Constitution
1. NAME
The club shall be called Camberley Basketball Club.
2. OBJECTS
The aim of the club is to provide facilities for the playing of recreational
and competitive basketball. For inhabitants of Camberley and the surrounding
regions. (Area of benefit)
3. MEMBERSHIP
Membership of the club shall be open subject to interview by a member of the
Committee, but without elective process, to persons in the area of benefit and
shall be of two kinds:
a) Full members (aged eighteen and over and not in full time education)
b) Junior members (under the age of eighteen or in full time education)
Junior members shall not have the right to vote at Members' Meetings but may
elect from among themselves two representatives to the Committee who shall each
have the right to vote as if they were full members.
4. COMMITTEE
The Club shall be managed by a Committee elected at the Annual General
Meeting. They shall remain in office until the following Annual General Meeting,
unless their office is terminated or resigned. All members must retire annually,
but are eligible for re-election. The Committee shall have the power to co-opt
additional members who shall be members of the Club.
5. SUBSCRIPTIONS
The subscriptions for members shall be paid monthly and the amount be decided
by the Committee. Subscriptions shall be paid on the First of Each Month or as
otherwise determined by the Treasurer.
6. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
The Committee shall have the right for good and sufficient reason to
terminate the membership of any member provided that the member shall have the
right to be heard by the Committee before a decision is made.
7. ALTERATION OF RULES
The Committee shall have the power to alter the rules. However, this must be
confirmed by the Annual General Meeting, or a Special General Meeting called for
this purpose. Subject to Clause 19.
8. BYE-LAWS
The Committee shall have the power to make Bye-laws for regulating the
conduct and affairs of the Club provided the same are not inconsistent with
these rules. Such Bye-laws shall be posted on the club notice board and shall be
binding to all members.
9. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
A General Meeting of the Club shall be held in every year not later than
June, to transact the following business:
a) to receive and, if approved, to adopt a Statement of the Club's accounts
to the end of the preceding season;
b) to consider and, if approved, sanction any duly made alteration of the rules;
c) to appoint the Officers and other members of the Committee;
d) to appoint the Auditor or Auditors;
e) to deal with any special matter which the Committee desire to bring before
the members and to receive suggestions from the members for consideration by the
Committee.
10. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
A Special General Meeting may be convened at any time by the Committee and
shall be convened within twenty-one days from the receipt of a requisition in
writing signed by not less than twenty members specifying the object of the
meeting for any of the following purposes :
a) to consider and, if approved, sanction any duly made alteration of the
rule;
b) to deal with any special matter which the committee may desire to place
before the members;
c) to receive the resignation of the Committee or to remove any member or
members there of from office and fill any vacancy or vacancies caused thereby
d) to deal with any special matter which the members requiring meeting may
desire to place before the club. Notice convening a special general meeting
shall be given as hereinafter provided and shall specify the matters to be dealt
with.
11. OFFICERS
The Annual General Meeting shall elect the following officers:
1. Chairperson
2. Vice-chairperson
3. Secretary
4. Treasurer
5. Assistant Treasurer
6. Technical Officer
7. Equipment Officer
8. Press Officer
9. Head Coach
10. Social Secretary
11. Team Secretaries
12. Development Officer
12. CHAIR AT MEETINGS
At Committee Meetings and at General Meetings a Chairperson shall be elected
to preside, and he/she shall have a casting or additional vote in the event of
an equality of votes.
13. QUORUM
At Committee Meetings five shall form a quorum. At General Meetings
twenty-five shall forma quorum. Junior members may attend General Meetings but
they shall not be entitled to vote, and they shall not be counted as the
necessary quorum.
14. VOTING
Every matter shall be determined by the majority of the members present and
voting on the question.
15. NOTICE OF MEETINGS
Public notice of every Annual General Meeting and Special General Meeting
shall be given on the Club notice board at least fourteen days before the date
thereof and by other such means as the convenors of the Meeting think fit. Such
notice shall specify the matters to be dealt with.
16. FINANCE
a) All monies raised by or on behalf of the Club shall be applied to further
the objects of the Club and for no other purpose.
b) The Honorary Treasurer shall keep proper accounts of the finances of the
Club.
c) The Accounts may be audited at the start of each new season by a person
appointed by the committee if deemed necessary.
d) A statement of accounts for the last financial year shall be submitted by the
Committee to the Annual General Meeting.
17. TRUST PROPERTY
The title of any real property which may be acquired by or for the purposes
of the Club shall be vested in Trustees who shall be appointed by the Committee
and who shall enter into a Deed of Trust setting forth the purposes and
conditions under which they hold the said property in trust for the Club. The
Number of Trustees shall not be less than two or more than five.
18. DISSOLUTION
If the Committee by a simple majority decides at any time on the grounds of
expense or otherwise that it is necessary or advisable to dissolve the Club it
shall call a Meeting of all members of the Club who have the power to vote.
Notice shall be given as provided in Clause 15 hereof and shall be advertised in
a newspaper circulating in the area of benefit and also given in writing to the
Charity Commissioners for England and Wales. If such a decision shall be
confirmed by a simple majority of those present and voting at such Meeting the
Committee shall have the power to dispose of any as sets held by or in the name
of the Club. Any assets remaining after the satisfaction of any proper debts and
liabilities shall be applied towards charitable purposes for the benefit of the
inhabitants of the area of benefit as the Committee may decide and as may be
approved by the Charity Commissioners of England and Wales.
19. ALTERATIONS TO THE CONSTITUTION
Any proposal to alter this constitution must be delivered in writing to the
Secretary of the Club not less than twenty-eight days before the date of the
Meeting at which it is to be considered.
An alteration will require the approval of both:
a) a simple majority of members voting at a Meeting of the Committee;
b) a two-thirds majority of members present and voting at a General Meeting.
Notice of each such meeting must have been given in accordance with normal
procedure but not less than fourteen days prior to the Meeting in question and
giving the wording of the proposed alteration. No alteration of the constitution
shall be made which would affect the charitable status of the Club. If Trustees
have been appointed in accordance with Clause 17 hereof, an alteration shall not
be made without the knowledge and consent of the Trustees but such consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld by them.
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