Constitution of Australian College of Midwives: 6 October 2023
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20. Quorum
No item of business is to be transacted at a meeting of Members unless a quorum of Members
entitled to vote under this Constitution is present at the commencement of the meeting and
continues to be present during the time the meeting is considering that item.
The quorum for consideration of the business of a meeting of Members is the presence in person,
whether physical or through real-time communication technology (if any) nominated by the Board
in the notice of the particular meeting, of thirty financial Members entitled to vote.
If within half an hour after the appointed time for the commencement of a meeting of Members a
quorum is not present, the meeting:
if convened upon the requisition of the Members is automatically dissolved; or
in any other case stands adjourned to such day, and at such time and place, as the Board
determines or, if no such determination is made by the Board, the same day in the
following week at the same time and (unless another place is specified at the time of the
adjournment by the Chair at the meeting or communicated by written notice to Members
given before the day to which the meeting is adjourned) at the same place.
21. Chair
The President shall Chair each meeting of Members of the ACM.
If the President is absent from the meeting of Members, the Directors present are to elect one of
the Directors present to Chair the meeting.
22. Adjournment
The Chair at a meeting of Members at which a quorum is present may, with the consent of the
majority of Members present at the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and place to
place, but no business is to be transacted at an adjourned meeting other than the business left
unfinished at the meeting at which the adjournment took place.
Where a general meeting is adjourned for fourteen days or more, the ACM must give written or
oral notice of the adjourned meeting to each Member of the ACM stating the place, date and time
of the meeting and the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting.
Except as provided in clauses 22.1 and 22.2, notice of an adjournment of a general meeting or of
the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting is not required to be given.
23. Business of a General Meeting
No business may be transacted at a general meeting unless the general nature of the business is
stated in the notice convening the meeting.
No person may move any amendment to a resolution proposed at a general meeting the terms of
which are set out in the notice convening the meeting, or to a document which relates to such a
resolution (and a copy of which has been sent to Members or made available for them to inspect
or obtain), without the approval of the Chair of the meeting (in their discretion).
24. Conduct of a General Meeting
Subject to applicable laws and this Constitution, the general conduct of each general meeting of
the ACM and the procedures to be adopted at the meeting will be determined by the Chair of the
meeting.
If there is a dispute at a general meeting about a question of procedures, the Chair of the
meeting may determine the questions.
25. Decisions on questions
A resolution to be put to the vote at a meeting of Members of the ACM may be determined by
Pre-poll, on a show of hands or by a poll.
On a show of hands: