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11. Advisory Board
Upon their election, Honorary Members shall automatically become members of the Advisory Board (“the Advisory Board”). The function of the Advisory Board shall be to provide guidance and non-binding advice to the Committee on such issues as it or the Committee considers appropriate. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be members of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board shall meet as and when appropriate. Any member of the Committee may attend such meetings. A quorum for meetings of the Advisory Board shall be four members. The chair of any such meeting (who shall be appointed by consensus at the start of each meeting) shall have a casting vote in addition to his ordinary vote.
12. Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Association shall be held in May of each year for the purpose of receiving the reports of the Committee, any sub-committee and the Treasurer in respect of the Association’s activities since the previous AGM, receiving and, if thought fit, approving the accounts in respect of the preceding financial year; electing the officers of the Association; fixing the subscriptions; and for the transaction of the general business of the Association. All members shall receive 14 days’ notice in writing of the date of such meeting by email. No member, save with the permission of the chair of the meeting, may bring any matter before the meeting unless, 14 days prior to the AGM, he has given notice in writing to the Secretary of the substance of the matter which he wishes to raise at the meeting.
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