Become a NESCAN Member

According to the Articles of Association, NESCAN Hub Members have the following rights & roles:

• NESCAN Hub Membership

  As NESCAN Hub Ltd is now a charity registered in Scotland, No.SC053435 the Board decided to consolidate NESCAN Hub membership with our current CIC membership category so that every person/organisation joining as a member of NESCAN becomes a member of the Charity automatically and has full voting rights.

• It was agreed that all existing NESCAN members would become NESCAN Hub members with voting rights, unless they opted out. Due to the Articles of Association, NESCAN Hub staff cannot be NESCAN Hub voting members so would need to opt out of voting rights.

  New Membership Criteria:

  Group:

  Type: community led organisations, charities, voluntary groups, third sector network entities, third sector and not-for profit social enterprises and Parent Teacher Associations

  Values: support NESCAN Hub’s vision and aims

  Location: Based in Aberdeen City or Aberdeenshire, or for organisations/enterprises not based in locally then a significant part of their activities are based in Aberdeen City or Aberdeenshire. 

  Individual:

  Values: support NESCAN Hub’s vision and aim

  Location: living, working or physically studying in Aberdeen City or Aberdeenshire

  Age: over 18 years for adult membership, under 18 years old will require an adult to join on their behalf.

  Members’ liability is limited to £1, the amount that each member undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up while they are a member, or within 1 year after they cease to be a member.

• Members can, by ordinary resolution at a general meeting, appoint Directors & agree their remuneration.
• Members can, by special resolution direct the Directors to take, or refrain from taking, specific action.

Becoming/ceasing to be a member:

• Subscribers to the Memorandum are the first members of the Charity.
• No member can be admitted as a member unless they are approved by the directors.
• Everyone who wishes to become a member needs to deliver an application for membership containing the information required by the Directors.
• Membership is not transferable.
• Membership is terminated upon death, or if a resolution is passed resolving to expel a member because of their continued membership is deemed harmful to the Company. In this case, at least half of the Directors must be present, & the member must be given at least 14 days notice that the resolution is being proposed.

General meetings:

• Members can require the Directors to call a general meeting.
• Notice of at least 14 days must be given unless a majority of members agree.
• Members can appoint a proxy for the general meeting.
• General meeting is quorum if two persons entitled to vote (i.e a member of their proxy) are present.
• Member and non-members can attend & speak at general meetings.
• Only members (or their proxies) have a right to vote.
• Each member has one vote.
  A Member Organisation may nominate any individual to act as its Authorised Representative.
• The Member Organisation must give notice in writing to the Company of its Authorised Representative.
• The Authorised Representative can exercise the same powers as the Member Organisation would exercise if it were an ordinary member, and has the same voting rights as the Member Organisation would be entitled to if it was an individual member present in person.

Amendments & written solutions

• An ordinary resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by ordinary resolution if notice of the proposed amendment is given to the Company in writing by a person entitled to vote at the general meeting at which it is to proposed not less than 48 hours before the meeting is to take place (or such later time as the chair of the meeting may determine); and the proposed amendment does not, in the reasonable opinion on the meeting chair, materially alter the scope of the resolution.
• A written resolution is passed as a special resolution if it is passed by a 75% majority of the total voting rights of eligible members.
• A copy of the written resolution must be sent to every member together with a statement informing the member how to signify their agreement to the resolution and the date by which the resolution must be passed if it not to lapse.
• A member signifies their agreement to a proposed written resolution when the Company receives from him/her/them an authenticated Document identifying the resolution to which it relates and indication his or her agreement to the resolution.

The NESCAN Hub Team must maintain a members’ register.