NEWPORT AND GWENT PHILATELIC SOCIETY


RULES

  1. The Society shall be called the Newport and Gwent Philatelic Society and be affiliated to the Federation of South Wales Philatelic Societies.


  1. Members below the age of eighteen shall be junior members.


  1. The annual subscription shall be £6 for a full member and 50p for a junior member, due by 1 October each year.


  1. The Society shall have for its officers a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer, who, with other members shall form a committee of not less than five. An honorary librarian shall be appointed by the Committee.


  1. The Honorary Secretary shall give notice of all meetings and shall conduct the ordinary correspondence of the Society.


  1. All officers of the Society shall be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting of the Society.


  1. The Society shall hold meetings fortnightly from the beginning of October until the end of May, on Wednesday or on such other days as shall be agreed upon by a full meeting.


  1. The Annual General Meeting shall be the last meeting of the season.


  1. Members shall be entitled to bring friends to any ordinary meeting of the Society without fee, but a visitor attending more than twice shall be invited to become a member.


  1. The Society will always be ready to assist and advise on disposal of deceased members' collections.


  1. In the event of the society being disbanded all assets shall be divided between all fully paid up members at the time of the preceding AGM.


  1. These rules shall not be altered nor amended except at an Annual General Meeting or at a Special Meeting convened for the purpose by not less than ten ordinary members.