VALE OF LEVEN FOOTBALL & ATHLETIC CLUB

Constitution & Rules of Club

1. The club shall be called the VALE OF LEVEN FOOTBALL & ATHLETIC CLUB. The colours shall be Dark Blue.
   
   
2. The Annual subscription shall be TWENTY FIVE Pounds (£25.00) Juveniles & O.A.P.’s TWELVE Pounds, 50 pence (£12.50).
   
   
3. The Office Bearers shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Match Secretary, General Secretary and Treasurer. It shall be permissible for one person to be both General Secretary and Treasurer or Match Secretary and General Secretary.
   It shall be competent for the members present at a General Meeting of the Club to confer upon any person or persons the distinction of Honorary Membership or the title of Honorary President, or Honorary Vice-President.  All cheques must be signed by two of the three nominated officials, namely President, Match Secretary or Treasurer.
   
   
4. The Management of the club shall be vested in a committee, to be composed of the Office -bearers, and others, as may be necessary, and shall be duly elected at the A.G.M., and who shall be arbiters in all matters of dispute therewith. The Auditor shall be elected at the A.G.M. and shall audit the Treasurer’s books at least once each year and report thereon to the A.G.M.
   
   
5. The Management Committee, consisting of the Office-Bearers and Auditors shall be elected at the A.G.M. to be held on the last Monday in April. New members of the Management Committee elected at the A.G.M. shall from that date attend all meetings of the Management Committee, the retiring members vacating office on the date on which the current playing season ends.
   Any Office-Bearer who is eligible and who seeks re-election at the ensuing A.G.M. shall not later than 31st March deliver into the General Secretary’s hands written intimation of his desire to continue in office.
   Any other candidate shall, by 31st March, inform the General Secretary in writing of the office to which he seeks election. If in the interval between 31st March and the A.G.M. an Office-Bearer or candidate intimates withdrawal of his desire for election or if any eventually which would preclude election has arisen, the General Secretary shall proceed as instructed by the Management Committee.
   A Half-Yearly Meeting of members of the Club shall be held.
   
   
6. At the A.G.M. there shall be nominated from the members the Management Committee. All Sub-Committees to be appointed by the Management Committee at their first meeting following the A.G.M.
   
   
7. The Management Committee shall have supervision of the whole funds of the Club.
   
   
8. The President shall be ex-officio a member of all Sub-Committees.
   
   
9. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President shall preside at all meetings of the Club or Committees. In the absence of both, a Chairman, who shall not be the Secretary or Treasurer, shall be appointed by the meeting, and shall subscribe the Minutes when, recorded in the Minute Book.
   It shall be the duty of the Chairman to preserve order and to secure that every member shall obtain a fair hearing. He may, and if requested by any member, he shall, ask the mover of a motion or of an amendment to state its terms, and he shall thereupon decide as to its competency. When he rises to speak the member who is addressing the meeting shall immediately resume his seat, and deference shall at times be paid to the authority of the Chair. His ruling on all points of order shall be conclusive. In the case of equality of voting, the Chairman shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.
   
   
10. All motions to add to, delete from, or amend the Constitution of the Club, and any business other than the ordinary business to be transacted at the A.G.M. shall be intimated to the Secretary, in writing, at least four weeks prior to the date of such meetings.
    
    
11. The President shall, on a requisition signed by not less than twenty-one members, instruct the Secretary to call a Special Meeting of the members provided that such requisition shall state the nature of the business to be brought before the meeting.
    
    
12. The Secretary shall attend all meetings at which Club business, of whatever nature is transacted, and shall keep minutes and records of the business transacted, and a Roll book containing the names and addresses of the members of the Club.
    It shall be his duty to consult with the President and prepare the agenda for the Annual and Half-Yearly Meetings of the Club. The business to be included in the Agenda will consist of matters adjourned from previous meetings, reports of Sub-Committee’s, and notices of motion previously given by members of the Club (rule 11), a copy of which shall in all cases be delivered to each member not less than seven days before the date of the meeting, except in the cases of emergency notices, when they will be dealt with as such at the discretion of the Chairman.
    
    
13. The Treasurer shall close his books in preparation for the Annual Statement on the 31st MARCH. The Treasurer shall keep a CashBook showing the Income & Expenditure, which book shall at all reasonable times be open for the inspection of the members of the club. He shall receive all monies payable to the Club, and shall make payment of all sums due by the Club, after the same have been sanctioned by the Management Committee and shall prepare a complete and comprehensive Annual Statement of the Income & Expenditure, to be submitted with the books to the Auditors, not less than twenty-one days before the date of the A.G.M., and a copy of same, after being audited, shall be delivered to each member not less than seven days before the date of the meeting. Notice of motion shall be given in the agenda for approval at the A.G.M.
    
    
14. The Management Committee, on the recommendation of the Finance Committee shall have power to levy members if the financial position of the Club should warrant same.
    
    
15. Any Office-Bearer vacating his appointment before the date of the Annual Meeting next shall, within Seven days, hand over all books and documents pertaining to the club.
    
    
16. The retiring Secretary and Treasurer shall attend the first meeting of the Management Committee following the A.G.M. and hand over all books and documents pertaining to the club.
    
    
17. No Office-Bearer or Member of the Committee shall be interested in any other Junior or Senior Club.
    
    
18. Delegates and Representatives to the various Football Associations and Leagues shall be elected from the Office-Bearers and Members of the Management Committee.
    
    
19. Any member failing to intimate to the Secretary in writing, not less than Four weeks before the end of the current playing season, his intention to resign from the Club shall be liable for his Subscription for the ensuing season, as also for his share of the Club’s liabilities.
    
    
20. In the event of the conduct of any member being, in the opinion of the Management Committee, injurious to the character, interest, or good order of the club, the Committee shall have power to call upon such member to resign, and if he refuses to do so, the Committee shall have power to expel him.
    
    
21. All complaints and communications shall be made to the General Secretary in writing and he shall submit them to the Management Committee, who shall have power to deal with them as they see fit. Alterations of Rules shall only take place at the A.G.M. under Rule 10.
    
    
22. All members shall be supplied with a copy of the Constitution, and any member who neglects or refuses to pay all lawful Subscriptions or Levies, or who does not comply with the Rules of the Club, may, in the discretion of the Management Committee, be expelled from its Membership.
    
    
23. Membership Cards not Transferable.
    
    
24. All members shall take out Membership Cards before start of Playing Season. All members changing address must notify the General Secretary.
    
    
25. Membership shall be open to all and shall not be refused on the grounds of sex, race, religious or political occupation.
    
    
26. The property, effects and funds of the Club, whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Club and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise howsoever by way of profit to the members of the club.
    If, upon the winding up or dissolution of the Club, there remains after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever, the same shall be given or transferred to some organisation or organisations having objects similar to the objects of the club, such organisation or organisations to be determined by the members of the Club by Resolution passed at a General Meeting at or before the time of the dissolution, and if and so far as effect cannot be given to such provision then to some charitable object.