MEMBERSHIP

Membership

The following persons and organization shall be eligible to be members of the Zanzibar ICT Alliance:

·                     any person who are graduated in ICT (or other related communications and technology services)

·                     other individuals engaged in the provision of ICT development,  (or other related communications and technology services), whose employment or undertakings involve the provision of such services in Zanzibar.

·                     any other individual person who is deemed likely to contribute to the aims and objectives of the Zanzibar ICT Alliance

·                     Zanzibar ICT Alliance -based organizations (including but not limited to limited companies, limited partnerships, community organizations and partnerships) offering ICT development, (or related communications and technology services)

·                     Other organizations offering ICT development.

·                     any other organization which is deemed likely to contribute to the aims and objectives of the Zanzibar ICT Alliance.

Membership shall be open to individuals irrespective of their status, employment and irrespective of whether they operate in any or all of the private, public and third sectors.

Applications for membership of the Zanzibar ICT Alliance shall be made by email or other effective written means to the Secretary or Chair of the Zanzibar ICT Alliance, in such form as may from time to time be decided by the Management Committee or by a properly convened AGM or SGM.

No application for membership of the Zanzibar ICT Alliance will unreasonably be rejected.

Applications for membership by organizations shall nominate one person (and one substitute person) to represent the organization in all matters related to the organization’s membership of the ZICTA.

Each organizational member of the ZICTA shall have one vote at any AGM or SGM, which shall have the same weight as the vote of an individual member. Organizational members shall have the right (through the organization’s nominated representative) to nominate any person for election to the Management Committee or as any office-bearer whether or not that person is an individual member of the ICT Forum.

On receipt of an application for membership, the Secretary and Chair shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, consult on whether or not the applicant is eligible for membership. If the Secretary and Chair have no reasonable doubt about eligibility, the application shall be accepted, and the applicant informed in any terms agreed from time to time by the Management Committee or by a properly convened AGM or SGM..

If, after consulting with each other, the Secretary and Chair have any reasonable doubt about eligibility in respect of any application for membership, the Secretary shall put the application for membership before the Management Committee (by email or other effective means) as soon as reasonably practicable for the application to be accepted or rejected.

Upon acceptance of any application for membership, the applicant shall be informed as soon as reasonably practicable, in any terms agreed from time to time by the Management Committee or by a properly convened AGM or SGM. If at the time of the application a membership fee applies in respect of the applicant, membership shall commence when the membership fee is credited to the ZICTA's bank account by electronic transfer, on receipt by the Secretary or Treasurer of a cash payment of the relevant amount, or on the day a cheque for the appropriate amount is cleared by the applicants bank; otherwise membership shall commence when the applicant is informed that their application has been accepted.

Upon rejection of any application for membership, the applicant shall be informed of the fact of and the reasons for rejection as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any terms agreed from time to time by the Management Committee. The applicant will also be informed that the ZICTA will accept any reasonable representation from the applicant as to why the application should be accepted, and will reconsider the application according to criteria and procedures agreed by the Management Committee or by a properly convened AGM or SGM.

No application for membership of the ZICTA shall be accepted from any individual person under the age of 16 years. No person under 16 years of age shall be nominated to represent any organisational member.

Membership of the ZICTA will cease upon email (or other effective written notice) of resignation to the Secretary from an individual wishing to resign, or from an authorized representative of an organization wishing to resign. Membership of the ZICTA will cease if, for any reason, the Management Committee decides that continued membership by any individual or organization is likely to bring the ZICTA into disrepute; in the case of any withdrawal of membership, the applicant will also be informed that ZICTA will accept within 14 days any reasonable representation from the member concerned as to why membership should not be withdrawn, and will consider any such representations according to criteria and procedures recommended from time to time by the Management Committee to and agreed by a properly convened AGM or SGM. In the case of any such decision by the Management Committee to withdraw membership, membership of the ZICTA will cease at the end of the 14th day after the decision is taken, or immediately after any representations from the member concerned are considered and decided upon by the Management Committee.

At the date of adoption of this constitution, there shall be no fee for membership of the Orkney ICT Forum. Before each AGM, the Management Committee shall review any requirement for a membership fee to be levied, and shall make recommendations to each AGM on whether membership fees should apply, and (if so) on the level or levels of such membership fees for individual members, and for member organizations of various types and size. The AGM shall consider and decide upon the recommendations of the Management Committee. Any membership fees payable will be due on the date of the AGM at which they are approved. Different levels of membership fee shall only be set for different categories of individual members and of organisational members if such differences are based on objective, non-discriminatory criteria.

The membership benefits in respect of individual members (and of directors, partners, employees, members and other individuals associated with organizations) accepted as members of the ZICTA shall be as decided from time to time by the Management Committee or a properly convened AGM or SGM.