NAME OF CLUB
1
Name
The
club will be called NAME OF CLUB and will be affiliated to the
NAME OF NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY.
2
Aims and objectives
The
aims and objectives of the club will be:
to offer
coaching and competitive opportunities in NAME OF SPORT
· to promote the club within the local community and NAME
OF SPORT
· to manage the NAME OF FACILITY
· to ensure a duty of care to all members of the club
· to provide all its services in a way that is fair to
everyone
· to ensure that all present and future members receive
fair and equal treatment.
3 Membership
Membership should consist of officers and members of the club.
All members will be subject to the regulations of the constitution
and by joining the club will be deemed to accept these
regulations and codes of conduct that the club has adopted.
Members will be enrolled in one of the following categories:
· Full member
· Associate member
· Junior member
· Life member.
4 Membership fees
Membership fees will be set annually and agreed by the Executive/
Management Committee or determined at the Annual
General Meeting.
Fees will be paid: annually DATE/monthly/by weekly subscription.
5 Officers of the club
The officers of the club will be:
· Chair
· Vice Chair
· Honorary Secretary
· Treasurer
· Fixtures Secretary
· Publicity Officer
· any other relevant position.
Officers will
be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting.
All officers will retire
each year but will be eligible for re-appointment.
6 Committee
The club will
be managed through the Management Committee consisting of:
NAMES OF OFFICER POSTS.
Only these posts will have the right to vote at meetings of the
Management Committee.
The Management Committee will
be convened by the Secretary of the club and held no less than
NUMBER OF MEETINGS per year.
The quorum required
for business to be agreed at Management Committee meetings will
be: NUMBER [ACCORDING
TO NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN POST].
The Management Committee
will be responsible for adopting new policy, codes of conduct
and rules that affect the organisation
of the club.
The Management Committee will
have powers to appoint sub-committees as necessary and appoint
advisers to the Management Committee
as necessary to fulfil its business.
The Management Committee will
be responsible for disciplinary hearings of members who infringe
the club rules/regulations/constitution.
The Management Committee will be responsible for taking any action
of suspension or discipline following
such hearings.
7 Finance
All club monies will be banked in
an account held in the name of the club.
The Club Treasurer will be responsible
for the finances of the club.
The financial year of the club will
end on: DATE.
An audited statement of annual accounts
will be presented by the Treasurer at the Annual General Meeting.
Any cheques drawn against club funds should
hold the signatures of the Treasurer plus up to two other officers.
8 Annual
General Meetings
Notice of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be given by the
Club Secretary. Not less than 21 clear days' notice to be given
to all members.
The AGM will receive a report from officers of the Management
Committee and a statement of the audited accounts.
Nominations for officers of the Management Committee will be sent
to the Secretary prior to the AGM.
Elections of officers are to take place at the AGM.
All members have the right to vote at the AGM.
The quorum for AGMs will be NUMBER [USUALLY 25% OF THE MEMBERSHIP].
The Management Committee has the right to call Extraordinary General
Meetings (EGMs) outside the AGM. Procedures for EGMs will be the
same as for the AGM.
9 Discipline and appeals
All complaints regarding the behaviour of members should be submitted
in writing to the Secretary.
The Management Committee will meet to hear complaints within NUMBER
days of a complaint being lodged. The committee has the power
to take appropriate disciplinary action including the termination
of membership.
The outcome of a disciplinary hearing should be notified in writing
to the person who lodged the complaint and the member against
whom the complaint was made within NUMBER days of the hearing.
There will be the right of appeal to the Management Committee
following disciplinary action being announced. The committee should
consider the appeal within NUMBER days of the Secretary receiving
the appeal.
10 Dissolution
A resolution to dissolve the club can only be passed at an AGM
or EGM through a majority vote of the membership.
In the event of dissolution, any assets of the club that remain
will become the property of NAME OF GOVERNING BODY OR SOME OTHER
CLUB WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVES TO THOSE OF THE CLUB.
11 Amendments to the constitution
The constitution will only be changed through agreement by majority
vote at an AGM or EGM.
12 Declaration
NAME OF CLUB hereby adopts and accepts this constitution as a
current operating guide regulating the actions of members.
SIGNED: DATE:
Name:
Club Chair
SIGNED: DATE:
Name:
Club Secretary