c. Any Circle may withdraw from the Association after giving six months notice to
the Secretary of the Association and such Circle shall cease to be a Member
upon expiration of theabove period.
d. Any Circle who shall by any means cease its Membership of the Association
shall nevertheless remain liable for and shall pay to the Association all monies
that may be due to the Association at the time of such Circle ceasing its
membership.
e. The winding up of the Circle shall be under the supervision of a member of the
National Executive and the Circle's Charter, Badges, Insignia, etc. shall be
returned together with any funds held in Trust for the Association. The Circle
only with the consent of the Association shall dispose off any funds of such a
Circle raised for community service.
f. Thefollowing shall also be included in the "Mandatory Circle Rules" of all Circles
in the Association. "In the event of revocation of Membership or Associate
Membership of any Circle in the Association, the President and Treasurer of the
Association are authorized to operate the Bank accounts jointly".
g. Upon cessation of Membership this group of persons shall not thereafter use the
words "Ladies Circle" or the name or emblem or symbol of the Association in any
manner whatsoever.
h. The number of any Circle, which ceases to exist, shall not be given to another Circle for five years.
Section 4: Reinstatement of Membership
a. Membership of the Association, which has been revoked, may be reinstated at
the discretion of the General Body. If the revocation was for non payment of
Annual fees, levies and other dues, then upon payment of such monies within
thirty days of such Circle being advised of such revocation together with any
further sums which may then be payable to the Association the membership will
be reinstated.
b. Membership revoked for any other reason may not be reinstated for a period of
six months, only upon receipt of satisfactory written assurance as to the future
conduct of the former Member Circle in question, such reinstatement will be at
the discretion of the General Body.
Article III: NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
Section 1: General
Each member of the National Executive shall be an Active Circler during her term.
a. The National Executive shall comprise of the following:
- National President
- National Vice President
- National Secretary
- National Treasurer,
- National Editor
- Immediate Past President.
- Area Chairperson's
- National Convenors:
National Project Convenor
National Publicity Convenor
National IT/Website Convenor
National Sponsorship Convenor
National Convention Convenor
National Co-opted Trust Convenor
National Supply House Convenor
National HRD Convenor
National Secretariat Convenor
National Fellowship/Twinklers Club Convenor
The Vice president, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor & the Area Chairperson's shall be the officers elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Association. (2004)
b. The Vice President shall automatically take over as President and shall be
considered as a directly elected member of the National executive. However
in the event of the elecied Vice President not being able to take over, the
President shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.
The Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and editor shall be the officers elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Association and all of the above shall hold Office for one Circle year.(2001)
c. Only the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor and
Immediate Past president shall have voting rights at the National Executive
meetings. (2004)
d. No person shall be eligible for nomination and election as a Member of the
National Executive unless she has held office for atleast one complete Circle
year in any Circle and has a minimum attendance of 60% in the preceding Circle year.
However, a Circler with 40% attendance in her own Circle can
make up her attendance by attending other Circle Meetings within 1 (one)
month or 2 meetings after she has missed one at her own Circle. For the
post of President and Vice President, the Circler shall have at least one and
two years respectively left as an Active Circler.
In the event of a President turning 40 during her tenure she will continue as
such till the Vice President takes office and will continue to succeed to the
post of Immediate Past President for a period of one more year as an Active
Circler.(2002)
However, for nomination and election for the post of President, Vice
President, Secretary or Treasurer, she should have held the office of a Circle
Chairperson for one complete year. The nominee should also be present at
the Annual General Meeting in which she stands for election.
For the Nomination and election for the Post of Area Vice-Chairperson, she
should have held office of Circle Chairperson for one complete year when she
takes over as Area Chairperson.(2004)
e. i) The Association shall at its Annual General Meeting, elect the Officers
of the National Executive. Each Officer shall be elected by a simple majority vote cast in her favour.
(ii) The National President, National Vice President and National
Secretary shall receive all nominations and Bio-data's for elective offices by 30th September before the Annual General Meeting at which such election will take place. The same shall be circulated in the Annual Report of the Association to all members 21 days before the Annual General Meeting of the Association. Each nominee's bio-data must be accompanied by the approval of the nominee and her Circle. (2004)
(iii) Nominations for the Area Chairpersons will be called for along with all other nominations for the elected offices of the NEX by 30th Sept. In case of more than one nomination from an Area, a postal ballot will be conducted for that Area by the Secretariat & the National Secretary (before the National AGM) & the results declared atthe AGM. Two ballot slips to be sent to all the Circles of the concerned Area. The circles will tick their preference on the 2 ballots, fold them, put them in a sealed envelope and send back to the secretariat. On receiving response from all the Area Circles, the secretariat will mix the folded ballots before opening and counting them in the presence of an Elected NEX member. The Area Chairperson shall have the casting vote (sent in advance), which will be opened only in case of a tie.
The Area Chairperson will be assisted by an Area Board comprising of theArea Vice-Chairperson and the Immediate Past Chairperson. (2004)
f. In the event of no nominations being received, the General Body may
propose floor nominations.
g. Any member of the National Executive shall be eligible for re-election
provided her occupancy of that Office shall not exceed two cumulative years.
h. No person shall at any Annual General Meeting be nominated for more than
one office.
i. No person shall be eligible for election to any office if her Circle has not paid
its dues to the Association in full, as on the last date of filling nominations.
j. In case any Member of the National Executive other than the President
resigns or dies or is unable or unwilling to continue in Office, the Board shall
ask for nominations from the Member Circles. If it is not opted for within
twenty one days, the Board would share the duties of the vacant Office.
However, if the Board declines to share the duties, the President shall appoint
a floor Member.
i). In case there is only one valid nomination the concerned nominee will be
unanimously elected.
ii). In the event of more than one valid nomination being received by the Board,
for the vacant post, the Board will hold a postal ballot, giving the Circles
twenty one days time from the date of issue to send back their ballot papers.
iii). In case of a tie the President shall have a casting vote
k. A Circle can nominate maximum of two Circlers for two different posts to the
National Board. Such a Circle will not be eligible for a floor nomination for
any other elected post (1992)
l. Members of the National Executive either elected or appointed at the Annual
General Meeting shall assume office at the Jewel Change to be held during
the second week of July and shall serve until their Successors take office at
the following Jewel change. (2004)
m. All Members of the National Executive shall serve without any remuneration
whatsoever. National Executive may authorize payment out of the budgeted
fund of the Association, all reasonable expenses incurred by any member of
the National Executive or member of any Committee or Sub-Committee of the
Association.
n. The National Executive will hold at least two meetings in the year apart from the
Pre AGM Board Meeting and the Post and Pre Jewel Change Board Meeting of theAssociation(2004). |