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JOK Constitution
4 January 2004 - 20:49 GMT
- NAME The club shall be called Jesus Orienteering
Klubb. This may be abbreviated to J. O. K. .
- AIMS The club shall exist to further social and
sporting links between orienteers who have been students at
Oxford University.
- MEMBERSHIP Membership shall be available only to
matriculated members of Oxford University.
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COMMITTEE The club shall be run by a committee as
described in #4.1 below. The committee should meet not less
than 4 times per year.
- Composition: The committee shall consist of a
president, a secretary and a treasurer. Up to four
further members may be elected as committee members,
provided that the committee is not more than 10% of the
club.
- Elections: Members of the committee shall be
elected at the annual general meeting of the club.
Elections will be on a `first past the post' system. The
president, secretary and treasurer shall be elected first
in that order, with unsucessful candidates for one post
able to stand for a subsequent post: the remaining
committee members shall then be elected.
- Term of office: Members of the committee shall
hold office for one year. None of the posts of president,
secretary and treasurer may not be held by one person for
more than three successive years. If a committee member
is unable to complete his/her term of office the
committee may choose a successor to fill the post until
the next A.G.M..
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The club shall hold an annual general meeting. If a
petition for an extraordinary general meeting is presented
to the president bearing the signatures of more than 25% of
the membership or 25 members (whichever number is the
smaller), an extraordinary general meeting shall be held
within two months.
- Notice: One month's notice shall be given of
any general meeting.
- Changes to the Constitution: These may only be
made at a quorate general meeting, with notice having
been given of the change with notice of the meeting, and
then only if passed by a two-thirds majority at the
meeting.
- Quorum: The quorum for a general meeting shall
be 25% of the membership, or 30 members, whichever is the
smaller number.
