Club Mebmership
Membership types
Ordinary
- Membership of this club shall be open to;
- Owners of cars, trucks, motor bikes and tractors;
- Membership commences at time of sign up and concludes 12 months after the date the membership commences.
- Subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting,the club may chose to charge a membership fee or offer free
- membership.
Honorary Life Membership
Members of the club may decide to grant Honorary Life Membership to any person or persons who members agree have made an outstanding contribution to the club.
Honorary Life Members shall be elected by a vote of two-thirds majority of financial members present at any Annual General Meeting or General Meeting.
Honorary Life Members will not be required to pay annual membership fees.
Patron
Members of the club may appoint a Patron, being a person who has played, or is playing a significant role in an area of relevance to the club’s aims and objectives.
The Patron shall be elected by a vote of two-thirds majority of financial members present at any Annual General Meeting or General Meeting of the club.
The Patron will not be required to pay annual membership fees and shall serve a term determined at an Annual General Meeting or General Meeting of the club. The Patron can resign at any time.
The Patron shall be given all the privileges of club membership, excepting the right to vote at club meetings, unless they are also a financial member of the club.
Membership fees
Fees for membership of the DMD Auto Clubshall be determined annually at the Annual General Meeting and shall.
A financial member at any material time is a member who has paid membership in the current financial year.
Termination of membership
A member may resign from the club by giving written notice of resignation to the secretary.
The resignation takes effect on –
The day and at the time the notice is received;
If a later date is stated in the notice – the later date.
The committee may terminate a member’s membership if the member
Is convicted of an indictable offence;
Does not comply with any of the provisions of these rules;
Has membership fees in arrears for at least 2 months; or
Conducts himself or herself in a way considered to be injurious or prejudicial to the character or interests of the club.
Before the committee terminates a member’s membership, the committee must give the member a full and fair opportunity to show why the membership should not be terminated.
If after considering all representations made by the member, the committee decides to terminate the membership, the secretary of the committee must give the member a written notice of the decision.
Membership records
The Secretary in conjunction with the Treasurer, shall maintain a current record of members, which shall include:
Names and addresses of all members of the club;
Dates of payment of membership fee, including receipt number;
Particulars of any resignations or other terminations of membership;
Vehicle registration numbers of all current DMD Auto Clubmembers.
The Secretary shall ensure the register of members is available at all Annual General Meetings, Special General Meetings, General Meetings and Executive Meetings of the club.
The Secretary shall make the register available for inspection at all reasonable times to any member of the club and any authorised officer of Campus Life.
