1. NAME
The name of the Club shall be “Riverhead Bridge Club”.
2. OBJECT
The Object of the Club shall be the provision of facilities for its members to play Bridge in such form and at such venue and frequency as shall be determined from time to time by the Committee of Management.
3. MEMBERSHIP
The Membership shall be by invitation but open to all who desire to play Bridge, subject to the applicant’s standard of play and conduct proving to be satisfactory to the Committee of Management. The total membership from time to time shall be governed primarily by the space available at the playing venue, which the Committee of Management shall ensure is as extensive as possible within an acceptable cost. In the event of the membership list being closed by the Committee of Management, a waiting list shall be maintained by the Secretary, with applicants being offered membership at the discretion of the Committee.
4. GUESTS
A member may invite a guest to play at the Club. The Committee of Management shall have power to determine the maximum number of occasions on which a member may invite a guest and likewise the number of occasions on which any one person may play as a guest, in any one year.
5. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT
There shall be three Officers of the Club, namely, a Chairman, a Secretary and a Treasurer who, together with five other members, shall form the Committee of Management, all of whom shall be subject to election at each Annual General Meeting. Any one person may not serve as Chairman for more than three consecutive years. The Committee of Management shall have power to co-opt in order to fill any vacancy arising until the next Annual General Meeting and may also appoint one or more subcommittees from among their number or from the membership as a whole.
6. OTHER OFFICIALS
There shall be an Auditor who need not be a member of the Committee of Management, but who shall be subject to election at each Annual General Meeting. The Committee of Management shall have power to fill any vacancy arising until the next Annual General Meeting.
There shall be a Tournament Director who shall be appointed by the Committee of Management.
7. MEETINGS
The Annual General Meeting shall be held within two months from the end of the financial year, for which at least two weeks notice of the date and venue shall be given to all members. Ten members present shall form a quorum. Voting at such meetings shall be by show of hands, unless a ballot is demanded by the Chairman or by not less than ten percent of the Membership in attendance. In the event of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall exercise a casting vote. Nominations for Officers or other members of the Committee of Management shall be forwarded to the Secretary not less than one week prior to the Meeting, the consent of the nominee so to act having been firstly obtained.
An Extraordinary General Meeting may be convened at any time by the Committee of Management or, on requisition, by not less than twenty per cent of the Membership. At least two weeks notice of the date and venue of the Meeting and of the business to be conducted thereat, shall be given to all members. Ten members present shall form a quorum. Voting procedures shall be the same as for the Annual General Meeting.
The Committee of Management shall meet at such frequency as required for the conduct of its duties. Five members, at least one of whom shall be an Officer, shall form a quorum. In the event of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall exercise a casting vote.
8. SUBSCRIPTIONS
The Membership subscription for each year shall be determined at the Annual General Meeting on the recommendation of the Committee of Management, as will the form and method of payment. Payment will become due immediately following the Meeting and will be for the current financial year. New members shall pay a like subscription on election. Any member whose subscription remains outstanding for two months following the Annual General Meeting shall be deemed to have resigned.
9 BANK ACCOUNTS
There shall be a suitable bank or building society account(s) as determined by the Committee of Management, maintained in the name of the Club or in the names of its Officers as Trustees, for the deposit of the Club’s funds. The Authorised Signatories shall be the Chairman, the Secretary and the Treasurer from time to time, with any one such signature sufficing for withdrawals.
10. ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
An Income and Expenditure Account for the last financial year and a Balance Sheet as at the end of that financial year, duly audited, shall be laid before each Annual General Meeting for adoption.
11. WINDING UP
A decision to wind up the club shall only be made at a General Meeting. Upon the winding up of the club, any surplus funds remaining after the discharge of indebtedness, shall be divided equally among the current Membership.
12. CONSTITUTION
The Constitution of the Club shall only be revised or amended following approval at a General Meeting.
February 1999. |
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