Pudu Rotary Club

DISTRICT 3300 MALAYSIA

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Administrative Guidelines:
How to elect a new member

                    
Active members (including Additional Active members)

(1)   The name of a prospective member,  proposed by a member  of 
      the  club  shall  be  submitted to  the  board  in writing,
      through the club secretary. The proposal for the time being 
      shall  be  kept confidential except as  otherwise  provided     
      in  this  procedure.

(2)   The  board shall request the  classification  committee  to 
      consider  and report to the board on the eligibility of the 
      proposed member from the standpoint of classififcation, and
      shall  request the membership committee to investigate  and 
      report  to  the board on the eligibility  of  the  proposed 
      member  from  the  standpoint of  character,  business  and 
      social standing, and general eligibility.
  
(3)   The  board  shall consider and approve  or  disapprove  the 
      recommendations   of  the  classification  and   membership 
      committees  and shall then notify the proposer, through the 
      club secretary, of its decision. 

(4)   If the  decison of the board is favourable,  the  proposer, 
      together    with   one  or  more  members of   the   Rotary 
      information committee,  shall inform the prospective member 
      of  the  purpose  of  Rotary  and  of  the  privileges  and 
      responsibilties of membership in the club,  following which   
      the   prospective  member  shall  be  requested to complete
      and submit  an application  for  membership and to give his
      permission  for  his  name  and  proposed    classification 
      to be circulated to  the  club members.

(5)   If no written objection to the  proposal,  stating  reasons,  
      is  received by the board from any member of the club within
      10   days  following   circulation  of  the  name   of   the 
      prospective member, the  prospective member, upon payment of 
      his  admission fee,  as  prescribed  in  Article V of  these 
      by-laws, shall be considered to be elected to membership. 

      If  any objection has been filed with the board,   it shall 
      consider the same at any regular or special meeting of  the 
      board  and  shall ballot on  the proposed member. If not to 
      exceed 2 negative  votes  are  cast by  the  members of the  
      board in attendance at such  regular  or  special  meeting, 
      the proposed  member,   upon  payment   of  the  prescribed
      admission  fee,  shall  be  considered to  be  elected   to 
      membership. 

      Following  the  member's election to membership  as  herein 
      provided,  the club secretary shall issue a membership card  
      to the  members and shall report his name  to  the  General 
      Secretary of Rotary International.


(6)   The member shall be formally introduced as a new member  at 
      a regular meeting of the club.  

NB:   In Pudu Rotary club,  only after the prospective member has 
      attended  at least 3 meetings within a period of 2  months, 
      can his name be proposed.
 
      The  name  is  then  circulated to  the  general  membership
      for approval  before  going  to  the  classification  and
      membership committees to act so that objections can be
      investigated early.

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