GOLF CLUB

Patagonia Virgin Frutillar

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GOLF CLUB REGULATIONS

Patagonia Virgin

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ARTICLE 1: The Patagonia Virgin Frutillar Golf Club (the “Golf Club”) is a non-profit sports and social institution, with legal personality and governed by the following Regulations.

 

MANAGEMENT

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ARTICLE 2: The administration of the Golf Club will be exercised by a board of 7 members (the "Board of Directors").

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ARTICLE 3: The interpretation of these Regulations, or any question that arises from them, or is not expressly provided for in it, will be left to the decision of the Board of Directors. There will be a complaints book available to the partners, which must be reviewed periodically by the Board of Directors and by the General Manager.

 

PATAGONIA VIRGIN

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ARTICLE 4: The Directory, by the unanimity of its members in office, may grant reciprocity franchises, under the conditions it deems necessary to other Chilean or foreign clubs; as well as franchises to schools or other entities.

 

ARTICLE 5: The directors may grant visiting cards to the Golf Club, free of payment, for a period not exceeding 15 days, and the Board of Directors may do so for a longer period. will take

a special book in which the invitations issued will be recorded.

 

ARTICLE 6: Members of any category, people who can frequent the Golf Club and visitors, are subject to these regulations.

 

OF THE PARTNERS

Active Members

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ARTICLE 7: To be an active member of the Golf Club, it will be necessary to own at least 4 shares of Real Estate Patagonia Virgin Golf SA, be accepted by the Board of Directors and pay the current incorporation fee.

 

ARTICLE 8: Active partners will be divided into two categories: local partner and foreign partner. Both categories will have the same rights, with the only difference that the foreign member may fully exercise them only in the months of January and February, in addition to one week during Holy Week and one week during National Holidays. The rest of the year you will have access to all the facilities and services of the Club, but you will have to pay the corresponding fees for guests of members in the services that you use. Members may change their status from local member to foreign member, or vice versa, but they must remain in the category they choose for at least 12 months without interruption.

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ARTICLE 9: The applications for incorporation must be sponsored by two active partners of the corporation, and accompanied by two letters of introduction about the personal conditions of the candidate, signed either by the sponsors or by other active partners.

 

The following people may not be sponsors:

 

a) Parents, children, siblings of the candidate;

b) Stepparents, stepchildren or brothers-in-law of the candidate;

c) Directors in office of the Golf Club; Y

d) Persons with whom the candidate has relations of dependency, commercial or professional interests.

 

ARTICLE 10: The applications will contain, among other data, the nationality, age and marital status of the candidate, and a declaration of knowing the statutes of the Real Estate Company Patagonia Virgin Golf SA and the regulations of the Club, committing to abide by them. Likewise, the candidate must accompany two passport-size photos.

 

ARTICLE 11: The procedure to be followed by applications for new partners will be as follows:

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a) The Directory will place in a visible place within the premises of the Golf Club, the name of the candidate, with a summary of the data consigned in the application. The blackboard period may not be less than 15 days; Y

b) Once these requirements have been fulfilled, the requests will be made known to the directors at least 5 days before the date of the session in which they must be dealt with.

 

ARTICLE 12: The admission qualification of the candidate will be made in a Board meeting, and the application will be submitted to discussion and secret ballot. To be accepted as a member, the affirmative votes of the absolute majority of the directors present are required, in a session attended by at least 6 directors. Blank votes and abstentions will not be counted in the voting, and if the necessary quorum is not obtained by applying this rule, the voting will be repeated in the same act. If the same result appears in the second vote, the petition will remain for the following session. A record will be kept of all requests with annotation of the result of the vote.

 

ARTICLE 13: The rejection resolution may only be reconsidered when so agreed unanimously by the Board of Directors, in a session to be specially summoned, with the attendance of the directors who attended the session in which the vote was made and provided that those directors continue in office, or failing that, by the directors who replace them. A rejected application may not be repeated before the 1-year period has elapsed.

