I) The members present at a meeting may resolve that the meeting shall be adjourned.

II) The person who is chairing the meeting must decide the date and place at which meeting is to be reconvened unless those details are specified in the resolution.

III) No business shall be conducted at an adjourned meeting unless it could properly have been conducted at the meeting had the adjournment not taken place

IV) If a meeting is adjourned by a resolution of the members for more than seven days, at least seven clear days notice shall be given of the reconvened meeting stating the date and place of the meeting.

I) Each member shall have one vote but if there is an equality of votes, the person who is chairing meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to any other vote he or she may have.

II) A resolution in writing signed by each member (or in the case of a member that is an organisation, by its authorised representative) who have been entitled to vote upon it had it been proposed at a general meeting shall be effective. It may comprise several copies each signed by or on behalf of one or more members.

I) Any organisation that is a member of the Charity may nominate any person to act as its representative at any meeting of the Charity.

II) The organisation must give written notice to the charity of the name of its representative. The nominee shall not be entitled to represent the organisation at any meeting unless the notice has been received by the Charity. The nominee may continue to represent the organisation until written notice to the contrary is received by the Charity.

III) Any notice given to the Charity will be conclusive evidence that the nominee is entitled to represent the organisation or that his or her authority has been revoked. The Charity shall not be required to consider whether the nominee has been properly appointed by the organisation.

I) The Charity and its property shall be managed and administered by a committee comprising the Officer and other members elected in accordance with this constitution. The Officers and other members of the committee shall be the trustees of the Charity and in this constitution are together called “the Trustee.”

II) The Charity shall have the following Officers:

A chair

A secretary

A treasurer

III) A trustee must be a member of the Charity or the nominated representative of an organisation that is a member of the Charity.

IV) No one may be appointed a Trustee if he or she would be disqualified from acting under the provisions of Clause 19.

V) The number of Trustees shall not be less than three but (unless otherwise determined by a resolution of the Charity in a general meeting) shall not be subject to any maximum.

VI) The first Trustees (including Officers) shall be those persons elected as Trustees and Officers at the meeting at which this constitution is adopted.
VII) A trustee may not appoint anyone to act on his or behalf at meetings of the Trustees.

I) The Charity in general meeting shall elect the Officers and the other Trustees.

II) The Trustees may appoint any person who is willing to act as a trustee, subject to paragraph 5(b) of this clause, they may also appoint Trustees to act as officers.

III) Each of the Trustees shall retire with effect from the conclusion of the annual general meeting next after his or her appointment but shall be eligible for re-election at that general meeting.