Secretary
            Treasurer
  
6.                  ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
6.1          All Executive Officers shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting of the EMTTC, from, and by, members of the EMTTC.
6.2          All Executive Officers are elected for a period of one year, but may be re-elected to the same office or another office the following year.

7.                  GENERAL COMMITTEE
7.1          The affairs of the EMTTC shall be controlled by a General Committee comprising
of the Executive Officers of the EMTTC and at least three other Members elected
from, and by, the Full Members of the EMTTC.  
7.1.1     The General Committee shall meet at agreed intervals and not less than four
times per year.
7.1.2        There shall be a quorum when at least four members of the General
Committee are present at the meeting, which must include at least two
executive officers.
7.1.3        The General Committee may appoint one or more sub-committees consisting of three or more members of the EMTTC and including at least one of the Executive Officers for the purpose of making any inquiry or supervising or performing any function or duty which in the opinion of the General Committee would be more conveniently undertaken or carried out by a sub-committee; provided that all acts and proceedings of any such sub-committee shall be fully and promptly reported to the General Committee.  The powers of delegation to any sub-committee shall be clearly determined at an EMTTC General Committee meeting, with any recommendations or decisions from such a group being approved by the General Committee before they are put into effect.
7.2  The duties of the General Committee shall be:-
7.2.1        To control the affairs of the EMTTC on behalf of the Members.
            7.2.2     To keep accurate accounts of the finances of the EMTTC through the Treasurer.  These should be available for reasonable inspection by Members and should be audited before every Annual General Meeting.  The EMTTC shall maintain a bank current account and the following Officers shall be authorised to sign EMTTC cheques:-  two from the Chairperson; Treasurer and Secretary.
            7.2.3     To co-opt additional members of the Committee as the Committee feels this is necessary.  Co-opted members shall not be entitled to a vote on the Committee.
7.2.4        To make decisions on the basis of a simple majority vote.  In the case of equal votes, the Chairperson shall be entitled to an additional casting vote.

8.         GENERAL MEETINGS
8.1      The Annual General Meeting of the EMTTC shall be held not later than the end of December each year.  21 clear days written notice shall be given to Members of the Annual General Meeting by circulating a copy of the notice to every member at their home address and to each Club Secretary by their notified address.  Members must advise the Secretary in writing of any business to be moved at the  Annual General Meeting at least seven days before the meeting.
8.2   Nominations for office must be received by the Secretary, seven days before the date of the AGM.  No further nominations will be accepted at the AGM.  In the event of no nominations being received for a position, then nominations may be taken at the AGM.  All nominations shall be decided by a vote of those present.  Voting shall be by a show of hands, or by ballot, if requested by a majority of those present.  Proxy votes shall not be used in these elections.  The Chairperson of EMTTC shall preside at the AGM.
8.3  Individual members of EMTTC and two representatives per affiliated club are
entitled to vote at an AGM.
8.4  The business of the Annual General Meeting shall be:
8.4.1        Apologies for absence.
8.4.2        Confirm the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting.
8.4.3        Receive the audited accounts for the year from the Treasurer.
8.4.4        Receive the annual report of the Committee from the Secretary.
8.4.5        Elect an auditor.
8.4.6        Elect the Executive Officers of the EMTTC (i.e. Chairperson; Secretary; Treasurer)
8.4.7        Elect the General Committee members (from the Full Members of EMTTC)
8.4.8        Review EMTTC Membership subscriptions (if any) and agree them for the following year.
8.4.9        Transact other such appropriate business received in writing by the Secretary from Members seven days prior to the meeting and included on the agenda.
NOTE: Members should refer other ordinary items of business of the EMTTC to the General Committee for consideration at one of their regular meetings or, depending on the time scale, to the Executive Officers.
 
8.5      A Special General Meeting may be convened at any time by the General Committee, or on a requisition signed by not less than three members of the Executive Committee, or by not less than 10 Full Members of the EMTTC.  The reason for calling such a meeting shall be given in writing, to the Secretary, who will give at least 21 days notice of the meeting.  Those entitled to attend shall be the same as those entitled to attend the AGM.  No business shall be discussed other than that set out in the calling notice.
If the business at the SGM proceeds to a vote, voting shall be by a ballot of those members present, and decisions shall be by a simple majority, except as provided in suspensions and reinstatements of BG articles.  The Chairperson shall preside at the SGM.
8.6       Nomination of candidates for election of Officers shall be made in writing, to be received by the Secretary at least seven days in advance of the Annual General Meeting date.  Nominations can only be made by Full Members and must be seconded by another Full Member.
8.7      At all General Meetings, the chair will be taken by the Chairperson or, in their absence, by a deputy appointed by the EMTTC or Full Members of the meeting.
8.8      Decisions made at a General Meeting shall be by a simple majority of votes from those Full Members attending the meeting.  In the event of equal votes, the Chairperson shall be entitled to an additional casting vote.
8.9      A quorum for a General Meeting shall be [number] Full Members and [number] Officers of the EMTTC including 2 from Chairperson; Secretary and Treasurer.
8.10      Each Full Member of the EMTTC shall be entitled to one vote at General Meetings.

9.      ALTERATION TO THE CONSTITUTION
9.1          Any proposed alterations to the EMTTC Constitution may only be considered at an Annual or Special General Meeting, convened with the required written notice of the proposal.  Any alteration or amendment must be proposed by a Full Member of the EMTTC and seconded by another Full Member.  Such alterations shall be passed if supported by not less than two-thirds of those Full Members present at the meeting, and include at least two thirds of the members of the General Committee, assuming that a quorum has been achieved.
9.2        Notice of an alteration to the Constitution must be sent to the Secretary at least four weeks prior to the general meeting called to discuss the proposal, and the proposal shall be set out in the notes convening the meeting.

10.  DISSOLUTION
10.1      If at any General Meeting of the EMTTC, a resolution were passed calling for the dissolution of the EMTTC, the Secretary shall immediately convene a Special General Meeting of the EMTTC to be held not less than one month thereafter to discuss and vote on the resolution.
10.2      If at that Special General Meeting, the resolution is carried by at least two-thirds of the Full Members present at the meeting, the General Committee shall therupon, or at such date as shall have been specified in the resolution, proceed to realise the assets of the EMTTC and discharge all debts and liabilities of the EMTTC.
10.3      After discharging all debts and liabilities of the EMTTC, the remaining asses shall not be paid or distributed amongst the Full Members of the EMTTC, but shall be given or transferred to some other voluntary organisation having objects similar to those of the EMTTC.
 
Agreed 20^th January 2001