 

ARTICLE 14: The rights of membership will be suspended if the actions of the Real Estate Patagonia Virgin Golf SA company that enabled him to appear as such, were seized by judicial decree, or if the member appeared with outstanding membership dues for three months. In these latter circumstances, the member may offer explanations that will be qualified by the Board of Directors, and if they are accepted and the member has brought his or her membership fees up to date, he or she will recover his or her status as an active member. The quality and rights of partner are also lost when the partner completes three occasions in which such rights have been suspended for appearing with outstanding membership dues as established in the preceding paragraph.

 

ARTICLE 15: In the event of the death of an active member and as long as their shares are not awarded or sold, the benefits indicated will be maintained for the people who are incorporated into any of the categories contemplated in this Regulation, provided they pay the fees. that corresponded to the deceased partner and also theirs and meet the other established requirements. It corresponds to the surviving spouse, or failing that, to the eldest son who is an active member or special category, to indicate who or who in his family enjoy the previously established franchises or are eliminated from the respective list, and sponsor to be incorporated into the special category. , referred to in article 19.

 

ARTICLE 16: The members and their family group must constantly maintain a behavior and conduct in accordance with the category of the Golf Club, being the parents responsible for the acts of the minor children. The rules of respect and courtesy set by the Board of Directors must always be observed, such as not using the lounges or dining rooms of the Golf Club in bathing suits or similar outfits, maintaining conduct in accordance with standards of morality and good customs, etc. Any Director, acting in safeguarding the order, morality and prestige of the Golf Club, by himself or by indication of another member, may adopt the measures he deems pertinent, including warnings, reprimands, and even expulsion from the Golf Club grounds. Golf for members, relatives or views, and the Disciplinary Court must be informed of this so that it, in the next session it holds, proposes the appropriate sanctions. Likewise, members of the Golf Club and their visitors must maintain impeccable and prudent conduct in the use of the club's areas, especially in the use of the streets or access roads to the Golf Club or its facilities or fields.  

 

OF THE PEOPLE WHO, WITHOUT BEING FULL MEMBERS, CAN FREQUENT THE CLUB

 

ARTICLE 17: Every time "partner" is mentioned in this title, it should be understood that the reference is made to active partners. The benefits granted to the persons indicated in this title, are subject to the member maintaining his respective quality. It is the power of the member to indicate the people in his family who enjoy the franchises that this title grants, and it is also his power to remove from the corresponding list the person or people that he indicates. When in this title reference is made to "children" and "partners" and unless another meaning appears in the text, it must be understood that it includes children and partners of both sexes.

 

ARTICLE 18: The spouses, and also the unmarried children of members up to 25 years of age, may frequent the Golf Club and practice sports, paying the fees that the Board of Directors will set for them within their categories, rates that correspond to each service according to the amounts determined the Directory for these purposes. In special cases qualified by the Board of Directors, this franchise may be extended to other close relatives of the member, provided they are single.

 

ARTICLE 19: In addition, people with the following family relationships with respect to the active member who owns any of the apartments located in the Golf Club will have the right to frequent the Golf Club, as special category members:

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a) Widowed mother, father, mother-in-law or father-in-law without dependent children;

b) Daughters and sons over 25 years of age, dependent on the partner and who are single or widowed, and without dependent children; Y

c) Sisters, brothers, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law over 25 years of age, dependents of the partner and who are single or widowed, and without dependent children. Each member may include in their family group up to a maximum of two people in this category. In exceptional cases, qualified by the Board of Directors, this quota may be increased. A dependent is understood as a person who lives at the expense of another and under the same roof. People who meet the requirements of this article must pay a membership fee that will be determined at the first General Assembly of Members of the Corporation Golf Club Patagonia Virgin Frutillar, reduced by 30% with respect to the current ordinary membership fee.

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ARTICLE 20: The sons, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law of partners incorporated into the category indicated in the preceding article who wish to join as active partners, will be exempt from paying the incorporation fee. In the case of children, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, this right may be requested at any time and up to the term of one year counted from the day they have reached 30 years of age. After the maximum term of age just indicated, they must automatically become active partners with their respective shares.

