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Clitheroe
FC Supporters Club - Constitution
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CLITHEROE FC SUPPORTERS CLUB
- CONSTITUTION
1.0 Name
1.1 The name of the association shall be
“The Clitheroe FC Supporters Club”.
2.0 Objectives and Purpose
2.1 To organise the support and
encouragement of Clitheroe FC.
2.2 To promote the interest of and provide
facilities for the supporters of Clitheroe FC.
2.3 To set down and encourage the
acceptance of standards of conduct to be observed
by members
of the Supporters Club.
2.4 To organise social events,
competitions and fundraising to further the aims
of the Supporters Club.
This will enable the Supporters Club to make
donations to the football club for specific
defined
activities or projects.
2.5 To encourage friendly relations with
supporters of all football clubs.
2.6 To encourage participation of younger
members of the Supporters Club.
2.7 To do all such things that may be
deemed necessary to facilitate the objectives of
the Supporters
Club.
2.8 To encourage closer links between
players and supporters.
3.0 The Committee
3.1 The Supporters Club shall be governed
by a Committee, which shall comprise such members
as
the Supporters Club shall from time to time
determine.
4.0 The Rules
4.1 The Supporters Club shall have and
shall adopt rules governing the day to day
conduct of the
Supporters Club and the rules and any amendments
thereto shall not conflict with the provisions
of this constitution and shall only be adopted or
amended or repealed by at least 75% of the
members present and entitled to vote at a General
Meeting. Amendments to the constitution shall
only be made at an Annual General Meeting or
Extraordinary General Meeting.
5.0 Membership
5.1 Membership of the Supporters Club will
be open to all ages. Every candidate for
membership will
complete a membership form that will normally be
accepted by the committee who reserve the
right to refuse the application. The committee
will furnish the applicant with the reasons for
rejection; the applicant will then have the right
to appeal to the next Annual General Meeting or
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Supporters
Club.
6.0 General Meetings
6.1 An Annual General Meeting of the
Supporters Club shall be held every calendar year
to
transact the following business:
i) To receive and if approved, adopt an annual
report of the Supporters Club’s activities
of the
previous year;
ii) To receive and if approved, adopt the income
and expenditure accounts and the balance
of the Supporters Club;
iii) To appoint or sanction the appointment of
the committee of the Supporters Club;
iv) To deal with any other special matter which
the committee may desire;
6.2 An Extraordinary General Meeting may
be called by the committee or by written request
of a
minimum of 15, or 50% of adult members, whichever
is the lower, of the Supporters Club
to decide matters of major importance.
7.0 Finance
7.1 The Supporters Club shall, at all
times, ensure that proper books of account are
kept of all
transactions connected with the activities of the
Supporters Club and shall have a bank account
and all monies received by the Supporters Club
shall be paid into such account.
7.2 Accounts of the Supporters Club shall
be prepared annually.
7.3 No money or property of, or any gain
arising from the carrying on of activities of,
the Supporters
Club shall be applied otherwise than in
accordance with the rules of the Supporters Club.
7.4 In the event of the winding up of the
Supporters Club, all its assets, monies and other
securities
shall be disposed of as the members deem to be
beneficial to Clitheroe FC and its supporters.
8.0 Relationship with Clitheroe Football
Club
8.1 The Supporters Club is
administratively and financially independent of
the football club.
8.2 The committee will represent the views
of the membership by means of meetings with
members
of football club committee and will report the
results of those meetings to the members. |
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