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PART III -
MEMBERSHIP
ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP
(a) (i) reside in Australasia; or
(ii) were residents of Australasia
at the time of joining, provided
that their annual subscriptions
have not lapsed.
(2) An Ordinary Member shall be identified by
a Membership Identifier (Membership ID) as
defined in clauses 5 (10) and (11) of this
Constitution.
(3) An Ordinary Member may comprise up to six
individuals (namely, the Principal Applicant
and five others) provided that all the six
individuals:
(a) are related;
(b) live at the same address; and
(c) share a single email address.
(4) The Membership ID of a Member shall be the email
address recorded in the Register of Members of
ADUG as given by the Principal Applicant on the
Application for Membership Form.
(5) The email address used to identify a Member may
be changed at that Member's request, and the new
email address shall then replace the old email
address and be that Member's new Membership ID.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR
ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP
(1) the person is a person referred to in
section 15 (1) (a), (b) or (c) of the Act
and has not ceased to be a Member of ADUG
at any time after incorporation of ADUG
under the Act; or
(2) the person is a natural person who:
(a) conforms to the conditions specified
in clauses 8 (1) and (3) of this
Constitution;
(b) has access to the Internet;
(c) has an email address; and
(d) after making application for Membership
in the manner specified in clause 10 (1)
of this Constitution, has:
(i) paid all dues that are required; and
(ii) been registered in ADUG's Register
of Members.
APPLICATION FOR
ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP
(a) must be made on the prescribed
Application for Membership Form
set out in Appendix A to this
Constitution; and
(b) lodged with the Secretary, via
email, by one person, who shall
be known as the Principal Applicant.
(2) The Principal Applicant must be at least
18 years of age.
(3) Provided the Application for Membership meets all
the requirements for Membership laid down in this
Constitution, the Secretary shall, as soon as is
practicable after receiving the Application, ask
the Principal Applicant to pay the Membership dues
payable under this Constitution by a Member as
entrance fee and annual subscription.
(4) An applicant's Membership will commence once
payment of the Membership dues referred to in
clause 10 (3) of this Constitution has been
made by the Principal Applicant and receipt
of that payment has been acknowledged by the
Secretary.
FEES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
FOR ORDINARY MEMBERS
(2) In addition to any amount payable by the Principal
Applicant under clause 11 (1), a Member of ADUG must
pay to ADUG, prior to being admitted as a Member and
on or before 1 September each calendar subsequently,
an annual Membership fee of $10 Australian (AUS$10) if
the Applicant resides in Australia or $12 New Zealand
(NZ$12) if the Applicant resides in New Zealand or, if
some other amount is determined by the Committee, that
other amount.
REGISTER OF MEMBERS
(2) The Register of Members must be kept at ADUG's
principal place of administration and must be
available for inspection, free of charge, by
any Member of ADUG;
(3) The Secretary must lodge with the Public Officer
a copy of the Register of Members, and this must
be kept up to date.
MEMBERSHIP
ENTITLEMENTS
(a) move motions for presentation at General
Meetings or at meetings of the Committee;
(b) stand for election to the Committee;
(c) be elected to subcommittees of ADUG;
(d) attend ADUG Conferences; and
(e) any other non-voting rights, obligations,
privileges and entitlements as provided
for in the Regulations.
(2) Provided that each Membership ID shall be entitled
to one vote, and to one vote only, a Member of ADUG
shall be entitled to:
(a) vote at General Meetings of ADUG;
(b) vote for the members of the Committee;
(c) vote in referendums conducted by ADUG.
(3) A right, privilege, obligation or entitlement which
a person has by reason of being a Member of ADUG:
(a) is not capable of being transferred
or transmitted to another person who
is not included in that Member's
Membership ID; and
(b) terminates on the cessation of the
Membership.