 

OF THE PAYMENT OF THE FEES

 

ARTICLE 21: Members and people who may frequent the Golf Club must pay the fees, rates and prices for Club services, gaming rights and tickets set by the Board of Directors from time to time, and in the opportunities established. later. The Board of Directors, in the opportunities it deems appropriate, may exceptionally set conditions and special rates for access to the Golf Club for members, visitors and the general public.

 

ARTICLE 22: Members and other people who may frequent the Golf Club, will pay the fees set by the Ordinary Assembly, divided into twelve calendar months within the respective month, and if this is not done and until the time of payment, you must In addition, a surcharge of 2% must be paid for each month or fraction of a month of delay. Fractions of months will be computed as full months. The payment of social contributions may be made in any of the following alternatives:

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a) With crossed and nominative check made out to the Corporación Club de Golf Patagonia Virgin Frutillar, at the administrative offices of the Golf Club, from Monday to Friday from 08:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. hours, on Saturdays from 08:30 to 18:00.

b) With automatic charge to a credit card, filling

for this, the corresponding form in the administrative offices of the Golf Club.

c) Charged to a bank current account, Multibanco Debit System through bank transfer to the Account. Cte. of the

Golf Club.

 

ARTICLE 23: Members and other people who may attend the Golf Club, and who lose such quality for any reason, are required to pay the fees for the current month to the date of their withdrawal.

 

ARTICLE 24: If there is delinquency, which will occur on the fifth business day of the month following the one in which the membership dues expired, without payment, the member will be suspended from their membership rights and the Golf Club Management must send the delinquent member a communication by email, informing you of the debt and warning that if you do not pay within a maximum period of thirty days, your name will be displayed in the public records of the Golf Club, as a defaulter. If payment is not made within said 30 days, the name of the member whose fees are unpaid will be published as delinquent and the Board of Directors will impose the disciplinary measures it deems appropriate. The delinquency in the payment of the installments, always obliges the payment of the respective interests, so that the regularization must include the payment of these. The interest for late payment will be applied according to the current interest published by the Superintendency of Banks, from the first day of the month following the unpaid one.

 

GENERAL DISPOSITION

 

ARTICLE 25: Access to the Golf Club is reserved for active members, guests in the company of members, guests of the hotel facilities within the Patagonia Virgin Frutillar project and employees of the Real Estate Patagonia Virgin Golf SA specifically authorized by the same.

 

ARTICLE 26: The members and their wives who have the right to attend the Golf Club, and the sons and daughters of members, or assimilated to those categories, will have the right to invite whoever they wish to the Golf Club, provided they are accompanied by someone. from them. Guests may only visit the Golf Club five times in the calendar year. The guests may make use of the sports fields and other facilities, being obliged to pay the rates set by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, in the opportunities it deems convenient, will give members tickets that allow them to invite third parties, without the need to accompany them. In any case, the inviters will be responsible for the people they invite to the Golf Club, having to sign the guest book at the goal. Children under 18 years of age do not have the right to invite third parties to the Golf Club.

 

ARTICLE 27: If a member wishes to invite non-playing visitors to the Golf Club in a number greater than 20, he must previously consult with the Board of Directors or the manager, who will resolve what corresponds, in order to avoid inconvenience to the other members of the institution. The children of members, over 18 years of age, have the right to invite one person at a time, and must sign the guest book.

 

ARTICLE 28: The President and any of the directors, by themselves or by indication of a member, may take all the measures they deem conducive to safeguarding the order, morality or social prestige of the Golf Club, and may also apply reprimands, censures or suspensions. temporary, realizing it in the first session of Directory. For its part, the Board of Directors, and by two thirds of its members in office, may agree to expel a member who does not comply with the regulations and provisions that govern the Golf Club.

