The name of the Society shall be the STOUR AND ORWELL SOCIETY. Its officers shall consist of a Chairman, honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer
The object of the Society shall be to promote the conservation, protection and enhancement of the physical and natural environment of the Stour and Orwell Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the adjoining Additional Project Area.
Membership is open to all who are interested in the object of the Society.
The subscriptions shall be as determined from time to time by the Committee and approved at an Annual General Meeting.
The executive body of the Society shall be the Committee, of which the officers shall be ex-officio members. The membership of this Committee, including its officers, shall not normally exceed twelve. Five members shall form a quorum. The Committee shall have the right to co-opt additional temporary members for such purposes and periods as it may wish. Co-opted members shall not have voting rights.
The Committee shall be elected for a period of one year. Nominations for the officers and Committee must be forwarded to reach the Honorary Secretary not less than one week before the Annual General Meeting. They must be in writing and supported by two members of the Society. The consent of the nominee must be obtained. Election will then be by ballot at the Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General meeting of the Society shall be held on such a date as the Committee may determine. The main business of the Annual General Meeting shall be to receive the Committee’s report and audited accounts and to consider any points which members may wish to raise.
CLOSURE: in the event of the Society being wound up by consent of the members at a General Meeting the Treasurer for the time being shall be empowered to hand over the remaining funds and property of the Society to the Treasurer of the Council for the Protection of Rural England, whose receipt shall be adequate discharge.
Any of these provisions may be rescinded, supplemented or altered at any Annual or Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society. Twenty eight days’ notice of proposals to this end shall be given in writing to the Honorary Secretary.
A Society Dedicated to Preserving and enhancing the environment of the Stour and Orwell AONB
