SURBITON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
We are a local Horticultural Society in Surrey.
Currently there are around 87 members and we would like to see many more join our ranks. As a voluntary society we are dependant on subscriptions and certain fundraising activities throughout the year in order to survive.
The current membership fee is £10.00 per annum. (2008)
RULES of the SOCIETY
1. The Society shall be called, "THE SURBITON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY" (herinafter called, "The Society"
2. The objects of the Society shall be to promote interest in Horticulture, to encourage the cultivation of flowers fruit and vegetables and to stimulate interest in Floral Art by means of Shows, Lectures, Visits or any other methods the Committee may determine. The Society may form within its membership, groups having common and specialized horticultural interest.
3. Officers
The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Show Secretary, Assistant Show Secretary and Membership Secretary, all of whom shall be Honorary and shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.
4. Committee
The Society's affairs shall be conducted by the Officers and a Committee to be elected at the Annual General Meeting. The Committee shall consist of not more than sixteen members any five of whom shall form a quorum. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Society shall be elected by the Committee.
5. Retirement
The Officers of the Society and those members of the Committee who have served for two years shall retire at the Annual General Meeting but shall be eligible for re-election.
6. Co-option
The Committee shall have the power to co-opt.
7. Membership
Any person, subject to the approval of the Committee, may become a member of the Society upon payment of the current annual subscription. Honorary membersmay be elected at the discretion of the Committee. Members will be entitled to free admission to the Society's Lectures and Shows. The subscription shall only be altered at the Annual General Meeting and shall be operative from 1st January to 31st December each year. Members failing to renew their subscriptions by 31st March will be deemed to have resigned.
8. Finances
The financial year shall end on 31st December each year. All money payable to the Society shall be received by the Treasurer. The funds of the Society shall be deposited in a Bank Account or invested in the name of the Society. Cheques drawn on the Society's account must be signed by any two of the following: Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. Any money not required for immediate use may be invested in the name of the Society by the Committee. An Annual Audit shall be carried out by an auditor who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.
9. Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting shall be held within 3 months of the end of the Financial Year at which an Annual Report shall be presented by the Secretary and Treasurer having been presented to the Committee beforehand. The election of the Officers, Committee and Auditor shall be held.
10. Special General Meeting
On a requisition in writing, signed by not less than ten members, the Secretary shall call a meeting but only business specified in such notice shall be transacted at the meeting. At least 21 days notice shall be given of such a meeting.
11. Alterations to rules
The Rules shall only be altered at the Annual General Meeting or at a Special General Meeting called for that purpose and then only with the agreement of two-thirds of the members present. The Committee however, shall have the power to make or amend the Show Regulations.
