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Antrim and District Amateur Radio Society MI0GFE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONSTITUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The Society shall be known as Antrim & District Amateur Radio Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The aims of the Society shall be to further the interests of its members<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in all aspects of amateur radio and directly associated activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Membership shall be open, subject to proposal from an existing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

member and the discretion of the Committee, to all persons interested in the aims of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) Full Members. Full members must be 18 years of age or over or must hold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the permission of any competent authority to install and operate an amateur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

radio station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) Student Members. Student members must be under 25 years of age and in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

full time formal education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) Guests. Members may invite guests to meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All members shall abide by the Constitution of the Society. The Committee shall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

have the power to expel any member whose conduct, in the opinion of at least 50%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

plus one of the full Committee, renders that person unfit to be a member of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Society. No member shall be expelled without first having been given the opportunity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to appear before the Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Subscriptions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) The annual subscriptions shall be set by the Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) All subscriptions shall be due and payable at the beginning of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

financial year. Members in arrears have no voting rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) The financial year shall run from 1st January to 31st December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

d) A member shall have deemed to have resigned from the Society, if by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

31st March the subscription has not been paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e) The Committee shall have power to waive or reduce subscriptions in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

special circumstances for a period not exceeding 1 year at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Finance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All money received by the Society shall be promptly deposited in the Society\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bank account. Withdrawals require the signature of the Society\u2019s Treasurer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and one other nominated officer of the Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Membership of the Society\u2019s Committee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Society\u2019s affairs shall be administered by a Committee elected at the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annual General Meeting. The Committee, in whom the Society\u2019s property<\/p>\n\n\n\n

shall be vested, shall consist of:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) A Chairman who will preside at all meetings at which he is present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) A Secretary who will be responsible for:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i.Keeping the minutes of all meetings of the Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ii.Ensuring that all correspondence is properly handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

iii.Maintaining a master roll of members and Honorary Members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

iv.Maintaining a register of the Society\u2019s equipment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) A Treasurer, who will be responsible for:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i.Keeping the Society\u2019s accounts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ii.Advising the Committee on all financial matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

iii.Preparing the accounts and presenting them at the A.G.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

d) Not more than 2 co-opted members who have full voting powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e) In the absence of the Chairman a Vice-Chairman shall be deputised for the duration of the meeting by a vote taken by members present at the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Committee Standing Orders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quorum for the Committee shall be 3. In the absence of a quorum,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

business may be dealt with but any decision taken only becomes valid after<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ratification at the next meeting at which a quorum exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Committee meetings may be called by the Chairman, or the Secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Annual General Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) The Annual General Meeting shall normally be held on the first club night in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January of each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) The quorum for the meeting shall be 40% of the total paid up membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) The Agenda for the meeting shall be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i. Apologies for absence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ii. Minutes of the previous A.G.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

iii. Chairman\u2019s Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

iv. Secretary\u2019s Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

v. Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

vi. Election of the new Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

vii. Other Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Items (i) to (v) shall be chaired by the outgoing Chairman, item (vi) by an acting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman who is not standing for election to office, and the remaining business by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the newly elected Chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nominations for Committee members will only be valid if confirmed by the nominee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

at the meeting or previously in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Items to be raised by members under other business must be notified to the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary not less than 7 days before the A.G.M<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Extraordinary General Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extraordinary General Meetings may be called by the Committee, or not less<\/p>\n\n\n\n

than 10 members of the Society, the date of the meeting being the earliest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

convenient as decided by the Committee. At least 28 days notice in writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

must be given to the Secretary, who in turn shall give members 14 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n

notice in writing of the Agenda. No other business may be transacted at the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E.G.M. The quorum for the E.G.M. shall be at least 50% of the total paid in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Amendments to the Constitution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The constitution may be amended after 14 days notice has been given prior<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to a properly constituted AGM, or by an additional EGM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Winding up of the Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision to wind up the Society may be taken only at an E.G.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funds of the Society shall, after the sale of all assets and the payment of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

all outstanding debts, be disposed of as directed by members at the final<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E.G.M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Antrim and District Amateur Radio Society MI0GFE CONSTITUTION 1. The Society shall be known as Antrim & District Amateur Radio Society 2. The aims of the Society shall be to further the interests of its members in all aspects of amateur radio and directly associated activities. 3. Membership shall be open, subject to proposal from… Read More »Constitution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adars.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adars.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adars.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adars.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adars.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adars.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/adars.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adars.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}