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The Executive Committee shall consist of Chair, Club Administrator, Treasurer, Junior Treasurer, Child Protection Officer, Head Coach and two ordinary members.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eb)\tThe Executive shall have the discretionary right to, at any time, co-opt new members, either as additional members of the Committee or to replace any member who has resigned. The right of co-option shall be exercised with a particular view to ensuring the representation of all Club teams or groups of players on the Executive.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ec)\tThe administration of the Club shall be rested solely in the Executive Committee who shall\u003cbr /\u003e\ni)\tdecide all questions of rules and other matters relating to the Club, save those involving alteration to the Constitution and\u003cbr /\u003e\nii)\tdecide all matters relating to Club policy and development.\u003cbr /\u003e\nd)\tWithout prejudice to the terms of clause 3(c), the Executive Committee may at any time delegate such duties as it sees fit to individuals or to Sub-Committees, made up of Club Members who need not necessarily be Executive Members. It shall be open to the Executive to give any such individual or Sub-Committee a mandate to make decisions on areas of Club policy without the need for these decisions to be confirmed by the Executive, but such a mandate shall not be irrevocable.\u003cbr /\u003e\ne)\tThe Executive shall meet as often as is considered necessary by its members, and minutes of all Executive meetings shall be kept. The quorum at Executive meetings shall be four and all decisions shall be by majority vote, each member of the Executive having one vote. In the event of equality of voting, the Chairperson shall have the casting vote.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\u0022form-header\u0022\u003e4)\tMEMBERSHIP\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea)\tMembership of the Club shall be open to any person on payment of the appropriate annual subscription or first monthly payment thereof. On acceding to membership, a person will be given a Club Membership card and a copy of the Club Constitution, and will continue in membership for the year in question, until he or she intimates an intention to resign, or membership is withdrawn by the Executive. Membership will only be withdrawn in the event of non-payment of subscription or an appropriate instalment thereof.\u003cbr /\u003e\nb)\tMembership is open to all and no application for membership will be refused on other than reasonable grounds. There will be no discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, political or other opinion.\u003cbr /\u003e\nc)\tThe Executive shall have the sole power to determine the different classes of membership each year and to set appropriate subscription levels as provided for in clause 5 (c).\u003cbr /\u003e\nd)\tOnly Club members are eligible to be selected for Club teams\u003cbr /\u003e\ne)\tIt shall be open to the Executive to allow non-members to attend Club training sessions whether on payment of an appropriate levy or not. Payment of such a levy by any person will not entitle that person to Club membership.\u003cbr /\u003e\nf)\tWithout prejudice to the power of the Executive under paragraph (b) to determine classes of membership for subscription purposes, there shall be the following categories of membership –\u003cbr /\u003e\ni)\tSenior -\tbeing a member who is aged 19 or over on 1st January in the year of membership.\u003cbr /\u003e\nii)\tJunior -\tbeing a member who is aged under 19 on 1st January in the year of membership.\u003cbr /\u003e\niii)\tJuvenile -\tbeing a member who is aged under 16 on 1st January in the year of membership.\u003cbr /\u003e\niv)\tAssociate - \tbeing a non-playing member.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\u0022form-header\u0022\u003e5)\tFINANCE\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea)\tThe funds of the Club will be held in a bank account and the signature of the Treasurer and one other Executive Committee member shall be required on all cheques.\u003cbr /\u003e\nb)\tThe financial year of the Club shall end on the 31st March. A statement of the accounts shall be presented by the Treasurer to the A.G.M. immediately following.\u003cbr /\u003e\nc)\tAs soon as possible in each financial year, the Executive Committee will set the subscription levels for that year applicable to each class of membership. Subscription levels shall be set on an annual basis, but it shall be open to any member to pay the annual subscription by way of monthly instalments. The Executive shall have the discretion to allow any member a reduced subscription in the event of he/she not participating in volleyball for a whole season for any reason.\u003cbr /\u003e\nd)\tIn the event of dissolution of the Club, any assets remaining at the date of dissolution shall not be paid to or distributed amongst the members but shall be transferred to some other institution, club or association having similar objects to the Club and which prohibits the distribution of its assets amongst its members.