1. The group shall be called 'The Lowestoft Photographic and Digital Imaging Club' and membership will be open to all interested in photography

2. Membership of the Club implies an undertaking to accept and comply with these rules

3. Membership
There shall be FOUR categories of membership: INDIVIDUAL, JOINT/FAMILY, STUDENT, HONORARY

Honorary membership may be recommended, with the approval of members at the Annual General Meeting, to a person deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the Club

4. Subsciptions

    (a) The annual subscription for the following year shall be determined at the AGM and becomes payable on the first meeting of the new season
    (b) Prospective members will be asked to pay after attending three meetings
    (c) Payment by instalments will be acceptable where appropriate
    (d) Members joining in the second half of the season will be charged pro-rata
    (e) Where special interest groups are formed within the club they shall be self-financing

5. Committee
The affairs of the Club shall be managed by an Executive Committee which includes all officers elected at the AGM ex-officio. These are:

    Chairman
    Vice-Chairman
    Secretary                
    Treasurer
    Competition Secretary(s)
    Exhibition Secretary
    Programme Secretary
    Equipment Officer
    Press Officer                                              

In addition there will be TWO Committee members elected at the  AGM. The President of the club shall be a non-executive member of the committee. The committee shall have full powers of co-optation

6. All officers and committee members are eligible for re-election each year, with the exception of the Chairman, who will be replaced by the Vice Chairman at each A.G.M

7. Special General Meetings
SGM's may be convened on a requisition signed by at least SEVEN members, stating the object and sent to the Secretary, who shall promptly notify the membership, giving at least fourteen days notice of the meeting

8. At committee meetings, a Chairman and SIX members shall form a quorum and, at any SGM or AGM, a Chairman and one third of the membership shall form a quorum

9. The Secretary will keep the minutes of all Committee, SG and AG meetings and conduct the correspondence of the Club

10. The Treasurer will collect all subscriptions and monies due after authorisation by the committee, keep the accounts of the Club and conduct all financial affairs

11. Club Committee reserves the right to refuse membership and to censure any member who brings the club into disrepute. No member may use the club name to solicit commercial work

12. Annual General Meeting
    (a) The Annual General Meeting shall be held each year before August 31st to transact the following business:

        To receive the Chairman's report for the year
        To receive the Treasurer's report and an audited Statement Of Accounts for the year
        To receive the Secretary's report for the year
        To receive any other reports from officers
        To elect officers and committee for the following year
        To appoint the auditor(s)
        To fix subscription rates for the following year
        To deal with any specified matters which the committee may wish to bring before the members

    (b) Any member who wishes to raise a matter at the AGM must seek a seconder and notify the Secretary in writing at least fourteen days before the date of the AGM

    (c) Members unavoidably absent from a General Meeting may register their votes on any item in writing to the Secretary

    (d) At a General Meeting no Proxy votes are allowable

13. No alteration or addition to these rules shall be made except at the AGM or a Special General Meeting called in accordance with Rule 7