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Our Constitution

|Name| |Objects| |Membership| |Subscription & Fees|
|Executive Committee| |Meetings| |Amendments to the Constitution|
|Financial Year| |By Laws| |Other Matters|

1. NAME

The name of the Society shall be "The Tasmanian Weed Society"

2. OBJECTS

The objects for which the Society is established are to:

(a) promote wider interest in weed management

(b) provide opportunities for those interested in weed management to exchange information and ideas based on research, experience and practice

(c) encourage the investigation of all aspects of weed management

(d) co-operate and, where appropriate, affiliate with other organisations engaged in related activities in Australia and overseas

(e) encourage the study of weed management and the dissemination of findings

(f) produce and publish such material as may be considered relevant to the achievement of the objectives

3. MEMBERSHIPTop of Page

(a) Membership shall be of four classes, "ordinary", "honorary", "corporate body" and "associate" and shall be open to those individuals and corporate bodies who are interested in weed management.

(b) Honorary members may be elected at the Annual General Meeting from persons who, in the opinion of the Executive Committee, have made major contributions to the objects of the Society and shall have the same rights as ordinary members. Nominations for honorary membership may be made by any financial member of the Society, but must be in writing and be in the hands of the Secretary at least 14 days before the Annual General Meeting.

(c) Corporate body members may nominate one representative to the Society who shall have the same rights as an ordinary member.

(d) Associate membership shall be open to those enrolled as full time students.

(e) All members shall have the right to attend meetings at which they have the right to vote and make nominations and be eligible to stand for office provided they are financial members.

(f) Applications for membership shall be forwarded to the Secretary for acceptance at regular meetings of the Executive.

(g) Any member wishing to resign from the Society shall give written notice to the Secretary.

(h) Members' liability to contribute towards the payment of the debts and liabilities of the society or the costs, charges and expenses of a winding up of the Society shall be limited to $1.00 per member.

4. SUBSCRIPTION AND FEES Top of Page

(a) Each ordinary member, corporate member and associate member shall pay an annual subscription which shall be fixed at the Annual General Meeting for the ensuing year. The subscription shall be payable within one month of notification.

(b) In the event of the subscription being one year in arrears, membership shall lapse. Before any person can be re-elected to membership all arrears in subscription shall be paid.

5. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEETop of Page

(a) The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, the Immediate Past President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Newsletter Editor, a Publicity Officer and three other members of the Society representing each of the three regions.

(b) The management of the Society shall be vested in the Executive Committee.

(c) Other than the Immediate Past President, the members of the Executive shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting. They shall be eligible for re-election, except that the office of President shall not be held by one person for more than two full consecutive terms.

(d) The Executive Committee shall have the power to fill a casual vacancy in its membership.

(e) The quorum for Executive Meetings is to be half of the number of Executive Committee members plus one, rounded down to the nearest whole number where necessary.

6. MEETINGSTop of Page

(a) The Executive Committee shall convene and hold an Annual General Meeting during the month of March each year and such other meetings as it considers necessary.

(b) The Executive Committee shall convene a Special General Meeting if so required by requisition in writing by at least 5 financial members.

(c) At least 14 days notice in writing shall be given to members prior to the date of the Annual General Meeting and Special General Meetings.

7. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTIONTop of Page

(a) The Constitution shall be amended only by Special Resolution at a Special General Meeting.

(b) A proposed amendment of the Constitution shall be submitted to the Secretary in writing and shall require to be supported in writing by at least 5 financial members.

(c) A Special Resolution must be passed by not less than three-quarters of financial members present at the Special General Meeting called to consider the resolution.

8. FINANCIAL YEARTop of Page

The financial year of the Society shall commence on 1 March and conclude on the last day of February.

9. BY-LAWSTop of Page

The Society shall compile such by-laws and/or standing orders as may be desirable for the operations of the Society.

10. OTHER MATTERSTop of Page

Matters not specifically covered by the Constitution shall be considered to be covered as in the
Associations Incorporation (Model Rules) Regulations 1965 Statutory Rule 164 of 1965 and Amendments of the Association Incorporation Act 1964.

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