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GBYC PROMOTES SAFETY AT SEA – SAFETY FIRST
9. ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS & COMMITTEE
(a) The members of the Executive Committee shall be elected from Ordinary or Life members by ballot each year at the Annual General Meeting or a Special General of members who are in good standing and they shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of the Club.
(b) No member, other than a retiring member of the Executive Committee, shall be eligible for election as a member of the Executive Committee unless 2 (two) members in good standing have lodged with the Secretary on, or before 7 (seven) days preceding the Annual General Meeting, a proposal in writing that such a member be so elected, and also the written consent of such member to such proposal , provided that the Executive Committee may in its discretion, nominate members for election to the Committee, subject to the same proviso. If no nominations are received in writing, nominations will be called from the floor.
(c) No member of the Club shall be eligible for election to the Executive Committee unless he has been a member of the Club for the preceding year, provided that this shall not apply to the position of Secretary.
(d) No member of the Club shall be eligible for the position of Commodore, or Vice- Commodore, unless he has been a member of the Executive Committee for the preceding year.
(e) In the event of there being no nominations for any position, or in the event of a vacancy occurring after the date of election, the Executive Committee shall have the power to co-opt a member to fill such vacancy, and such co-opted member shall have the same power as a member elected at an annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting.
(f) In the event of there being more nominations than the number required to fill any position/s, the Club members shall vote by ballot to fill such vacancy/ies.
(g) At an Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting, only members who are entitled to vote and who are in good standing shall vote. The Secretary’s list of members in good standing who are entitled to vote shall be final and binding.