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Chadderton Grasshoppers Football Club Updated: 9th November 2005
1 Club Constitution - Chadderton Grasshoppers FC
1.1 Name
The Club shall be called Chadderton Grasshoppers Football Club and will be
referred to in the constitution as 'the Club'.
1.2 Objectives
. To develop the character and personality of children and young people by
promoting their physical, moral and spiritual well-being.
. To organise and provide or assist in organisation or provision of facilities
for physical recreation in the interests of social welfare.
. To advance the education of children and young people residing in Oldham
and the surrounding areas by providing facilities and opportunities for
playing football.
. To create a safe environment and structure to promote 'football for all'
regardless of natural ability for the period where mini-soccer is played
. To only promote and support competitive football for 11-a-side upwards
1.3 Status of Rules
These rules (the Club Rules) form a binding agreement between each member
of the Club.
1.4 Rules and Regulations
(a) The Club shall have the status of an Affiliated Member Club of the
Football Association by virtue of its affiliation to/membership of the Football
Association. The rules and regulations of the Football Association Limited
and parent County Association and any League or Competition to which the
Club is affiliated for the time being shall be deemed to be incorporated into
the Club rules.
(b) No alteration to the Club rules shall be effected without prior written
approval by the parent Association.
(c) The Club will also abide by the Football Associations Child Protection
Policies and Procedures, Codes of Conduct and the Equal Opportunities and
Anti-Descrimination Policy.
1.5 Club Membership
(a) The members of the Club from time to time shall be those persons listed in
the register of member (the Membership Register) which shall be maintained
by the Club Secretary.
(b) Any person who wishes to be a member must apply on the Registration
Form and deliver it to the Club. Election to membership shall be at the sole
discretion of the Club Committee. Membership shall become effective upon
an applicants name being entered in the Membership Register.
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(c) In the event of a members resignation or expulsion, his or her name shall
be removed from the Membership Register.
(d) The Football Association and parent County Association shall be given
access to the Membership Register on demand.
1.5.1 Annual Membership Fee
(a) An annual fee payable by each member shall be determined from time to
time by the Club Committee. Any fee shall be payable on successful
application for membership and annually by each member. Fees shall not be
repayable.
(b) The Club Committee shall have the authority to levy further
subscriptions from the members as are reasonably necessary to fulfil the
objects of the Club.
1.6 Club Insurance
(a) The club will undertake to provide insurance protection for the benefit of
the players and all affected by the club and it?s activities (including public
liability). This insurance will be funded through the club subscription
mechanism and will be renewed on an annual basis.
1.7 Resignation and Expulsion
(a) A member shall cease to become a member of the Club if, and from the
date on which, he/she gives notice to the Club Committee of their resignation.
A member whose annual membership fee or further subscription is more than
2 months in arrears shall be deemed to have resigned.
(b) The Club Committee shall have the power to expel a member when, in
their opinion, it would not be in the interests of the Club for them to remain a
member. There shall be no appeal procedures. The manager of the member
shall have the right to use their jurisdiction to offer verbal and written
warnings when necessary if a member fails to comply with the Codes of
Conduct in place.
(c) A member who resigns or is expelled shall not be entitled to claim any, or
a share of any, of the Club property.
(d) In the event that any member feels that he or she has suffered
discrimination in any way, or that the club policies, rules or code of conduct
has been broken. The club will provide a clearly defined complaints
procedure.
1.8 Club Committee
The affairs of the Club are managed by the Club Committee, working to a
written constitution under the guidance of the Club Chairperson.
(a) The Club Committee shall consist of the following Club Officers :
Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary, and Minutes Secretary,
plus up to 5 other members, elected at an Annual General Meeting. All the
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posts shall be honorary.
(b) Each Club Officer and Club Committee member shall hold office from the
date of appointment until the next Annual General Meeting unless otherwise
resoled at a Special general Meeting. One person may hold no more than two
positions of Club Officer at any time. The Club Committee shall be made by a
simple majority of those attending the Club Committee meeting. The
Chairperson of the Club Committee meeting shall have a casting vote in the
event of a tie. Meetings of the Club Committee shall be chaired by the
Chairperson or in their absence the Vice Chairperson. The quorum for the
transaction of business of the Club Committee shall be three.
(c) Decisions of the Club Committee of meetings shall be entered into the
Minute Book of the Club to be maintained by the Club Secretary.
(d) Any member of the Club Committee may call a meeting of the Club
Committee by giving not less than 7 days notice to all members of the Club
Committee. The Club Committee shall hold a meeting at least per calendar
month.
