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1	The name of the Association is the Sowton Forum. It is hereinafter referred to as "The Forum".
	OBJECTS
2	The objective of the Forum is to consider, promote, and address:
2.1	plans and schemes
2.2	problems and concerns
2.3	opportunities and benefits
2.4	topics of mutual interest
	of both employers and employees in the locality of Sowton Industrial Estate.
	MEMBERSHIP
3	Membership of the Forum shall be open to all employers interested or actively engaged in business in the locality of the Sowton Industrial Estate.
	The Committee of the Forum will have the right to review and terminate membership of the Forum for those who discredit or disrupt the objectives of the Forum.
	SUBSCRIPTIONS
4	Every member shall pay an annual subscription as determined by the Executive Committee
5	All subscriptions shall become due on the first day of January in each year, with a reminder being sent to all members who have not paid. Those members who have still not paid by the end of March will be deemed to have terminated their membership.
	OFFICERS
6	The Executive Committee of the Forum shall consist of the following offices: Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and co-opted Auditor, plus six committee members.
7	The Committee shall have power to appoint working parties as may be deemed desirable.
8	The Committee shall meet once every six weeks, unless otherwise decided by the Committee.
9	The Committee shall have the power to add to its number, any persons whose knowledge, public position or experience, is considered to be an asset to the Forum.
10	The Committee shall be elected for two years, one half of whom shall retire annually but shall be eligible for re-election. The offices shall be assigned at the first meeting of the Executive Committee following the Annual General Meeting.
11	A quorum of the Committee shall consist of four members.
	A quorum of the Forum shall consist of 12 member organisations.
12	All nominations for the Executive Committee shall be made in writing and sent to the Secretary not later than 14 days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
13	Any member of the Committee who, without good reason, does not make at least three attendances during the year shall cease to be a member thereof and his/her seat on the Committee shall be filled at the Annual General Meeting.
14	In the event of a vacancy occurring among the Officers during the year it shall, if necessary, be filled by the Committee.
15	The Treasurer shall keep an account of all monies received and paid for on behalf of the Forum, and shall pay all accounts approved by the Committee.
	The Treasurer shall present to the members at the Annual Meeting a duly audited state of accounts showing all financial transactions of the Forum, made up to the 31 December in each year.
16	The Secretary shall ensure that a record of the proceedings of the Forum is kept and a role of membership is also to be kept.
17	The Annual General Meeting shall be held in February each year. At such meetings, the Committee shall present a report with reference to all matters, which they have dealt with during the previous year.
18	At least four General Meetings of the membership may be held annually but the Committee may convene a meeting to consider particular matters and, upon a requisition of ten or more members, the Secretary shall convene such a meeting to be held within ten days of the receipt of such requisition.
19	Every member organisation of the Forum shall have one vote. In cases of equality of votes the Chairman shall have a casting vote.
20	In the absence of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman from any meeting the members present at the meeting shall elect a Chairman at the meeting.
21	No alteration shall be made in these rules except by a resolution duly passed by two-thirds of the members present and voting at the General Meeting of members. Ten days notice in writing of any proposed alterations shall be given to all members.