HW3 Meetings

A The Annual General Meeting (AGM) shall be held in October each year. The business of the meeting shall include the election of officers and the Management Committee for the ensuing year, the receipt and adoption if approved, of the secretary's report and the financial statement for the year ending September 30. Voting shall take place on any proposed new rule(s) and rule amendment(s).

B General Committee and Management meetings shall be held from time to time, as required, on giving of due notice by the secretary. Decisions made by the Management shall be subject to the approval of the General Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

C At all meetings votes shall be given personally by the club representatives, indicated by a show of hands and the result of the voting shall be determined by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast.

D Minutes of all meetings shall be circulated to club contacts.

E Deputy representatives may attend meetings of the General Committee, but in the event of a club not being represented if shall be fined £25 (agm) or £10 for all other meetings.

HW4 Membership and subscriptions

A All clubs entering the competition shall pay and annual subscription of $20 to be sent to reach the Treasurer by March 31, each year (see rule CC2). Any club which fails to pay by the due date shall be fined £5, and failure to pay by the date of the first round shall result in expulsion from the competition.

B Written notice of any withdrawal from the competition, and any application for entry from a prospective side, shall be sent to reach the secretary by September 21, in respect of the following season.

C Any club withdrawing without proper notice shall be fined £30, and be required to make application for re-admission. A sum of £25 plus the umpires fees shall also be payable by the offending club to its opponents by way of compensation, if such a withdrawal has taken place after the initial draws have been made.