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Constitution
The Constitution

 1.        The Club shall be known as The Exmouth Bridge Club.

 2.        Duplicate Bridge shall take place on evenings and afternoons subject to demand and availability of premises.

 3.        The Club shall be affiliated to the EBU and shall comply with the rules, regulations and byelaws of the EBU.

 4.        The Annual General meeting shall be held in May.

MEMBERSHIP, GUESTS AND VISITORS

 5.        The Exmouth Bridge Club membership year commences on  1st June.

 6.        New applicants for membership of the Exmouth Bridge Club shall be 'played in' for four sessions following their application, after which the Committee shall consider their application.

 7.        The Committee has the right to terminate or suspend an individual's membership of the Bridge Club at any time.

 8.        (a) Visitors and Guests of members shall normally be limited to four attendances in any one Club membership year.

            (b) At Simultaneous Pairs Events members may bring a guest as partner.  Guest pairs / Visitors may only play if no Club to which they belong is running the event at any time that week.

MANAGEMENT

 9.        The Club's affairs shall be managed by a Committee consisting of three officers (Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer) and up to seven other members.

10.        The Committee shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.  The three officers are elected for one year, but may offer themselves for re-election for a maximum number of five consecutive years (unless no other candidates are proposed).  The other members are elected for one year, and may offer themselves for re-election.

11.        The Committee must call an Extraordinary General Meeting within one month if requested to do so in writing by at least ten Club Members.

12.        Nominations for the Committee and proposals for consideration at a General Meeting are to be given in writing (proposed and seconded) to the Secretary three weeks before the Meeting and displayed for two weeks before the Meeting.

13.        The quorum for a Committee meeting is five.

FINANCE

14.        The financial year shall be from 1st April until 31st March of the following year.

15.        The accounts of the Club shall be audited annually by an appropriate honorary auditor appointed by the Committee, and the audited accounts presented for adoption at the Annual General Meeting.

16.        Club funds shall be held at a local bank in an interest bearing account.  The signatories shall be the Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary.  One signatory may make a withdrawal following written authorisation by two of the signatories.

17.        The Committee shall recommend annually the amounts of Entrance Fee and Annual Subscription for approval at the Annual General Meeting.

18.        The Committee shall determine the level of prize money, bearing in mind the level of attendance being achieved and the Club's financial status.

CODE OF CONDUCT

19.        All members shall be expected to display a tolerant and friendly attitude towards both partners and opponents alike.  Acrimony and recriminations shall not be tolerated.  This does not, of course, preclude a normal and rational review of interesting hands if there is time following the conclusion of a round.

20.        Any discussion, conversation or scoring, shall be carried out in undertones and not be audible as to inconvenience players at adjacent tables, or forewarn the result to those yet to play that board under discussion.

21.        All conversation must cease immediately the Director addresses players on any aspect of play and careful attention must be paid to what is said.

22.        Any person holding a grievance against any arrangements made by the Committee in the running of the Club, or the conduct of another member (or members) should refer the matter either orally or in writing to the Committee.  Sustained dissent pursued during play is expressly forbidden.

23.        Smoking is not permitted in the playing area.

CESSATION OF THE CLUB

24.        If a General Meeting agrees the closure of the Club then the assets shall be shared among those members who have been in continuous membership during the 24 months prior to the date of closure in accordance with the following procedures:

            (a) Assets such as tables and stationery shall be sold to members or other clubs.

            (b) The total resulting cash assets shall be divided equally between the members.

Constitution/19.05.11(revised)