CMSA Constitution and By-laws

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

(v)

develop and encourage high professional standards of performance, skill, service and conduct of case managers; conduct, and co-operate in the conduct of, research and the development and delivery of courses of study in the practice of case management; provide the means by which persons and firms offering services or products within or to the case management field may co-ordinate their efforts to advance the practice.

(vi)

(vii)

(b) Providing, promoting, securing and/or supporting meetings, conventions, conferences seminars, workshops, forums and competitions which promote case management; (c) providing and/or supporting material published and/or made available in any media which promote the objects of CMSA;

(d)

educating the community about case management;

(e)

initiating change, so as to advance the objects of CMSA;

(f)

advancing the interests of professional case management;

(g) providing and/or supporting services to assist other organisations to achieve all or any of these aims; and (h) providing and/or supporting such other services as determined by the Board from time to time.

INCOME AND PROPERTY

3.

Application of Income and Property

(a)

CMSA may charge reasonable fees for the services it provides.

(b) Subject to paragraph (c), the profits (if any) or other income and property of CMSA must be applied solely towards the purpose of CMSA set out in rule 2 ('Purpose and Aims') and no part of them may be paid or transferred, directly or indirectly, to any Member of CMSA, whether by way of Dividend, bonus or otherwise. (c) Subject to paragraph (d), nothing in paragraph (b) prevents any payment in good faith by CMSA of: (i) reasonable and proper remuneration to any Member for any services actually rendered (including, without limitation, in the Member's capacity as an employee of CMSA) or goods supplied in the ordinary and usual course of business to CMSA;

(ii)

reasonable and proper rent for premises let by a Member to CMSA; or

(iii)

interest at a commercial rate on money borrowed from Members.

(d)

No payments may be made by CMSA to a Director apart from:

(i)

the payment or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by a Director in the performance of any duty as Director where the amount payable does not exceed an amount previously approved by the Board;

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