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APPOINTMENT AND RETIREMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

34.

• (A) A Member of the committee shall not be required to vacate his office and no person shall be ineligible for appointment or re-appointment as a Member of the committee by reason of his attaining the age of 70 or any other age.
• (B) At the first annual general meeting of the club all the Members of the committee shall retire from office, and at every subsequent annual general meeting.

35. The election (or re-election, as the case may be) of Members of the committee shall take place in the following manner:

• (A)Members of the club may propose and second any other Member to serve as a Member of the committee, having previously received his assent.
• (B) The name of each Member so nominated, together with the names of his proposer and seconder must be sent in writing signed by all three of them to the secretary at least 28 days before the annual general meeting.
• (C) A list of the candidates’ names and position on the committee in alphabetical order, with the proposers’ and seconders’ names, must be posted in a conspicuous place in each club-house of the club for at least 21 days before the annual general meeting.
• (D) Balloting lists must be prepared (if necessary) containing only the names of the candidates in alphabetical order.
• (E) Each Member present at the annual general meeting (in person or by proxy) and qualified to vote may vote for any number of candidates not exceeding the number of vacancies (this is subject to article 2(B)).
• (F) If insufficient candidates are nominated, the committee may elect a Member or Members to fill the remaining vacancy or vacancies.
• (G) If any candidate declines to serve after being elected, the candidate who has the next largest number of votes shall be deemed to be elected.
• (H) If two or more candidates obtain an equal number of votes but all of them cannot be regarded as elected within the number of vacancies being contested, the committee must select by lot from such candidates the candidate or candidates who is or are to be elected.
• (I)In the event that no candidate is proposed in the relevant timescale, a candidate may be proposed and seconded at the meeting subject to a vote that they be elected.

36. Subject as aforesaid, the club may by ordinary resolution elect a Member of the club who is willing to act to be a Member of the committee to fill a vacancy.

37. The committee may appoint a Member of the club who is willing to act to be a Member of the committee, to fill a casual vacancy, provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Members of the committee to exceed any number fixed by or in accordance with the articles as the maximum number of Members. Any Member of the committee so appointed must retire at the next following annual general meeting.