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- These are the proposed changes that
will be put to a special meeting sometime in May
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Constitution Changes
for discussion. To be adopted at a special General Meeting in
May 2011, with 21 days notice.
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Clause 2.
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Delete “under the
guidance of” and insert “under the General Licence issued
by”......the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NSW).
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Clause 8.
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Delete the last sentence
“Until otherwise decided, the fee will be $10.”
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Additional paragraph
to Clause 10.
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A register will be
maintained of “Disclosures of Interests” by members of the
Management Committee of matters in which the member has a direct
or indirect interest in a matter being considered at a Committee
meeting or an interest which appears to raise a conflict with
the performance of the committee member’s duty.
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New Clause 11
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Delete the entire current
clause and replace with a new Clause 11.
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Office Bearers. The
Management Committee will consist of the office-bearers of
President, Secretary and Treasurer together with four other
members all of whom must be current financial members of the
Association. The office-bearers and the Management Committee
will be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. A
committee member may hold up to 2 offices other than both the
positions of president and vice-president.
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A casual vacancy of an
office-bearer or committee member may be filled by the
Management Committee and the person so appointed shall hold
office until the next Annual Meeting.
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Nomination of a candidate
for office-bearer or committee member must either be i) in
writing, signed by two members and accompanied by the written
consent of the candidate and ii) additionally, at an Annual
General meeting, may also be through nomination by two members
from the floor of the meeting supported by the consent either
verbally or in writing of the candidate.
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Additional paragraph
Clause 12. j)
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A committee member found
to have made dishonest use of information or dishonestly gained
advantage to self or detriment to the Association in terms of
clause 32 and 33 of the Associations Incorporation Act 2009.
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New Clause 14.
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Delete the entire current
clause and replace with a new Clause 14.
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Notice of Meetings of
Members
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(1) Except if the nature
of the business proposed to be dealt with at a general meeting
requires a special resolution of the association, the secretary
must, at least 14 days before the date fixed for the holding of
the general meeting, give a notice to each member specifying the
place, date and time of the meeting and the nature of the
business proposed to be transacted at the meeting.
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(2) If the nature of the
business proposed to be dealt with at a general meeting requires
a special resolution of the association, the secretary must, at
least 21 days before the date fixed for the holding of the
general meeting, cause notice to be given to each member
specifying, in addition to the matter required under subclause
(1), the intention to propose the resolution as a special
resolution.
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(3) No business other
than that specified in the notice convening a general meeting is
to be transacted at the meeting except, in the case of an annual
general meeting, business which may be transacted under clause
16.
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(4) A member desiring to
bring any business before a general meeting may give notice in
writing of that business to the secretary who must include that
business in the next notice calling a general meeting given
after receipt of the notice from the member.
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(5) For the purpose of
this constitution, a notice may be served on or given to a
person:
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(a) by delivering it to
the person personally, or
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(b) by sending it by
pre-paid post to the address of the person, or
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(c) by sending it by
facsimile transmission or some other form of electronic
transmission to an address specified by the person for giving or
serving the notice.
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(6) For the purpose of
this constitution, a notice is taken, unless the contrary is
proved, to have been given or served:
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(a) in the case of a
notice given or served personally, on the date on which it is
received by the addressee, and
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(b) in the case of a
notice sent by pre-paid post, on the date when it would have
been delivered in the ordinary course of post, and
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(c) in the case of a
notice sent by facsimile transmission or some other form of
electronic transmission, on the date it was sent or, if the
machine from which the transmission was sent produces a report
indicating that the notice was sent on a later date, on that
date.
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New Clause 15.
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Delete the entire current
clause and replace with a new Clause 15.
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Financial Year. The
financial year will be twelve months ended 30th
June each year.
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New Clause 16.
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Delete the entire current
clause and replace with a new Clause 16.
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Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting will be held between the 1st
July and the 31st
December of each year, at which the Annual Report and Financial
Statements will be presented and election of office bearers and
committee members will take place.
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Clause 18.
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The present clause to be
retained other than the quorum of the Management Committee which
is four instead of two.
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New Clause 21.
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Delete the entire current
clause and replace with a new Clause 21.
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Common Seal. A common
seal shall not be required. Documents may be executed on behalf
of the Association by two members of the Management Committee
appointed to do so by a resolution of that Committee.
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Present Clause 25.
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Winding up to be
re-numbered Clause 26.
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New Clause 25.
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Resolution of disputes
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(1) A dispute between a
member and another member (in their capacity as members) of the
association, or a dispute between a member or members and the
association, are to be referred to a community justice centre
for mediation under the
Community Justice
Centres Act 1983.
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(2) If a dispute is not
resolved by mediation within 3 months of the referral to a
community justice centre, the dispute is to be referred to
arbitration.
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(3) The
Commercial Arbitration
Act 1984
applies to any such dispute referred to arbitration.
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Policies
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First sentence to read
“It is the ultimate objective of the Northern Tablelands
Wildlife Carers Inc to rehabilitate sick, injured or orphaned
native wildlife and release them back into the wild.”
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