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+++ b/constitution.tex
@@ -157,9 +157,8 @@ The objects of the Club shall be as follows:
The Executive of the Club shall consist of the following members:
\begin{enumerate}
\item The President
- {\color{red}\item \st{Vice-President}}
- {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Vice-President
- \item The Social Vice-President}
+ \item The Education Vice-President
+ \item The Social Vice-President
\item The Secretary
\item The Treasurer
\end{enumerate}
@@ -169,15 +168,13 @@ The Club shall be governed by the Committee.\\
The Committee of the Club shall consist of the following members:
\begin{enumerate}
\item The President
- {\color{red}\item \st{The Vice-President}}
- {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Vice-President
- \item The Social Vice-President}
+ \item The Education Vice-President
+ \item The Social Vice-President
\item The Secretary
\item The Treasurer
- {\color{red}\item \st{Three Ordinary Committee Members}}
- {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Officer
+ \item The Education Officer
\item The Social Officer
- \item Two Ordinary Committee Members}
+ \item Two Ordinary Committee Members
\item The First Year Representative
\end{enumerate}
@@ -199,15 +196,13 @@ The Club at the General Meeting may elect a Patron and Vice Patron who if they i
\item The following members of the Committee shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting:
\begin{enumerate}[1.]
\item The President
- {\color{red}\item \st{The Vice-President}}
- {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Vice-President
- \item The Social Vice-President}
+ \item The Education Vice-President
+ \item The Social Vice-President
\item The Secretary
\item The Treasurer
- {\color{red}\item \st{Three Ordinary Committee Members}}
- {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Officer
+ \item The Education Officer
\item The Social Officer
- \item Two Ordinary Committee Members}
+ \item Two Ordinary Committee Members
\item The First Year Representative
\end{enumerate}
\item The Secretary shall call for nominations for the above positions at least ten days before the date of the Annual General Meeting. The nominations shall close at that meeting.
@@ -218,8 +213,8 @@ The Club at the General Meeting may elect a Patron and Vice Patron who if they i
\item Only students at The University of Western Australia who are financial members of the Student Guild of The University of Western Australia may hold positions on the Executive.
\item The First Year Representative must be a student at The University of Western Australia in first year for the first time and an ordinary member of the Club.
\item Any members of the Club may hold a position of Ordinary Committee Member.
- {\color{ForestGreen}\item Any member of the Club may hold the position of Education Officer.
- \item Any member of the Club may hold the position of Social Officer.}
+ \item Any member of the Club may hold the position of Education Officer.
+ \item Any member of the Club may hold the position of Social Officer.
\item Any members of the Club may vote for the positions of Committee members.
\end{enumerate}
@@ -242,7 +237,7 @@ The Club may do all things necessary or convenient for carrying out its objects
\item any security in which trust monies may lawfully be invested
\item any manner authorised by the rules of the Club
\end{enumerate}
- \item borrow money or incur overdrafts provided always that the total long term liabilities of the Club shall not exceed {\color{red}\st{one}} {\color{ForestGreen}two} hundred dollars, unless otherwise approved by a General Meeting
+ \item borrow money or incur overdrafts provided always that the total long term liabilities of the Club shall not exceed two hundred dollars, unless otherwise approved by a General Meeting
\item give such security for the discharge of liabilities incurred by the Club as the Club thinks fit
\item appoint agents to transact any business of the Club on its behalf
\item enter into any other contract it considers necessary or desirable
@@ -270,7 +265,7 @@ The Secretary shall cause all members of the Committee to receive written or ema
\end{enumerate}
\subsection{Quorum}
-The quorum for a meeting of the Committee shall be {\color{red}\st{four}} {\color{ForestGreen}five} members of the Committee at least {\color{red}\st{two}} {\color{ForestGreen}three} of which are members of the Executive.
+The quorum for a meeting of the Committee shall be five members of the Committee at least three of which are members of the Executive.