 

ARTICLE 29: The Board of Directors or the President, in the exercise of their functions as homeowner, are fully empowered to suspend and apply disciplinary measures to the partners and their families, in the event that, in their opinion, the application of this measure is necessary. , having to account for it at the first meeting of the Board of Directors. These same powers also authorize them to qualify and present to a member the convenience of not inviting and denying access to the Golf Club to strangers who, in the opinion of those named, do not find their visit to the institution pleasant. Consumption made by members, their relatives and visitors must be paid immediately, without the possibility of establishing credit systems or accounts receivable. In the case of visits, the inviting members will be jointly responsible for the payment of their consumption.

 

ARTICLE 36: Any member may stamp suggestions, comments or claims derived from any situation related to the Golf Club, its operation, the conduct of employees, members or visitors, in a suggestion or claim form that will be kept permanently in the offices of the administration of the Golf Club, and the members must refrain from drawing attention directly to the employees of the Golf Club. This form may also include suggestions or initiatives aimed at improving the operation of the Golf Club. In the event of a major conflict occurring within the Golf Club, the affected member(s) or witnesses must report the fact to the manager or the Board of Directors, and in the most serious cases, a record must be made on the aforementioned form. The suggestions or claims will be known and resolved by the manager in the shortest possible time. In the event that the situation warrants it, it will pass the records to the Board of Directors, who in turn will decide whether to bring them to the attention of the disciplinary tribunal. Only active members or members of their family group over 18 years of age may use the suggestion form.

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OF THE CLUB AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES

 

ARTICLE 37: The Golf Club is not responsible for the damage, theft or robbery of species or vehicles, whatever their value, produced in any of its facilities, without prejudice to consumption made by members, their families and visitors, must be paid immediately, without being able to establish credit systems or accounts receivable. In the case of visits, the inviting members will be jointly responsible for the payment of their consumption.

 

ARTICLE 36: Any member may stamp suggestions, comments or claims derived from any situation related to the Golf Club, its operation, the conduct of employees, members or visitors, in a suggestion or claim form that will be kept permanently in the offices of the administration of the Golf Club, and the members must refrain from drawing attention directly to the employees of the Golf Club. This form may also include suggestions or initiatives aimed at improving the operation of the Golf Club. In the event of a major conflict occurring within the Golf Club, the affected member(s) or witnesses must report the fact to the manager or the Board of Directors, and in the most serious cases, a record must be made on the aforementioned form. The suggestions or claims will be known and resolved by the manager in the shortest possible time. In the event that the situation warrants it, it will pass the records to the Board of Directors, who in turn will decide whether to bring them to the attention of the disciplinary tribunal. Only active members or members of their family group over 18 years of age may use the suggestion form.

 

OF THE CLUB AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES

 

ARTICLE 37: The Golf Club is not responsible for the damage, theft or robbery of species or vehicles, whatever their value, produced in any of its facilities, without prejudice to the internal investigations that it may establish for this purpose in order to clarify the facts.

 

ARTICLE 38: The Club is not responsible for any accident, damage or injury that occurs in its facilities, especially with existing gaps where the safety of children will be the sole responsibility of the adults who accompany them or are in their care, including damages. or injuries derived from sports practices carried out on their courts. Any responsibility that may fit in these cases will be personal and will affect those who committed the act that motivated it.

 

ARTICLE 39: Parents or guardians will be responsible for ensuring the good behavior of their children or minor children under their care in the Golf Club premises.

 

ARTICLE 40: Lockers in dressing rooms may only be assigned and used by members and their family group, with the exception of those lockers expressly intended for guests.

 

ARTICLE 41: The sauna(s) and steam bath(s) in the Golf Club may only be used by members or guests over 18 years of age. In the heated pool, children under 12 years of age may use it, only in the company of one of their parents.

 

ARTICLE 42: The outdoor pool of the Golf Club may be used by members and their guests, once the start of the season is communicated by the management and only during its validity. Parents and guardians are solely responsible for the safety of their children and children in their custody.

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ARTICLE 43: Any child who does not know how to swim must enter the pool sectors with some type of lifesaver or float.

