Fort Matilda Bridge Club

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SBU Changes - Personal Registration

The SBUhas introduced MEMPAD is the membership and master point administration database where you can access your personal details. If you haven't already signed on to MEMPAD, please send an email to Liz on masterpoints@scottishbridge.co.uk asking her to provide you with a temporary password. Once you receive your password, sign on to the website at www.mempad.co.uk and log on. Enter your MP No as the User Name and also the temporary password. Once you've logged on, click on "Account" (at the foot of the page) to change your password to something you'll find easier to remember and then update your personal details. You can then access your master point and membership records online, as well as several other useful pieces of information that the system provides (esp. from the "ticker tape" list on the Home page).

Constitution

CONSTITUTION

FORT MATILDA BRIDGE CLUB

(As agreed at the Annual General Meeting 1979.)

(As amended at the Annual General Meetings of 1981,1987,1989, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2010)

TITLE

The name of the club shall be FORT MATILDA BRIDGE CLUB and its object shall be the promotion and playing of the game of Bridge in Inverclyde and the surrounding area.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership of the club shall be open at the discretion of the Committee to all bridge players in the district in agreement with the Constitution. Members will come under the following categories:

(a) Full Members – ladies and gentlemen over the age of 21 years of age.

(b) Temporary Members – who will be admitted at the discretion of the Committee and who will be liable for fees pro rata.

(c) Honorary members – may be elected, up to three in number, by the Committee, in recognition of special services to the club over a period of years. These said members will be entitled to the same privileges as Full Members, but will have no voting rights.

OFFICERS

The affairs of the club shall be managed by a Committee, which shall consist of ten members and shall include the following officers:

President; Vice-President; Secretary; Treasurer and House Convenor.

The President and Vice-President shall be elected to serve for two years and shall not hold the same office for more than two consecutive years. The immediate past President shall continue on the committee for one further year. The Secretary, Treasurer and House Convenor shall be eligible for election annually.

Ordinary Committee members are elected to serve for a period of three years, two members retiring by rotation each year. Ordinary Committee Members who have completed a continuous period of at least three years in office will not be eligible for re-election for a period of one year. These elections shall be made at the Annual General Meeting.

In the event of a Committee member resigning during the term of office, the Committee shall be empowered to co-opt a Full Member to take the place of the resigned member, until the next Annual General Meeting.

SUBSCRIPTION

The subscription shall be due on September 1^st at the rate fixed at the Annual General Meeting

RESIGNATION

Any member wishing to resign shall give notice in writing to the Secretary before September 1^st each year, otherwise the said Member will be liable for the current subscription.

EXPULSION OF MEMBERS

If the annual subscription of any Member is unpaid by October 1^st in any year or if, in the opinion of the Committee, the conduct of any Member shall be prejudicial to the interests of the club, the Committee shall have the power to suspend, or request such a Member, to resign. If the member so requested does not resign within one month, the said Member shall be liable to expulsion by the Committee

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be held at such time and place as decided by the Committee and an attendance of not less than thirty full members shall constitute a quorum.

The business of the Annual General Meeting shall be to:

(a) receive and approve reports on the activities of the past year from the President and Officers,

(b) receive and approve the audited accounts of the Club

(d) appoint auditors

(e) transact any other business on the agenda

NOMINATION OF OFFICERS

Nomination of Officers and Committee shall be proposed and seconded by Full Members of the Club, with the consent of the nominees and submitted to the Secretary up to and including the date of the Annual General Meeting. If sufficient nominees are not received, nominations may be taken from the floor.

ALTERATION OF RULES

No amendment to the Constitution shall be made except at the Annual General Meeting, on the approval of two-thirds of the Full Members present.

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

The Committee shall have the power to call an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Club and also shall be bound to do so within twenty-one days, on receiving notice in writing signed by not less than twenty Full Members. The business to be transacted must appear on the agenda and no other business is competent for discussion.

DISSOLUTION

Any funds or assets remaining after the proper payment of all debts and liabilities shall be given to a local charity chosen by the incumbent committee.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

The Committee shall meet on the second Friday of each month and on other occasions as shall be deemed necessary. Five members shall form a quorum and the President or his/her deputy will have the casting vote.

VISITORS

Visitors playing in an ordinary evening tournament, for which members are charged table money, will pay the table money, plus an entry fee, which will be an amount determined by the Committee. This “entry fee”, will be commensurate with the annual membership subscription.

Visitors will not be eligible to enter any of the Club Championships, they will not be awarded points on a Monday Trophy or Mitchell Trophy Night and will not be eligible to play for Fort Matilda Club teams.

NB Dissolution clause written in blue print was agreed in principle at an EGM held on 24 May 2010 on the understanding it will be homologated at 2011 AGM

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