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10.3 Any Member wishing to keep a boat at the Club shall apply for consent to the Committee to do so, by
application to the Hon. Membership Secretary. The Committee shall have complete discretion in giving,
withholding or withdrawing such consent.
10.3.1 A boat berth fee determined from time to time in a General Meeting shall be paid annually in advance in
addition to the member’s individual subscription.
10.4 When consent for keeping a boat at the Club is given by the Committee, such consent is personal to that
particular member and is not transferable to another member on the sale of that boat.
10.5 A member ceasing to keep a boat at the Club, or exchanging one boat for another shall inform the Hon.
Membership Secretary and the Register of Members shall be amended accordingly.
10.6 When a boat is jointly owned it shall be deemed to be kept at the Club by one of its joint owners only, who
shall be so nominated in the application for consent.

11.0 OFFICERS and COMMITTEE
11.1 The Officers of the Club, in order of seniority, shall consist of:
 The Commodore )
 Vice Commodore ) all of whom are Flag Officers
 Rear Commodore )
 Hon. Secretary
 Hon. Treasurer
 Hon. Sailing Secretary
 Hon. Membership Secretary.
11.2 The Committee shall consist of the Officers and up to nine other adult members of the Club.
11.2.3 The Committee may appoint an Assistant Hon. Secretary who may, if not an elected member of the
Committee, attend committee meetings.
11.2.4 The Committee may appoint a Health and Safety Officer who may, if not an elected member of the
Committee, attend committee meetings.
11.3 The Officers and Committee members shall be elected at an Annual General Meeting and nominations for
election shall be in writing delivered to the Hon. Secretary seven clear days before the meeting. If however
no nomination for a vacancy has been received by the Hon. Secretary by the due date, nominations may be
called for by the Chairman at an Annual General Meeting. If for the election to an Office only one candidate,
or for election to the Committee no more candidates than will fill the vacancies be duly proposed and
seconded, then he or she shall forthwith be declared elected by the Chairman, otherwise elections shall be
by ballot. In an election for members of the Committee a person voting shall cast votes equal to the total
number of Committee members to be elected casting only one vote for each vacancy. Any ballot papers with
more or fewer votes than the number of vacancies shall be disregarded.
11.4 Elections to an office shall be for a period of:
 Commodore - two years
 Vice Commodore - two years
 Rear Commodore - no more than four years
 Other Officers - three years
 Committee Members - three years
unless the General Meeting shall have resolved immediately prior to making any election that it shall be for
a lesser period. After the Commodore has held office for two consecutive years he shall not be eligible for
election as a Flag Officer within two years nor shall the Vice Commodore be eligible for re-election as vice or
rear commodore, nor is the Rear Commodore eligible for re-election to the same post without a break of at
least one year. A Committee Member who has been elected as such for three years shall not be eligible for
re-election as a normal committee member without a break of at least one year.
11.5 A casual vacancy amongst the Officers or Committee may be filled by the remaining members of the
Committee in any way it thinks fit from the membership, notwithstanding the provisions of rule 11.4, until
the next Annual General Meeting. The period thus served shall not be counted as required by rule 11.4.

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