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1.2.2.
a reference to one gender shall include a reference to the other gender and to
the neuter
MEMBERSHIP
2.
2.1.
Membership shall be open to:
2.1.1.
Clubs: and
2.1.2.
County Associations
and for the purposes of the Act and the law, the “Members” shall be Clubs or County
Associations that are corporate bodies and Nominee Members of Clubs or County
Associations which are unincorporated associations.
2.2
The Board may grant affiliation to such other bodies as may be established for the
promotion of the sport of indoor bowls upon such terms and with such rights and
privileges, but excluding the right to attend, speak and vote at general meetings, as the
Board may decide.
2.3.
The Board may confer life membership upon individuals in recognition of their services
to the sport of indoor bowls but such membership shall not constitute membership of the
Association for the purposes of the Act or confer any rights under the provisions of these
Articles. Honorary life members of the now dissolved English Indoor Bowling
Association and English Women’s Indoor Bowling Association shall be life members of
the Association.
2.4.
An individual shall not by virtue of his membership of a Club be a Member.
2.5.
The Board may, upon the application of any County Association, permit the County
Association to admit to membership a Club that falls outside the area of the County
Association but no Club may be a member of more than one County Association at the
same time, unless authorised by the Board for reasons that are to the benefit of the
Sport of Indoor Bowls.
3.
3.1.
3.2.
3.2.2.
4.
If any Club or County Association that is an unincorporated association wishes to
become a Member it must appoint one of its committee to be a Nominee Member to
hold the rights of membership on trust for the Club or County Association and to
exercise the rights of membership on its behalf but the Association shall not be
concerned to see that the Nominee Member has cast any vote in accordance with the
directions of such unincorporated association. The unincorporated association may at
any time, but subject to Article 4:
3.1.1.
remove the Nominee Member that it has nominated provided that it appoints a
new Nominee Member in place of the Nominee Member that it has removed
3.1.2.
appoint a new person to be a Nominee Member in place of a Nominee
Member who has died or who wishes to retire
Any Member that is a corporate body may authorise a Club member for a Club or a
County Official for a County Association, to be its representative at any meeting of the
Association in accordance with Section 323 of the Act. The Member must give written
notice to the Association of the name of its representative. The Member may at any
time, but subject to Article 4:
3.2.1.
Remove the Representative that it has nominated provided that it appoints a
new Representative in place of the Representative that it has removed;
appoint a new person to be a Representative in place of a Representative who has died
or who wishes to retire
Such Clubs or County Associations as are admitted to membership in accordance with
the articles shall be Members of the Association. No Club or County Association or,
where appropriate its Nominee Member, shall be admitted as a Member of the
Association unless approved by the Board. Every Club or County Association that
wishes to become a Member shall deliver to the Association an application for
membership in such executed form as the Board requires.
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