The
Group shall be known as the South Dorset Repeater Group 2000.
The
aims of the Society shall be to install and maintain an Amateur Radio Repeater
Station in South Dorset.
Membership
shall be open, subject to the discretion of the Committee, to all persons
interested in the aims of the Society.
(b) Student members. Student members must be
under 25 years of age and in full-time formal education.
(c) Honorary members. Honorary Life
Membership may be granted to any person, who, in the opinion of the Committee,
has rendered outstanding service to the Society, either directly or indirectly.
Such membership shall carry the rights of full membership but shall be free
from subscriptions.
All members shall abide by the constitution of the
Society. The Committee shall have power to expel any member whose conduct, in
the opinion of at least three-quarters of the full Committee, renders that
person unfit to be a member of the Society. No Member shall be expelled without
first having been given an opportunity to appear before the Committee.
4.
Subscriptions
(a)
The annual and life subscriptions for membership shall be set by the Committee.
(d) Except for life members a member shall have deemed to have resigned from
the Society 12 months after their last annual payment.
(e) The Committee shall have the power to waive or reduce subscriptions in
special circumstances.
All
money received by the Society shall be promptly deposited in the Society’s bank
account. Withdrawals require the signature of the Society’s Treasurer and one
other nominated officer of the Society.
6.
Membership of the Society’s Committee
The
Society’s affairs shall be administered by a Committee elected at the Annual
General Meeting. The Committee, in whom the Society’s property shall be vested,
shall consist of:
(a)
A Chairman who will preside at all meetings at which he is present.
(b)
A Vice-Chairman who will act as chairman in the absence of the Chairman.
(c)
A Secretary who will be responsible for:
(i) keeping the minutes of all meetings of the Society.
(ii) ensuring that all correspondence is correctly
handled.
(iii) maintaining a master roll of members and
honorary members.
(iv) maintaining a register of Society equipment.
(d)
A Treasurer, who will be responsible for:
(i) keeping the Society’s accounts.
(ii) advising the Committee on all financial matters.
(iii) preparing the accounts for audit and presenting
them at the AGM.
(e)
Preferably at least two Ordinary Committee Members.
(f)
Co-opted members who have full voting powers,
(a)
The quorum for the Committee shall be 3. In the absence of a quorum, business
may be dealt with but any decisions taken only become valid after ratification
at the next meeting at which a quorum exists.
(b)
Committee meetings may be called by the Chairman or the Secretary.
8.
Annual General Meeting
(a)
The Annual General Meeting shall normally be held during October each year. At
least 21 days notice shall be given to each member in writing.
(b)
The quorum for the meeting shall be 6.
(c)
The agenda for the meeting shall be:
(i) Apologies for absence
(ii) Minutes of the previous AGM
(iii) Chairman’s report
(iv) Secretary’s report
(v) Treasurer’s report
(vi) Election of the new Committee
(vii) Election of auditors
(viii) Other business
(d)
Nominations for Committee members will only be valid if confirmed by the
nominee at the meeting or previously in writing.
(e)
Items to be raised by members under other business must be notified to the
Secretary not less than 21 days before the AGM.
(a)
Extraordinary General Meetings may be called by the Committee or not less than
6 members of the Society, the date of the meeting being the earliest convenient
as decided by the Committee. At least 28 days notice in writing must be given
to the Secretary, who in turn shall give members at least 14 days notice in
writing of the agenda. No other business may be transacted at the EGM.
(b)
The quorum for the EGM shall be 6.
The
constitution may be amended only at an EGM called for that purpose.
(a)
The decision to wind up the Society may be taken only at an EGM after a ballot
of all members.
(b)
The funds of the Society shall, after the sale of all assets and the payment of
all outstanding debts, be disposed of as directed by members at the final EGM.