A resolution of an incorporated association's executive council to approve a specified number of new members, without identifying the specific nominees, constitutes only an in-principle approval and does not validly admit any person to membership. Confirmed minutes that do not record approval of individual nominees are conclusive evidence under a conclusive evidence clause that no such approval occurred. The principles in Kerr v John Mottram Ltd regarding conclusive evidence clauses in corporate constitutions apply equally to incorporated associations by reason of the statutory provision that an association's constitution binds the association and its members as if it were a contract between them.
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