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Articles of Association

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Membership

The subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and such other persons as the Council shall admit to membership in accordance with these Articles shall be members of the Society.
Members of the Society shall be Ordinary Members or Honorary Life Members, Corresponding Members, Sustaining Members and Retired Members.
Subject as herein provided members of the unincorporated body known as "Australian & New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society" shall be entitled to become members of the Society.

If the whole of the funds and other assets of the unincorporated body become the absolute property of the Society forthwith after its incorporation then every person who at the date of incorporation of the Society is a member of the unincorporated body and within twelve (12) months from the date of such incorporation agrees in writing to become a member of the Society shall be admitted by the Council to membership of the Society. Every member of the Society who previously to his agreeing to become a member of the Society has paid his subscription due on the 1st day of July 1995 as a member of the unincorporated body shall not be liable to pay any further sum by way of annual subscription to the Society for the period prior to the 30th dy of June 1996.

Ordinary Members
Ordinary Members shall be elected by the Council. They shall be such persons who have made written application to join the Society setting out their qualifications and who in the opinion of the Council are deserving of membership.

Applications for Ordinary Membership shall be made in such form and in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Council. A decision of the Council in respect of any application for membership shall be made by ballot and shall be final.

Life Members
These shall be men and women, distinguished in the field of bone and mineral metabolism, at home or abroad, who have made material contributions to the advancement of bone and mineral metabolism and who, in the opinion of the Council, are worthy of such distinction.
Honorary Life Members shall be elected by the Council and confirmed at a subsequent General Meeting by the affirmative vote of three-quarters of the Members present and voting thereat.

Corresponding Members
The Council may elect as a corresponding member any physician or scientist not Resident in Australia or New Zealand who has a substantial interest and involvement in bone and mineral research. Proposals for corresponding members shall be made by two members of the Society and shall be accompanied by a statement of the individual's interest in bone and mineral research and shall be sent to the Secretary. Corresponding members shall be entitled to all benefits of membership other than the right to vote at general meetings of the Society and be elected to the Council.

Sustaining Members
The Council may elect as a sustaining member any organisation, firm, or company which has made application to the secretary, indicating its interest in supporting the Society. Election shall be by a majority vote of Council. A sustaining member shall have the right to send a representative to attend scientific meetings of the Society. They will not be entitled to vote at general meetings or to be elected to the Council. Sustaining members shall be listed in publications of the Society.

Retired
The Council may elect as Retired Members any member who has retired from their employment but who on written application to Council wishes to remain a member of the Society. A decision of the Council in respect of any application for retired membership shall be final. Retired Members shall be entitled to all benefits of membership other than the right to vote at general meetings of the Society and be elected to the Council.

Annual Subscription
The Council shall determine the annual subscription provided that the amount of such subscription may be altered by special resolution passed at a General Meeting of members. The annual subscription shall be payable by all members other than Honorary Life Members and shall be due on the first day of July in each and every year.

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