December 1957 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December , 1957

Brisbane Girls, Grammar School Magazine

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Ll FE MEMBERSHIP 14. It shall be open to any financial member to become a Life Member on payment of a lump sum of seven and a half guineas . DELETION FROM ROLL 15. Members whose subscriptions are unpaid at the end of the financial year shall be notified of the fact by the Treasurer. Those members who have paid no subscription for two consecutive years shall have their names deleted from the roll . Any member whose name has been so deleted may rejoin the Association on the payment of the sum of Fifteen shillings (15/-) in addition to her Annual subscrip- tion . A member wishing to resign from the Association, shall give notice in writing to the Secretary , and such member may rejoin the Association at a later date without penalty provided her subscription has been paid to the date of her resignation . BRANCH CLUBS 16. Branch Clubs ma y be formed for mutual improve - ment and amusement or for the benefit of the Association and in the interest of the School. Each Club shall have a Sub-Committee to be elected annually. It shall lodge with the Association Committee a copy of its rules and procedure , and appoint a representative to attend Committee Meetings without power to vote . AMENDMENT OF RULES 17. No a Iteration or amend;,ent sha II be made to these rules except by a vote of two-third of the members present at a General or Special Meeting called for the purpose. The notice convening the meeting must embody the pro- posed amendment . DISSOLUTION 18 . The Association shall be dissolved in the event of the membership being less than three (3) persons or upon the vote of a three-fourths majority of the members present at a Special General · Meeting convened to consider such question . Upon dissolution, assets and funds on hand shall , after payment of all expenses and liabilities , be handed over to the Trustees of the Brisbane Girls' Grammar School . 57

ANNUAL MEETING 6 . The annual Meeting shall be held on the second Friday in February, when the Annual Report and Financial Accounts shall be presented. ASSOCIATION MEETINGS 7 . Meetings of the Association shall be held at the discretion of the Committee or within one ( 1) month after a request of at least ten ( 10) members of the Association . QUORUM. · 8 . At any General Meeting a quorum shall be thirty (30) members personally present. At Committee meetings six (6) members shall form a qu9rum. NOTICE OF MEETINGS 9. In order that a General or Special Meeting may be properly convened, the Secretary shall give to all members at least ( 14) fourteen days ' clear notice of the intention to convene a Meeting. FINANCIAL YEAR 10. The financial year shall commence on 1st January and conclude on 31st December each year . FUNDS 11. The funds of the Association shall be banked in the name of The Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Old Girls ' Association, with any two of the President , Secretary and Treasurer authorised to operate thereon . ACCOUNTS 12. Accounts shall be presented and passed for pay- ment at Committee meetings . AUDIT 13 . The auditor shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting. All accounts , vouchers, receipts, books of account, etc., shall be examined and a report thereon furnished at the Annual Meeting. Audits shall be conducted at regular intervals of not more than twelve ( 12) months .

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