| 9.1. | An Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held in each calendar year at such time and place as may be fixed by the Management Committee which may also call for the holding of Extraordinary General Meetings of the Association.
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| 9.2. | (a) Notice of date of meeting resolutions and vacancies on the Management Committee:
The Secretariat will send notice to each Member advising it of the date and place and of any resolutions, of which notice has been given, to be put before the Annual General Meeting (or any Extraordinary General Meeting) at least twenty-eight days before such date. The notice will also invite Members to nominate a person or persons to any positions on the Management Committee which have fallen vacant and arrange for another Member to second the nomination. The Secretariat will issue a notice at least 14 days before the date of the meeting advising Members of any nominations that have been received.
(b) In the absence of any nominations being received in accordance with (a) above then nominations may be made and seconded and voted upon at the meeting as may other resolutions.
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| 9.3. | Members' Meetings of the Association will be held as often as the Management Committee deems fit provided that within ten days of receipt of a request from at least five Members (excluding those with Associate Status), the Committee will require the Secretariat to give notice calling a Members' Meeting. At least twenty-eight days' notice will be given to Members of the time and place of a Members' Meeting.
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| 9.4. | At least seven Nominees present or represented (excluding nominees of Members with Associate Status) at Members' Meetings will constitute a quorum.
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| 9.5. | A Member may be represented at any Members' Meeting by its Nominee or deputy Nominee. If such Nominee of a Member is not able to attend any Members' Meeting of the Association the Member may by
notification from its Nominee, its Chief Executive or Secretary, appoint a proxy to attend and vote and the votes of such proxy on behalf of the Member will be accepted. Any act done on behalf of a Member will be deemed to have been done by the Member. An instrument of proxy will be in such form as may be required by the Management Committee.
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| 9.6. | For the purposes of this Article 9 the number of days mentioned includes the 48 hours referred to in Article 18.
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