CONSTITUTION OF THE CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

1. Name

The name of the club shall be the Cambridge and District Amateur Radio Club.

2. Objects

a) To bring together at frequent intervals those interested in the various aspects of Amateur Radio.

b) To exchange ideas and information relating to Amateur Radio and Electronics.

c) To provide technical help, advice and assistance to Club members.

d) To provide training for those wishing to pass the Radio Amateurs' Examinations.

e) To promote public interest in the activities of the Club and Amateur Radio.

f) To encourage and promote the participation of members in Radio Contests, Field Days, Construction and other practical activities.

3. Membership

The Club shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary members.

4. Subscriptions

a) The subscriptions for the ensuing year shall be reviewed and an amount agreed at each Annual General Meeting.

b) The annual subscription shall be due on the first day of April of each year and shall be paid to the Honorary Treasurer.

c) New members shall pay a proportionate amount calculated from the end of the preceding quarter.

d) Any member whose subscription is more than three months in arrear shall be deemed to have resigned from the Club.

5. Officers The Officers of the Club shall be Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Publicity Officer.

6. Executive Committee

a) The affairs of the Club shall be conducted by an Executive Committee of not more than four members in addition to the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Publicity Officer who shall be ex-officio members.

b) The Officers and Committee shall retire annually at the Annual General meeting. They shall be eligible for re-election.

c) Candidates for election shall be proposed and seconded by members of the Club and shall have signified their willingness to serve if elected.

d) A quorum at Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be four.

e) The Committee shall have power to co-opt.

7. General Meetings

a) Members shall be notified of the date, time and place that it is proposed to hold the Annual General meeting at least fourteen days before the proposed date.

b) Such notification shall include a list of items to be considered at the Meeting.

c) Non-receipt by individual members of the notice of an Annual General Meeting shall not invalidate the proceedings.

d) A quorum at Annual General Meetings shall be ten.

e) In the case of equal voting the Chairman shall have a casting vote.

f) The Annual General meeting shall be held in March of each year at which the Officers shall report and the audited accounts shall be presented.

g) Extraordinary General Meetings shall be called on the request in writing of at least eight members, or at the direction of the Executive Committee.

h) If a member is not able to attend a General Meeting, that member can submit a signed, written vote for issues known in advance. Such written votes should be passed to one of the members of the Executive Committee prior to the Meeting.

8. Auditors

There shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting two auditors who shall not be members of the Executive Committee to audit the accounts of the Club and to submit their report to the Annual General Meeting following.

9. Funds

a) All monies of the Club shall be banked by the Honorary Treasurer in the name of the Club.

b) No disbursements shall be made from Club funds except as authorised by the Committee.

c) All cheques shall be signed by both the Honorary Treasurer and one other member of the Committee nominated for that purpose by the Committee.

10. Club Property

The Committee shall produce to the Annual General Meeting each year a list of all Club assets.

11. Dissolution of the Club

If at any General Meeting a resolution for the dissolution of the Club shall be passed the Committee shall arrange that such resolution shall be put to an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Club to be held not later than two months after the original meeting at which the resolution was proposed. If the resolution receives the approval of two thirds of the Members of the Club who voted, the assets of the Club shall, after meeting all current commitments and liabilities, be sold and the net proceeds given to the Radio Society of Great Britain.

12. Matters not provided for

Any matters not provided for in this Constitution shall be dealt with by the Executive Committee at its discretion.

13. Amendment of the Constitution

a) Proposed amendments of the Constitution of the Club shall be circulated to all Members, in writing, at least one month before the Meeting of the Club members at which such amendments are to be considered.

b) A two-thirds majority of those present at the meeting at which the proposed amendments are considered shall be required in order for these to take effect