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TITLE:
The name of the club shall be the Dunstable Road Runners.
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HEADQUARTERS:
Dunstable Leisure Centre. All correspondence should be addressed
to the club secretary at the above address.
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OBJECT:
To promote road running, off road running, cross country
running and amateur athletics.
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MANAGEMENT:
The management of the club shall be vested in a committee
consisting of: Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer,
Club Captain (Men and Womens,) Vice Captains (men and womans,)
to be elected annually. The Committee shall have power to
fill any vacancy which may arise and to co-opt such members
to the committee as they deem appropriate or necessary.
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MEMBERSHIP:
Shall be confined to Amateurs as defined by the British
Athletic Federation under BAF rules for competition-rule
1. Membership shall not be open to anybody under the age
of 15.
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RESIGNATION:
A member intending to withdraw from the Club shall give
notice to the Secretary, and his membership shall terminate
on the date of that notice unless he is financially indebted
to the Club, in which case the Committee may withhold acceptance
of the resignation until he has discharged his liability.
(BAF Rules of Competition - Rule3(4)).
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SUBSCRIPTION:
A subscrtiption shall be payable on acceptance into the
club and shall be renewable annually there after on 1st
November. The amount of that subscription shall be fixed
annually at the Annual General Meeting.
(a)
The committee shall have the power to expel any member whose
subscription is twelve months in arrears provided a months
notice in writing shall have been sent to such a member
by registered or recorded delivery letter addressed to his
last known address informing him of the proposed action
of the committee,
(b)The
name and address of any person so expelled from a club in
the South of England Region shall be sent to the honorary
secretary of the South of England Athletic Association who
shall enter his name in a book to be called the suspension
book kept for that purpose. Every person whose name has
been so entered in the suspension book shall be suspended
from competing at any meeting held under BAF rules until
the liability causing his said expulsion which shall not
exceed one year,subscription shall have been discharged,no
member whose subscription is in arrears is eligible to take
part in any competition promoted by the club.
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: A General Meeting shall be held
during the month of November in every year to recieve the
committees report and financial statement, elect officers
and committee members and deal with any other matter specified
on the agenda.The secretary must give every member 21 days
notice of the meeting and notice of any business which it
is desired to be placed on the Agenda, must be given to
the secretary at least 14 days prior to the meeting.
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SPECIAL
GENERAL MEETING: A special general meeting must be called
by the secretary within 14 days of the receipt by him of
a request in writing signed by ten members of the club stating
the business to be brought before such a meeting.
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ALTERATION TO RULES: Alteration or addition may be made
to the rules by an annual general meeting or a special general
meeting called for the purpose. Notice of any proposed amendment
must be given as provided in rules 9 and 10.
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NOTICE
OF A MEETING. The secretary shall give at least 7 days notice
to every member of the time and place of any such meeting
and the purpose of the meeting must be notified.
