There are essentially two types of Country Club memberships: equity and non-equity. An equity membership means the members are the owners of the facility; the buildings, the land, everything. Hence the equity members make the consequential decisions about the club because they are the owners.All decisions are in the hands of the membership. Non-equity memberships do not have this benefit. They simply get to use the facilities available and have to adhere to the club's established decisions. The club is generally run by a board or a 3rd party. Sometimes clubs have both equity and non-equity members. This means that all decisions are made by the equity members and the non-equity members simply get to use the facility and adhere to the decisions made by the equity members.
