History:
The current version of these subcommittee by-laws was approved on 2023-01-07 and took effect from 2023-01-31.
This is the by-law governing subcommittees.
By-laws are made by the committee, as allowed for rule 65 of the Constitution regarding By-laws.
Also refer to additional guidance for subcommittees.
Subcommittees allow normal members (and even non-members) to participate in running the Artifactory.
A well run subcommittee ---
This by-law extends the rules of the constitution regarding subcommittees, to provide a practical framework for starting, running, and disbanding subcommittees.
Unless the contrary intention appears, all terms are as defined as in the Constitution, and the following:
The committee may appoint a subcommittee as per rule 49 of the constitution.
The committee must define in writing ---
A subcommittee ---
A person may be appointed to, or removed from, a subcommittee ---
A member of a subcommitee may require any action of a subcommittee to be approved by a motion of the subcommittee.
A motion of a subcommittee is carried if a majority of the members of the subcommittee vote in favour of the motion.
A subcommittee may otherwise meet and conduct business in any way its members see fit, subject to ---
The subcommitee must maintain a public web page which records ---
The subcommittee must ensure that minutes are taken and kept of each meeting of the subcommittee. The minutes must be published on a public web page.
The subcommittee must make a record of ---
The subcommittee must provide the Association with the name and address of each person who is a member of the subcommittee, so that the Association can keep a record of office holders as required by Section 58(2) of the Act.
Section 58(2) of the Act requires the Association to maintain a record of the names and addresses of the persons who "hold other offices of the association provided for by its rules", such as members of subcommittees.
The definition of address in the Act includes any of a residential, business, PO box, or email address.
Addresses should be stored in the Association's member management system (e.g. TidyHQ).
Before the annual general meeting, the secretary must contact each current subcommittee member, and ask whether they intend to continue as a subcommittee member or not.
At the first committee meeting after each annual general meeting, the committee must consider each subcommittee, and determine -
A subcommittee is disbanded when any of the following takes place ---
All powers and duties delegated to a subcommittee are revoked when the subcommittee is disbanded.