Principles

Membership

Membership should be as broad as possible to include everyone with an interest or stake in the objects of HITO.

This includes:

Business owners and employers
Associations (national, regional and local)
Employees
Trainees
Students
Corporates (including secondary and tertiary education providers, PTEs, business, and suppliers)
other individuals

A combination of full membership (with full rights including speaking and voting rights); and associate membership (with limited rights).

All members will have obligations, including a code of ethics, and will receive a range of benefits from membership.

Strong support for proposed membership structure
Agreement that employer members (employers in salons and clinics) should be full members and all others associate members, recognising that a membership system based solely on Association membership could not work with the new sectors in the future
Support for an ongoing role for Associations as members and proxies
Support for all members having speaking rights at the Annual General Meeting (agreed by HITO Board and constitutional working group)
Support for meetings other than the AGM that members can also take part in noting the limited role of AGMs (and the items of business transacted there).

Part II – Membership,

Sections:

6. Categories of membership

7. Employer members

8. Association members

9. Other members

10. Duration of membership

11. Members Rights and Obligations

13. Register of Members

14. Resignation and Termination of Membership