\subsection{Declaration of Pecuniary Interest}
A Committee member having any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a contract, or proposed contract, made by, or in the contemplation of, the Committee (except if that pecuniary interest exists only by virtue of the fact that the member of the Committee is a member of a class of persons for whose benefit the Club is established), must:
@@ -294,20 +289,12 @@ Any member of the Committee may demand at any meeting of the Committee that the
In addition to any other provisions set out elsewhere in this Constitution, or any regulation or policy made thereunder, it shall be the duty of the President to:
\begin{enumerate}
\item conduct the relations of the Club with other organisations and to the general public subject to the authority of the Committee
- \item co-ordinate and supervise the work of the {\color{red}\st{Vice-President,}} {\color{ForestGreen}Education Vice-President, Social Vice-President,} Secretary, Treasurer, and other officers of the Club subject to the authority of the Committee
+ \item co-ordinate and supervise the work of the Education Vice-President, Social Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and other officers of the Club subject to the authority of the Committee
\item generally carry out the policy of the Club
\item generally carry out the instructions and decisions of the Committee
\end{enumerate}
-{\color{red}\subsection{\st{Vice President}}
-\st{In addition to any other provisions set out elsewhere in this Constitution, or any regulation or policy made thereunder, it shall be the duty of the Vice-President:}
-\begin{enumerate}
- \item \st{To assist in the President's duties;}
- \item \st{To carry out Presidential duties during the absence of the President, during which time the Vice-President shall be deemed to be the President; and}
- \item \st{To generally carry out the instructions of the Committee.}
-\end{enumerate}}
-
-{\color{ForestGreen}\subsection{Education Vice-President}
+\subsection{Education Vice-President}
In addition to any other provisions set out elsewhere in this Constitution, or any regulation or policy made thereunder, it shall be the duty of the Education Vice-President to:
\begin{enumerate}
\item assist in the President's duties
@@ -323,12 +310,12 @@ In addition to any other provisions set out elsewhere in this Constitution, or a
\item conduct the relations of the Club with other organisations and to the general public subject to the authority of the Committee when they pertain to social matters
\item oversee and encourage the running of social events by the club
\item generally carry out the instructions of the Committee
-\end{enumerate}}
+\end{enumerate}
\subsection{Secretary}
In addition to any other provisions set out elsewhere in this Constitution, or any regulation or policy made thereunder, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to:
\begin{enumerate}
- \item maintain an up to date register of the members of the Club and {\color{red}\st{their postal or residential addresses}} {\color{ForestGreen}the information required by the Act} and, upon the request of a member of the Club, make the register available for the inspection of the member
+ \item maintain an up to date register of the members of the Club and the information required by the Act and, upon the request of a member of the Club, make the register available for the inspection of the member
\begin{enumerate}[1.]
\item A member may make a copy of or take an extract from the register but shall have no right to remove the register for that purpose.
\end{enumerate}
@@ -353,7 +340,7 @@ In addition to any other provisions set out elsewhere in this Constitution, or a
\item generally carry out the instructions of the Committee relating to the property and finances of the Club
\end{enumerate}
-{\color{ForestGreen} \subsection{Education Officer}
+\subsection{Education Officer}
In addition to any other provisions set out elsewhere in this Constitution, or any regulation or policy made thereunder, it shall be the duty of the Education Officer to:
\begin{enumerate}
\item assist in the Education Vice-President's duties
@@ -367,7 +354,7 @@ In addition to any other provisions set out elsewhere in this Constitution, or a
\item assist in the Social Vice-President's duties
\item facilitate the running of social events
\item generally carry out the instructions of the Committee
-\end{enumerate}}
+\end{enumerate}
\subsection{Ordinary Committee Members}
In addition to any other provisions set out in this Constitution, or in any regulation or policy made thereunder, it shall be the duty of the Ordinary Committee Members to:
@@ -380,8 +367,8 @@ In addition to any other provisions set out in this Constitution, or in any regu
In addition to any other provisions set out in this Constitution, or in any regulation or policy made thereunder, it shall be the duty of the First Year Representative to:
\begin{enumerate}
\item represent the interests of members of the Club who are in first year University or who have not previously been members of the Club
- {\color{ForestGreen} \item assist the other Committee Members in the executions of their duties, especially in the case were they relate to new members
- \item bear any responsibilities that the Committee shall from time to time decide}
+ \item assist the other Committee Members in the executions of their duties, especially in the case were they relate to new members
+ \item bear any responsibilities that the Committee shall from time to time decide
\end{enumerate}
\section{Vacancies}
@@ -391,7 +378,7 @@ Any officer of the Club may resign from a position by giving written notificatio
The Committee shall declare vacant the position of any member of the Committee if that member has been absent from two consecutive meetings of the Committee without giving a satisfactory explanation for that absence.
