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    99<h2>1  Aims And Objectives Of The Society</h2> 
    10 <p> 
    1110<table border="0"> 
    1211<tr><td>1.1</td><td>To help further the education of the members.</td></tr> 
    … …  
    1413<tr><td>1.3</td><td>To have fun</td></tr> 
    1514</table> 
    16 </p> 
    1715 
    1816<h2>2   Membership</h2> 
    1917 
    20 <p> 
    21 2.1     Membership is divided into:<br/> 
    22 <br/> 
     18<table border="0"> 
     19<tr valign="top"><td>2.1</td><td>Membership is divided into:<br/> 
    2320<table border="0"> 
    2421<tr><td>(i)</td><td>Honorary members</td></tr> 
    2522<tr><td>(ii)</td><td>Student members</td></tr> 
    26 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>The term <i>members</i> shall denote both (i) and (ii) unless otherwise indicated.</td></tr> 
    2723</table> 
    28 </p> 
    29 <p> 
     24The term <i>members</i> shall denote both (i) and (ii) unless otherwise indicated.</td></tr> 
    3025 
    31 <table border="0"> 
    3226<tr><th>2.2</th><th align="left">Honorary Membership</th></tr> 
    33  
    3427<tr valign="top"><td>2.2.1</td><td>Any person can become an honorary member, at the discretion of the committee.</td></tr> 
    3528<tr valign="top"><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></tr> 
    … …  
    3730<tr valign="top"><td>2.2.4</td><td>Retiring committee members become honorary members of the society.</td></tr> 
    3831<tr valign="top"><td>2.2.5</td><td>The General Secretary must maintain a list of the honorary members of the society.</td></tr> 
    39 </table> 
    40 </p> 
    4132 
    42 <p> 
    43 <table border="0"> 
    4433<tr><th>2.3</th><th align="left">Student Membership</th></tr> 
    45  
    4634<tr valign="top"><td>2.3.1</td><td>This society is open to all members of Swansea University Students Union.</td></tr> 
    4735<tr valign="top"><td>2.3.2</td><td>Student members have voting rights, to elect an executive (yearly) and to vote at a members' meeting.</td></tr> 
    … …  
    5240<tr valign="top"><td>2.3.7</td><td>If a student member's status changes without notification to the committee, the membership will default to honorary.</td></tr> 
    5341<tr valign="top"><td>2.3.8</td><td>The change of status from student to honorary membership by the committee must be notified in writing to the member before the change occurs.</td></tr> 
     42</table> 
    5443 
    55 </table> 
    56 </p> 
    57  
    58 <p> 
    5944<h2>3   Meetings</h2> 
    6045 
    6146<table border="0"> 
    6247<tr><th>3.1</th><th align="left">Members' meetings</th></tr> 
    63  
    6448<tr valign="top"><td>3.1.1</td><td>There shall be at least 1 members' meeting a year.</td></tr> 
    6549<tr valign="top"><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></tr> 
    66  
    6750<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</td><td><i>* 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.</i></td></tr> 
    68  
    69 <tr valign="top"><td>3.1.3</td><td>The General Secretary MUST call a members' meeting to be held 7 days (or nearest available day thereafter) after receipt of a petition from a member. Such a petition can not be electronic and MUST be signed by at least 
    70 1/3 of the student membership.</td></tr> 
    71  
     51<tr valign="top"><td>3.1.3</td><td>The General Secretary MUST call a members' meeting to be held 7 days (or nearest available day thereafter) after receipt of a petition from a member. Such a petition can not be electronic and MUST be signed by at least 1/3 of the student membership.</td></tr> 
    7252<tr valign="top"><td>3.1.4</td><td>In a general meeting, 10% of student members must be present, and 2/3 must vote for an amendment to the constitution for it to be passed.</td></tr> 
    7353 
    74 </table> 
    75 </p> 
    76  
    77 <p> 
    78 <table border="0"> 
    7954<tr><th>3.2</th><th align="left">Committee meetings</th></tr> 
    80  
    8155<tr valign="top"><td>3.2.1</td><td>There shall be at least 1 committee meeting each term.</td></tr> 
    8256<tr valign="top"><td>3.2.2</td><td>A committee meeting can be called at any time by any committee member provided a reasonable attempt is made to inform committee members of the meeting.</td></tr> 
    8357</table> 
    84 </p> 
    8558 
    8659<h2>4   Executive Officers Of The Society</h2> 
    87 <p> 
    8860<table border="0"> 
    8961<tr valign="top"><td>4.1</td><td>There shall be a Chairman/Chairwoman of the Society, who shall be the senior officer.</td></tr> 
    90  
    9162<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</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></tr> 
    92  
    9363<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</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></tr> 
    94  
    9564<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</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></tr> 
    96  
    9765<tr valign="top"><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></tr> 
    98  
    9966<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</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></tr> 
    100  
    10167<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</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></tr> 
    102  
    103 <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 
    104 make efforts to represent the members' opinions on committee. (S)he is responsible for the membership lists.</td></tr> 
    105  
     68<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></tr> 
    10669<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</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></tr> 
    107  
    10870<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</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></tr> 
    109  
    11071<tr valign="top"><td>4.4</td><td>The Chairman/Chairwoman, Treasurer and General Secretary shall form the executive of the society.</td></tr> 
    11172</table> 
    112 </p> 
    11373 
    114 <p> 
    11574<h2>5   Committee And Officers Of The Society</h2> 
    11675 
    11776<table border="0"> 
    11877<tr valign="top"><td>5.1</td><td>The committee of the society shall consist of the three executive officers (above) and any other officers that may be necessary.</td></tr> 
    119  
    12078<tr valign="top"><td>5.2</td><td>The committee can decide to allocate whatever duties and privileges that it sees fit to society members.</td></tr> 
    12179</table> 
    122 </p> 
    12380 
    124 <p> 
    12581<h2>6   Elections &amp; Co-opting Of Officers of the Society</h2> 
    12682 
    12783<table border="0"> 
    128 <tr valign="top"><td>6.1</td><td>Any member can be co-opted by the committee to any non-executive post of the society. Any such post shall be subject to ratification at the next members' meeting, unless the post is a post requiring technical competence; 
    129 in which case no ratification is required.</td></tr> 
    130  
    131 <tr valign="top"><td>6.2</td><td>The executive have the right of veto over the election of an officer to a technical post, if the executive believe the elected officer does not posses the competence or would not have the confidence of the executive. 