(e) An outgoing member of the Club Committee may be re-elected. Any
vacancy on the Club Committee which arises between Annual General
Meetings shall be filled by a member proposed by one and seconded by
another of the remaining Club Committee members and approved by a simple
majority of the remaining Club Committee members.
(f) Save as provided for in the Rules and Regulations of the Football
Association and the County Association to which the Club is affiliated, the
Club Committee shall have the power to decide all questions and disputes
arising in respect of any issue concerning the Club Rules.
1.9 Annual and Special General Meeting
(a) An Annual General Meeting (AGM) shall be held in each year to:
(i) receive a report of the activities of the Club over the previous year
(ii) receive a report of the Clubs finances over the previous year
(iii) elect the members of the Club Committee
(iv) consider any other business
(b) Nominations for election of members as Club Officers or as members of
the Club Committee shall be made in writing the proposer and seconder, both
of whom must be existing members of the Club, to the Club Secretary not less
than 21 days before the AGM. Notice of any resolution to be proposed at the
AGM shall be given in writing to the Club Secretary not less than 21 days
before the Meeting.
(c) A Special General Meeting (SGM) may be called at any time by the
Committee and shall be called within 21 days of the receipt by the Club
Secretary of a requisition in writing signed by not less than five members
stating the purposes for which the Meeting is required and the resolutions
proposed. Business at an SGM may be any usiness that may be transacted at
an AGM.
(d) The Secretary shall send to each member at their last known address
written notice of the date of a General Meeting together with the resolutions
to be proposed at least 14 days before the Meeting.
(e) The Chairperson, or in their absence a member selected by the Club
Committee, shall take the chair. Each member present shall have one vote
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and resolutions shall be passed by a simple majority. In the event of an
equality of votes the Chairperson of the Meeting shall have a casting vote.
(f) The Club Secretary, or in their absence a member of the Club Committee,
shall enter Minutes of the General Meetings into the Minute Book of the
Club.
1.10 Club Teams
At its first meeting following each AGM, the Club Committee shall appoint a
Club member to be responsible for each of the Club's football teams. The
appointed members shall be responsible for managing the affairs of the team.
The appointed members shall present to the Club Committee at its last
meeting prior to an AGM a written report on the activities of the team.
1.11 Club Finances
(a) A bank account shall be opened and maintained in the name Chadderton
Grasshoppers Football Club. Designated account signatories shall be the
Club Chairperson, the Club Treasurer and one other Committee Member. No
sum shall be drawn from the Club Account except by cheque signed by two of
the three designated signatories. All moneys payable to the Club shall be
received by the Treasurer and deposited into the Club Account.
(b) The income and assets of the Club (the Club Property) shall be applied
only in furtherance of the objects of the Club.
(c) The Club Committee shall have the power to authorise the payment of
remuneration and expenses to any member of the Club and to any other
person or persons for services rendered to the Club.
(d) The Club shall prepare an annual Financial Statement in such form as
shall be published by the Football Association from time to time.
(e) The Club Property, other than the Club Account, shall be vested in not less
than two and no more than four Trustees, one of whom shall be the Treasurer
(the Trustees), who shall deal with the Club Property as directed by decisions
of the Club Committee and entry in the Minute Book and Club Asset Register
shall be conclusive evidence of such a decision.
(f) The Trustees shall be appointed by the Club in a General Meeting or
Extra-ordinary General Meeting and shall hold office until death or
resignation unless removed by a resolution passed at a General Meeting.
(g) On their removal or resignation a trustee shall execute a Conveyance in
such form as is published by the Football Association from time to time to a
newly-elected Trustee or the existing Trustees as directed by the Club
Committee. On the death of a Trustee, any property vested in them shall vest
automatically in the surviving Trustees. If there is only one surviving Trustee,
a Special General Meeting shall be convened as soon as possible to appoint
another Trustee.
(h) The Trustees shall be entitled to an indemnity out of the Club Property for
all expenses and other liabilities reasonably incurred by them in carrying out
their duties.
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1.12 Dissolution
(a) If the Club is wound up or dissolved and after all its debts and liabilities
have been satisfied there remains any property it shall not be paid to or
distributed among the members of the Club, but shall be given or transferred
to a charity or charities having objects similar to the Objects which prohibits
the distribution of its or their income and property to an extent at least as
great as is imposed on this Club, chosen by members of this Club at or before
the time of dissolution and that if that cannot be done then to some other
charitable object.
(b) Any member of the Club Executive committee has the right to take a prorata
share of any accrued monies and assets to invest in another football Club
related activity with similar intent to that defined within this constitution.
(c) Any assets identified on the Club ?Asset Register? will be either sold and
the proceeds donated to the agreed charities, or will be distributed directly to
other similar charities