LEICESTER RADIO SOCIETY

     Affiliated to the R S G B

  Rules - September 1957, amended January 1971 - December 1982 - January 1985 - January 1988- January 1990 - June 1992 - January 2001 – February 2010

1.            The Society shall be called the Leicester Radio Society

2.            The objects of the Society shall be to promote the knowledge and practice of

Amateur Radio, Computing and kindred subjects.

3.            The Society shall have a committee consisting of the following officers:-

(a)    The Chairman

(b)    The Vice Chairman

(c)    The Secretary

(d)    The Treasurer

(e)    The Assistant Secretary

         and 4 (four) members

4.           The President and Vice President will not hold any other position.

(a)    They will hold office for 3 (three) years with a one year overlap to provide continuity

(b)    The positions are free of club fees.

5.           The duties of the committee shall be as follows: -

(a)    The Chairman shall take the chair at meetings

(b)    The Secretary shall keep all members informed of the forthcoming activities of

         the society, and keep minuets of the business at each Annual and Special General

         Meeting and at meetings of the committee. Such minutes shall be read and

         signed at the next Annual or Special General Meeting.

(c)    The Treasurer shall keep a proper record of the accounts and report on them at

         the Annual General Meeting. The Treasurer shall receive all monies and pay all

         accounts on the orders of the committee and, when required, surrender the same

         to the committee.

(d)    The Assistant Secretary will assist the Secretary, plus duties as contest manager

(e)    The committee shall be responsible for planning the activities of the Society

         bearing in mind its objects and shall meet under the chairmanship of the

         Chairman not less that every 6 (six) weeks throughout the period of October 1 st -

         June 1 st. Four members of the committee shall be a quorum at the committee

         meeting.

6.           Powers of the committee:-

(a)   The committee shall consider every application for membership and shall admit

        or refuse any application as they think fit.

(b)    The committee shall be entitled to expend the Society's monies, in the

         furtherance of the objects of the Society, and for this purpose, purchase

         equipment, hire accommodation or sell equipment as they think fit provided that

         no equipment shall be sold for any price without first being offered for sale at an

         Ordinary General Meeting, and no higher price being offered. The committee

         shall see that one of its members keeps a register of equipment belonging to the

         society, such register to be available for inspection by any member of the Society

         at any reasonable time,

(c)    The committee shall decide the venue of the meetings, but any changes of venue

         shall be notified to members in advance.

7.           Membership:-

(a)    Any person interested in Amateur Radio, Computing and kindred subjects shall

         be eligible for membership, but membership shall not be granted except after

         consideration of application for membership by the committee at a committee

         meeting.

(b)    No person other that a fully paid up member may vote at any Annual General

        Meeting, Extraordinary General Meeting or Quarterly Meeting of the society.

(c)    Any person may attend a club meeting other than an Annual General Meeting,

         Extraordinary General Meeting or Quarterly meeting as a visitor not more than

         twice in one year.

8.           Meetings-

(a)    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (A. G. M.)

(1)    The A. G. M. shall be held on a Monday in January. The Secretary shall give 

         members 14 (fourteen) clear days notice of the A, G. M.

(2)    The Officers and committee members of the Society shall be elected at the

         A. G. M. by vote of fully paid up members only. They shall take office

         immediately on election and retain office until the next A. G, M.

(b)    EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING (E. G. M.)

(1)    A group of not less that 6 (six) members may submit a request to a committee

         through the Secretary, that an E. G. M. be held. such request shall state the

         reason for holding such a meeting and put forward a date for the meeting, and the

         Secretary shall give members 14 (fourteen) days notice of the motion and place

         and date of the meeting.

(2)    An E. G, M. may also be called by the committee where it is desired to change the

         rules of the Society or whenever the committee shall consider that a matter of

         sufficient importance has arisen to warrant calling such a meeting.

9.           Financial Year and Subscription

(a)    The Financial Year of the Society shall run from January 1 st to December 31 st.

(b)    The membership fee for the forthcoming year shall be decided at the Annual

         General Meeting by a majority vote of members fully paid up at December 31 st

         the previous year. The proposition shall be presented and voted on immediately

         after the Treasurer's report,

(c)     The membership fee shall be payable either in I (one) payment on January, or 2

          (two) installments of half, one to be paid in January, the other half to be paid in

           July,

(d)      Life membership shall be granted for a fee of 10 (ten) times the current annual

           fee.

(e)      Members who at the Annual General Meeting are

(1)      Under 17 (seventeen) years old, or

(2)      Undergoing full time education, or

(3)      Unemployed and holders of a valid UB40, or

(4)      Over 60 (sixty) years old, or

(5)      Considered by the committee to have good reason,

           shall pay one half the current membership fee.

(f)       Each member of a family group shall be granted a 15 (fifteen) percent reduction

           of their subscription fee in addition to points (1) to (5) above.

(g)      Any person admitted to membership between January 1 st and December 31 st

           Shall pay a proportion of the full fee, equal to the portion of the year’s  remaining

           from the date of acceptance of application for membership.

10.          In the event of the collapse of the Society in the distant future, the total assets are

        to be donated to charity.