6.3.1 Voting

6.4 Honorary membership may be conferred on any person deemed to have been specifically helpful to the group, by a 2/3 majority vote of those members responding within a specified period, and where applicable, shall entitle them to the rights as mentioned above.

6.5 All members of the sacats list (newsgroup) are eligible for membership unless suspended from SACC activities or services.

6.6 Any member whose dues are not paid within 60 days of the due date shall be considered of ill standing.

7.1 All applications for membership shall be made to the owner of the sacats list (newsgroup) first. Once accepted as a member of the list, application for membership of the SAC@TS breeders group may be made to the Committee and by paying the necessary subscription to the treasurer.

7.2 The acceptance or rejection of such Application shall be at the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee and its decision shall be final and binding on the candidate. The Committee shall not be obliged to give any reasons for its decision.

7.3 The Secretary shall notify the candidate by e-mail of election or rejection as a member. Such member shall be bound by the Rules from the time of election. In the case of rejection the subscription shall be returned to the candidate.

8.1 A member shall be entitled to terminate his membership by e-mail notification to that effect to the Secretary. Such termination shall take effect from the date of posting the e-mail confirming such resignation by the Secretary to the member concerned.

8.2 Any member so resigning shall not be entitled to a refund of any subscription or other dues paid by him in terms of the Rules, and shall have no claim whatsoever against the Group or its property.

9.1 Every member shall conform to both the Rules of the group and of SACC, and shall not commit any breach thereof or act in opposition to the Rules and/or to the fundamental objects and principles upon which the Group has been founded.

9.2 Every member shall show proper respect for the authority of the Chairman and Committee and shall conform to all decisions duly made by them or by the duly authorized officers of the Group in accordance with the Rules.

10.1 Any member who has been found by the Committee after due and proper investigation to have committed a breach of the Rules may be expelled or suspended from membership of the Group by the Committee, subject to the right of appeal at the next general meeting.

10.2 In the event of any member being so expelled or suspended the Committee shall place before the next General Meeting a report of the investigation so held and the decision arrived at.

11.1 Executive Officers, namely:

12.1 Nominations for the office of an Executive Officer of the Group shall be made by e-mail prior to the commencement of the AGM. Candidates shall be proposed and seconded by two members of the Group.

12.2 In the event that an Executive Officer has to resign his duties during his term of office for any reason whatsoever, the Executive Committee shall have the power to co-opt another member of the Group to fill this position, accept in the case of the resigning member being the Chairman. In this event, the Vice-Chairman would automatically become the Chairman, and a new vice-Chairman co-opted.

13.1 Meetings of the Executive committee shall take place via private e-mail at least three times per year. Meetings shall be initiated in order of precedence by: Chairman, or Vice-Chairman. If both are unavailable when an urgent matter necessitates a meeting, the Meeting may be initiated by any member of the executive committee.

13.2 Voting shall be by e-mail and all questions requiring a vote shall be decided by a majority vote of those responding within a set period of time and entitled to vote. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote. The Secretary shall keep minutes in the form of printouts of the e-mail sent to and received from the members of the executive committee.

13.3 The Chairman and Treasurer shall present Annual Reports and Statements to the Annual General Meeting via e-mail on behalf of the Committee.

13.4 The Committee shall not incur any Expenditure whereby the funds of the Group shall be diminished by more that 25% of its total funds without the authority of a General meeting.

13.5 The Committee reserve the right to co-opt members to the committee as the need arises.

14.1 To conduct the correspondence of the Group and place such correspondence before the Group.

14.2 To keep an up-to-date Register of the names and addresses of the members of the Group as well as all registered cattery names.

14.3 To give notice in terms of the Rules of election or rejection of any candidate for membership.

14.4 To give Notice by e-mail to the members of every General Meeting, such notice shall contain the Agenda for the Meeting/s.

14.5 To keep e-mail printouts of the private discussions of the executive committee mad to file these in a Minute Book, and to make available such Minutes when required to do so during General Meetings.

14.6 To circulate to members any Notices, Reports or Publications in terms of the Rules or when required to do so by the Committee.

15.1 To accept, hold in trust, deal with and administer all monies received by or on behalf of the Group.

15.2 To open and operate a Banking or Building Society account in the name of the Group. All cheques, negotiable instructions and other Banking or Building Society Documents shall be signed by the Treasurer and a member of the Committee.

15.3 To submit to the Group at General meetings a list of liabilities of the Group for payment, and to obtain direction thereon.

15.4 To keep true, proper and up-to-date books and records of assets, liabilities and financial transactions of the Group and of payment of subscriptions by members. To submit such books and records to the Auditor of the Group in sufficient time to enable the Auditor to audit the Group's accounts, as soon as possible after the 31st December of each year. To obtain the Balance Sheet and any other report compiled by the Auditor, and to place the same before the Committee to enable the Committee to discuss and submit the same to the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

15.5 To send by not later that 31st day of January of each year to members liable for payment of subscription, notice to make payment thereof.

16.1 To obtain from the Treasurer or Officers of the Group whatever information he may deem necessary for the proper performance of his duties, and any necessary Certificates signed by the Officer concerned.

16.2 To submit the Group's accounts from the books and records submitted to him by the Treasurer and to prepare and submit a signed Balance Sheet and Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the Group's financial year, together with any report which he may deem necessary as soon as possible after the 31st December of each year.

17.1 The Annual Subscriptions for the categories of membership of the Group shall be laid down at the Annual General Meeting. It may be altered by a simple majority vote at a General Meeting.

17.2 The first Annual Subscription shall become due on election and the annual subscription thereafter, on the first day of January each year.

17.3 Ordinary meetings for all group members shall be by informal e-mail discussion held at the discretion of individual members at regular intervals.

18. GENERAL MEETINGS

18.1 Annual General Meetings which shall be held not later that the last day of March each year.

18.2 A notice of every General Meeting shall be e-mailed to all members by the Secretary, not later that 21 days before the date of such meeting. Such notice shall specify the time period allowed for responding to and voting on the items on the agenda.

18.3 In the case of an Annual General Meeting, the Agenda shall include the following:

18.3.1 Chairman's Report

18.3.2 Treasurer's Report

18.3.3 Election of Executive Officers