diff --git a/constitution.pdf b/constitution.pdf index a5e1604de7767a57cccc95b34ea5eb8c5bfc1e10..6fc266b8b3f5236ef1b60ffa87d4b9094b2c3113 100644 Binary files a/constitution.pdf and b/constitution.pdf differ diff --git a/constitution.tex b/constitution.tex index 217c9083ea4f4554f8ade778f4adc6a48ad9b3e1..b58e3c899f21aa75e864a0db3ecd4108706c21f9 100644 --- a/constitution.tex +++ b/constitution.tex @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ \usepackage{subfig} % make it possible to include more than one captioned figure/table in a single float % These packages are all incorporated in the memoir class to one degree or another... +\usepackage{soul} + %%% SECTION TITLE APPEARANCE \usepackage{sectsty} \allsectionsfont{\sffamily\mdseries\upshape} % (See the fntguide.pdf for font help) @@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ 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 Vice-President} + {\color{red}\item \st{Vice-President}} {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Vice-President \item The Social Vice-President} \item The Secretary @@ -167,12 +169,12 @@ 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 The Vice-President} + {\color{red}\item \st{The Vice-President}} {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Vice-President \item The Social Vice-President} \item The Secretary \item The Treasurer - {\color{red}\item Three Ordinary Committee Members} + {\color{red}\item \st{Three Ordinary Committee Members}} {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Officer \item The Social Officer \item Two Ordinary Committee Members} @@ -197,12 +199,12 @@ 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 The Vice-President} + {\color{red}\item \st{The Vice-President}} {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Vice-President \item The Social Vice-President} \item The Secretary \item The Treasurer - {\color{red}\item Three Ordinary Committee Members} + {\color{red}\item \st{Three Ordinary Committee Members}} {\color{ForestGreen}\item The Education Officer \item The Social Officer \item Two Ordinary Committee Members} @@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ 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}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 {\color{red}\st{one}} {\color{ForestGreen}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 @@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ 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}four} {\color{ForestGreen}five} members of the Committee at least {\color{red}two} {\color{ForestGreen}three} of which are members of the Executive. +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. \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: @@ -292,17 +294,17 @@ 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}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 {\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 generally carry out the policy of the Club \item generally carry out the instructions and decisions of the Committee \end{enumerate} -{\color{red} \subsection{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 Vice-President: +{\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 To assist in the President's duties; - \item 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 To generally carry out the instructions of the Committee. + \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} @@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ In addition to any other provisions set out elsewhere in this Constitution, or a \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}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 {\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 \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} @@ -397,7 +399,7 @@ 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}4} {\color{ForestGreen}five} Committee members, at least {\color{red}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 {\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.\\ \subsection{General Meeting Called by Ordinary Members} \begin{enumerate} @@ -421,7 +423,7 @@ 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}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{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.} \subsection{Voting} @@ -465,7 +467,7 @@ 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}five} {\color{ForestGreen}six} Committee members including at least {\color{red}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 {\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. \end{enumerate} \section{Policy}