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By-Laws of Skal International Tokyo

ARTICLE 1    MONTHLY MEETING

(a) As a rule, the members meeting shall be held on the first Monday of every month. The meeting shall normally convene at 6:30pm for cocktails followed by dinner. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify all members of the meeting details at least one week prior to the meeting.

(b) The Committee may alter the regular meeting date or time for a special purpose.

(c) Attending members shall sign their names in the roll book.

(d) Any member who does not attend at least three (3) regular meetings during a SKAL year can be subject to a written warning from the Secretary. Failure by a member receiving such warning to improve his attendance during the following year may result in cancellation of his membership. Out-of-town meetings such as overseas outings or National Committee joint-meeting held in other cities shall, however can be included for purposes of considering minimum attendance requirements.

(e) The member must wear the SKAL symbol (badge, tie or other item) when attending the meeting or be subject to a fine of ¥1,000.

(f) No guests shall be admitted to the monthly meetings unless the Committee has designated it open for them. However, members are free to invite any visitor as guest who is a member of any SKAL Club enrolled in A.I.S.C., but should give prior notice to the Secretary-Treasurer.

(g) Visiting members, Transfer Active members not yet accepted into the club, Associate members and those non-member guests accepted under the stipulations of (f) above, shall sign their names in the designated membership roll book and shall pay a fee which will be
decided at each meeting based on the actual cost to the Club.

ARTICLE 2     ADMISSION FEE

(a) Active Members: ¥60,000 (It should be promotional admission fee of ¥30,000 until we reach to 100 members)
The Transfer Active Member shall be exempted from the Admission Fee.
Periodically, in order to bolster membership, there will be a promotional fee of ¥30,000 for any additional member(s) who is (are) registered under an existing active member. The promotional fee only applies when applicant(s) is (are) employed by the same organization of active member who is introducing applicant(s). The fee includes the Active Membership and covers one time participation at a monthly dinner. An additional participation fee will be charged at a rate of ¥10,000 per dinner attended.

(b) No refunds will be made.

(c) Each member shall be allowed to bring guests to the Christmas Party; and a fee of ¥15,000 will be collected per guest. (Members can bring the guest to the meeting except AGM and the guest fee will be ¥10,000. However, if the guest is the potential active member, the fee will be waived.)

ARTICLE 3    ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

(a) Active Member:
¥100,000 per annum, which includes expenses for monthly meetings and other expenses. Cancellation Fee of ¥5,000 for late cancellation received after 3:00pm of the Friday prior to the normal meeting or No-shows.
New members who are admitted after February 1 will be charged on a pro-rated calendar (monthly) basis.
A refund of 50% of the subscription may be allowed in the case of withdrawal of membership before June 30.

(b) Honorable Member
Active members are able to be Honorable Member with the experience President or Secretary of SKAL International Tokyo Club with
authorization by Committee Members.
– No Annual Membership Fee would be applied.
– Attendance fee will be charged at each meeting, JPY15,000 for AGM and National Congress, Christmas Party, JPY10,000 for regular monthly meeting.

ARTICLE 4     COMMITTEE MEMBERS

There shall be four (5) elected Committee Members-at-large, besides the President, One or Two Vice President, Immediate-Past President, and Secretary-Treasurer. The Committee Members-at-large shall be responsible for membership matters, public relations, venue, website (www.SKALTOKYO.com) and such other specific matters as directed by President.

ARTICLE 5     ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting shall be convened in January. The Secretary –Treasurer shall submit a written agenda to all members at least one week prior to the date of the meeting.

ARTICLE 6    DONATIONS

(a) A fine of ¥1,000 will be assessed on any member who has failed to wear a SKAL symbol at the regular meetings. Such a fine will be donated to “Florimond Volckaert Fund” at Christmas every year.

(b) Any member may feel free to donate funds to the Club, for whatever their motivation may be.

ARTICLE 7     AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

The By-Laws may only be amended at an Annual General Meeting or Extraordinary General Meeting and, i.e. all decisions shall be taken by a majority of the Active member present and voting.                                                 (As of November 01, 2021)