Any eligible individual desirous of becoming a Member shall apply in writing to the
Secretary who shall submit the application to the Council.
The Annual Subscription shall be determined annually at the Annual General Meeting
on recommendation of the Executive Council and shall fall due at the first meeting of
the session, or in the case of new members on admission. No Subscription shall be
due from Honorary Members.
The subscription for student members shall be 25% of the full subscription. Student
members may attend all the Society’s meetings but are ineligible to vote or to stand for
Council.
Members who have notified the Secretary of their retirement from professional
employment will be required to pay 50% of the full subscription. This will fall due at the
first meeting of the session.
Any member whose subscription is two years in arrears shall cease to be a member of
the Society seven days after notice to that effect has been sent to the member.
Members may withdraw from the Society, by signifying their intentions, in writing, to the
Secretary.
The Council shall have the power to cancel the membership of any member. Such
members shall have the right of appeal to the Society.
The Office-bearers shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting. Honorary office-
bearers shall be elected annually and shall be eligible for re-election. The President
shall be elected annually and shall not hold office for more than two years
consecutively. The Vice President shall be elected annually and shall not hold office for
more than two years consecutively. The Secretary, Treasurer and Editor shall be
elected annually, and shall be eligible for re-election. Two Members of Council shall be
elected each year and shall hold office for two years. Members of Council shall not be
eligible for re-election until the expiry of one year after their term of office.
Ten shall form a quorum at meetings of the Society, and four at meetings of the
Council.
A Roll of members shall be kept by the Secretary. At each meeting of the Society,
members and visitors (see Rule 17) present shall sign an Attendance Register.
The Secretary shall give members one week’s notice of the place and business of
each meeting.
The Secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of the Society.
Constitution, Rules, Byelaws
(Adopted March 1938, Revised March 2007)
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Last updated September 2011