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The ANZBMS Constitution
General and Extraordinary General Meetings
- The first General Meeting shall be held in accordance
with Section 245 of the Act and at such place as the Council may determine.
- An Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be
held in accordance with the provisions of the Act. All General Meetings,
other than the Annual General Meeting, shall be called Extraordinary
General Meetings.
- Any member of the Council may whenever he thinks fit
convene an Extraordinary General Meeting, and Extraordinary General
Meetings shall be convened on such requisition or in default may be
convened by such requisitions as provided by the Act.
Quorum at General or Notice of Meeting
- Subject to the provisions of the Act relating to special
resolutions, fourteen (14) days notice at the least (excluding the day
on which the notice is served or deemed to be served, and exclusive
of the day for which notice is given) specifying the place, the day
and the hour of meeting and, in case of special business, the general
nature of that business shall be given in manner hereinafter mentioned,
or in such other manner, if any, as may be prescribed by the Society
in General Meeting to all members of the Society but with the consent
of all members a meeting may be convened by such shorter notice and
in such manner as the members may think fit.
- The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting
to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by any member shall not
invalidate the proceedings at any meetings.
Extraordinary General Meetings
No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum
of members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business.
Save as herein otherwise provided, fifteen percent (15%) of financial members
present in person shall be a quorum. For the purposes of this Article "member"
includes a person attending as a proxy or as representing a corporation
which is a member.
Resolution at Meetings
At any General Meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall
be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is (before or on the declaration
of the result of the show of hands) demanded -
- by the Chairman; or
- by at least three members present in person or by proxy.
Unless a poll is so demanded a declaration by the Chairman that a resolution
has on a show of hands been carried or carried unanimously, or by a particular
majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the book containing the
minutes of the proceedings of the Society shall be conclusive evidence of
the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded
in favour of or against the resolution. The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.
Eligibility to Vote/Subscription
ARREARS
No member shall be entitled to vote at any General Meeting if his annual
subscription shall be more than three months in arrears at the date of the
meeting.
PROXY
Where it is desired to afford members an opportunity of voting for or against
a resolution the instrument appointing a proxy shall be in the following
form or a form as near thereto as circumstances admit:-
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AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND BONE &
MINERAL SOCIETY
I _________________________
of _________________________________
being a member of the abovenamed Society, hereby appoint
___________________________of _________________________________
or failing him/her ______________________________________
as my proxy to vote for me on my behalf at the (Annual or Extraordinary,
as the case may be) General Meeting of the Society,
to be held on the ________ day of_________ 19________and at any
adjournment thereof. My proxy is hereby authorised to vote
*in favour of / *against the following resolutions:
Signed this_____________ day of_______________19__
Note 1: In the event
of the member desiring to vote for or against any resolution he
shall instruct his proxy accordingly. Unless otherwise instructed,
the proxy may vote as he thinks fit.
* Strike out whichever is not desired.
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