§ 5041 Membership Class Definitions

• •A 'class' of membership means a group of members that are either named differently in the rules or have the same rights.
• •Rights are the same if they are decided by a formula that is applied the same way to everyone.
• •This helps figure out who gets to vote, what happens if the group ends, and how memberships can be sold or given away.

Imagine a club where some members are called 'Gold Members' and others are 'Silver Members'.

If Gold Members and Silver Members have the same rights, like voting or getting money back if the club closes, then they are in the same class. If their rights are different, they are in different classes.