ACE meets once a month, usually on the first Saturday.  However, there are often additional days in the month when ACE has activities that members are always welcome to attend.  For example, there are evenings at Winkleigh Community Centre when data is added to the ever expanding data base.  There are additional days when other activities are continued, and help is always welcome.

     Current subscription rates are £10 for an individual and £15 for family membership, and subscriptions are due in November.  This entitles members to attend all meetings, activities and events usually without further cost (except for materials when required) and to four Newsletters per year.

     To apply to join ACE, either print and complete the Application form which will be displayed by clicking HERE, or e-mail our membership secretary at members@ACEarch.org.uk

Members abide by the following

RULES OF THE ACE ARCHÆOLOGY CLUB

NAME
1  The name of the Club shall be the ACE Archæology Club.

OBJECT
2  The object of the Club shall be to promote and encourage archæology for the benefit and education of the public by means of:
   a.  the promotion of archæological research,
   b.  the preservation of archæological sites and historic buildings,
   c.  the instigation and execution of fieldwork and excavation;
   d.  the publication of material relevant to the Club's activities,
   e.  meetings, exhibitions, and other forms of instruction and publicity,
   f.  such other activities as may be deemed necessary by the General Committee to fulfil the object of the Club.

COMMITTEES
3  The affairs of the Club shall be managed by a General Committee which shall comprise:
   the Chairman, the Secretary, the Treasurer and three other members of the Club.

4.  For each meeting of the General Committee:
   a.  at least five days notice shall be given by the Secretary,
   b.  a quorum shall consist of three members.

5.  For each meeting of the General Committee:
   a.  shall meet at least once a quarter.  The first meeting of the Committee shall be held not more than twenty eight days after the date of the Annual General Meeting,
   b.  shall meet when summoned by the Secretary,
   c.  may fill a casual vacancy within the Committee,
   d.  shall, in the case of a casual vacancy in the office of Chairman, appoint a Vice Chairman to act until the following Annual General Meeting.

   6.  All matters for decision by the General Committee shall be decided by a simple majority voting in person. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

MEMBERSHIP
7.  The Club shall comprise:
   a.  Full members who are entitled to vote at General Meetings, eligible to serve on any committee and to hold office,
   b.  Joint Full members i.e. two members of the same household living under the same roof who shall have the privileges of Full members,
   c.  Junior members who are below the age of eighteen years, who are entitled to vote at General Meetings, but shall not be eligible to serve on committees or to hold office.

8  Membership shall take effect on the payment of the appropriate annual subscription as shall be determined from time to time at the Annual General Meeting.

9.  The General Committee may admit suitable persons to membership.

10.  The General Committee shall have the right to expel any member whose activities it considers to be incompatible with the object of the Club, subject to the member having first been informed of the complaint and given ten days notice of the General Committee meeting which the member may attend to appeal against expulsion.

SUBSCRIPTIONS 11.  All subscriptions are payable on 1st November for each year.  Membership shall lapse if the subscription is unpaid six months after it is due.

FINANCE
12.  The General Committee shall have power to raise money by means of affiliation fees, subscriptions, donations, legacies, grants-in-aid, appeals and other sources.

13.  The income of the Club whencesoever derived shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the object of the Club as set out on Rule 2, provided that the General Committee shall out of the monies received pay all proper expenses of administration and management of the Club.

14.  In no circumstances shall any distribution of money from the funds of the Club be made to or among members.

15.  All monies at any time belonging to the Club and not required for immediate purposes shall be lodged for safe keeping with a bank.

16.  The General Committee shall have the authority to affiliate the Club with other societies and to pay whatever subscriptions or entrance fees are required.  It shall also have the authority to allow affiliation of other societies with the Club.

HONORARY OFFICERS
17.  The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected or re-elected at the Annual General Meeting, together with three other members to constitute the General Committee.  All officers shall serve until the end of the next Annual General Meeting and shall be eligible for immediate re-election.

18.  The General Committee may appoint sub Committees to consider specific matters or perform specific tasks, delegating such limited powers as it considers expedient to any such sub Committee, which authority will cease upon presentation of its formal report to the General Committee.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
19.  An Annual General Meeting shall be held within the month of November.

20.  Five members personally present and entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum.

21.  Voting shall be by personal attendance only but no member shall be entitled to vote whose subscription is in arrears.
22.  In the case of an equality of votes the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

23.  At least twenty one clear days notice of the meeting and of the business to be transacted shall be given to the members in writing by the Secretary.

24.  Included in the business of the Annual General Meeting shall be:
   a.  consideration of the General Committee's Annual Report,
   b.  the election of Chairman and Honorary Officers,
   c.  reports of Officers with specific responsibilities,
   d.  such resolutions as have been notified to the Secretary by the General Committee or by members not later than 7th September.

SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
25.  Upon receiving a requisition signed by five or more Full Members or at the request of the General Committee, the Secretary shall summon a Special General Meeting giving twenty one clear days notice of the meeting and of the matters to be discussed thereat.  The holding of such a meeting shall be announced within fourteen days of such a request.

26.  Rules 20, 21, 22, and 23 shall apply to Special General Meetings.

AMENDMENTS
27.  Any amendment of or addition to these Rules may from time to time be made at the Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting if approved by no fewer than two thirds of the members present and voting.

WINDING UP
28.  Any proposal by the General Committee to wind up the Club shall require ratification by an Annual or Special General Meeting at which it shall also be determined that in the event of the winding-up of the Club the available funds of the Club shall be transferred to such one or more bodies having objects similar or reasonably similar to those hereinbefore declared may be chosen by the General Committee.

Last amended at AGM 8 Sep., 2007