[SUCS Devel] site r650 - branches/sucs-site/static/About

[imranh at sucs.org]

Author: imranh
Date: 2015-03-14 11:00:07 +0000 (Sat, 14 Mar 2015)
New Revision: 650

Modified:
   branches/sucs-site/static/About/Constitution.txt
Log:
Updated the constiution in accordance with the 2015 AGM

Modified: branches/sucs-site/static/About/Constitution.txt
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--- branches/sucs-site/static/About/Constitution.txt	2015-03-05 12:32:00 UTC (rev 649)
+++ branches/sucs-site/static/About/Constitution.txt	2015-03-14 11:00:07 UTC (rev 650)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
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 <td>2.2.2</td>
-<td>Once a person has become an honorary member (s)he retains that membership unless it is terminated by the committee.</td>
+<td>Once a person has become an honorary member they retain that membership unless it is terminated by the committee.</td>
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 <td>2.2.3</td>
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@
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 <td>2.2.4</td>
-<td>Retiring committee members become honorary members of the society.</td>
+<td>Retiring committee members may become honorary members of the society, in accordance with 2.2.1.
+<style type="text/css"><!--
+p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; }
+--></style>
+</td>
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 <td>2.2.5</td>
@@ -138,8 +142,13 @@
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 <td>2.4.5</td>
 <td>The General Secretary must maintain a list of the alumnus
-members of the society.</td>
+members of the society.
+</td>
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+<tr valign="top">
+<td>2.5<br /></td>
+<td>All members are subject to the <a href="https://sucs.org/About/Conditions">Terms and Conditions</a>.<br /></td>
+</tr>
 </tbody>
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 <h2>3	Meetings</h2>
@@ -154,11 +163,11 @@
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 <td>3.1.2</td>
-<td>A members' meeting can be called at any time by the General Secretary or the Chairman/Chairwoman by giving at least 2 days' notice for an Emergency meeting* or at least 7 days' notice for any other meeting.</td>
+<td>A members' meeting can be called at any time by the General Secretary or the President by giving at least 2 days' notice for an Emergency meeting* or at least 7 days' notice for any other meeting.</td>
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 <td> </td>
-<td><em>* An Emergency meeting is a members' meeting which is called due to matters arising (and may have some urgency) and at which only one subject is on the Agendum.</em></td>
+<td><em>* An Emergency meeting is a members' meeting which is called due to matters arising (and may have some urgency) and at which only one subject is on the agendum.</em></td>
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 <td>3.1.3</td>
@@ -190,47 +199,47 @@
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 <td>4.1</td>
-<td>There shall be a Chairman/Chairwoman of the Society, who shall be the senior officer.</td>
+<td>There shall be a President of the Society, who shall be the senior officer.</td>
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 <td> </td>
-<td>The Chairman/Chairwoman shall be a deputy Treasurer and can deputise for and have and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the Treasurer in his/her absence.</td>
+<td>The President shall be a deputy Treasurer and can deputise for, have, and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the Treasurer in their absence.</td>
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 <td> </td>
-<td>The Chairman/Chairwoman shall be a deputy General Secretary and can deputise for and have and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the General Secretary in his/her absence.</td>
+<td>The President shall be a deputy General Secretary and can deputise for, have, and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the General Secretary in their absence.</td>
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 <td> </td>
-<td>The Chairman/Chairwoman shall be a deputy to all other committee members and can deputise for the absent committee member in his/her absence.</td>
+<td>The President shall be a deputy to all other committee members and can deputise for the absent committee member in his/her absence.</td>
 </tr>
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 <td>4.2</td>
-<td>There shall be a Treasurer of the Society, who shall have charge of, and be responsible for the financial administration of the society. The Treasurer shall have a duty to present accounts.</td>
+<td>There shall be a Treasurer of the Society, who shall be in charge of, and be responsible for the financial administration of the society. The Treasurer shall have a duty to present the financial accounts.</td>
 </tr>
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 <td> </td>
-<td>The Treasurer shall be the senior deputy Chairman/Chairwoman and can deputise for and have and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the Chairman/Chairwoman in his/her absence.</td>
+<td>The Treasurer shall be the senior deputy President and can deputise for, have, and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the President in their absence.</td>
 </tr>
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 <td> </td>
-<td>The Treasurer shall be a deputy General Secretary and can deputise for and have and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the General Secretary in his/her absence.</td>
+<td>The Treasurer shall be a deputy General Secretary and can deputise for, have, and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the General Secretary in their absence.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 <td>4.3</td>
