Club Constitution
1. Name
1.1. The Club shall be called Leigh and Bransford Badgers Football Club. (Hereinafter
called the Club)
2. Aims and Objectives
2.1. The aims and objectives of the Club shall be to promote and further the
interests of football, offering development, coaching, and competitive opportunities
to all its' members, through learning, playing, and enjoying football. In addition,
the Club will seek to encourage adults to participate in Club management, coaching,
administration, as well as match officiation.
2.2. The aims and objectives of the Club should be consistent with the furthering
of equal opportunities for all groups in football.
3. Rules and Regulations
3.1. The Club shall be affiliated to the Worcestershire Football Association
Ltd.
3.2. The Club Rules, Code of Conduct and Child Protection Handbook form a binding
agreement between the Club and each member of the Club.
3.3. No alteration to the Club rules shall be effective without approval by
the Executive Committee.
3.4. The Club will also abide by the Football Associations' Policies and Procedures,
Code of Conduct, and the Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Policy.
4. Membership
4.1. The Club shall consist of the officers and the members.
4.2. All members of the Club shall be given equal opportunities to join or
progress within the Club, regardless of ability, colour, race, nationality or
ethnic origin, gender, disability or religious beliefs. The Club seeks to be
sensitive to member's differences and recognises the benefits of a diverse membership.
All members should be aware that all forms of victimisation, harassment or discrimination
(however small) are regarded by the Club as potential disciplinary offences.
Every member has a right to learn, play, and enjoy football along with other
members, within the Club.
4.3. In accepting membership a person agrees to abide in the constitution of
the Club and the rulings of the Club Executive Committee.
4.4. Members under the age of 11 shall be considered as junior members
4.5. Junior members shall not have the right to vote at meetings, but are entitled
to elect from amongst themselves 1 representative who shall have the right to
vote as full members on the committee of the Club.
5. Membership Fees
5.1. Membership fees shall be stipulated at The Annual General Meeting.
5.2. Annual membership fees fall due on 1st July of each year and are payable
to the Club Treasurer.
5.3. The Club Executive Committee may decide upon other charges or subscriptions
at its discretion.
6. Officers
6.1. The officers of the Club shall be: -
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Club Secretary
Child Protection
Meetings Secretary
Treasurer
Events Co-ordinator
Promotions Officer
Senior Coach
Coaches
Elected Committee Members
Match Day Programme Editor
6.2. These officers shall hold office for a calendar year, being elected annually
at the Club Annual General Meeting (see paragraph 9). All officers shall retire
annually but shall be eligible for re-appointment.
6.3. There will be rotational retrial of officers who can serve as officers
for a period of 5 years without a break.
6.4. Any casual vacancy occurring may be filled by the Executive Committee.
7. Executive Committee
7.1. The management of the Club shall be vested in the Executive Committee
hereinafter call the Executive Committee.
7.2. The Executive Committee shall act for the members. Liabilities incurred
shall fall upon the membership (provided they act in accordance with the constitution,
in honesty and good faith).
7.3. The Executive Committee shall comprise Chairman, Vice Chairman, Club Secretary,
Child Protection, Meetings Secretary, Senior Coach, and Treasurer.
7.4. The Secretary shall convene meetings of the Executive Committee and the
committee shall meet 3 monthly.
7.5. The quorum for the transaction of business at Executive Committee meetings
shall be 3 members present and eligible to vote. Note this quorum will differ
for general and Executive Committee meetings.
7.6. Every question at a meeting of the Executive Committee shall be determined
by a majority of the vote of the members present and every voting member having
one vote. In the event of an equality of votes the Chair of the meeting shall
have a casting vote.
7.7. The interpretation of the Club constitution shall be vested in the Executive
Committee, who shall decide all questions relating to the Club, save those specified
in or involving an amendment to the constitution (see paragraph 14).
7.8. The Executive Committee shall be responsible for considering any application
for membership and shall decide if this application should be accepted. This
decision shall be in accordance with a non-discriminatory policy specified in
4.2.
8. Finance
8.1. 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.
8.2. The Club Treasurer is responsible for the finances of the Club.
8.3. The financial year of the Club ends on 30th June.
8.4. Proper accounts shall-be kept of all sums of money received and paid out
by the club.
