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| 15. |
Members Account |
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| a) |
The
account of each Member and any candidate for membership
shall be made up at such time or times as may be decided
by the Committee and shall become due and payable when
rendered. |
| (b)
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The
Committee may at any time and without assigning any reason
call upon any Member to pay any amount due to the Club
within seven (7) days of such call or may call upon any
Member to make a fixed deposit or to keep his account
in credit and when such credit is exhausted he may be
notified in writing by the Honorary Secretary by registered
post calling upon him to pay within seven (7) days such
amount to the credit of his account as the Committee may
decide. |
| (c) |
If
a Member shall fail to pay any monies due by him to the
Club before the expiration date of one (1) calendar month
from the date when the same became due or if called upon
to pay the same within seven (7) days under this Rule
15 he shall fail to pay the same within further seven
(7) days after the notice from the Honorary Secretary
requiring payment has been posted to him by registered
post, the Committee shall be entitled by resolution to
suspend such Member from all activities of the Club and
to post such Member as a defaulter. |
| (d) |
If
any monies due and owing to the Club remain unpaid for
the period of fourteen (14) days from the date of posting,
the Member in default shall cease at be a Member of the
Club and his name shall be erased from the books of the
Club and the Committee shall be entitled to dispose his
assets or asset situated within the Club premises which
shall include the mooring areas and pontoons under the
Club management or administration, whether by private
sale or auction or any other means and manner as determined
by the Committee and use the proceeds from such sales
to pay the outstanding moneys owing to the Club and forfeit
the remaining balance to the Club and if such sale proceeds
shall be insufficient to cover the outstanding moneys
owing, the Club shall be entitled to take further action
to recover the moneys. |
| (e)
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A
defaulting Member may, upon full settlement to the Club
of all outstanding monies, apply in writing to the Committee
to have his membership privileges reinstated. The Committee
reserves the right to decide on whether to readmit the
defaulter, and on what terms his membership may be resumed.
This may include a limit or denial of credit facilities
at the Club, the deposit of a sum of money against future
expenses, and any other such restriction that the Committee
may deem appropriate. |
| (f) |
Without prejudice to any other rights of the Club, in
the event a Member shall fail to pay or be late in paying
any amount due to the Club (or any part thereof), the
Club shall be entitled to charge the Member interest at
the rate of one percent (1%) per month or such other rate
as may be determined by the Committee from time to time
at its absolute discretion on the amount(s) due and outstanding
to it from due date until date of full and final payment
of all such amount(s). |
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| 16. |
Management |
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| 16.1 |
Committee |
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| (a) |
The Club shall be
managed by a Committee to be elected every two (2)
years at the Annual General Meeting consisting of
three (3) Flag Officers, and seven (7) Ordinary
Members. |
| (b)
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The Officers of
the Club shall consist of three (3) Flag Officers;
namely a Commodore, Vice Commodore and a Rear Commodore,
all of whom shall have been Ordinary Members for
at least five (5) years paying a full subscription,
or Life Members and shall have served as Committee
Members at any time or any one time for a total
of two (2) years. They must be a yachtsmen or boatmen
or sports fishermen owning boats or part owning
boats and must be seen to be actively participating
in the furtherance of Rule 4 for pleasure only. |
| (c)
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The seven (7) Ordinary
Members elected to the Committee shall have been
Ordinary Members paying a full subscription for
at least two (2) years, or Life Members. They must
be yachtsmen, boatmen, or sport fishermen or be
seen to be actively participating in the furtherance
of Rule 4 for pleasure only. |
| (d)
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The immediate past
Commodore shall be as ex-officio member of the Committee
for a period of two (2) years without a voting power. |
| (e)
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The Committee shall
elect an Honorary Secretary and an Honorary Treasurer
from among their number at the first (1st) Committee
Meeting following the Annual General Meeting electing
the Committee. |
| (f) |
In the case of any
vacancy created by resignation or otherwise of Flag
Officers, or Ordinary Committee Members, the Committee
may appoint one of themselves or some other eligible
Members to act in any such office as may be vacated
until next Annual General Meeting. |
| (g)
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Candidates for election
to the Committee at the Annual General Meeting shall
be Ordinary Members paying a full subscription,
or Life Members, and shall have their names exhibited
on the Notice Board not less than seven (7) days
before the Annual General Meeting and shall not
have been posted as a defaulter, in the case of
any candidate for any of the three (3) Flag Officers,
during the period of thirty six (36) months prior
to election, and in the case of candidates for the
other Committee members, during the period of twenty
(24) months prior to the election. Every candidate
seeking election shall signify in writing his consent
to his nomination and his consent to act for the
good of the Club if so elected. |
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| 16.2 |
Flag Officers |
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| (a)
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They shall upon
election serve a term of two (2) years and shall
be eligible for re-election. The Commodore may serve
a maximum of two (2) consecutive terms of two (2)
years. |
| (b)
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A senior Flag Officer
present shall preside at all meetings of the Club. |
| (c)
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It shall be the
duty of the Vice Commodore and the Rear Commodore
to assist the Commodore in his duties. |
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| 16.3 |
Sub-committee |
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| (a)
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The Committee may
appoint a sub-committee or sub-committees to be
constituted as the Committee think fit and may delegate
to such sub-committee or sub-committees or officials
such of its duties or powers as the Committee think
fit. |
| (b)
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A representative
of such sub-committee may be invited to attend Committee
meetings to report on the activities of the sub-committee
but if not an elected member of the Committee shall
have no vote at such meeting of the Committee. |
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| 16.4 |
Power of Committee
The Committee shall have the power and the authority
to introduce or to repeal Bye-Laws of the Club, in accordance
with Rule 25. |
| 16.3 |
Committee Meetings
The Committee shall meet once a month. Four (4)
of its number shall form a quorum. The Chairman who shall
be the senior Flag Officer present shall have a second
or casting vote in the event of a tie. A meeting of the
Committee shall be called on the requisition in writing
of any four (4) of its members by the Honorary Secretary.
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| 16.3 |
Conduct of Committee
Members
Any member of the Committee who fails to attend
three (3) consecutive meetings without reasonable cause
as determined by the Committee, or is posted as a defaulter
will be deemed to have resigned from the Committee. |
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| 17. |
Accounts |
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| (a) |
True accounts shall be
kept of the sums of money received and expended by the
Club and the matter in respect of which such receipt and
expenditure takes place and the property credits and liabilities
of the Club and subject to any reasonable restrictions
as to the time and manner of inspecting the same that
may be imposed by the Committee shall be opened to the
inspection of the Members. |
(b)
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The accounts of the Club
shall be audited by an Auditor who not being a member
of the Committee will be elected at each Annual General
Meeting. He will be required to audit each year’s
accounts and present a report on them at the Annual General
Meeting. He may be required by the Committee to audit
the Club accounts for any period within his tenure of
office at any date and make a report to the Committee.
The Auditor may be an honorary appointment or a paid professional
firm. Should the position become vacant after election
the Committee is empowered to appoint a replacement. |
| (c) |
The audited annual accounts
of the Club shall be presented for acceptance by the Members
at the Annual General Meeting. |
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