-<td>There shall be a General Secretary of the Society, who shall have charge of, and be responsible for the administration of the society. (S)he is also responsible for the receipt of any petition from the members and should make efforts to represent the members' opinions on committee. (S)he is responsible for the membership lists.</td>
+<td>There shall be a General Secretary of the Society, who shall be in charge of, and be responsible for the administration of the society. They are also responsible for the receipt of any petition from the members and should make efforts to represent the members' opinions on committee. They are responsible for maintaining the membership lists.</td>
 </tr>
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 <td> </td>
-<td>The General Secretary shall be a deputy Chairman/Chairwoman and can deputise for and have and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the Chairman/Chairwoman in his/her absence.</td>
+<td>The General Secretary shall be a deputy President and can deputise for, have, and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the President in their absence.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 <td> </td>
-<td>The General Secretary shall be a deputy Treasurer and can deputise for and have and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the Treasurer in his/her absence.</td>
+<td>The General Secretary shall be a deputy Treasurer and can deputise for, have, and be entitled to exercise all the duties and powers of the Treasurer in their absence.</td>
 </tr>
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 <td>4.4</td>
-<td>The Chairman/Chairwoman, Treasurer and General Secretary shall form the executive of the society.</td>
+<td>The President, Treasurer, and General Secretary shall form the executive of the society.</td>
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 <td>4.5</td>
@@ -280,7 +289,7 @@
 </tr>
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 <td>(ii)</td>
-<td>The returning officer shall be the General Secretary or one of his/her deputies unless (i) disallows this, in which case a returning officer shall be appointed by the committee.</td>
+<td>The returning officer shall be the General Secretary or one of their deputies unless (i) disallows this, in which case a returning officer shall be appointed by the committee.</td>
 </tr>
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 <td>(iii)</td>
@@ -288,11 +297,11 @@
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 <td>(iv)</td>
-<td>The returning officer shall ensure fair play in any election; (s)he shall have the duty of enforcing the election rules and his/her decisions are final.</td>
+<td>The returning officer shall ensure fair play in any election; they shall have the duty of enforcing the election rules and their decisions are final.</td>
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 <td>(v)</td>
-<td>The returning officer may at his/her discretion disqualify a candidate or call another election in the event of breach of rules or activities that may make the election unfair.</td>
+<td>The returning officer may at their discretion disqualify a candidate or call another election in the event of breach of rules or activities that may make the election unfair.</td>
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 <td>(vi)</td>
@@ -311,23 +320,23 @@
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 <td>(iii)</td>
-<td>Candidates for executive posts must be student members at the time nominations for elections open, and must have been student members for a period of at least 14 consecutive days before nominations opened.</td>
+<td>Candidates for committee posts must be student members at the time nominations for elections open, and must have been student members for a period of at least 14 consecutive days before nominations opened.</td>
 </tr>
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 <td>(iv)</td>
-<td>For the purposes the election, Student members who have been a member for 14 days prior to the voting are entitled to vote.</td>
+<td>For the purposes of the election, Student members who have been a member for a period of at least 14 consecutive days prior to the elections opening are entitled to vote.</td>
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 <td>(v)</td>
-<td>Candidates for executive posts must have a reasonable expectation of being eligible for student membership of the Society for the entire duration of their term, should they be elected. In cases of doubt, the decision is at the sole discretion of the Returning Officer.</td>
+<td>Candidates for committee posts must have a reasonable expectation of being eligible for student membership of the Society for the entire duration of their term, should they be elected. In cases of doubt, the decision is at the sole discretion of the Returning Officer.</td>
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 <td>(vi)</td>
-<td>Each candidate may oversee (or nominate a representative to oversee) the counting of votes cast in an election in which (s)he is a candidate.</td>
+<td>Each candidate may oversee (or nominate a representative to oversee) the counting of votes cast in an election in which they are a candidate.</td>
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 <td>(vii)</td>
-<td>A member unable to vote at the required time may cast his/her vote by naming his/her preferred candidate in a written note to the returning officer which must be signed by the voter in the presence of the returning officer.</td>
+<td>A member unable to vote at the required time may cast their vote by naming their preferred candidate in a written note to the returning officer which must be signed by the voter in the presence of the returning officer.</td>
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 <td>(viii)</td>