Battle of
Stamford Bridge Society Constitution
- Name: The society shall be known as the Battle Of Stamford Bridge Society.
- Aim and Objectives:
- Membership:
(a) Membership of the
Society shall be:
- open
to anyone who is interested in promoting
the Societies aim and willing to abide by
the rules of the Society.
- upon
payment of a minimum subscription determined at the Annual General Meeting
(AGM), and payable on the
1st of March
each year. Any member
3 months
in arrears is deemed
to have resigned from
the Club.
- Membership fee for anyone under 16 shall be £2 per year. They must be
accompanied by a parent or gaurdian. (added at March 2014)
- Membership fee for anyone under 16 shall be £2 per year. They must be
accompanied by a parent or gaurdian. (added at March 2014)
(b) Every member shall have one
vote at general meetings.
(c) The Management Committee shall
have the power to refuse membership to an applicant, where it is
considered such membership would be detrimental to the aims, purposes or
activities of the group.
(d) Registration and termination of
membership.
-
Any member of the society may resign his/her membership by giving to
the secretary
of the association written notice to that effect.
-
The Management
Committee may, by resolution passed at a meeting thereof, terminate
or suspend the membership of any member, if in its opinion his/her conduct
is prejudicial to the interests and objects of the association,
provided that the
individual member or representative of the member organisation (as
the case may
be) shall have the right to be heard by the General Committee before
the final
decision is made. There shall be a right of appeal to an independent
arbitrator
appointed by mutual agreement.- Management:
(a) Management of
the Society shall be administered by a Management Committee of not
less than three (3) people elected at the AGM, which shall be held in April each
year.
(b) The officers of the
Management Committee shall be – The Chairperson, Secretary
and Treasurer.
(c) The Management
Committee shall meet at least twice each year.
- Committee Meetings:
(a) The business
of the Society shall be
conducted by a Committee
consisting of minimum 5
members, including the
Officers.
(b) The
Committee shall have the
power to co-opt additional
members and set up sub-groups and
working parties as deemed necessary who shall be accountable to the committee.
(c) The Committee
shall meet at least 4 times a year.
(d) The quorum for a meeting
shall be five (5).
(e) The committee shall be
accountable to the members at all times.
(f) All meetings must be
minuted and available to any interested party.
(g) The committee shall be
empowered to amend or
suspend any of the
standing rules, or
to introduce temporary
rules as they may
deem expedient in the
interest of the
Society. Such alterations
shall be considered and
either endorsed or overruled at
the next AGM.
(h) All committee members
shall be given at least seven (7) days notice of a meeting unless it is deemed
an emergency meeting.
- General/Public Meetings:
(a) The committee shall call
at least two general public meetings each year, the purpose of these
meetings is for the society to promote its actions, to raise its profile and attract
new members.
(b) The Chair of the
Society shall normally chair these meetings.
(c) At least seven (7) days
notice of such meetings must be given and advertised in local public
places.
- Finance:
(a) Any money obtained by
the Society shall be used only for the Society.
(b) Any bank accounts opened
for the Society shall be in the name of the Society.
(c) The funds
of the Society shall be
held by the Treasurer.
(d) The Treasurer
and the Secretary shall
provide signatures for all
cheques, with
signatures from both required on
any cheque issued.
(e) One
auditor, not a member
of the Committee, shall
be chosen by the
Committee to audit
the Society finances. At
the AGM, the Treasurer
will present an audited
statement of
the Societies accounts up
to the 28th
of February.
- Annual General Meeting:
(a) The Society shall hold
an Annual General Meeting (AGM) at not more than 15 month intervals.
(b) Where possible,
members shall be notified personally, otherwise notice will be deemed served by
advertising the meetings in at least 5 public places giving at least 14 days
notice of the AGM.
(c) The business of
the AGM shall include:
-
Receiving a report from the Chairperson of the group’s activities
over the year.
- Receiving a report and presentation of the last financial year’s accounts from the Treasurer on the finances of the group.
- Electing a new
Management Committee and considering any other matter as may be
appropriate at such a meeting.
(d) A quorum
of the AGM is
no less than 12
members.
- Alteration of the Constitution:
(a) Proposals for
amendments to this constitution, or dissolution (see Clause 11) must be delivered to
the secretary in writing. The secretary in conjunction with all other officers
shall then decide on the date of a forum meeting to discuss such proposals, giving
at least four weeks (28 days) clear notice.
(b) Any changes to this
constitution must be agreed by at least two thirds of those members present
and voting at any general meeting.
- Dissolution:
The group may be wound up at any
time if agreed by two thirds of those members present and voting at
any general meeting. Any assets shall be returned to their
providers, if they require it, or shall be passed to another group
with similar aims.
- Adoption of the Constitution:
This constitution was adopted by the members present at the meeting held on:
15th
August 2013.
This
constitution was amended: 10th
April 2014
Signed:
(Chair)
(Secretary)
(Treasurer)
(Member)
(Member)
(Member)
