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14.2 Conduct of General Meetings
14.2.1 The Chairman at any General Meeting shall be the Senior Officer present and if no officer be present the
members with voting rights shall choose one of them to be Chairman of the Meeting. Seniority for the
purposes of these rules shall be in the order as ranked in rule 11.1.
14.2.2 At General Meetings of the Club every member with voting rights shall be entitled to one vote and in the
case of equality of votes the Chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.
14.2.3 The meeting prior to discussion on a resolution may agree that the vote on that resolution shall be deferred
to a postal or electronic ballot, either secret or not.
14.2.4 No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum of voting members is present.
Twelve voting members personally present shall be a quorum.
14.2.5 Except for the purpose of altering the rules of the Club in accordance with rule 24, a resolution at a General
Meeting shall be carried or not by a simple majority of those present and voting. The Chairman will declare
that the resolution has been carried or not and this shall be binding.
14.2.6 An audio recording of any General Meeting may be made and made accessible on-line to members.
14.3 Annual General Meeting
14.3.1 An Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be held in October or November annually for the following
purposes:
a) To receive from the Committee a report on the previous Club year ending the previous
st
31 October.
b) To receive from the Hon. Treasurer a Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure Account for the
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previous financial year ending the previous 30 June, reviewed by a qualified accountant or other
suitable person (described as the Hon. Accountant) who shall not be a member of the Committee.
c) To elect the Officers, Committee, Hon. Accountant and any additional Honorary Life Members.
d) To make recommendations to the Committee concerning the Trophies and other races and
programme for the ensuing season.
e) To transact any other business brought forward by the Committee or of which notice in
writing shall have been given by a member to the Honorary Secretary not less than ten clear days
before the meeting
f) To transact any other business at the discretion of the Chairman.
14.4 Extraordinary General Meeting
14.4.1 An Extraordinary General Meeting may be convened by the Committee whenever it thinks fit. Not less than
21 days’ notice shall be given for an Extraordinary General Meeting to members entitled to receive such
notices by the Hon. Secretary and shall state the specific business to be transacted.
14.4.2 An Extraordinary General Meeting shall be convened by the Committee within 60 days of receipt by the Hon.
Secretary of a requisition in writing which must have been signed in the same document by not less than ten
members with voting rights and must state the specific business for which it is required, or within 60 days of
receipt by the Hon. Secretary of an appeal under rule 9.2.

15.0 TRUSTEES
15.1 All Club property (other than freehold or leasehold property) shall be vested in the Flag Officers for the time
being as Trustees of the Club.
15.2 The freehold or leasehold property of the Club shall be vested in not more than four Trustees who shall be
appointed by the Committee and such property of the Club shall be vested in them to be dealt with by them
as the Committee may direct by resolution (of which an entry in the Minute Book shall be conclusive
evidence). The Trustees shall hold office until death or resignation or until removal from office by a
resolution of the Committee who may for any reason which it may seem fit sufficient to a majority of them
present and voting at any meeting remove any Trustee or Trustees from office of Trustee. Where by reason
of death, resignation or removal it is necessary that a new Trustee or Trustees be appointed, the Committee
shall nominate the person or persons to be appointed the new Trustee or Trustees. For the purpose of giving
effect to such nomination the Commodore of the Club is hereby nominated as the person to appoint the
new Trustee or Trustees of the Club within the meaning of Section 36 of the Trustee Act 1925 and he shall by
deed duly appoint the person or persons so nominated by the Committee as the new Trustee or Trustees of

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