Constitution

BANK OF SCOTLAND (FIFE) CURLING CLUB

Constitution
(as amended at the A.G.M. 9 April 2010)

1.. The Club shall be called the “Bank of Scotland (Fife) Curling Club”.

2.. The objects of the Club shall be to make available opportunities for taking part in the game of Curling.

3.. With effect from Season 2010/2011 all new members will be classed as associate members with the exception of any current or past Bank employees who will be entitled to become full members. Associate members will not qualify for any subsidy which may be payable from the Bank.

4.. Management of the Club shall be conducted by a Committee, to be elected by members at the Annual General Meeting, such Committee to consist of a Captain, Vice Captain, Secretary and Treasurer and a minimum of two other members. Three members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

(1) Elected members of the Committee, excluding Secretary and Treasurer who may hold Office without limit as to time, shall serve for a period of three years, unless they are appointed Captain or Vice Captain.

(2) The Captain and Vice Captain, who shall previously have been members of the Committee, shall serve for a period of two years in their respective appointment.

(3) The Committee shall be responsible for the administration of the funds of the Club.

(4) The Committee shall meet as often as required during their year of office to regulate the affairs of the Club and shall have power to co-opt members to the Committee as and when required.

(5) The Committee shall appoint skips and allocate members to individual rinks each season. The skips shall be responsible for arranging their own teams for inter-rink games within the framework of the Club’s own tournaments.

(6) The Committee shall be responsible for selecting rinks and appointing skips for matches with other clubs and for games in competitions organised by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club.

1.. The Annual General Meeting shall be held at the end of each season and in any case not later than 15th May each year, to receive the annual Report and the statement of accounts for the financial year which shall terminate on the 31st March; to elect a President, Vice President, the members of the Committee for the ensuing year and an auditor; to consider questions relating to the management of the Club and to transact all other business competent to be dealt with by and Annual General Meeting; it shall be called by a notice to be issued by the Committee at least fourteen days before the date of meeting, which shall specify the business to be discussed. Six members shall form a quorum.

2.. The Committee may at any time call a Special Meeting of the Club to consider any question that may arise and they shall be bound to do so within thirty days after receiving a requisition signed by ten members of the Club, specifying the question to be brought under notice. Fourteen days notice shall be given to each member, stating the time, date and place of meeting and the business to be discussed.

3.. At all meetings, whether of the Committee or of the Club, the Captain or in his absence the Vice Captain or in their absence a member of Committee to be chosen by those present at the Meeting shall be Chairman. The Chairman shall have a deliberative as well as casting vote.

4.. The Annual Subscription of the Club shall be determined at General Meetings of the Club from time to time as required.

5.. All games of the Club shall be played under the rules of The Royal Caledonian Curling Club.

10. No alterations shall be made in the Constitution of the Club except at the Annual General Meeting or at a Special Meeting after due information has been given of the proposed amendment in the Notice calling the meeting and then only if approved of by a majority of the members present.

11. This Constitution shall become effective on 23 August 2010.