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motion for the member to be marked as "absent, with regrets" or "absent" in the
official meeting minutes.
(d)
A Board member shall notify the Chair or Board of Directors in case the relevant
member is unable to be present at the time the meeting is called to order. Such
notice must be received by the Chair or Board of Directors prior to the time said
meeting is called to order to be valid, and should explain why the member is unable
to attend. Members who have thus given proper advance notice of their
absence shall have their attendance marked as "absent, with regrets" or “absent
with leave” in the official meeting minutes.
(e) Any Board member may apply in writing to the Chair or Board of Directors to take
a leave of absence from their duties as a Director by stating their reason and the
period of requested leave. This application is subject to approval by the majority of
Board at the next Board Meeting or by Circular Resolution. All Board members
are eligible to vote, and a simple majority is required to approve the leave of
absence.
(f)
Each Board member's attendance record shall be accounted for over a period of
one year ("accounting period") and shall be counted from the beginning of said
member's term of office, or from the end of the previous accounting period,
whichever is more recent.
(g)
Any Board member who accrues six consecutive absences (i.e. is marked
"absent" in the meeting minutes) within the accounting period and is absent without
an approved leave of absence by the Board can be subjected to a motion of removal
from the Board of Directors. This motion may be made by any Board member
present at the meeting. All Board members are eligible to vote, and a simple majority
is required to pass the motion.
(h)
If the motion for removal passes, the Board member must resign and will be
expected to transfer any materials relating to his or her position to the Chair or
Chair's designee. If the Board member is an officer or holds a Committee position,
a resolution appointing a new person to the position should be passed as soon as
possible. If the Board member does not resign the motion must be put to the next
Annual General Meeting of members.
(i)
Attendance records must be published in the Annual General Meeting report.
39. Meetings by Technology
(a)
For the purposes of the Corporations Act, each Director, by consenting to be a
Director (or by reason of the adoption of this Constitution), consents to the use of
each of the following technologies for holding a Directors meeting: