CONSTITUTION

LOTHIANS RADIO SOCIETY
CONSTITUTION AND RULES OF THE LOTHIANS RADIO SOCIETY
(as amended and approved at the A.G.M. 13 June 2005.)

1. The Society shall be known as the "Lothians Radio Society".

2. The object of the Society shall be to promote and foster interest in Amateur Radio and Electronics.

3. The Society's affairs shall be administered by, its rules enforced by, and its property vested in a Committee of six members.

4. The Committee and an Auditor shall be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. All paid-up members have the right to vote at this meeting. A paid-up member is a member who has paid his due subscription by the time of the Annual General Meeting.

5. The Committee shall consist of a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and three ordinary members. The Secretary shall be elected first, then the President, then the Treasurer followed by three ordinary members.

6. The Committee shall serve until the A.G.M. next following.

7. The Committee is empowered to co-opt any member of the Society to assist in deliberating any matter of which such member has special knowledge or experience.

8. The Committee has powers to grant Honary Life membership to any member of the Society on the following conditions:

a) The Candidate must have rendered outstanding service to the Society.
b) The Candidate, proposer and seconder must each be a fully paid up member.
c) The Proposal shall be submitted in writing to the Secretary.
d) The award will only be made if unanimously approved by the Committee.
e) Not more than one award will be made in any period of three years.
f) Honary Life Membership shall carry all the privileges and voting power of ordinary membership of the Society.

9. It is a permanent rule of the Society that sufficient time is allotted at meetings for the representative(s) of the RSGB to make announcements and conduct business solely concerned with the RSGB.

10. No alterations in or additions to the Constitution and Rules shall be made except at a general meeting, of which not less than fourteen days notice must be given. At Such General Meeting, a quorum consisting of not less than twelve paid-up members, or the total membership, whichever is the lesser shall be necessary before such alteration can be made.

11. A membership fee shall be determined for the forthcoming session at each A.G.M. The session shall run from A.G.M. to A.G.M. next following. This fee shall be payable at the opening meeting of each session. Members attending full-time at a school shall pay one half of the fee fixed. The Committee shall be empowered to amend the subscription of any member.

12. The funds of the Society shall be lodged in a Deposit Banking Account. The Treasurer shall present an audited Balance Sheet at each A.G.M.

13. The Secretary shall keep a register of members and minutes of each committee meeting and general meeting.

14. Membership shall be open to all interested persons with the proviso that the Committee shall have the right to refuse membership to any applicant without giving any reasons for such refusal.

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