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Proposed 2006 Constitution Changes 11-Dec-2005 - Some minor changes are required in our constitution to enable the Cricket Club to use the Governments "Gift Aid' scheme (CASC - Community Amateur Sports Clubs) whereby we can claim back basic rate tax on any private donations to the club. The proposed changes are in the following areas :
Proposed 2006 Constitution Changes (for EGM 18-December) SOUTHWELL CRICKET CLUB CONSTITUTION (amended 18-December-2006)
1. The name of the Club is the SOUTHWELL CRICKET CLUB.
2. The object of the Club is to provide facilities for and promote participation of the whole community in the sport of Cricket.
3. The Club is committed to develop and implementing policies and procedures which ensure that everyone knows and accepts their responsibility in relation to a duty of care for Young People. It is committed to ensuring that there are correct and comprehensive reporting procedures, by promoting good practice and sound recruiting procedures for all individuals working within the Club. The Club fully adopts the ECB “Safe Hands – Welfare of Young People in Cricket” Policy.
4. Membership of the Club shall be open to all persons irrespective of ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or beliefs; or of age, sex or disability except as a necessary consequence of the requirements of Cricket as a particular sport. The Club fully adopts the Sport England and ECB definition of sports equity. .
5. Admission. A candidate for membership shall be proposed by a member of the Club and seconded by another member of the Club and shall be elected by a General Committee Meeting (for the purpose, the weekly meeting of the Selection Committee shall be deemed to be a sufficient meeting of the General Committee). Until a candidate is elected as a member he/she will not be entitled to any privileges of the Club and there shall be an interval of at least two days between a candidate's nomination or application for membership and a candidate's admission as a member.
6. The Club may refuse membership or expel from membership only for good or sufficient cause, such as conduct or character likely to bring the Club or sport into disrepute. Appeal against such a decision may be to Club members or a separate Appeals Panel and decided by a majority vote.
7. The Officers
of the Club shall be a President, a Chairman, an Honorary General Secretary, an
Honorary Treasurer, a Team Secretary, a Fixture Secretary, a Bar Manager, a
Youth Development Manager, a Child Welfare
Officer, a First XI Captain, a First XI Vice
Captain, a Second XI Captain, a Second XI Vice Captain, a Sunday XI Captain and
the Byron XI Captain. They shall be members of the Club and be proposed,
seconded and elected by ballot at each Annual General Meeting. Nominations for
officers shall be sent to the Secretary at least 7 days prior to the AGM. They
shall hold office until the next Annual General Meeting when they shall retire,
and shall be members of the Club and be eligible for re-election from year to
year. 8. The management of the Club shall be entrusted to a General Committee consisting of the officers of the Club and nine other members of the Club elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. The General Committee shall have power to add to their number. The General Committee shall meet at least once every two months during the cricket season and at such times as it shall determine and at all meetings of the General Committee ten shall form a quorum.
9. The Selection Committee shall be appointed each year by the General Committee.
10. The General Committee shall have power at any time and from time to time to fill any casual vacancy amongst the Officers and the General Committee. Any Officer or Member of the General Committee so appointed shall hold office only until the next following Annual General Meeting but shall then be eligible for re-election.
11. The amount of the annual membership subscriptions for the classes of membership for the ensuing year will be fixed at the Annual General Meeting. The Selection or General Committees may decide special cases. Subscriptions shall be due on the 31st May in each year and such subscriptions shall be deemed to be a debt due to the Honorary Treasurer for the Club for the time being.
12. No person at any time shall be entitled to receive at the expense of the Club or any member thereof any commission percentage or similar payment on or with reference to purchases of intoxicating liquor by the Club; nor shall any person directly or indirectly derive any pecuniary benefit from the supply of intoxicating liquor by or on behalf of the Club to members or guests apart from any benefit accruing to the Club as a whole and apart also from any benefit which a person derives indirectly by reason of the supply giving rise to or contributing to a general gain from the carrying on of the Club.
13. The purchase of intoxicating liquor shall be in the absolute discretion of a sub-committee of not less than four members being members of the General Committee appointed by that Committee for that purpose. In the event of any member for any reason ceasing to be a Member of the General Committee he/she shall automatically cease to be a member of the Sub-Committee and another Member of the General Committee shall be appointed in his place. Such Sub-Committee shall in no way be restricted in the freedom of purchase except by any terms or agreements made by the General Committee with any supplier. The charges for refreshments shall be fixed by the Sub-Committee and shall be paid in cash at the time of purchase.
14. Members and officials of the visiting Clubs taking part in matches played on the Club ground shall be temporary members for the day of the match and such temporary member shall be allowed to purchase intoxicating liquor for consumption on the Club premises.