    132 </td></tr> 
    133  
     84<tr valign="top"><td>6.1</td><td>Any member can be co-opted by the committee to any non-executive post of the society. Any such post shall be subject to ratification at the next members' meeting, unless the post is a post requiring technical competence; in which case no ratification is required.</td></tr> 
     85<tr valign="top"><td>6.2</td><td>The executive have the right of veto over the election of an officer to a technical post, if the executive believe the elected officer does not posses the competence or would not have the confidence of the executive.</td></tr> 
    13486<tr valign="top"><td>6.3</td><td>The returning officer has a duty to make a reasonable attempt to avoid an incidence of 6.2 by informing a prospective candidate (who would cause an incidence of 6.2) of clause 6.2 and its consequences.</td></tr> 
    13587</table> 
    136 </p> 
    13788 
    138 <p> 
    13989<h3>6.4 Election Rules</h3> 
    14090 
    14191<table border="0"> 
    14292<tr><th>6.4.1</th><th align="left">Returning Officer</th></tr> 
     93<tr valign="top"><td>(i)</td><td>The returning officer MUST NOT be any person standing for election or re-election.</td></tr> 
     94<tr valign="top"><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></tr> 
     95<tr valign="top"><td>(iii)</td><td>The returning officer MUST at all times act with impartiality and must not publicly declare a preference for any candidate.</td></tr> 
     96<tr valign="top"><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></tr> 
     97<tr valign="top"><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></tr> 
     98<tr valign="top"><td>(vi)</td><td>Complaints against the returning officer must be made to the committee who may call a new election or disregard the complaint.</td></tr> 
    14399 
    144 <tr valign="top"><td>(i)</td><td>The returning officer MUST NOT be any person standing for election or re-election.</td></tr> 
    145  
    146 <tr valign="top"><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></tr> 
    147  
    148 <tr valign="top"><td>(iii)</td><td>The returning officer MUST at all times act with impartiality and must not publicly declare a preference for any candidate.</td></tr> 
    149  
    150 <tr valign="top"><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></tr> 
    151  
    152 <tr valign="top"><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></tr> 
    153  
    154 <tr valign="top"><td>(vi)</td><td>Complaints against the returning officer must be made to the committee who may call a new election or disregard the complaint.</td></tr> 
     100<tr><th>6.4.2</th><th align="left">Election Procedure</th></tr> 
     101<tr valign="top"><td>(i)</td><td>Each candidate for election must have a proposer and a seconder, other than themselves.</td></tr> 
     102<tr valign="top"><td>(ii)</td><td>Both proposer and seconder must be student members before nominations for elections open.</td></tr> 
     103<tr valign="top"><td>(iii)</td><td>candidates for executive posts must be student members before nominations for elections open.</td></tr> 
     104<tr valign="top"><td>(iv)</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></tr> 
     105<tr valign="top"><td>(v)</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></tr> 
     106<tr valign="top"><td>(vi)</td><td>There shall be at least 2 days between close of nominations and the start of the election.</td></tr> 
     107<tr valign="top"><td>(vii)</td><td>Nominations may be received by the returning officer immediately after the elections are announced (this is the opening date) up to and including the closing date for nominations. The closing date for nominations cannot be less than 7 days after the opening date for nominations.</td></tr> 
    155108</table> 
    156  
    157 <table border="0"> 
    158 <tr><th>6.4.2</th><th align="left">Election Procedure</th></tr> 
    159  
    160 <tr valign="top"><td>(i)</td><td>Each candidate for election must have a proposer and a seconder, other than themselves.</td></tr> 
    161  
    162 <tr valign="top"><td>(ii)</td><td>Both proposer and seconder must be student members before nominations for elections open.</td></tr> 
    163  
    164 <tr valign="top"><td>(iii)</td><td>candidates for executive posts must be student members before nominations for elections open.</td></tr> 
    165  
    166 <tr valign="top"><td>(iv)</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></tr> 
    167  
    168 <tr valign="top"><td>(v)</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. 
    169 </td></tr> 
    170  
    171 <tr valign="top"><td>(vi)</td><td>There shall be at least 2 days between close of nominations and the start of the election.</td></tr> 
    172  
    173 <tr valign="top"><td>(vii)</td><td>Nominations may be received by the returning officer immediately after the elections are announced (this is the opening date) up to and including the closing date for nominations. The closing date for nominations cannot 
    174 be less than 7 days after the opening date for nominations.</td></tr> 
    175 </table> 
    176 </p>