PROPOSING A NEW MEMBER

(1)  The name of a prospective member, proposed by a member of the club or by the membership development committee, shall be submitted to the Board in writing, through the Club Secretary. The proposal for the time being shall be kept confidential, except as otherwise provided in this procedure.

(2) The Board shall request the Classification Committee to consider and report to the Board on the eligibility of the proposed member from the standpoint of classification, and shall request Membership Committee to investigate the report to the Board on the eligibility of the proposed member from the standpoint of character, business and social standing, and general eligibility.

(3) The Board shall consider and approve or disapprove the recommendations of the Classification and Membership Committees and shall then notify the proposer, through the Çlub Secretary, of its decision.

(4) If the decision of the Board is favourable, the proposer, together with one or more members of the Rotary Information Committee, shall inform the prospective member of the purposes of Rotary and of the privileges and responsibilities of membership in the club, following which the prospective member shall be requested to complete and submit an application for membership and to give permission for his or her name and proposed classification to be published to the Club.

 (5) If no written objection to the proposal, stating reasons, is received by  the Board from any member of the club within ten (10) days following publication of the name of the prospective member, the prospective member upon payment of the admission fee and membership fees, as prescribed in Article V of the Rotary Club of Melbourne South By-laws, shall be considered to be elected to membership.

If any objection has been filed with the Board, it shall consider the same at any regular or special meeting of the Board and shall ballot on (he proposed member. If not more than one negative vote is cast by the members of the Board in attendance at such regular or special meeting, the proposed member, upon payment of the prescribed admission fees, shall be considered to be elected to membership.

Following the member's election to membership as herein provided, the Club Secretary shall issue a membership card to the member and shall report his or her name to the General Secretary of Rotary International.

(6) The member shall be formally introduced as a new member at a regular meeting of the club.