8.5. An audited statement of accounts up to and including this date shall be
presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Club.
8.6. The funds of the Club shall be lodged at a bank or building society in
an account in the name of the Club, and all cheques drafts etc. drawn on these
accounts shall be signed by any two of the following officers Chairman, Treasurer,
and Club Secretary.
9. Annual General Meeting and Other Meetings
9.1. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Club shall be held in every year
during the month of July when the annual report of the Executive Committee and
the audited statement of accounts up to the end of the financial year shall
be presented.
9.2. Not less than 1 month notice of the date of the AGM shall be given to
all members by the Meetings Secretary.
9.3. The AGM shall elect such officers of the Club as it may from time to time
determine.
9.4. The Meetings Secretary shall receive nominations for officers not less
than 14 days prior to the AGM. Nominations shall require 2 signatures. No nominations
shall be accepted from the floor of the meeting. Nominations can only be accepted
from persons eligible to vote at the AGM.
9.5. The dates of the general meetings and of the Executive Committee meetings
shall be determined at the previous meeting. In addition, the Chair may call
a meeting when s/he considers it necessary or desirable, or upon the written
request of the least 3 members of the Executive Committee.
9.6. All members shall be entitled to vote at general meetings of the Club
and shall have equal voting rights.
9.7. The quorum for general meetings shall be 75% of officers present and eligible
to vote.
9.8. An Extraordinary General Meeting EGM shall be called by an application
in writing to the Meetings Secretary signed by not less than 3 members. The
Executive Committee shall have the power to call an EGM by decision of a simple
majority of its members.
10. Voting Procedures
10.1. Each member shall be entitled to one vote.
10.2. A motion shall be carried by a simple majority of those present and voting,
except when the motion is a constitutional amendment, which shall require a
two-thirds majority (see 11).
10.3. The Chair shall have a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote.
11. Property and Staff
11.1. Responsibility for all property owned or leased by the Club and for the
employment of paid staff and volunteers rests with the Executive Committee.
12. Discipline and Appeals
12.1. The Executive Committee shall have the power to take appropriate disciplinary
action against any member and shall have the authority to terminate the membership
of any member guilty of conduct deemed to be to the detriment of the club.
12.2. There shall be the right of appeal to the Executive Committee set up
in it to action its behalf, against any decision made by an officer of the Club.
12.3. The appeal should normally be considered within 14 days of it being received
by the Meetings Secretary.
13. Dissolution Procedures
13.1. In the event of the Club ceasing to exist, and following the discharge
of all debts and liabilities, any assets at the time of dissolution shall become
the property of Worcestershire Football Association Ltd. No member shall obtain
any asset from the Club.
13.2. The Club may be wound up on a resolution of the members, passed by a
two-thirds majority at a special meeting convened for that purpose upon the
request of 3 members of the Club. At least 1 month notice of the meeting shall
have been sent to all members of the Club.
13.3. In the event of the passing of the resolution to wind up the Club, the
members of the Club shall appoint a representative committee, which shall be
empowered to distribute the assets, including cash and investments in hand,
to Clubs having similar objectives as their own.
14. Review of the Constitution
14.1. This constitution shall be reviewed on an annual basis.
14.2. Amendments to the constitution shall only be agreed at the A.G.M.
14.3. Additions to or alterations of the constitution shall be submitted to
the Meetings Secretary not less than 14 days before the date of the AGM, or
with a request for a special meeting of Club members. No resolution involving
an amendment to the constitution may be proposed or amended from the floor of
a meeting.
14.4. In the event of a proposal for attending the constitution being submitted,
the Meetings Secretary shall inform the membership of the proposed motion not
less than 7 days before the AGM.
14.5. Any amendments to the proposed motion duly proposed and seconded in like
manner shall be submitted in writing to the Meetings Secretary not later than
4 days before the said meeting.
14.6. Any alteration to the constitution shall require a two-thirds majority
of members present and voting. In the event of any question or matter arising,
which is not provided in the constitution, the Executive Committee, whose decision
shall be final, shall deal
14.7. In the event of any question or matter arising, which is not provided
in the constitution, the Executive Committee, whose decision shall be final,
shall deal with such question or matter.
Date Accepted: 22nd February 2002
Updated 11/07/02
Updated 09/07/03
Updated 14/01/04
