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+[[!meta title="Society/Constitution"]]
+[[!meta author="Tlsa"]]
+[[!meta date="2009-07-08T14:55:53Z"]]
+
+
+[[!toc]] This is the constitution
+of the NetSurf Society.
+
+1.  This document details the constitution of the the NetSurf Project
+    Society, hereinafter referred to as "the Society".
+2.  Membership of the Society is non-transferable and is open to any
+    person who fulfils any of the following:
+    1.  The person is an active developer of any of the NetSurf
+        Project's programmes or libraries or documentation or websites
+        thereof. Such a person is defined by their having commit access
+        to the NetSurf Project's central revision control system and
+        having made a non-trivial commit within the past 12 months.
+    2.  The person is an active developer as defined in A but, instead
+        of having commit access to the NetSurf Project's central
+        revision control system, their non-trivial updates, patches,
+        modifications or new content is sponsored by an extant Member of
+        the Society such that it is committed to the NetSurf Project's
+        central revision control system on their behalf.
+
+3.  Membership is free of charge, no subscription payments will be due.
+4.  The Committee comprises three roles: Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.
+5.  Membership applications and resignations must be made in writing
+    (email or by post) or in person to the current holder of the
+    Secretary role.
+6.  The Secretary will accept and approve any such application providing
+    the applicant fulfils any of the subclauses of 2. Resignation of
+    membership is subject to no conditions for normal Members, and is
+    predicated on a replacement having been elected for Committee
+    Members.
+7.  Membership is automatically terminated if any of the following are
+    determined to be true:
+    1.  The Member dies
+    2.  The Member ceases to fulfil any of the requirements as laid out
+        in the subclauses of 2.
+
+8.  The Society's objects (the Objects) are:
+    1.  To promote the use of, and advance the development of the
+        NetSurf Web Browser
+    2.  To promote the use of, and advance the development of the
+        NetSurf Project's other applications and libraries.
+
+9.  All income and property of the Society shall be applied towards
+    furthering the Objects.
+10. The Society will hold an annual general meeting (AGM) each year. At
+    least 11 months and no more than 15 months may elapse between
+    successive AGMs.
+11. Any single member of the Committee, or 3 Members of the Society
+    acting in concert may call an EGM at any time by requesting it of
+    the Secretary in writing or in person.
+12. No less than two weeks will elapse between the calling of a meeting
+    (either AGM or EGM) and the meeting taking place.
+13. Meetings may occur physically or in the IRC channel \#netsurf on the
+    Freenode IRC network.
+14. The Committee is elected at the AGM and the Committee Members serve
+    the period starting immediately after the end of the AGM at which
+    they were elected and ending at the end of the subsequent AGM.
+15. Nominations for Committee roles and any motions to be considered at
+    an AGM or EGM will be announced to the Members no more than one week
+    and no less than four days before the meeting.
+16. Motions and nominations for Committee members must be submitted to
+    the Secretary after the announcement of the AGM (or an EGM called
+    for the purpose of electing a new Committee member) and must arrive
+    no less than one week before the meeting so that they can be
+    included in the announcement detailed in 15. A candidate for a
+    Committee role may withdraw themselves from consideration at any
+    time up to the point at which the vote is called at the meeting.
+    Should a given committee role not have any nominations by this time,
+    or should all nominees withdraw before the vote, the incumbent is
+    considered to be automatically re-nominated.
+17. All Members of the Society have one vote.
+18. Votes may only be cast by the Member unless previously delegated in
+    writing to the Secretary.
+19. Votes may be cast ahead of the meeting by providing a written
+    account of the vote the Member wishes to cast to the Secretary no
+    less than 24 hours ahead of the meeting.
+20. A meeting is considered quorate if at least one Committee member is
+    present and at least three other Members are present or have
+    registered absent votes for all motions and nominations being
+    considered.
+21. Should a Committee member wish to resign, an EGM shall be called to
+    elect a different Member to that role. The Member wishing to resign
+    the role shall serve until such a meeting can take place. The newly
+    elected Member will serve until the end of the subsequent AGM.
+22. Should membership of the Society fall below five Members, or should
+    it prove not possible to elect a Committee, then an EGM will be
+    called to attempt to resolve the situation. Should the EGM end
+    without membership increasing to at least five or without an elected
+    Committee, then the Society will be dissolved.
+23. Should a motion at an EGM or AGM be to dissolve the Society, then a
+    two-thirds majority including at least one Committee Member will be
+    required for the motion to pass.
+24. Should the society be dissolved, the following must be fulfilled:
+    1.  A resolution detailing the procedure for disposing of any assets
+        belonging to the Society must be passed by a two-thirds majority
+        of the remaining Members of the Society
+    2.  The most recently elected Committee will then execute the
+        resolution as passed.
+
+25. No Member may simultaneously occupy more than one role on the
+    Committee.
+26. Signatories on any bank accounts held in the name of the Society
+    shall be the members of the Committee.
+27. Should the membership of the Committee change, it shall be the task
+    of the Secretary (both old and new if changing) to ensure that the
+    Bank remain informed of the permitted signatories and to ensure that
+    any required paperwork is executed to that effect.
+28. All votes are non-secret and all Members will be notified of the
+    results of motions and nominations by the Secretary after any
+    general meeting.
+29. This Constitution may be amended by a motion passed by simple
+    majority at any quorate general meeting.
+
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+[[!meta title="Society/Members"]]
+[[!meta author="DanielSilverstone"]]
+[[!meta date="2013-07-20T09:58:57Z"]]
+
+
+[[!toc]] Currently the Committee
+is:
+
+-   Michael Drake, Chair
+-   John-Mark Bell, Treasurer
+-   Daniel Silverstone, Secretary
+
+Current non-committee membership is:
+
+-   Rob Kendrick
+-   Chris Young
+-   Vincent Sanders
+-   François Revol
+-   Steve Fryatt
+
+The society is therefore quorate.
+
+The following are eligible to join:
+
+-   Ole Loots
+-   Vivek Dasmohapatra
+-   Anthony J. Bentley
+-   Adrien Destugues
+-   Craig Barnes
+-   John Tytgat
+