Green Bay Community House Membership Information  

Eligibility for Membership
Membership is open to all residents of Green Bay, people who work in Green Bay, and any other person interested in the Green Bay community

• Members must complete a Membership Form to join the Green Bay Community House Society and forward to the secretary and staff for processing – a welcome email will be sent to confirm membership
• No membership fee is payable, but at least once every two years members will be sent correspondence by the Secretary to confirm their membership

Members – Voting Rights

• Members are able to vote at any AGM or Special General Meeting, and may attend any Board meeting

Membership and personal information

• Details of members will be kept in a secure membership database that is accessed by the Board and any person assigned by the Board to communicate with members
• The Membership Database will contain the member’s name, street or postal address, email address, telephone numbers and joining date
• Information on members will not be provided to any other organisation
• Members may be requested to provide other information to the Board
• Members are able to have reasonable access to the Membership Database but must seek permission from the secretary and with reasons for access, which will be recorded.

Members – Purpose and Conduct

• Members (including Board members) shall understand and promote the purposes of the Society and shall not do anything that brings the Society into disrepute. The use of any income, benefit, or advantage will be applied to the charitable purposes of the Society
• Act in good faith and in the best interests of the Society
• Respect all members and those we interact with while a member of the society, no matter what ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, religion, physical ability or family status.
• Respect and consider diverse and opposing viewpoints of those within the society.
• Not allow the activities of the Society to be carried on recklessly or in a manner that is likely to create a substantial risk or a serious loss to the Society.
• Members (including Board members), or any person associated with a member, shall not participate in, or materially influence, any decision made by the members in respect to any payment to or on behalf of that member or associated person of any income, benefit or advantage whatsoever. Any such income paid shall be reasonable and relative to that which would be paid in the open market. The provision and effect of this statement shall not be removed from this policy, or any document replacing this policy.
• The Board may terminate a membership if they believe the member is not acting in the best interests of the Society, and determine they no longer wish to maintain an association with that member.

Terminating Membership

• Members may terminate their membership at any time by advising the Secretary Green Bay Community House Society Inc.
• Those who have not confirmed their membership (will be deemed inactive and a letter/email will be sent to the member to advise their details will be removed from the database
• Details of members who are terminated will be saved to a separate database that will record the reason why they terminated their membership​​

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