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4.3 Members will be enrolled in one of the following categories: · President A non-executive position. He/she when present and so wishes will chair Club General Meetings. He/she can give advice to the Chairman. · Life member Life membership shall be offered to persons proposed by the Management Committee and elected to that status by a General Meeting of the Club in recognition of quite exceptional past services to the Club. Life members are not required to pay any annual subscription. · Vice-President Vice-Presidentship shall be offered to persons proposed by the Management Committee and elected to that status at a General Meeting of the Club in recognition of their interest in the Club, combined with past or anticipated benefits given by them to the Club. Once elected, individuals remain a Vice-President for life, unless contact with the Club has been lost, until they resign or if a general meeting decides that the individual's membership is not in the Club's interest. · Playing member Playing membership shall be offered to persons who are accepted by the Selection Committee as players and who have paid the appropriate, extant subscription. · Probationary member Probationary membership shall be offered to those invited to play cricket for the Club by the Club Captain or the Selection Committee. Probationary members pay no subscription and, unless the Management Committee agrees a specific case, may not maintain their status for more than six weeks after first being selected to play for the Club. · Associate member Associate membership shall be offered to those persons with an interest in the Club who are accepted by the Associate Member Secretary as members for one year. Associate members are to pay the appropriate subscription. · Junior member Junior membership shall be offered to young players accepted by the Juniors' Secretary as eligible to play juniors' cricket organised by the Club, who have paid the appropriate extant subscription and agree to follow the ARCC Juniors' Rules and Code of Conduct which are issued separately. · Temporary member Temporary membership shall be offered to those persons with an interest in the Club who are temporarily undertaking duties on behalf of the Club. 4.4 Family membership will be available to non-playing parents, or guardians, and their children at a reduced rate. Children will be subject to the rules of Junior members whilst parents/guardians will be subject to the rules of Associate members. 4.5 The Club shall be a member's club. Membership shall be open to all irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, ethnic origin, creed, colour, social status and sexual orientation. Members and visitors should be treated equally and fairly in this context. 4.6 Application for membership, other than for Junior or Temporary, is to be approved by the Management Committee after the nomination has been displayed on the Club notice board for at least 48 hours. 5 Membership fees 5.1 Membership subscriptions for Playing Members, Associate Members, Junior Members and Family Members will be agreed by the voting membership at the Annual General Meeting or in unusual circumstances at an Extraordinary General Meeting. All subscriptions will be due on 1st |
