| ARTICLE 30: CLUB MEETINGS AND QUORUM
Only members holding a valid Active or Life Skal membership card have the right
to
speak and the right to vote at the Annual General Meeting which must be held
before 31
March each year. Notice of the meeting, together with the agenda, financial
report and
budget proposal, must be mailed to Club members by the Secretary fifteen (15)
days
prior to the date of the meeting.
In addition to the Annual General Meeting, the Club must hold nine (9) other
meetings or
events annually, which are open to all members. Failure to comply with this
frequency of
meetings can lead to the Club being suspended by Skal International for
insufficient
activity.
When the Club holds additional meetings during the year, members may credit
their
attendance for "make-up" meetings.
Skal members may attend "make-up" meetings being held in conjunction with
National or
International Tourism Industry Conventions in Canada. These "make-up" meetings
must
be approved by Skal International Canada.
The request for approval must be received by
Skal International Canada's Executive Secretary / Treasurer a minimum of sixty
(60) days
prior to the date of the proposed "make-up" meetings. Skal International Canada
approval
for "make-up" meetings is not required for ACTA, RENDEZVOUS CANADA, NTA, PATA,
TIAC, TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY and JACK BRITTON MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT,
when the annual conventions/events are held in Canada.
The quorum at the Annual General Meeting and all other meetings where voting
will take
place is 25 of the total active and life members of the Club. If the quorum is
not
achieved at the Annual General Meeting it shall be postponed but must still take
place
before 31 March. At such a postponed Annual General Meeting, decisions and
voting will
be valid, except where the dissolution of the Club is to be discussed,
irrespective of the
number of voting members present.
The President and Board members of the National Committee can attend with the
right to
speak at any meeting or function of the Skal Club.
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