Section 6. Meeting Of The Club

6.1 An Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be held each year in November or December on a date set by the Management Committee. The Honorary Secretary shall, at least fourteen days before the date of such meeting or any General Meeting herein after mentioned, post or deliver to each Voting Member notice thereof, and of the business to be brought forward there at.

6.2 The Committee may at any time call a Special General Meeting of the Club for any business, the nature of which shall be stated in the summons convening the meeting.

6.3 The Committee shall similarly call a special General Meeting upon a written request addressed to the Honorary Secretary by a least ten Voting Members of the Club.

(a) This Special General Meeting to take place within 4 weeks of receiving request.

(b) This SGM shall not be chaired by any Officer or Member of Committee or by any of the signatories of the request. The Chairperson shall be elected from the Voting Members at the SGM and the business shall be conducted to acceptance or rejection.

6.4 The discussions at any General Meeting shall be confined to the business stated in the notice sent to Members.

6.5 At every meeting of the Club the Commodore, or the senior Officer present, shall preside, or in their absence, a Member who shall be elected by those present, except under Rule 6.3

6.6 Fifteen Voting Members personally present shall form a quorum at any General meeting of the Club.

6.7 Only Ordinary, Senior, Honorary, Family, Life Members and the Officers of the Club shall vote at any meeting of the Club. Other paid up Members may attend, but are not entitled to vote.

6.8 Voting (except upon the election of Officers or Members of Committee) shall be by show of hands, or otherwise, at the discretion of the Chairperson.