(b) A Special General Meeting shall be summoned on a requisition signed by not fewer than twenty Members, and be held as soon as practicable after the expiry of seven days from the date of receipt of such requisition by the Secretary on such a date and at such a time and venue as the Committee shall decide. Only propositions contained in such requisition shall be discussed and voted upon at such a meeting. (c) All voting at General Meetings (except where expressed otherwise elsewhere in these Rules) and at meetings of the Committee shall be by simple majority on a show of hands, and in the case of equality of voting the Chairman of the Meeting (who shall be the President, or in the absence of the President , the Vice President, or in the absence of both of them the most recent holder of the office of President present) shall have a second or casting vote. (d) The quorum for a General Meeting of the Club shall be twenty members entitled to vote. 19. (a) Members shall have at least seven days’ notice of a General Meeting and of the purposes for which such meeting is called, and in this respect publication of such notice on the Club website shall be deemed good and sufficient notice. (b) No proposition shall be voted on at the Annual General Meeting unless sufficient notice in writing of such proposition has been given to the Secretary to enable a copy of the same to be included in the notice convening such Meeting.
VI. MEMBERS IN DEFAULT
20. Any Member who shall have omitted to pay an annual subscription within six months after it has become due shall 20.1 be sent a notice requesting payment. No Member shall be allowed to vote at any General Meeting until that subscription has been paid; and 20.2 shall be liable (unless the Committee decides otherwise) to be struck off the list of Members, and shall only be eligible for re- election after payment of all arrears or such part thereof as the Committee shall decide.
VII. EXPENDITURE AND FUNDS
21. The Committee shall out of the income of the Club pay all proper administrative, overhead and other expenses of the operation and running of the Club and the management of its affairs. In addition, the Committee may make out of the Club’s income or capital such donations, grants or other payments towards, or for the purposes of, the objects referred to in Rule 3(a), (b) and (c) as they shall deem appropriate from time to time save that (except only with the prior authority of a resolution of at least two-thirds of Members present and voting at a General Meeting of the Club) in any one financial year of the Club such donations, grants or other payments shall not exceed an amount equivalent to 5% of the market value of the Club’s investments at the preceding 31 December as published in the Club’s Annual Accounts. Any member of the Committee may present to it a proposal for the making of any such donation, grant or other payment but no such member with a vested or special interest in the intended recipient of any such payment shall take part in any discussion by the Committee of such proposal or vote on the proposal. All such expenditure shall be included in the Annual Accounts presented for approval at the Annual General Meeting following the year of expenditure.
22. The general funds of the Club shall from time to time be invested as the Committee shall think fit.
VIII. ALTERATION OF THE RULES
23. Subject to Rule 19(b), these Rules may be added to, amended or replaced by resolution of a two-thirds majority of those present and voting at an Annual General Meeting.
IX. DISSOLUTION
24. If the Club Committee decides that it is necessary or advisable to dissolve the Club, it shall call a meeting of all Members of the Club, of which not less than 21 days’ notice (stating the terms of the resolution to be proposed) shall be given. If the proposal is confirmed by a two thirds majority of those present and voting, the Club Committee shall have power to realise any assets held by or on behalf of the Club. Any assets remaining after the satisfaction of any proper debts and liabilities shall be given or transferred to such other charitable institution or institutions having objects similar to the objects of the Club as the Members of the Club may determine, or failing that shall be applied for some other charitable purpose.
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