Memorandum
and Articles of Association
Membership
The number of
members which the Association proposes to be registered is One thousand
(1,000) but the Committee may from time to time register an increase
of members.
Members shall
be the subscribers of the Memorandum of Association and such other
persons as the Committee shall admit to membership according to
the classes as set out hereunder:
- Ordinary
Members, which class shall consist of persons who in the opinion
of the Committee are interested in the study of endocrinology
and metabolism;
- Honorary
Life Members which class shall consist of men and women distinguished
in the fields of endocrinology or metabolism at home or abroad
who have made material contributions to the advancement of these
subjects and who in the opinion of the Committee are worthy of
such distinction.
Upon recommendation of the Committee persons deemed worthy of
Honorary Life Membership may be elected by vote of those members
present at an Annual General Meeting of the Association.
Liability
If
the whole of the funds and other assets of the unincorporated Association
become the absolute property of the Association forthwith after
its incorporation then every person who at the date of incorporation
of the Association is a member of the unincorporated Association
and who on or before the 30th day of September, 1986 agrees in writing
to become a member of the Association shall be admitted by the Committee
to membership of the Association.
Every member of the Association who previously to his agreeing to
become a member of the Association has paid his subscription due
on the 30th day of April, 1986 as a member of the unincorporated
Association shall not be liable to pay any further sum by way of
annual subscription to the Association for the period prior to the
30th day of April, 1987.
Annual
Subscription
Every
applicant for Ordinary Membership of the Association (other than
the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and members of
the unincorporated Association referred to in Article 5) shall be
proposed by one member of the Association to whom the applicant
shall be personally known. Any such proposal shall be in writing
and signed by the applicant and his or her proposer, shall be made
upon such form as the Committee shall from time to time approve
and will contain information concerning the applicant's qualifications,
professional status, appointments and published works.
At the next
meeting of the Committee after the receipt of any application for
Ordinary Membership the Committee shall consider the applicant's
qualifications, professional status, appointments and published
works and shall thereupon determine upon the admission or rejection
of the applicant. In no such case shall the Committee be required
to give any reason for the rejection of an applicant.
Upon recommendation
of the Committee persons deemed worthy of Honorary Life Membership
may be elected by vote of those members present at an Annual General
Meeting of the Association.
When an applicant
has been accepted for any membership the Secretary shall forthwith
send to the applicant written notice of such acceptance and a request
for payment of his or her entrance fee and first annual subscription
the applicant shall become a member of the Association provided
nevertheless that if such payment be not made within two calendar
years after the date of the notice the Committee may in its discretion
cancel its acceptance of the applicant for membership of the Association.
The entrance
fee and the annual subscription payable by members of the Association
shall be such as the Association in general meeting shall from time
to time prescribe, provided that until the Company shall otherwise
resolve the entrance fee shall be $15.00 and annual subscription
shall be $15.00
All annual
subscriptions shall become due and payable in advance on the 30th
day of April in every year. A member absent overseas for a period
longer than on year may, on notifying the Secretary, have his annual
subscription waived during his absence for up to four years. During
this time the member will not receive the notices of the Association.
Members of
the Association shall notify the Secretary of their addresses, or
any change of address and of any additional academic qualifications
or distinctions.
Cessation
of Membership
If the
subscription of a member shall remain unpaid for a period of two
calendar years after it becomes due then the member may after notice
of the default shall have been sent to him by the Secretary or Honorary
Treasurer be debarred by resolution of the Committee from all privileges
of membership Provided that the Committee may re-instate the member
on payment of all arrears if the Committee thinks fit to do so.
A member may
at any time by giving notice in writing to the Secretary resign
his or her membership of the Association and shall continue liable
for any annual subscription and all arrears due and unpaid at the
date of his or her resignation and for all other moneys due by him
or her to the Association and in addition for any sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars ($100) for which he or she is liable as a member
of the Association under Clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association
of the Association.
If any member
shall wilfully refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of
the Memorandum of Articles of Association of the Association or
shall be guilty of any conduct which in the opinion of the Committee
is unbecoming of a member or prejudicial to the interests of the
Association the Committee shall have power by resolution of censure
to fine suspend or expel the member from the Association. Provided
that at least one week before the meeting of the Committee at which
such a resolution is passed the member shall have had notice of
such meeting and of what is alleged against him or her and of the
intended resolution and that he or she shall at such meeting and
before the passing of such resolution have had an opportunity of
giving orally or in writing any explanation or defence he or she
may think fit and Provided Further that any such member may by notice
in writing lodged with the Secretary at least twenty-four hours
before the time for holding the meeting at which the resolution
is to be considered by the Committee elect to have the question
dealt with by the Association in general meeting and in that event
an Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Association shall be called
for the purpose and if at the meeting such a resolution be passed
by a majority of two-thirds of those present and voting (such vote
to be taken by ballot) the member concerned shall be punished accordingly
and in the case of a resolution for his or her expulsion the member
shall be expelled.
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