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Honorary Adviser(s). The tenure of the Honorary Adviser(s) shall be the same as that of the existing Management Committee.
5b) Religious Adviser
The Management Committee shall appoint one or more Buddhist monk(s) as the Religious Adviser(s). The Religious Adviser(s) shall advise the Society on all religious matters. The tenure of the Religious Adviser(s) shall be the same as that of the existing Management Committee.
6. Entrance Fees and other Dues
a) An entrance fee of $20 is payable within two weeks of election to membership in default of which membership may be cancelled by order of the Management Committee.
b) Annual subscriptions are $24 for Ordinary Members and $12 for Associate Members and they are payable within two weeks of election to membership. Ordinary Life Members and Associate Life Members shall pay a once only subscription of $300 which includes the entrance fee.
c) For retiree members of sixty years and above , the entrance fee is waived and the annual subscription is reduced by half.
d) Any additional funds required for special proposes shall be raised from members and well wishers with the consent of the General Meeting of the members.
7. Supreme Authority and General Meetings.
a) The supreme authority of the Society is vested in a General Meeting of the members presided over by the President.
b) An Annual General Meeting shall be held in September each year. At other times, an Extraordinary General Meeting shall be called by the President on the instruction of the Management Committee or the request in writing of one-fifth or more of the total voting members, stating the objectives for which the meeting is desired.
c) Members of the Society shall be notified of the date, time and venue of the Annual General Meeting by the Honorary Secretary and provided with a copy of the agenda and the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting at least fourteen days prior to the meeting. Notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting shall be given to members not less than ten days before the meeting. In the Extraordinary General Meeting, only the matter for which such an Extraordinary General Meeting is called shall be discussed. If the Management Committee does not within two months after the date of the receipt of the written request proceed to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting, the members who requested for the Extraordinary General Meeting shall convene the Extraordinary General Meeting by giving ten days' notice to voting members setting forth the business to be transacted and simultaneously posting the agenda on the Society's notice board.
d) The agenda for the Annual General Meeting shall consist of the following:
(i) Adoption of the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting.
(ii) Acceptance of the Audited Statement of Income and Expenditure and the Balance Sheet of the previous financial year.
(iii) Annual Report of the Management Committee for the previous financial year.
(iv) Election of office-bearers and the Honorary Auditors for the following term.
(v) Approval of expenditures for major projects.
(vi) Any other matters of which notice in writing has been given to the Honorary Secretary at least seven days before the meeting is due to be held.
e) At least one quarter of the total voting members present at a General Meeting shall constitute a quorum. In the event of there being no quorum at the commencement of a General Meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned for thirty minutes, and if there is still no quorum at such adjourned meeting, the members then present shall be considered a quorum but they shall have no power to amend any of the existing Rules.
f) Voting.
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