Standing Orders (as from 23rd April 1978) __________________________________________ 1. MEMBERSHIP a) Honorary Membership shall be valid for five years measured from the 1st April following the election of the Honorary Member by the Committee, which may extend the membership at its discretion. b) The subscription for an Ordinary Member of the Society shall be: i) for one year, 1/2 x ii) for two years, 3/4 x iii) for as long as the Member satisfies the conditions of Ordinary Membership, x where the value of x shall be as determined in the Standing Orders at the time of payment. Ordinary Members who have paid three annual subscriptions under clause (i), or one annual and one two-year subscription under clauses (i) and (ii), shall be considered Members for as long as they satisfy the conditions of Ordinary Membership. c) The subscription for Associate Members of the Society shall be: i) for one year, 1/2 x ii) for two years, 3/4 x iii) for three or four years, x where the value of x shall be as determined in the Standing Orders at the time of payment. The membership of an Associate Member shall lapse after the period of years for which he has paid a subscription, but may be extended on payment of a further subscription. d) Members of the Society who have paid one year's subscrip- tion shall receive one free copy of Eureka, if it is printed in that year. Members of the Society who have paid either of the subscriptions under clauses b(ii) or c(ii) above shall receive free copies of Eureka in the year of payment and in the following year, if it is printed in those years. Members of the Society who have paid either of the subscriptions under clauses b(iii) or c(iii) above shall receive free copies of Eureka in their year of joining and in the two subseq- uent years, if it is printed in those years. e) x shall currently be £3.00. Any amounts specified above shall be rounded downwards to the nearest multiple of 5p. 2. NOTICE OF MEETINGS a) A Committee meeting may transact Society Business only when every Committee member has received advance notice of the time and place of the meeting. This notice shall take one of the following forms: if the Committee meeting is to be held in Full Term, but not in the first two nor the last two days of Full Term, either i) a notice on the Society's notice board three days in advance of the meeting and 48 hours' personal -1- notice to each resident member of the Committee, or ii) a notice on the Society's notice board seven days in advance; if the Committee meeting is to be held outside Full Term or within two days of the beginning or end of Full Term, iii) 72 hours' personal notice to each resident member of the Committee, this being either sent through the post or delivered by hand to the member's College. In no case shall accidental non-receipt of notice by any person invalidate the proceedings of the meeting. b) The notice required to be given for an Annual General Meeting, or the notice giving details of proposed changes in the Society's Constitution, shall take the form of a poster prominently displayed on the Society's notice board for the 14 days preceding the Meeting concerned. c) The notice required to be given for an Extraordinary General Meeting shall take the form of a poster promi- nently displayed on the Society's notice board for the 7 days preceding the Meeting. 3. DEPUTIES Should the Secretary or the Junior Treasurer be unable to perform his duties at any time, the Committee shall app- oint a temporary replacement, who shall be a Member and who shall serve until i) the former holder of the post is again able to perform his duties, or ii) there is a General Meeting of the Society, or iii) his appointment is terminated by the Committee, or iv) he resigns. 4. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The social activities of the Society shall include an annual punt party and an annual ramble. 5. THE SOCIETY'S NOTICE BOARD The Society's notice board shall be situated in the Arts School, Bene't Street, Cambridge. 6. EUREKA The President, Secretary, Junior Treasurer, Editor and Business Manager shall together determine the cover price of Eureka. This shall not exceed one-sixth of x without the approval of the Committee. For each Member paying a subscription the Society shall pay Eureka at this cover price for each free copy that the Member will receive under Section 1(d). 7. CO-OPTED MEMBERS The Computer Group Secretary shall be co-opted onto the Committee. -2-