1. Membership shall be open to all people of mature age who are willing to accept the objects and regulations of the organization and are interested in participating in educational courses.
2. Admission to membership shall be by filling in the approved membership form and paying the prescribed annual fee. The approved membership form is Appendix 1.
3. All new membership applications are accepted subject to the discretion of the committee.
4. Reapplications for membership by persons who have had their membership previously rescinded by the committee are subject to committee approval.
5. The period covered by the prescribed annual fee will be from the completion of the previous AGM to completion of the next AGM.
6. Members who have met the requirements as set out in Rules 2.1 and 2.2 may enrol in as many courses as they wish during the financial year after paying the prescribed course fees.
7. Membership shall cease if the member:
(a) resigns in writing from the association In accordance with rule 4, or
(b) fails to renew membership by paying the annual fee before 3 months after the AGM, or
(c) has had membership rescinded by the committee, or
(d) dies.
(1) A right, privilege or obligation, which a person has by reason of being a member of the association:
(a) is not capable of being transferred or transmitted to another person, and
(b) terminates on cessation of the person’s membership
A member of the association is not entitled to resign that membership except in accordance with this rule.
(1) A member of the association who has paid all amounts payable by the member to the association in respect of the member’s membership may resign from membership of the association by first giving to the secretary written notice of at least one month (or such other period as the committee may determine) of the member’s intention to resign and, on the expiration of the period of notice, the member ceases to be a member.
(2) If a member of the association ceases to be a member under clause 4(1), and in every other case where a member ceases to hold membership, the secretary must make an appropriate entry in the register of members recording the date on which the member ceased to be a member.
(1) The public officer of the association must establish and maintain a register of members of the association specifying the name and address of each person who is a member of the association together with the date on which the person became a member and the date on which the membership ceased.
(2) The register of members must be kept at the principal place of administration of the association and must be open for inspection, free of charge, by any financial member of the association by prior arrangement.
(3) The public officer will be responsible for all transactions with the Department of Fair Trading, which includes notifing the department as is required by the regulations.
(1) A member of the association must pay to the association a yearly subscription fee of an amount as determined by the committee and ratified by the meeting. This fee is due on completion of an AGM and covers the period to the completion of the next AGM.
(2) There is no provision for a fee paid late for a subscription year to be carried forward to the next subscription year and discounts for part years are not allowed.
(3) In addition to any amount payable by the member under clause 6(1), a member of the association must pay to the association course fees of an amount determined by the committee to attend courses run by the association.
The liability of a member of the association to contribute towards the payment of the debts and liabilities of the association or the costs, charges and expenses of the winding up of the association is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid by the member in respect of membership of the association as required by rule 6.
8. Resolution of internal disputes
(1) Disputes between members (in their capacity as members) of the association, and disputes between members and the association, are to be mediated by a mediator agreeable to both parties.
(2) At least 7 days before a mediation session is to commence, the parties are to exchange statements of the issues that are in dispute between them and supply copies to the mediator.
(1) A member may have his or her membership terminated by the management committee, if in the opinion of the management committee, after affording such member an opportunity of offering the management committee an explanation of his or her conduct either verbally or in writing, the conduct is deemed detrimental to the best interests of the association.
(2) A member who wishes to appeal against a decision expelling him or her from membership or otherwise disciplining him or her may do so at the next general meeting of the association. The general meeting shall give both the management committee and the member reasonable time to state their case and then determine the issue by secret ballot.