15. The income and property of the Club shall be applied solely towards promoting the Club’s objects as set forth in the constitution and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred, directly or indirectly, to the Members of the Club.
16. Full accounts of the financial affairs of the Club audited by the Honorary Auditor who shall be appointed at the Annual General Meeting shall be presented at the Annual General Meeting.
17. A General Meeting of the Club shall be held annually and fifteen months shall not elapse without a General Meeting. A quorum at the General Meeting shall consist of ten persons.
18. An Extraordinary General Meeting may be convened at any time and shall be convened within twenty-eight days of the requisition of fifteen members of the Club. Such requisition must state the purpose for which such meeting is required.
19. The Honorary General Secretary shall at least four days before any General Meeting send to every member at his address in the Club’s books the notice of the Meeting stating the time when and the place where it will be held and the business to be conducted.
20. At all Meetings of the Club each member over the age of sixteen years shall have one vote. The classes of member shall comprise full playing membership, non-playing membership, youth and student membership and Byrons membership and all the above classes of members shall be entitled to vote at meetings of the Club. In addition there shall be a category of social membership, which shall be non-voting, and the qualifications for social membership shall be determined from time to time by the General Committee.
21. Any member shall be entitled to introduce guests to the Club provided that no person whose application for Membership has been declined or expelled from the Club shall be introduced as a guest. The member introducing a guest shall enter the name and address of the guest together with his/her own in a book, which shall be kept in the Club House. No guest shall be entitled to purchase intoxicating liquor on Club premises.
22. The Club shall be open on days when cricket is being played on the ground or members are practising and such other times as the Committee shall by resolution specify.
23. The hours for the General Committee shall fix the supplying of intoxicating liquor provided they do not exceed the maximum hours of 11.00.a.m. to 11.00.p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays and 12 noon to 10.30.p.m. on Sundays.
24. No alteration or addition to these Rules shall be made except by resolution carried by the majority of at least two thirds of the Members present at a General Meeting notice of which shall have contained particulars of proposed alteration or addition. The Honorary General Secretary shall as soon as possible and in any case within twenty-eight days of the making of any alteration or addition to these Rules give a written notice of such alteration or addition to the Chief Officer of the Police and the Clerk of the Local Authority of the District in which the Club is situated.
25. Members are not entitled to use any part of the ground for any purposes except as authorised by the General Committee or the Selection Committees. On match days the pavilion and enclosure are reserved for members of the Club and their guests and members and officials of visiting teams.
26. The Honorary General Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Club and shall have custody of all documents belonging to the Club. He/She shall keep full and correct minutes of all proceedings and records of all Meetings of the Club.
27. Expenditure on behalf of the Club must be authorised by the Committee.
28. The Honorary Treasurer shall keep the accounts of the Club and shall make up the Annual Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet of the Club to the 31st day of October in each year.
29. On the recommendation of the General Committee an ordinary member may be elected a Life Member at any General Meeting of the Club and shall thereafter be entitled to all the privileges of membership without paying the annual subscription or any special payments for such life membership. A two-thirds majority of those present shall be necessary at such election.
30. The property of the Club shall be vested in Trustees who shall be appointed by the General Committee. A General Committee Meeting or a General Meeting shall have the power to remove any of the Trustees and all vacancies occurring by removal resignation or death shall be filled up at the same or next General Committee Meeting. The Trustees shall have power to invest money and adopt such measures as may appear to them necessary in the interest of the Club subject to the approval and direction of the General Committee by resolution (of which an entry in the Minute Book shall be conclusive evidence). The Trustees shall be indemnified against risk and expenses out of the Club property.
31. A Resolution to dissolve the Club can only be passed at an Annual General Meeting or an Extraordinary General Meeting on a simple majority of the vote of the membership present and entitled to vote. In the event of the dissolution of the Club, any assets remaining after the satisfaction of all debts and liabilities shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the Club, but shall be given or transferred to one or more of the following approved sporting or charitable bodies :
1. Nottinghamshire Cricket Board for use by them for related community cricket; 2. The ECB for use by them for community sports; 3. A registered charitable organisation(s); 4. Another CASC registered Cricket Club
32. Every member of the Club shall be bound by and submit to the rules of the Club.
2005 Constitution Changes 22-Feb-2005 - As part of our Clubmark plan we shall be making several changes, those to the constitution are to be discussed at our EGM as part of our next committee meeting at the Reindeer at 8pm 21 March 2005. Proposed Amendments to Club Constitution, 21-March 2005The following amendments are proposed:
Renumber paragraphs accordingly. 2005 Constitution
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