1. The Society shall be known as Frinton & District Horticultural
   Society.
2. The object of the Society shall be to encourage an interest in
   Horticulture.
3. Members pay an annual subscription, and receive an annual
   Schedule of Shows, Meetings & Events. Honorary membership
   may be conferred at the Executive Committee’s discretion.
4. The officers of the Society shall consist of President, Vice
   Presidents, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary.
5. There shall be an Executive committee (five to form a
   quorum). The Committee shall elect its own Chair and Vice Chair
   and may appoint sub-committees from its own members with
   power to co-opt.
6. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Society shall be
   held in March or April of each year. At least seven days notice
   shall be given. At the AGM, the Honorary Treasurer shall present
   the statement of accounts to 31st December immediately preceding, and the Officers and Independent Examiner of Accounts for the ensuing year shall be elected.
7. An Extraordinary General Meeting shall be called at fourteen days notice if requested by not less than twenty members, who shall with that request state their reasons in writing to the Honorary Secretary.
8. The Society’s funds shall be deposited at a Bank or Banks
   nominated by the Executive Committee. Cheques shall be signed in accordance with the resolution of the Executive Committee, duly communicated in appropriate forms to the Society’s bankers. The accounts of the Society shall be prepared by the Honorary Treasurer annually for the year ended 31st December, and submitted to audit by the duly appointed Independent Examiner of Accounts. In the event of the Society ceasing to function, then after a period of ten years has elapsed from the holding of the last AGM, any remaining assets of the Society are to be passed as a donation to the Royal Horticultural Society