 

ARTICLE 44: It is forbidden to run around the pools, as well as the practice of sports with a ball inside them, unless expressly authorized by management or the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE 45: The Board of Directors will set the hours of operation of the Golf Club facilities, including the courts, clubhouse, dressing rooms and restaurant. It will be the obligation of the partners to respect these schedules. The partners must take the necessary safeguards to finish their activities within the operating hours, so that the dressing rooms, clubhouses or any other dependency that has an established schedule and those who work in them, can effectively finish their work and close to the preset time.

 

ARTICLE 46: The Golf Club has sectors destined exclusively for car parking close to the Club House, and these sectors must be used exclusively for that purpose. The Golf Club is not responsible for vehicle accidents in this sector.

 

ARTICLE 47: Any advertising contract or advertisements that are installed in the Golf Club must be approved by the Board of Directors, with management approving the format and location of the latter. Within the agreements for the use of the course and facilities, whether temporary or permanent, that Inmobiliaria Patagonia Virgin Frutillar Limitada or its subsidiaries sign with the Golf Club for tournaments or other sporting and social events, it will have the right to install signs or advertisements of the sponsors of these events or of the real estate agency or its subsidiaries in the premises of the Golf Club, including the course and other facilities.

 

SPECIAL RULES FOR PRACTICE

SPORTS

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ARTICLE 48: Neither the Board of Directors nor the institution will be responsible for accidents resulting from or caused by or due to sports activities practiced at the Golf Club.

 

ARTICLE 49: The golf committee appointed by the Board of Directors will ensure that the game is developed in accordance with the principles approved for this sport by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the USGA, adjusting their decisions, which force all partners to the aforementioned authorities.

 

ARTICLE 50: The modifications of the par of the course, of the standard, scratch score or alterations of the course, will be proposed by the golf committee and submitted to the consideration and resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE 51: For the sports of tennis, swimming, sailing, mountain biking and any other that is practiced in the Golf Club, the regulations approved by the respective national Federations will apply.

 

ARTICLE 52: The Golf Club is not responsible in the event of an accident over the possession of golf and tennis equipment and personal effects in custody in the box and lockers.

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OF THE SPORTS BRANCHES AND THEIR COMMITTEES

 

ARTICLE 53: The official sports activities of the Golf Club are: golf, tennis, squash mountain biking, racquetball and gym, each of which may have its own committee or governing body and regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by agreement of the Board of Directors, the development of other sports may be implemented, such as horseback riding, foosball, volleyball, swimming and any other approved by that governing body.

 

ARTICLE 54: Each activity or branch may have its own regulations, which may not have any contradiction with the statutes of the Golf Club and with these regulations and must be approved by the Board of Directors, which will provide the facilities and resources it deems necessary. for its proper functioning.

 

ARTICLE 55: For the exercise of each sport, appropriate clothing must be used, in accordance with the prestige and category of the Golf Club, and each activity or branch regulation must specify in more detail its content.

 

ARTICLE 56: To be a member of the sports committee or branch, it will be required to be an active member. The members of each committee will be elected by the Board of Directors, in the month of December of each year and the appointments will be for annual renewable periods.

 

ARTICLE 57: Only members and visitors who have an index granted by the Chilean Golf Federation or by the respective golf governing body or federation may practice golf and make use of the course, with respect to foreigners, who pay the corresponding right to departure and visit fee if applicable. Likewise, children who participate in the academy or golf school may use the golf course, while it is being developed and in its own activities, or children who have completed a semester in it, or those who the Chilean Golf Federation has assigned them an index, or children who play accompanied by their parents who must have a current index. Beginner golfers who are accompanied by a teacher or by people with a handicap of 10 or less may also use the course, it being mandatory in any case, for those who do not have an index, to have attended at least 5 classes with a professional and be authorized to use the course by the Captain, the Caddy Master or the professional teacher(s) of the Golf Club. These groups should be especially careful to pass if their game is slow. In any case, all players who do not have an index will only be able to go out and play on weekends or holidays, after 12 AM.

 

ARTICLE 58: Starts may only be made through holes 1 or 10, except in the case of championships in which there is a simultaneous start or express authorization from the captain. The starts will be made in strict order of arrival, and all the players of the respective trio or fourth must be on the tee to sign up.

 

ARTICLE 59: The main practice field near the Club House area may only be used by members and visitors. The secondary practice field in the access area to the Club will be open to the public and will have no restrictions regarding its users.

 

ARTICLE 60: All those who practice golf must respect the rules of etiquette and courtesy of this sport. This implies the use of appropriate clothing, that is, a collared shirt or shirt, long pants or shorts, socks, and golf shoes with soft nails or soft spikes. No jeans or bathing suits may be worn, and in no case enter the golf course with high heels. The rules of courtesy will be established by the Golf Committee, but at least they are in force: replace divots; pick up pitches on the greens; rake bunkers; give the pass to those who come behind when the group that is ahead has taken more than one hole away; use the golf bag individually and use the carts according to the provisions established for these vehicles.

 

ARTICLE 61: On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, trips of trios or quarters will be privileged. Golfers should always aim for a fast game, without more than one or two practice swings, and quickly leaving the green once all players have finished, making the scorecards on the teeing ground of the next hole and without repeating putts when players are waiting. For this purpose, golf carts or bags must be left in a place behind or to the side of the green that allows a quick exit from it.

 

ARTICLE 62: The management and coordination of golf activities at the Golf Club will be in charge of a Golf Committee, made up of members (active, and/or members of their family group of legal age) and elected annually by the Board of Directors. . The objective of this body will be to ensure the promotion, development, organization and control of all golf activity at the Golf Club, at the friendly and amateur level, among members and visitors, encouraging their practice and preserving the integrity of the game. and respect for rules and etiquette. Likewise, it will be part of its work to coordinate and control the use of the course and practice, of the children's golf school or academies, of the performance of teachers and of the organization of internal and external championships, establishing departure times and tees.

 

ARTICLE 63: The main tasks of the Golf Committee will be:

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a) Promotion and coordination of internal and external competencies;

b) Relationship with the Chilean Golf Federation;

c) Supervise the teaching of Golf;

d) Ensure proper use of the field, discipline and etiquette;

e) Relationship and coordination with the Board of Directors of the Golf Club in the activities that concern them;

f) Communications to members on issues related to golf; Y

g) Inform the Board of Directors and management of situations that deserve sanctions or escape their specific powers.

 

ARTICLE 64: The Golf Committee will be made up of at least 5 members. These will be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Golf Club and will last 1 year in their functions, and may be re-elected.

 

ARTICLE 65: The Committee will have a captain, who will be the club captain, a captain, a youth captain, a vice-captain and a treasurer. The positions of captain, captain and captain of minors will be designated exclusively by the Board of Directors, being a position of their exclusive trust. The rest of the members of the committee may be suggested by the captain to the Board of Directors, who may accept or reject them and nominate other people at his discretion.

 

ARTICLE 66: The Golf Committee will be financed with the value of the inscriptions of the championships that it organizes during the year, excluding the amounts that must be paid to the Golf Federation for the right of exit.

 

ARTICLE 67: In the event that some of the members have incurred in serious or repeated offenses against the spirit of sportsmanship, the regulations of the club and golf, occurred on the golf course or on the occasion of any activity related to this sport, the respective captain must propose to the Board of Directors, so that it in turn passes the information to the Disciplinary Court, for the application of proportional sanctions, according to its criteria, to the seriousness of the offense.

 

ARTICLE 68: In everything that is not regulated in these regulations or in the statutes of the Golf Club, the golf activity will be governed by the provisions of the Golf Regulations.

 

ARTICLE 69: The Board of Directors will ensure that each branch has everything necessary for its efficient operation.

 

MODIFICATION OF THE REGULATION

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ARTICLE 70: These Regulations are valid indefinitely from August 1, 2014 and may be modified at the proposal of the Board of Directors and with the approval of the Assembly of Partners.

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