9. A Secretary shall be appointed by the Committee for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions as the Committee may think fit and such Secretary shall normally attend all meetings of the Committee. The appointment of the Secretary may be terminated by the Committee with just cause or by mutual agreement.
III. TRUSTEES
10. Trustees, who shall not be less than two nor more than four in number, shall be appointed from time to time as necessary by the members of the Club in General Meeting, having been nominated by the Committee. A Trustee, once appointed, shall hold office until such time as he shall retire, cease to be eligible or be removed from office by a resolution passed by a two thirds majority of those present and voting at a properly constituted General Meeting of the Club. On the death, resignation, removal from office or failure of any General Meeting to appoint a Trustee, the Committee shall as soon as practicable thereafter take all lawful steps to secure the appointment by the Club of a new Trustee instead. 11. The Committee shall have the power to take out such insurance as they deem appropriate to protect the assets of the Club against claims made in respect of action taken or action not taken by any Officer of the Club, Trustee or Committee Member acting in good faith on behalf of the Club. The Committee will direct the Trustees from time to time as necessary and will appoint all professional advisers from time to time as appropriate. 12. All land owned by the Club shall be vested in the names of the Trustees for the time being in trust for the use and benefit of the Club as a whole. The Trustees shall at all times and in all respects act in regard thereto and shall have the power to sell, pledge, lease, mortgage or otherwise alienate the same, in accordance with the directions of the Committee but no purchaser, lessee, mortgagee or other successor in title shall be concerned to enquire whether any such direction has been given. All other assets of the Club shall be held in the names of the Trustees for the time being or in the name of a nominee for the Trustees in the case of securities dealt with through the London Stock Exchange in respect of which the Trustees have the power to buy and sell securities for and on behalf of the Club as they in their joint discretion think fit. The Club shall operate a bank account with Barclays Bank PLC or such other clearing bank as the Committee shall decide. Those authorised to sign cheques shall be the Officers of the Club and the Secretary for the time being and the bank mandate shall provide for any two of those to sign cheques for £2,000 and above and for any one of those to sign cheques for less than £2,000; the similar mandate shall apply to authorise any electronic withdrawals from the accounts of the Club. 13. The Trustees shall, on the direction of the Committee, represent the Club in any dispute whether settled by litigation or any form of alternative dispute resolution and shall be entitled to an indemnity out of the assets of the Club in respect of any action taken by them on the direction of the said Committee. 14. Categories of Membership and their subscriptions shall be as follows: (a) LIFE MEMBERS: persons who left Dulwich College after 1985 whose life subscription has been collected through the composite termly school fee or Ordinary Members who have paid such single amount as the Committee shall from time to time determine. (b) ORDINARY MEMBERS: persons other than Life Members who shall pay annually such amount by way of subscription as the Committee shall from time to time determine. (c) Teaching and non-teaching members of the staff of Dulwich College, provided they have completed twenty years’ service as such or are taking their retirement after fifteen years’ service as such, shall be eligible for election as HONORARY STAFF MEMBERS . In addition any person who is not a former pupil of Dulwich College who shall have done such work or acts of so distinguished a nature as to advance the name of the School shall be eligible for election as an HONORARY MEMBER . Honorary Staff Members and Honorary Members shall pay no subscription and shall have no vote at a General Meeting. IV. MEMBERSHIP AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
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