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be entitled to vote at any such meeting or 
excursion, but may express opinions on 
any matter under discussion at the 
invitation of the chairman or leader. 
(ix) To propose or second any Honorary or 
financial Ordinary Member for election to 
the Council. 
(b) Associate Members: Persons elected as Associate 
Members shall be entitled to attend and speak at 
general meetings, excursions and other activities 
conducted by The Society, but shall not be 
entitled to vote at any meeting, and if any such 
member should vote, then that vote shall not be 
counted. Associate Members shall be entitled to 
submit papers for publication, but shall not 
receive the Journal of the Society except at a 
price fixed by the Council from time to time and 
subject to the approval of the Council, may 
borrow books, periodicals or other documents 
belonging to The Society, but shall not be 
entitled to be proposed for, or elected to, any 
office in The Society, nor to propose or second 
others for membership or office in The Society. 
(c) Student Members: The Council may, on 
application to be made each year in such form it 
may require, admit as Student Members, persons 
who are undertaking full-time studies in 
Western Australia, or as agreed by Council. 
Student Members shall have the same rights and 
privileges, and shall be subject to the same 
restrictions, as Associate Members, except that 
they shall receive the Journal of the Society. 
(d) Honorary Members: The Society at its Annual 
General Meeting in any year may, on the 
recommendation of the Council, admit as 
Honorary Members persons distinguished in 
Science or as patrons thereof, but only in so far as 
the number of such members shall not henceforth 
at any time exceed five percent of the total 
Ordinary, Associate and Student membership of 
the Society. Honorary Members shall have the 
same rights and privileges as Ordinary Members, 
but without liability for any subscription. 
(e) Honorary Associate Members: The Society at its 
Annual General Meeting in any year may, on 
the recommendation of the Council, admit as 
Honorary Associate Members persons interested 
in science, but only in so far as the number of 
such members shall not exceed five percent of 
the total Ordinary, Associate and Student 
membership of the Society. Honorary Associate 
Members shall have the same rights and 
privileges, and be subject to the same 
restrictions, as Associate Members, but without 
liability for any subscription. 
(f) Corporate Members: Corporate membership 
may be made available by the Council to 
organisations under such terms and with such 
rights and privileges as the Council may 
determine. 
12. Every person desirous of becoming an Ordinary or 
Associate Member of The Society shall make 
application in the form prescribed from time to time 
by the Council and shall be proposed by an 
Ordinary or Honorary Member of The Society and 
be seconded by at least two other Ordinary or 
Honorary Members of The Society, to each of whom 
the applicant is known personally. Each application 
shall be accompanied by the subscription applicable 
to the class of membership sought and shall be 
lodged with one of the Secretaries. Each Ordinary 
and Honorary Member of The Society shall be 
informed of the application forthwith by such 
means as the Council may from time to time 
determine. The Council shall accept or reject each 
candidate at a meeting of the Council held not less 
than one month and not more than six months after 
issue of advice of the candidate's application to the 
Ordinary and Honorary Members. Admission shall 
be made by a two thirds majority of those Council 
members present and voting. 
13. The Secretary shall inform each candidate of his 
admission or non-admission to the class of 
membership sought. Upon admission. Ordinary or 
Associate Members shall receive a copy of The 
Society's Constitution and Rules and Regulations. 
Their membership shall be deemed to apply to the 
whole of the financial year in which they were 
admitted so that, subject to their availability, they 
shall be entitled to receive all publications and 
documents issued during that year to all members 
of their class. 
14. Members of The Society, of whatever class, shall be 
bound to observe and perform, and not commit any 
breach of, the Rules and Regulations of The Society 
from time to time in force. 
15. Members shall notify the Secretary in writing of 
their address for receiving notices or 
communications to be forwarded to them, and shall 
from time to time notify in writing any change in 
such address. If any member shall fail to give such 
notification they shall have no claim against The 
Society for publications or notices of the meetings or 
other activities of The Society; notification is deemed 
to have occurred at the time of posting. 
16. Members, on paying to The Society all subscriptions 
or moneys owed by them and returning all books, 
papers, manuscripts, or property of The Society 
which they may have borrowed or received, may 
resign their membership by giving notice in writing 
to the Secretary of The Society; and any members 
ceasing by resignation, death, or otherwise to be a 
member of The Society shall not, nor shall their 
representatives have any claim upon or interest in 
the funds or property of The Society; but nothing 
herein contained shall prejudice the right of The 
Society to recover any moneys owing or property of 
The Society borrowed, held, or received by members 
at any time. 
17. Members whose subscription may be in arrears for a 
period of more than two years shall, on a resolution 
of the Council being at any time thereafter passed, 
be declared to be no longer members and thereupon 
shall cease to have the rights and privileges to which 
they may have been entitled, provided always that 
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