CMSA Constitution and By-laws

Constitution of the Case Management Society of Australia Limited (CMSA)

appointed for the meeting or does not wish to act as chair of the meeting, the Directors present may choose one of their number or, in the absence of all Directors or if none of the Directors present wish to act, the Members Present may elect one of their number to be chair of the meeting.

15. Adjournments

(a) The chair may and must if so directed by the meeting adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. However, the chair must not adjourn the meeting if the majority of the Members Present do not want the meeting adjourned. (b) The only business which may be transacted at any adjourned meeting is the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. (c) When a meeting is adjourned for 21 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of an original meeting. (d) Except as provided by paragraph (c), it is not necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.

16. Minutes

CMSA must keep minutes of all general meetings in accordance with the Corporations Act.

17. Voting at General Meetings

(a) Each question submitted to a general meeting is to be decided by a show of hands of the Members Present and entitled to vote, unless a poll is demanded. (b) In the case of an equality of votes, the chair has, both on a show of hands and on a poll, a casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which the chair may be entitled as a Member or as a proxy, attorney or properly appointed representative of a Member. (c) Unless a poll is demanded, a declaration by the chair following a vote on a show of hands that a resolution has been passed or lost and an entry in the minutes of the meeting are conclusive evidence of the fact. For the avoidance of doubt, it is not necessary to show the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against a resolution. (d) A poll may be demanded by at least three Members Present and entitled to vote on the resolution or by the chair. (e) A poll may not be demanded on the election of a chair of a meeting or on a resolution for adjournment.

(f)

A demand for a poll may be withdrawn.

18. Procedure for Polls

(a) When demanded, a poll may be taken in the manner and at the time the chair directs.

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