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Rules of Dufour Association (Adopted at AGM 28 January 2006)

Name and Objectives

• The Name shall be “Dufour Association”
• The objectives of the Association are to facilitate the meeting of Dufour owners and those interested in Dufour yachts, to provide the opportunity for the exchange of information, knowledge and news, to produce a newsletter “Dufour News” and maintain a web site.

Membership and Fees

• Any person whether the owner of a Dufour yacht or not, may apply for membership. Membership is at the discretion of the General Committee.
• The membership year shall run from the 1^st January.  Any member joining after 1^st September of any year will receive membership until the end of the following year.
• Any members wishing to retire from the Association shall notify the Secretary. All resignations will be effective from 31^st December.
• The Association may elect Honorary Members on the recommendation of the General Committee.
• The membership fee will be recommended by the General Committee and is subject to agreement by the AGM.
• Membership fees in the UK shall be paid by Standing Order except by special arrangement. Overseas membership fees shall be paid in UK£, US$ or €, by remittance to the Associations Bank Account or by payment in cash.
• If any member has not paid their membership fee by the 31^st March, they shall be removed from the list of members and cease to receive any rights or privileges of membership until the annual subscription and any arrears have been paid.

Annual General Meeting

• An Annual General Meeting (AGM) shall be held between 1^st January and 31^st March of each year at a time and venue to be notified to all members, giving at least 14 days notice of the time and venue.
• All members shall have the right to attend and vote at an AGM and shall have one vote each. In the event of an equal vote, the Chairman will have a casting vote.
• At any meeting of the Association full and Honorary members shall have one vote. Honorary members and non-boat owning members shall not be able to out-vote boat owning members on any issue. In the event of an equality of the votes the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
• Notice of any alteration or addition to the Rules proposed by a member of the Association shall be sent to the Secretary in writing by 1st January if the same is to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.  If such alteration or addition to the Rules is to be the subject of an extraordinary meeting details of such alteration or addition to the Rules shall be included in the notice calling the meeting.

General Committee

• The General Committee shall manage the affairs of the Association according to the rules and shall apply the funds of the Association in the furtherance of the objectives of the Association.
• The General Committee may, by giving fourteen days notice, call an extraordinary meeting of the Association for any specific business the nature of which shall be stipulated in the notice calling such a meeting and the discussion shall be confined to that business only. The committee shall also call an extraordinary meeting on the written request of twelve members.
• The General Committee shall have the power to co-opt such additional members as they think necessary.

Officers

• The General Committee shall comprise the following officers:
   Chairman
   Vice Chairman
   Secretary
   Treasurer
   Membership Secretary
• Officers will be elected at the AGM, and shall hold office until the following AGM.  The retiring officers shall be eligible for re-election.
• Other officers may be appointed for the following posts at the AGM
  Events Organiser(s)
  Honorary Auditor
  International Liaison Officer
• If the number of nominations for the officers exceeds the number of vacancies then an election will be held at the Annual General Meeting.

• It shall be the responsibility of the Treasurer to keep a complete account of the Associations financial position and to present Accounts, and provide a report to the Annual General Meeting as of the previous 31st December.
• The Honorary Auditor shall audit the accounts between the end of the previous financial year and the date of the following AGM where possible. In the event of the Auditor being unable to act the General Committee shall appoint a substitute.
• All such proposals for alteration or addition to the Rules must be seconded and shall be put to a vote at the Annual General Meeting or such other meeting and if a majority of two thirds of the votes of those present are cast in favour of the resolution, it shall be considered carried.