then you probably can't afford this style fishing club. It's a friendly way to support the club's activities and win some darn nice prizes. Our  Club concept  is heavily related around monthly meetings eating, drinking and fishing together.

NOTE: Lack of attendance places your membership up for review .  
(There are exceptions that are determined by the board on a case-by-case basis).

CONDUCT: At no time may a member direct a personal attacks verbally or in actions, towards another member or officer of the club in a public venue. This includes all discussion and message board postings. You are expected to treat everyone with respect. If you have a problem with a member, a board member, a club ruling or any negative issue you are expected to deal with it in private, via e-mail, phone, in person or through a board member. But never in a public platform or Message Board. We are a club for fun, to make friends and have a good time at meetings and events.. Deputes or problems are handled privately like gentlemen and usually get resolved in a fair and respectful way.

WEB SITE: Our club was formed and is run through our web site and via E-mail. You must have access to a computer and a E-mail account. It is your responsibility to check your E-mail and Discussion board to stay on top of things.
We do not (normally) make mailings or phone calls. Most all communications are via the web site, E-mail and at Club meetings.
You may not change your club name or club login & password in the message board login.
Doing so will disrupt your voting ability and access to various areas and the Roster pages of our web site.

Members Only Board   MESSAGE BOARD: The message board is for chit chat and kidding around.
This board is the club's personality. This is also used for club matters reflecting on club business .  
You are encouraged to present your ideas or comments on subjects on this board in a civil manner.
Arranging fishing trips and passing along fishing trip information is considered club business.  
Never enter into a personal argument or overly negative issue on this board.
At times we will host discussions looking for your input.
Always post your replies in as civil and as positive manner as possible.  

VOTING BOOTH: The voting booth is a tool for the Board to get a consensus from the membership on matters effecting the club.  The Board makes all final decisions.  If you want to see a change or have a suggestion, discuss it with a Committee Board member.  It will be addressed at a board level and possibly brought to the floor at a meeting for open discussion, if deemed necessary Board is always ready to listen to any ideas or complaints and react to them for you. All Board of Directors  working heads of  committee('s) that run the club's various programs.
If you are uncomfortable with this form of management, you would not enjoy our club.
Again .... Board makes all final decisions,  it's not a democracy . 
Your Board has your and the clubs best interest at heart.
 (This structure was done to eliminate uncomfortable disagreements of opinions, arguing and boring club business at the meetings. )

MEETINGS: The monthly meetings are for you to come to eat, drink, talk fishing and have a goodnight out with the "BOYS". Supporting the RAFFLE is optional but if you can't afford buying raffle tickets, you probably can't afford our type of fishing. The raffle is to defray the cost of the web site & the clubs expenses, Besides it  adds a little fun to the meetings. Your support is appreciated to keep the club sound. It's about friends sharing our love of the sport together.
-----------> It is the job of the Board to provide a great club, honest Tournaments and fun activities. <----------
 All that is expected of you is to participate, to learn, to teach, to share information, have fun catching lot's BASS.

NOTE EXPENSES:  Boaters and Non-boaters are expected to share all expenses equally.
A minimum daily expense contribution for each local days fishing would be at least $30. That's for gas, travel gas, oil, launch fee's etc.  The boater's have a huge investment in their Boat, Tow vehicle and equipment.
Non-boaters should not have to be asked to contribute to the day('s) trip, they should offer to share the days expenses.
Fairly simple and straight forward.... it's about being a good sportsman having fun enjoying yourself without taking it to serious. It's a Sport!

NOTE: if you're a  " Blood & Gut's Tournament Guy about winning money "  type fisherman ..., Then this club is probably not right for you to join.