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5. Membership

5.2. The committee may (subject to the provisions of rule 6) offer such categories of membership of the Club with such qualifications, application procedures and conditions, duties and privileges, subscriptions and in such numbers as it may from time to time decide but always on the basis that every Member shall have one vote. Details of categories, qualifications, application procedures and conditions, duties and privileges of membership in force from time to time shall be kept by the Honorary Secretary and shall be available for inspection by Members at all reasonable times.

Categories of membership shall be:-
a) Members
b) Playing Members

Until further notice the following subscriptions will apply:-
Members £15 per annum
Playing Members £35 per annum

5.5. The Committee may elect (subject to confirmation at the next following A.G.M. of the Club) as an Honorary Member of the Club any person, whether an existing Member or not, whose membership whether for services to the Club, to the Game or for any other reason the Committee considers to be especially desirable in the interests of the Club. An Honorary Member shall be a member with all the rights duties and privileges of membership of the Club but without any obligation to pay any entrance fee or subscription. The Committee shall have the power to terminate the honorary membership of any person at any time it considers such action to be in the interests of the Club to do so.

Categories of honorary membership shall be:-
c) Life Members
d) Honorary Member

5.6. No person may be accepted as a candidate for membership under the age of sixteen years and the purported admission of a person under the age of sixteen years shall be void

5.7. The Committee shall have the power to create a class of persons called Juniors or with such other title as the Committee may decide using as criteria age, ticket holding or otherwise as it shall think fit. Such persons shall not be Members within these Rules and they shall have such rights, privileges and obligations as the Committee shall decide. Any person recognised in this class shall cease to be entitled to such recognition on attaining the age of eighteen years.

Responsibility for advising on the category defined as “junior” rest with the Junior Committee who in turn answer to the General Committee and Members.
Parents, Guardians and Coaches of the Junior Section shall not be members of Tavistock Rugby Football Club within these rules unless they have paid their full subscription as Members. Until further notice this will be £15 per annum.
Otherwise they will only be entitled to use the Clubhouse facilities on training and match days.

10. Rules
10.1. No new Rule shall be made, nor any Rule be amended or rescinded, except by a special resolution passed at an A.G.M. in accordance with Rule 8.5. or at a Special General Meeting convened by the Committee in accordance with Rule 9.1.

IV. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE

12. Officers
12.1. The Officers of the Club shall be the President, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer, the Immediate Past President and such other Officers as the Club may in (a) General Meeting from time to time determine.

Officers of the Club shall be:-
The President,       The Honorary Secretary,      The Honorary Treasurer,       The Immediate Past President,      The Chairman

14. Vice Presidents
The Committee may each year nominate for election (subject to confirmation at the next following A.G.M.) as Vice Presidents of the Club such Member or Members as they consider should receive special recognition for services to the Club. Any Member so elected shall remain a Vice President until ceasing to be a Member. The position of Vice President shall not carry any rights or obligations and in particular a Vice President shall not be an Officer or a Member of the Committee unless separately elected as such.

A Vice President will have full voting rights as a member of the Club in as much as he/she has paid his/her members subscription.
Members shall at an AGM have power to terminate the Vice Presidency of any person if they consider such action to be in the interest of the Club.
Each year Vice Presidents will be asked to give in addition to their £15 membership, a donation to the Club which currently stands at £45.

33. Interpretation
Subject to the provisions of the Act any difference of opinion as to the interpretation of these Rules or on any matter not provided for therein shall be decided by the Chairman of a General Meeting at such Meeting or by the Committee in every other circumstance, and every such decision shall be recorded in the minutes and shall be accepted as the true meaning until thereafter otherwise interpreted on due notice at a subsequent General meeting.

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5. Membership

5.2. The committee may (subject to the provisions of rule 6) offer such categories of membership of the Club with such qualifications, application procedures and conditions, duties and privileges, subscriptions and in such numbers as it may from time to time decide but always on the basis that every Member shall have one vote. Details of categories, qualifications, application procedures and conditions, duties and privileges of membership in force from time to time shall be kept by the Honorary Secretary and shall be available for inspection by Members at all reasonable times.

Categories of membership shall be:-
a) Members
b) Playing Members

Until further notice the following subscriptions will apply:-
Members £15 per annum
Playing Members £35 per annum

5.5. The Committee may elect (subject to confirmation at the next following A.G.M. of the Club) as an Honorary Member of the Club any person, whether an existing Member or not, whose membership whether for services to the Club, to the Game or for any other reason the Committee considers to be especially desirable in the interests of the Club. An Honorary Member shall be a member with all the rights duties and privileges of membership of the Club but without any obligation to pay any entrance fee or subscription. The Committee shall have the power to terminate the honorary membership of any person at any time it considers such action to be in the interests of the Club to do so.

Categories of honorary membership shall be:-
c) Life Members
d) Honorary Member

5.6. No person may be accepted as a candidate for membership under the age of sixteen years and the purported admission of a person under the age of sixteen years shall be void

5.7. The Committee shall have the power to create a class of persons called Juniors or with such other title as the Committee may decide using as criteria age, ticket holding or otherwise as it shall think fit. Such persons shall not be Members within these Rules and they shall have such rights, privileges and obligations as the Committee shall decide. Any person recognised in this class shall cease to be entitled to such recognition on attaining the age of eighteen years.

Responsibility for advising on the category defined as “junior” rest with the Junior Committee who in turn answer to the General Committee and Members.
Parents, Guardians and Coaches of the Junior Section shall not be members of Tavistock Rugby Football Club within these rules unless they have paid their full subscription as Members. Until further notice this will be £15 per annum.
Otherwise they will only be entitled to use the Clubhouse facilities on training and match days.

10. Rules
10.1. No new Rule shall be made, nor any Rule be amended or rescinded, except by a special resolution passed at an A.G.M. in accordance with Rule 8.5. or at a Special General Meeting convened by the Committee in accordance with Rule 9.1.

IV. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE

12. Officers
12.1. The Officers of the Club shall be the President, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer, the Immediate Past President and such other Officers as the Club may in (a) General Meeting from time to time determine.

Officers of the Club shall be:-
The President,       The Honorary Secretary,      The Honorary Treasurer,       The Immediate Past President,      The Chairman

14. Vice Presidents
The Committee may each year nominate for election (subject to confirmation at the next following A.G.M.) as Vice Presidents of the Club such Member or Members as they consider should receive special recognition for services to the Club. Any Member so elected shall remain a Vice President until ceasing to be a Member. The position of Vice President shall not carry any rights or obligations and in particular a Vice President shall not be an Officer or a Member of the Committee unless separately elected as such.

A Vice President will have full voting rights as a member of the Club in as much as he/she has paid his/her members subscription.
Members shall at an AGM have power to terminate the Vice Presidency of any person if they consider such action to be in the interest of the Club.
Each year Vice Presidents will be asked to give in addition to their £15 membership, a donation to the Club which currently stands at £45.

33. Interpretation
Subject to the provisions of the Act any difference of opinion as to the interpretation of these Rules or on any matter not provided for therein shall be decided by the Chairman of a General Meeting at such Meeting or by the Committee in every other circumstance, and every such decision shall be recorded in the minutes and shall be accepted as the true meaning until thereafter otherwise interpreted on due notice at a subsequent General meeting.