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3 Membership |
Membership
shall be open to all individual persons, partnerships, companies and others
interested in or actively engaged in business within the Borough of Taunton
Deane and its surrounding area upon application, and payment of the appropriate
annual membership subscription, subject to the following |
| a. |
the Committee
shall have power to refuse membership without giving any reason, and to
terminate the membership of any member whose conduct or actions are regarded
by a majority of the Committee as undesirable and likely to bring discredit
to The Chamber |
| b. |
a member
may resign from The Chamber by giving written notice of such intention
to the Executive Officer within thirty days after his or her subscription
renewal date |
| c. |
any
member whose annual subscription is in arrear shall not vote at any meeting
of The Chamber, and if more than three months in arrear is automatically
disqualified from membership |
| d. |
the
Committee may nominate, for approval at a General Meeting, as an Honorary
Member, who shall be entitled to all benefits and privileges of members,
any person whose membership it considers to be beneficial to The Chamber |
| e. |
the
membership directorate shall maintain a register of all members of The
Chamber and in the event of any member changing his/her business address
he/she shall notify either the membership directorate or the Executive
Officer of the new address within thirty days of the change |
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The
Committee may offer limited membership of The Chamber, by way of affiliation,
to the members of any organisation having objects similar to or conducive
with those of The Chamber upon such terms as it may deem appropriate in
individual cases |
| Section
4 Officers |
The
officers of the Chamber shall be the President, Vice-President, Junior
Vice-President and Honorary Treasurer all of whom are to be elected at
the Annual General Meeting (having been duly proposed and seconded and
having personally signified a willingness to stand for election). In addition,
the Committee may appoint annually (and may at any time remove) an Executive
Officer and any other executive officer which it deems necessary to fill
a particular function upon such terms as it may think fit. Any casual
vacancy among the officers, however occurring, may be filled by the Committee
either from one of its number, or by some other member of The Chamber,
until the next Annual General Meeting. |