[H-GEN] Updated Constitutional changes I will be proposing at the AGM

[Russell Stuart]

A few suggestions have come in which I think were improvements on my
original proposal.  So I am going to change the motions I will move as
follows:

Change 1 - Membership fees
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James and Hilton both suggested I should make the fees more open.  They
went too far for my tastes.  The current obvious intent in the
constitution is that the fees are hard wired, and can't be change
without a 2/3 majority vote by the members.  I don't want to change
that.

However, there are payment methods besides cash that don't attract fees.
So I alter my proposal is now to change clause 6.a of our constitution
from:

        a. The membership fee is $20.00 for one year or part thereof,
        and falls due the 31st day of August or the next AGM whichever
        is the latest.

to:

        a. The membership fee is $25.00 for one year or part thereof,
        and falls due the 31st day of August or the next AGM whichever
        is the latest.  The fee is discounted to $20 if payment is made
        with cash.  The Executive may publish a schedule of additional
        payment types that attract the same discount.

Change 2 - Changes to the Constitution
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This is unchanged, and so the proposal is this clause is added to
section 10 of the constitution:

        d.  Changes to this constitution can only be moved if a public
        notice containing the text of the proposed change has been sent
        to members at least one week prior to the meeting.

Change 3 - Eligibility for voting at Special Meetings
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Building on Greg's suggestion, the proposal now is to change 5.h from:

        h. A Financial Member must have been a member for a minimum of
        three months to have voting rights at a Special General
        Meeting. 

to:

        h. Only members who are financial at the start of a Special
        General Meeting and who were financial sometime between 3 months
        and 3 years prior to the start of the meeting have voting rights
        at that Special General Meeting.