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Our Constitution
  1. The Society shall be named the Milton Keynes Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
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  2. OBJECTS:
    The Society is established to advance public knowledge of and promote the improvement of public taste in the art of music in all its forms particularly by presenting or assisting in the presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan operas.


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  3. THE COMMITTEE:
    • Shall consist of five officers (the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer) and six other active members of the Society.
    • Shall be elected annually and shall be eligible for re-election.
    • Shall have the power to appoint sub-committees as and when necessary. The decision of any sub-committee shall be subject to the approval of the Committee.
    • Shall fill any vacancy caused by a Committee or sub-committee member being absent from three consecutive meetings without satisfactory reason, such a member being deemed to have resigned.

  4. Only officers of the Committee shall incur reasonable expenses on the behalf of the Society without the prior consent of the Committee. No member of the Society shall enter into any contract on behalf of the Society without the full approval of the Committee.


  5. Six members of the Committee shall form a quorum at any meeting.


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  6. MEMBERSHIP:
    Membership of the Society shall be as follows:
    • Ordinary membership - open to all persons of fifteen years and over.
    • Associate membership of persons as the Committee shall think fit, subject to payment of an agreed subscription. Associate members shall not be entitled to vote on matters pertaining to the Society, but shall be heard on any subject under discussion. Associate membership may be offered by the Committee to persons under the age of fifteen years providing that they are accompanied by at least one parent or guardian, who is a member of the Society, at all Society gatherings.

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  7. SUBSCRIPTIONS:
    • Every active member of the Society shall pay such annual subscription as shall be decided at the Annual General Meeting or at a Special or Extraordinary General Meeting.
    • This subscription shall be due on !st January and is payable by the AGM.
    • Members joining the Society after the AGM will pay the agreed subscription within one month of joining the Society.

  8. Any member of the Society behaving in a manner detrimental to the Society shall be subject to caution and/or expulsion by the Committee, provided that the member in question has had the right to be heard by the Committee before the final decision is made.


  9. Members will provide their own vocal score and libretto for each production. Members will be responsible for the full cost of any score they may lose should it be borrowed by the Society from a library or elsewhere.


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  10. PRODUCTIONS:
    After deliberation with the members, the Committee shall decide the shows to be produced and shall appoint a Producer, musical Director, Chorus Master and Choreographer, for each production, together with such other production personnel as may be required.


  11. The cast for any production shall be chosen by a casting committee consisting of:
    • The Chairman of the Society who shall act as Chairman of the Casting Committee and shall exercise only a casting vote.
    • The Producer, Musical Director and Chorus Master.
    • Not more than two persons (other than active members of the Society) selected by the Committee for their knowledge and experience.
    • The Secretary of the Committee shall attend ex-officio.
    • The Committee shall have the power to cast any part not filled by the casting committee, to re-cast any part that, in their advised opinion, proves unsuitable for the person to whom the part was allotted and to re-cast any part which becomes vacant.

  12. No member of the cast of any production will wear his/her theatrical costume outside the immediate stage area unless permission has been granted by the Committee.


  13. No unauthorised persons, relatives or friends of the cast will be admitted to the stage area before or during a performance. Visitors after the performance will be admitted at the discretion of the Stage Manager only.


  14. The cast of any production will present themselves at the theatre at least fifteen minutes before "curtain up" and will enter and leave the theatre only by the stage door.


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  15. FINANCES:
    No member of the Society shall recieve payment for services but may receive legitimate expenses incurred in the Society's work.


  16. In the event of the disollution of the Society, which shall be effected by a resolution passed by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting at a Spcial General Meeting convened for the purpose of which 21 days notice shall have been given to the members, the remaining funds shall be donated to like charities. In the event of the Society being dissolved through inability to meet its financial obligations, all voting members of the Society shall contribute a share of the deficiency.


  17. A statement showing the financial result of any production shall be prepared and presented to the Society not later that three months after each production. Accounts for the financial year ending 31st December shall be audited and presented to the Society at the Annual General Meeting, which will be held within 6 weeks of the end of the Financial year.


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  18. MISCELLANEOUS:
    New rules and amendments to existing rules shall be approved by the Committee before being presented to the Society members at the AGM or any General Meeting, no amendment shall be made which would have the affect of causing the Society to cease to be a charity at law.


  19. Any business to be consiered at a General Meeting shall be sent to the Secretary together with the names of the interested parties at least seven days before any meeting.

    20. December 1982
    as amended June 1984
    as amended January 1998

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