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Constitution and Bye-laws
Alresford Angling Association a Company Limited by Guarantee
Club Rules and Byelaws
1. NAME:
The name of the club shall be “Alresford Angling Association”
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2. OBJECTIVE:
The general objective of the club shall be to provide the facilities of an Angling Club for its members, including the organising and provision of angling, and to promote the interest of Anglers and Angling. Membership will be open to anyone who wishes to join the club. The committee will act to ensure that every member receives equal and fair treatment.
3. TRUSTEES:
3.1 There shall be not less than two nor more than three Trustees of the Club, save that a corporate body may be sole trustee. The Trustees shall be:-
1. Paul Barrell (Chairman)
2. Michael Day (Hon. Secretary)
3. Peter Standing (Hon. Treasurer).
The subsequent appointment of trustees shall be by the Committee.
3.2 Trustees shall hold office until death or resignation, or until removed from office by a resolution of the Committee.
3.3 All assets of the Alresford Angling Association Ltd (the club) will be vested in the company. Cash and bank accounts will be controlled by the Hon.Treasurer, all other property and assets, will be controlled by the Trustees to be dealt with by them and as the Committee from time to time by resolution direct.
3.4 The trustees shall be indemnified out of assets of the Club against any risk and expense incurred by them in the pursuance of their office.
4. MEMBERSHIP:
The club shall consist of the following classes of members: -
(1) Junior members
(2) Ordinary Members
(3) Honorary Members
(4) Non-angling members
(a) Membership in any class may be limited by the committee subject to confirmation at the next Annual General Meeting.
(b) Admission to all classes of membership shall be by election of the committee who may refuse any membership application without stating a reason.
(c) Junior Members will be under 12 on the 1st day of June in the membership year.
(d) Honorary Members may be elected at any General Meeting of the club for such period as the meeting shall determine upon a two thirds majority vote of members present and voting.
(e) Non-angling members are an accompaniment to groups 1,2 and 3 and are affected by all the club's rules. Only persons contained in the above list, or Who have been invited by a Committee member, are permitted onto Alresford Angling Association's sites. Other categories are not covered by the club's liability and are deemed as not permitted and required to leave.
5. SUBSCRIPTIONS:
The Annual subscription payable by members shall be such a sum as the Committee shall recommend from time to time and put to the vote at General Meetings. It shall be payable on election to membership and thereafter annually at the commencement of each season. (Season 1st June until 31st May). Any person not renewing their subscription by the 30th June in that season will be deemed to be a lapsed member and will require to be re-elected to membership.
6. EXPULSION:
(a) The committee shall expel from the club any member for conduct which in their opinions are injurious or tends to be injurious to the interests of the club, or its objectives, or its members or angling.
(b) Before expelling a member, the committee shall enquire into the members behaviour and the member shall be given a reasonable opportunity to defend himself, either in writing to the Hon. Secretary or appearing in person before the committee as he shall elect. The committee’s power to expel shall be on a two thirds majority of those present and voting
7. MANAGEMENT:
The management of the club shall be invested in the Committee (Except as otherwise provided in these rules).
8. OFFICERS:
Chairman, Honorary Secretary, and Honorary Treasurer shall be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting of the club after being proposed and seconded and indicating their consent and shall be ex-officio members of the committee.
9. COMMITTEE:
(a) The Committee shall consist of the Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and not less than four or more than eight Ordinary Members elected at the Annual General Meeting.
(b) The Committee shall have the power to co-opt up to two members, and at their discretion invite any persons whether members or not, to attend any meeting.
(c) The Committee shall have the power to fill any vacancy on the committee and any member so appointed shall retire at the next Annual General Meeting but shall be eligible for re-election.
(d) The Committee shall meet in at least two months of the year, plus any further meetings deemed necessary to examine the accounts and arrange the affairs of the club and minutes shall be taken at every meeting.
(e) Any new proposal for election on to the committee must have been a club member for a continuous period of at least 3 years, with the option for the committee to vote to override this in the event of needing to co-opt a new member quickly as a replacement.
10. AMMENDMENTS TO RULES AND BYLAWS:
(a) The by-laws are set out in Appendix 1 to these rules and any by-laws made under para (b) of these rules shall be binding upon the members until repealed by the committee or by resolution of the general meeting, subject to any amendment made under para (b) of this rule.
(b) The committee shall from time to time make, repeal or amend all such by-laws as they deem expedient (provided that they shall not be inconsistent with these rules) to take effect unless set aside at a general meeting.
11. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:
The Annual General Meeting of the club shall be held between April / May unless circumstances should otherwise decide. In this event, the date nearest to the first week of May shall take precedence. At the A.G.M. the meeting shall receive and consider the accounts and the balance sheet prepared by the Honorary Treasurer; to appoint Officers and fill vacancies on the committee; and to decide on any resolutions put forward by the committee or under rule 10.
12. NOTICES OF GENERAL MEETINGS AND RESOLUTIONS:
(a) Notice of the time and date of every general meeting shall be sent to every member at his last known contact.
(b) Notice of any resolution to be moved at the general meeting unless recommended by the committee shall be submitted to the Honorary Secretary at least twenty-one days prior to the meeting and shall be signed by the proposer and seconded.
(c) Any such resolutions, unless withdrawn, shall be included in the business of the meeting, and notice of it shall be sent to every member at his last address at least ten days before the meeting.
(d) Accidental omission to give notice to, or non-receipt of notice under paras (a) and (b) of this rule shall not invalidate any proceedings of the meeting.
13. PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS:
(a) Six members shall form a quorum at any meeting
(b) At every meeting the Chairman shall take the Chair, or in his absence a member elected by the members themselves shall take the chair. The Chairman and all honorary or ordinary members present shall be entitled to vote, and in the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
(c) Except as otherwise stated provided by these rules, a majority vote of the ordinary and honorary members present, and voting shall carry any motion or resolution, save that no rule of the club shall be made or repealed or amended on a vote of less than two thirds of the members present and voting.
14. INTERPRETATIONS OF THE RULES:
(a) The committee shall be the sole authority for the interpretations of the club rules and by-laws, and the decision of the committee shall upon question of interpretation, or any other matter affecting the club not provided for by the rules or by-laws shall be final and binding upon the members.
(b)The club rules and by-laws where the context permits, words importing the masculine shall include the feminine, and words importing the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa.
15. DISSOLUTION OF THE CLUB
If, at any general meeting a resolution for the dissolution of the Club is passed by a majority of the Members present and a Special General Meeting held not less than six weeks later (of which not less than four weeks written noti has been given to each member) and the resolution confirmed by a majority of two-thirds of the assembled members, the Club shall dissolve its assets to an agreed benefactor at the clubs discretion.