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\u0022form-header\u0022\u003e6)\tGENERAL MEETINGS\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea)\tThe Club’s Annual General Meeting shall be held each year in May.\u003cbr /\u003e\nb)\tExtraordinary General Meetings may be requisitioned at any time by the Executive Committee or by resolution of at least ten members.\u003cbr /\u003e\nc)\tEach Club member shall be entitled to one vote at a General Meeting and all resolutions may be carried by a simple majority, unless they involve alteration of the Constitution. In the event of equality of voting, the Chairperson shall have the casting vote.\u003cbr /\u003e\nd)\tAny Club member is entitled to stand for election to the Executive Committee providing they are proposed and seconded by Club members. Each member is entitled to one vote in respect of each available Executive post.\u003cbr /\u003e\ne)\tIn order to alter the Constitution, a resolution to that effect must have the support of at least two thirds of the Club members attending a General Meeting.\u003cbr /\u003e\nf)\tAt least 14 days notice of all General Meetings shall be given in writing to members or by exhibiting notices in such a manner that all members might reasonably be expected to have had a chance of seeing them. Any notice shall specify the place, date and time of the meeting and, in the case of an E.G.M., the general nature of the business. No other business may be discussed at an E.G.M. Any accidental mission to give notice of a meeting to a member, or the non-receipt of such a notice by a member, shall not invalidate any proceedings or resolution passed at the meeting.\u003cbr /\u003e\ng)\tThe quorum for all General Meetings shall be 6 or 20% of the membership, whichever is the greater.\u003cbr /\u003e\nh)\tNotice of proposed amendments to the Constitution must be given to all members at least one week prior to any General Meeting. All constitutional amendments must be notified to the S.V.A. within 14 days of ratification by a General Meeting and are subject to confirmation by the S.V.A.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\u0022form-header\u0022\u003e7)\tSTANDING ORDERS\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnless any rules are adopted to the contrary, all meetings within the Club will operate under the Standing Orders of the S.V.A.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\u0022form-header\u0022\u003e8)\tGENERAL\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea)\tThe Club shall submit the report from its A.G.M and a copy of its annual accounts to the S.V.A. on request.\u003cbr /\u003e\nb)\tThe Club is responsible for its members’ behaviour in compliance with the statutes of the S.V.A.\u003cbr /\u003e\nc)\tThe Executive shall keep a record of all club members according to the categories as defined in article 4(e) and shall submit this to the S.V.A. on request.\u003cbr /\u003e\nd)\tUnless specifically authorised by the Executive Committee, no person other than a member of the Committee shall be entitled to enter into any commitment on behalf of the Club or to conduct business on behalf of the Club.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\u0022form-header\u0022\u003e9)\tINTERPRETATION\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the event of conflict between the provisions of this Constitution and those of the Scottish Volleyball Association, then the latter shall have precedence.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\u0022form-header\u0022\u003eRatified May 2017\u003c/h4\u003e\n","ContentConfig":{"Caption":null,"Icon":null,"IconColour":null,"CaptionColour":null,"UnderlineColour":null,"TextColour":null,"FontSize":null,"LineHeight":null,"RequiresLoggedInUser":false,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"0px","PaddingTop":"0px","PaddingRight":"0px","PaddingBottom":"0px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"ComponentCode":null,"ComponentError":null,"BottomMargin":"0px","PaddingLeft":"0px","PaddingTop":"0px","PaddingRight":"0px","PaddingBottom":"0px","CssClass":null,"ResponsiveClasses":"","PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""},"ImageConfig":{"ImageURL":null,"ObjectFit":"contain","ImageHeight":null,"FrameStyle":null,"BorderRadius":null,"Caption":{"IsActive":false,"Text":null,"SubText":null,"Font":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"SubFont":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"Alignment":null,"Position":null,"Margin":null,"BackgroundColour":null,"Blur":false,"Hover":false},"AltText":null,"LinkURL":null,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"10px","PaddingTop":"10px","PaddingRight":"10px","PaddingBottom":"10px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"IgnoreCache":false}]}],"ColumnSpacing":"0px","BottomMargin":"0px","TopPadding":"0px","IsFullWidth":false,"IsBackgroundFullWidth":false,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""}}],"PageURL":"https://nuvocvolleyball.myclubhouse.co.uk/Cms/Spaces/DEFAULT/Club+Constitution?version=1","AllVersions":[],"Comments":[],"UpdatedComments":[],"Spaces":[],"IsWatching":false,"LastViewTime":null,"CanEdit":false,"CanPublish":false,"CanCopy":false,"CanCreateTemplate":false,"CanComment":false,"CanReadComments":false,"CanModerateComments":false,"CanLike":false,"CanWatch":false}
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