(1) The Trustees may regulate their proceedings as they think fit, subject to the provisions of this constitution. (2) Any Trustee may call a meeting of the Trustees. (3) The secretary must call a meeting of the Trustees if requested to do so by a Trustee. (4) Questions arising at a meeting must be decided by a majority of votes. (5) In the case of an equality of votes, the person who chairs the meeting shall have a second or casting vote. (6) No decision may be made by a meeting of the Trustees unless a quorum is present at the time the decision is purported to be made. (7) The quorum shall be two or the number nearest to one third of the total number of Trustees, whichever is the greater or such larger number as many be decided from time by the Trustees. (8) A Trustee shall not be counted in the quorum present when any decision is made about a mater upon which that Trustee is not entitled to vote. (9) If the number of Trustees is less then than the number fixed as the quorum, the continuing Trustees or Trustee may act only for the purpose of filling vacancies or of calling a general meeting. (10) The person elected as the Chair shall chair meetings of the Trustees. (11) If the Chair is unwilling to preside or is present within ten minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, the Trustees present may appoint one of their numbers to chair that meeting. (12) The person appointed to chair meeting of the Trustees shall have no functions or powers except those conferred by this constitution or delegated to him or her in writing by the Trustees. (13) A resolution in writing signed by all the Trustees entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Trustees or of a committee of Trustees and to vote upon the resolution shall be as valid effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Trustees or (as the case may be) a committee of Trustees duly convened and held. (14) The resolution in writing may comprise several documents containing the text of the resolution in the like form each signed by one or more Trustees. |