MEMBERSHIP
- Membership to the Federation shall be open to: a) All Dzongkhag Association/Clubs in Bhutan; b) All interested Badminton and willing to abide by the rule s laid out in this constitution; and c) All such other persons who have rendered eminent services to the promotion of Badminton, on the recommendation of the Central Committee and General Meeting, will be awarded honorary membership.
23.Application for the membership shall be made in the prescribed from Annex 1.
24.Membership fees/ contributions shall be as follows:
a) Membership of Dzongkhag Sport Associations/ Clubs to the Federation as well as well as the annual affiliation fee, payable by the Dzongkhag Associations/ Clubs to the Federation shall be 500 per annum, subject to Change;
b) Contribution of individual members in Thimphu should be a minimum of Nu.50.00 per annum, subject to change;
c) The annual affiliation/membership fees shall become due for payment on 1 July and shall be paid on or before 30 June every year. Defaulters shall be liable to pay the over-due fees with an addition penalty of Nu.50.00 before the closure of the next financial year; and
d) If the affiliation /membership fees and penalty imposed is not paid on or before the last day of the next financial year, the defaulter shall automatically cease to be a member of the Federation. Thereafter, its case for membership shall be considered afresh by the Central Committee and the General Meeting of the Federation.25.The voting rights of members shall be as follows:
a) Each member dzongkhag Association/ Clubs shall be entitled to send two representatives to the General Meetings. The representatives shall be entitled to one vote each. The right of exercising the vote shall be vested in the accredited Association/ Clubs.
b) All other members, including the Central Committee members will exercise one vote each. In case of a tie, the president will have the casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote;
c) No proxy shall be allowed; and
d) Honorary members shall have no voting rights.
e) Members who are not official bearer of BBF or not representatives of Dzongkhag or clubs shall have no voting right.