\subsection{Election}
If any position on the Committee becomes vacant then the Committee shall call a General Meeting for the election of a member to that position within four weeks of that position becoming vacant.
-{\color{ForestGreen}If the vacant position is an executive role, the committee may choose to elect a member of the committee to temporarily fill that role until the General Meeting is held.}
+If the vacant position is an executive role, the committee may choose to elect a member of the committee to temporarily fill that role until the General Meeting is held.
\section{General Meetings}
\subsection{Ordinary General Meetings}
@@ -399,7 +386,7 @@ There shall be at least one General Meeting in each year, namely the Annual Gene
\subsection{Notice of Meeting}
The Secretary shall make all reasonable attempts to notify all members using at least a notice on the club notice-board for ten days preceding the meeting and an email sent to all addresses on the membership register at least ten days before the date of the meeting.
\subsection{Special General Meeting}
-The Committee may at any time, without the need for a Committee meeting, call a Special General Meeting of the Club by the written agreement of at least {\color{red}\st{4}} {\color{ForestGreen}five} Committee members, at least {\color{red}\st{one}} {\color{ForestGreen}two} of whom is a member of the Executive. This meeting must be notified by the Secretary as with all other General Meetings, or if the Secretary has resigned or is unavailable by any member of the Committee with the same notice requirements of the Secretary.\\
+The Committee may at any time, without the need for a Committee meeting, call a Special General Meeting of the Club by the written agreement of at least five Committee members, at least two of whom is a member of the Executive. This meeting must be notified by the Secretary as with all other General Meetings, or if the Secretary has resigned or is unavailable by any member of the Committee with the same notice requirements of the Secretary.\\
\subsection{General Meeting Called by Ordinary Members}
\begin{enumerate}
@@ -423,8 +410,7 @@ The quorum of a General Meeting shall be fifteen ordinary members present in per
A General Meeting shall be conducted in accordance with the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with this Constitution or policy made thereunder.
\subsection{Chair}
-{\color{red}\st{The President shall have the right to take the chair at any General meeting or meetings of the Committee. If the President is absent or does not wish to exercise his right at any meeting, that right shall devolve upon the Vice-President being absent or not wishing to exercise the above right, that meeting shall elect its own Chair.}}\\
-{\color{ForestGreen}The President shall have the right to take the chair at any General meeting or meetings of the Committee. If the President is absent or does not wish to exercise his right at any meeting, that meeting shall elect its own Chair.}
+The President shall have the right to take the chair at any General meeting or meetings of the Committee. If the President is absent or does not wish to exercise his right at any meeting, that meeting shall elect its own Chair.
\subsection{Voting}
\begin{enumerate}
@@ -467,7 +453,7 @@ The Committee shall have the power, after its re-constitution, to appoint from a
\item Except as otherwise provided for in the Constitution, or in a policy, any two of the Executive shall be empowered jointly to sign cheques and forms of authority for the withdrawal of any money standing in the credit of the Club in the account of the Club.
\item The Committee may by a two-thirds majority elect a single delegate from the Committee who may sign in lieu of one of the required Executive signatures on a cheque.
\item No payment shall be made on behalf of or in the name of the Club unless it has been authorised by the Committee.
- \item The Committee may, outside a Committee meeting, agree to a payment or purchase by written consent of {\color{red}\st{five}} {\color{ForestGreen}six} Committee members including at least {\color{red}\st{two}} {\color{ForestGreen}three} Executive members of the Committee. Such written consent must be tabled and minuted at the next meeting of the Committee.
+ \item The Committee may, outside a Committee meeting, agree to a payment or purchase by written consent of six Committee members including at least three Executive members of the Committee. Such written consent must be tabled and minuted at the next meeting of the Committee.
\end{enumerate}
\section{Policy}