MEMBERS' LIABILITIES
RESIGNATION OF
MEMBERSHIP
(2) A Member of ADUG who has paid all amounts
payable by the Member to ADUG in respect of
of a Member's Membership may resign from
Membership of ADUG by first giving to the
Secretary notice, via email, of at least
one month (or such other period as the
Committee may determine) of the Member's
intention to resign and, on the expiration
of the period of notice, the Member ceases
to be a Member.
(3) If a Member of ADUG ceases to be a Member
under clause 15 (2), and in every other
case where a Member ceases to hold Membership,
the Secretary must make an appropriate entry
in the Register of Members recording the date
on which the Member ceased to be a Member.
CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP
(1) dies;
(2) resigns Membership;
(3) is in arrears, by more than 28 days, of
his or her annual subscription or any other
sum due and payable as required by this
Constitution or its Regulations;
(4) is expelled from ADUG.
RESOLUTION OF
INTERNAL DISPUTES
DISCIPLINING OF MEMBERS
(a) has persistently refused or neglected to
comply with a provision of provisions of
this Constitution; or
(b) has persistently and wilfully acted in
a manner prejudicial to the interest of
ADUG; or
(c) has taken part in, or been involved with,
a prohibited activity specified in the
Regulations in accordance with clause
22 (16) of this Constitution.
(2) On receiving such a complaint, the Committee:
(a) must cause notice of the complaint
to be served on the Member concerned; and
(b) must give the Member at least fourteen
(14) days from the time the notice is
served within which to make submissions
to the Committee in connection with the
complaint; and
(c) must take into consideration any
submissions made by the Member in
connection with the complaint.
(3) The Committee may, by resolution, expel the Member
from ADUG or suspend the Member from Membership of
ADUG if, after considering the complaint and any
submissions made in connection with the complaint,
it is satisfied that the facts alleged in the
complaint have been proved.
(4) If the Committee expels or suspends a Member, the
Secretary must, within seven (7) days after the
action is taken, cause notice to be given to the
Member, via email, of the reasons given by the
Committee for having taken that action and of the
Member's right of appeal under clause 19 of this
Constitution.
(5) The expulsion or suspension of a Member does not
take effect:
(a) until the expiration of the period within
which the Member is entitled to appeal
against the resolution concerned; or
(b) if within that period the Member exercises
the right of appeal, unless and until ADUG
confirms the resolution under clause 19 (4)
of this Constitution, whichever is the later.
RIGHT OF APPEAL OF
DISCIPLINED MEMBER
(2) The notice may, but need not, be accompanied by a
statement of the grounds on which the Member intends
to rely for the purposes of the appeal.
(3) On receipt of a notice from a Member under clause
19 (1), the Secretary must notify the Committee which
is to convene a General Meeting of ADUG to be held
within 28 days after the date on which the Secretary
received the notice.
(4) At a General Meeting of ADUG convened under clause
19 (3):
(a) no business other than the question of
the appeal is to be transacted; and
(b) the Committee and the Member must be given
the opportunity to state their respective
cases; and
(c) the Members participating are to vote on the
question of whether the resolution should be
confirmed or revoked by emailing their responses
to the Secretary and to the Secretary only or,
if the Member has so elected prior to the General
Meeting being called, to the Public Officer and
to the Public Officer only.
(5) If, at the General Meeting, ADUG passes a Special
Resolution in favour of the confirmation of the
resolution, the resolution is confirmed.
AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP
(2) An application to become an Affiliate of ADUG
must be:
(a) made on the prescribed Application
for Affiliation Form set out in
Appendix B to this Constitution; and
(b) lodged with the Secretary, via
email, by the Secretary of the
User Group seeking affiliation
with ADUG.
(3) All applications for Affiliation must be approved
by the Committee.
(4) The scale of fees and annual subscriptions paid
by an Affiliate, as well as the entitlements and
obligations of an Affiliate, shall be determined
by the Committee by Regulation.
(5) An Affiliate shall have no voting rights.
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