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BEAUMONT HOUSE OLD BOYS'ASSOCIATION

Name

The association shall be known as the Beaumont House Old Boys' Association.


Objects

To provide opportunities for former pupils of Beaumont House Preparatory School to meet, exchange reminiscences, and to keep alive memories of the school.


Constitution

The Association shall be a members' club open to all former pupils of the school.  Honorary membership may be granted to former teaching staff, their widows and widowers, and other employees of the school.  Mr and Mrs Vezey's three daughters shall also be offered honorary membership.

Administration of the Association shall be conducted by a small executive committee, the total elected membership of which shall
not exceed six in number, including the chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer who shall be ex-officio members.

Elections for the officers and ordinary members of the committee shall be held annually; it is intended that the committee shall be representative of each decade from 1940 to 1970.  Thus one ordinary member shall be drawn from those former pupils whose starting year at the school was before 1949, one from those between 1950 and 1959, and one from 1960 until the school's closure.  The committee shall have the right to co-opt up to three further members.


Membership subscription

A small subscription will be charged to cover administrative expenses (postage, distribution of newsletters, travelling costs to committee meetings etc).  Any surplus will be applied to reduce the cost of Association events, as determined in their absolute discretion by the executive committee.  It is proposed that the initial membership fee shall be £10 per annum.


Events organisation

The executive committee may from time to time appoint ad hoc sub-committees to perform specific organisational tasks.  They shall be empowered to co-opt additional members on to these subcommittees, as they see fit.  It is envisaged that a 2005 Centenary Sub-committee be appointed immediately, to plan, organise and administer the events proposed to celebrate the centenary of the school's foundation in 1905.


Approval of constitution

This constitution shall be proposed for ratification at the first general meeting of the Association, which shall be held in London during the course of 2003.  Its ratification, and any subsequent amendment, shall require the consent of no fewer than two thirds of the members present and voting at a general meeting.