SAINT ANDREW SOCIETY (
Wimbledon & District Scots’ Association
Synopsis of the Rules of the Society (as adopted 1st December
1998 and 5th January 1999)
(Copies of the full Rules of the Society are available from
the Hon. Secretary)
The objects of the Society
shall be to foster the encouragement and enjoyment of Scots culture, history
and traditions in any manner that the Society shall see fit including the
giving of financial support to other bodies of Scottish, or local, character or
association.
Admission as a Member of
the Society shall be open at the discretion of the Committee to any person who
has a genuine interest in furthering the objects of the Society. All
applications for membership shall be made in writing giving details of the full
name and address of the candidate and the election shall be at the discretion
of the Committee. The details of Members
shall be entered in the Register of Members of the Society which is to be kept
by the Honorary Secretary. The minimum
age for admission as a Member shall be 16 years.
The affairs of the Society
shall be managed by the Committee which shall consist of the Officers as
ex-officio members, namely The Chief: The President: the Vice-President, the
Individual Trustees (if any), the Honorary Secretary and the Honorary Treasurer
and not more than five other Members.
The Offices of Chief and President may be held by Members who have been
Members of the Society for at least the five preceding years or who have served
for at least two years on the Committee or by Honorary Members. The Trustees
shall be two in number and, unless the Society shall otherwise decide, shall be
the current Chief and President, but otherwise an Individual Trustee may be
elected at a General Meeting in substitution of the Chief or President to hold
office so long as he is willing to act and at the Society’s pleasure. The
Committee shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting in each year and
subject to termination of office by resignation or otherwise shall remain in
office until their successors are elected. No person shall hold the office of
Chief or President for longer than two consecutive years but a past holder may
be elected after an interval of years for a second term in special
circumstances. Any two of the Members or Honorary Members may propose a
candidate for election as an Officer of the Society or as an ordinary member of
the Committee by notice in writing given to the Honorary Secretary at least
seven days before the meeting.
The Committee may authorise
the vesting in the Trustees of any part of the funds or property of the Society
on such terms as the Committee may determine. Otherwise, the Committee shall
have control of the finances and property of the Society.
The Society in General
Meeting may from time to time appoint Honorary Vice-Presidents (whether Members
or Honorary Members) to hold office during the pleasure of the Society. The Committee may recommend candidates (being
Members or Honorary Members) for election by the Society to the following
Honorary Appointments: Chaplin; Piper;
Heraldic Writer; Press Writer and Musicians and to such other Honorary
Appointments as it may think fit. Such
Honorary Officers shall hold office during the pleasure of the holders and of
the Society. They shall be eligible for
election to the Committee but shall not be members of it ex-officio.
The annual subscription for
Members shall be determined in respect of each year at the Annual General
Meeting. Subscriptions shall be due at
the beginning of each year of the Society’s activities. Any Member who has not paid his subscription
for a given year by the start of the following Annual General Meeting shall
have no vote at that meeting and the Committee may then cancel the membership
of such Member. A Member or Honorary
Member desiring to withdraw from the Society must give notice in writing to the
Honorary Secretary on or before the Annual General Meeting in any year:
otherwise, at the discretion of the Committee, Members shall be liable to pay
the subscription for the ensuing year.
Notice convening the Annual
General Meeting shall be sent to each Member and Honorary Member not less than
14 days before the Meeting and shall specify the location, date and time of the
Meeting and the matters then to be dealt with provided that any additional
matters to be raised shall be proposed by at least six of the Members and
Honorary Members and that notice thereof has been given to the Honorary
Secretary in time for such notice to be included in the Notice convening the
Annual General Meeting.
A Special General Meeting
may be convened at any time by the Committee and shall be convened within 14
days from the receipt of a requisition in writing signed by not less than ten
of the Members and Honorary Members specifying the object of the meeting for
any of the purposes set out in the Rules.
Notice convening the Special General Meeting shall be sent to the
Members, Honorary Members and Individual Trustees (if any) not less than 14 days
before the meeting and shall specify its location, date and time and the
matters to be dealt with.
In these Rules where the
context permits masculine pronouns shall be deemed to include the feminine.