a) to promote the interests of all licensed SIR users served by the UK distributors. They can be achieved by the organisation of annual conferences and one day events, production of the newsletter, maintaining the exchange of information and software facility and any other relevant tasks.

b) to liaise with the owners of the SIR product, the UK distributor and the international user group on all aspects of the SIR product especially support and development.

a) All active users of the SIR product at licensed sites served by the UK distributor are eligible for full membership.

b) All other interested parties are eligible for associate membership.

a) A general meeting of the group shall be held at least once in two years. Written notification of the time and place shall be sent to all full members at least thirty days in advance.

b) Meetings shall be conducted in accordance with these byelaws and policies established by the Group or committee.

c) At least two members of the committee shall be in attendance at any meeting.

a) should consist of no less than four and no more than nine representatives of the various organisations using SIR.

b) An ex-officio member should be an appointed representative of the SIR distributor organisation.

c) Only full members of the Group are eligible to be members of the committee.

d) The committee may, at its discretion, co-opt associate members for specific tasks. Associate committee members may be full or associate members of the Users Group and will remain members of the committee until the next election.

a) Elections to fill vacant committee membership posts shall be held at the general meeting.

b) Members of the committee should hold office from the general meeting at which they were elected until the second AGM following election.

c) In the event of a resignation, the committee may co-opt a new member to complete the retiring members term of office.

d) Retiring members may stand for re-election for further two year periods of office.

e) Nominations shall be invited prior to the general meeting and may be made at the meeting provided the nominee is present or has given written consent to serve if elected.

f) Elections shall be by ballot if more nominations are received than there are vacant posts. A majority vote shall be necessary to elect.

a) A quorum for conducting any official business of the group shall be those full members present at any meeting in person or by telephone/teleconference or internet chat/messaging, but not less than three members.

b) The passage of all motions shall be by a simple majority of a quorum plus any proxy votes that have been sent to the chair at least 48 hours before the meeting.

c) Each attender at the meeting who is a full member of the Group shall have one vote in the business of the Group.

d) In the event of there being no simple majority the chairman will have the casting vote.

e) Associate members shall have no voting rights

a) Any member of the Group may propose an amendment to these byelaws by submitting it in writing to the chairman of the group at least thirty days prior to the next meeting of the group.

b) The proposed amendment shall be distributed to the membership at least fifteen days prior to the next meeting of the group.

c) Voting and passage of the amendment shall be in accordance with article 7 of these byelaws.

a) The Group may be dissolved by a simple majority vote of the quorum, as defined by article 7, providing all members have received notice, in writing, at least 30 days prior to the meeting at which such dissolution is to be considered.

b) In the event that it has not been possible to hold a quorate general meeting within a period of 18 consecutive calendar months, the committee may declare the Group dissolved.

c) Any assets remaining after payment, or provision for payment, of all debts and liabilities shall be donated by the committee to one or more registered organisations operated for charitable purposes.