DORRIDGE
CRICKET CLUB
The
John Woolman Ground, Broadacre,
Dorridge
Cricket Club (hereinafter referred to as “the club”) is a cricket club which is
not conducted for profit. This constitution was adopted with effect from 1st
April 2004 by resolution of the ordinary membership of the club in general
meeting held on
Regulation of the club is carried out by the
ordinary membership in general meeting as directed by this constitution and the
law of the land.
Membership of the club is
open to players and supporters of cricket regardless of their age, sex, place
of residence, religion, ethnic origin, or any disablement. Membership consists
of the ordinary members as directed by this constitution, and such other
categories of membership as may be put in place by the club’s general
committee.
Ordinary membership of the club consists of three
categories:-
Honorary Life Members – elected for life by the
ordinary membership in general meeting by way of thanks for their long and
distinguished service to the club.
Executive Members – elected by the ordinary
membership in general meeting and subject to their paying an annual
subscription to an amount fixed by the ordinary membership in general meeting.
The officers of the club are the President,
Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, team
Captains, and such other posts as may be elected by the ordinary membership of
the club in general meeting. All these posts are honorary and the post holders
must be ordinary members of the club.
GENERAL
COMMITTEE
Responsibility for all aspects of day to day
management of the club, including the fixing of any club rules, is vested in a
general committee (hereinafter referred to as “the committee”) composed of the
Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, team Captains and as many other
ordinary members as the committee co-opts. The committee will conduct the
club’s business as it sees fit and report to the ordinary membership in general
meeting. The committee must meet at least once every financial year, and will
be presided over by Chairman or in his/her absence the Vice Chairman, or in
his/her absence
another officer of the club. The committee will make its own
arrangements for notice, quorum, voting, minutes, and the operation of any
sub-committees it may create.
PATRONAGE AND SPONSORSHIP
The title of Patron acknowledges that an individual
is the major benefactor of the club. The Patron is not an officer of the club,
and the title is an honour that may be bestowed or removed by the club in
general meeting. Sponsorship is commercial support for the club which may be
accepted from companies, organisations or individuals by the committee.
GENERAL
MEETINGS
General meetings of the ordinary membership of the
club will be presided over by the Chairman or in his/her absence the Vice
Chairman or in his absence another officer of the club, or in their absence an
ordinary member as decided by the ordinary members present.
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Annual
General Meeting
The ordinary membership of
the club shall hold an annual general meeting at least once every year between
the 31 October and the 1 April the following year. At this meeting the ordinary
membership
i)
receive reports from officers of the club and the committee for the
preceding year,
ii)
adopt the accounts for the preceding year,
iv)
elect the executive members for the ensuing year
Extraordinary
General Meetings
All general meetings other than Annual General
Meetings shall be called Extraordinary General Meetings. An Extraordinary General Meeting may be
called by the committee to decide on any matter which they consider to be
beyond their remit of day to day management, and in any case must be called by
the committee to amend this constitution, or on any other subject if petitioned
in writing to do so by 10 or more of the ordinary members.
Ordinary members are entitled to 21 days written
notice of all general meetings which should specify the time and place of the
meeting, and the general nature of the business to be transacted. The accidental omission to give notice of a
meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting
by, an ordinary member or members shall not invalidate the proceedings at that
meeting.
Quorum
No
business shall be transacted in general meeting unless a quorum is present
within half an hour of the time appointed to start. The quorum for general
meetings is ten members entitled to vote.
Only ordinary members of the club who have paid their due
subscriptions are entitled to vote in general meeting. Voting will be carried
out by a show of hands, or a secret ballot if requested by 5 members attending
the meeting. Decisions will be taken by a simple majority vote of those
ordinary members attending the meeting and entitled to vote, except in the case
of cessation (see below) or any change to this constitution, when a 75%
majority in favour of change will be required. In all cases, the Chairman of
the meeting will not vote except where the voting is divided so as to prevent a
decision, in which case the chairman will have a casting vote.
The Secretary will be responsible for recording the decisions of general
meetings in minutes, which will be
circulated, amended as necessary, and approved as a correct record by the
members at the following meeting.
The
club’s financial year shall end on 31 October each year. The Treasurer will be responsible for the
preparation of the annual accounts to that date each year and the committee
will appoint a suitably qualified accountant to be responsible for independent
certification or audit of those accounts as appropriate.
CESSATION
The
club will cease to exist when the number of ordinary members falls below ten or
when the ordinary membership so decides in general meeting. In this event, all
the clubs financial commitments will be paid, final accounts will be prepared,
and any surplus of money or other assets
of the club on cessation will be donated to another club with a similar aim,
which is either a registered charity or community amateur sports club, or to
the governing body of the sport of cricket, for use by them in community
related amateur sport for which the club exists. ENDS