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Clause 24 - Procedure at General Meeting

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  1. Unless otherwise provided by these rules, at every general meeting:
    1. The president shall preside as chairperson, or if there is no president, or if the president is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or is unwilling to act, the vice-president shall be the chairperson or if the vice-president is not present or is unwilling to act then the members present shall elect one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting; and
    2. The chairperson shall maintain order and conduct the meeting in a proper and orderly manner; and
    3. Every question, matter or resolution shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present; and
    4. Every member present shall be entitled to one (1) vote and in the case of an equality of votes the chairperson shall gave a second or casting vote; and
    5. However, no member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting if the member's annual subscription is more than one (1) month in arrears at the date of the meeting; and
    6. Voting shall be by show of hands or a division of members, unless not less than one-fifth of the members present demand a ballot, in which event there shall be a secret ballot; and
    7. The chairperson shall appoint two (2) members to conduct the secret ballot in such manner as the chairperson shall determine and the result of the ballot as declared by the chairperson shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the ballot was demanded; and
    8. A member may vote in person or by proxy or by attorney and on a show of hands every person present who is a member or a representative of a member shall have one (1) vote and in a secret ballot every member present in person or by proxy or by attorney or other duly authorised representative shall have one (1) vote; and
    9. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing, in common or usual form under the hand of the appointor or of the appointor's attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised; and
    10. A proxy may but need not be a member of the association; and
    11. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a secret ballot; and
    12. 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 permit:
                     Proxy form
                                      (Click for print copy)
    13. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited with the secretary prior to the commencement of any meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote; and
    14. The secretary shall cause full and accurate minutes of all questions, matters, resolutions and other proceedings of every management committee meeting and general meeting to be entered in a book to be open for inspection at all reasonable times by any financial member who previously applies to the secretary for that inspection.
  2. For the purposes of ensuring the accuracy of the recording of such minutes, the minutes of every management committee meeting shall be signed by the chairperson of that meeting or the chairperson of the next succeeding management committee meeting verifying their accuracy.
  3. Similarly, the minutes of every general meeting shall be signed by the chairperson of that meeting or the chairperson of the next succeeding general meeting.
  4. However, the minutes of any annual general meeting shall be signed by the chairperson of that meeting or the chairperson of the next succeeding general meeting or annual general meeting.

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