Constitution of the Scottish Hellenic Society (Glasgow)
adopted at the AGM of April 12, 2006
The
Society shall be called the Scottish Hellenic Society.
- The objects of the Society shall be to promote and
encourage mutual interest in Greek and Scottish culture, life and thought
both past and present, and to provide opportunities for social contact
between its Scottish and Greek members.
- All persons interested in the objects of the
Society shall be eligible for membership and shall become members on
payment of the current annual subscription. Students and pupils of Secondary Schools
may be admitted to the Society at a reduced fee.
- The Officers of the Society shall be the Chairman
and Vice-Chairman, the Secretary and the Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected by the
members at the Annual General Meeting and shall retire after a maximum of
three continuous years of service in the case of the Chairman and
Vice-Chairman, five in the case of the Secretary and Treasurer. The Annual General Meeting shall have
the right to elect Patrons, Honorary Presidents and Honorary
Vice-Presidents. The Honorary
Presidents and Honorary Vice-Presidents shall be given notice of all
Executive Meetings and may attend in an advisory capacity.
- The society shall be managed by an Executive
Committee consisting of the Officers of the Society, the immediate past
Chairman for the ensuing year only, and up to twelve ordinary
members. Ordinary members shall
retire after a term of three years.
The Executive Committee shall have powers to fill casual vacancies
by co-option until the next Annual General Meeting. Should an ordinary member resign before
the end of his/her term, and shall thereafter not be eligible for
re-election until twelve months have elapsed. Members elected to the Executive
Committee should have subscribed for at least one year to membership of
the Society before being nominated for election at the next Annual General
Meeting.
- The Executive Committee shall appoint from among
its members a Social Convenor and shall have the duty of appointing a
Social Committee. The Social
Convenor with the Social Committee shall have the duty of organising the social functions of the Society. The Executive Committee shall have the
right to appoint such other sub-Committee as they think fit, Convenors
being directly responsible to the Executive Committee for the conduct of
the affairs of the Sub-Committee.
- There shall be an Annual General Meeting at which a
report of the previous year’s proceedings and the accounts shall be
presented for approval, and at which
election of Officers and of such members as are required to fill
the vacancies made by rotation of the ordinary members shall take
place. At least three weeks notice
of the Annual General Meeting and of an extra-ordinary meeting shall be
given. Nominations for election to
the Executive Committee should be sent to the Secretary prior to the
Annual General Meeting.
- The Executive Committee shall meet as
required. It shall be the duty of
the Executive Committee to prepare the Syllabus for the ensuing
Session. The Secretary shall keep
proper records of such meetings.
The Executive Committee shall determine the amount of the annual
subscription and shall ensure that the Treasurer keeps books and accounts
of all the funds received and expended.
Operations on the Society’s bank account shall be by the Treasurer
along with one other Officer of the Society.
- All funds and property shall be used solely for the
promotion of the objects of the Society and in the event of dissolution
shall be returned to the subscribers and donors.
- Alterations
to the Constitution may be made at the Annual General Meeting on due
notice given, provided that they are approved by at least two thirds of
the members present at the meeting.
NB This Constitution supersedes the Constitution first
approved in April 1977 and amended in November 1979, April 1986 and April 1988 |
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