RAINFORD RANGERS JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB
EST 1975
The Club shall be called
"Rainford Rangers Junior Football Club".
The aims and objects of
the Club shall be to provide organised association football, in accordance with
Football Association Rules, for the residents of Rainford and the surrounding
areas of St Helens and
a) Playing Membership
All members registered as
players of the club in accordance with Football Association Rules, shall be
members of the Club. Playing members are not eligible to vote at General
Meetings.
b) Ordinary Membership
Parents or guardians of
registered players of the club, parents or guardians of former registered
players of the club, team managers and their assistants shall, in accordance
with rule 4, be ordinary members of the Club. Ordinary members shall be allowed
to attend General Meetings and to cast votes at such meetings provided they have
been a member for the 6 months preceding.
a) Annual subscriptions of
playing members shall be decided by the Annual General Meeting.
b) Weekly subscriptions of
playing members will be decided by the team manager of their respective teams;
such subscription to cover necessary weekly expenses of league or cup matches
and/or training.
c) Annual subscription of
ordinary members will be decided by the Committee. Those members who are also
team managers or their assistants will be exempted from subscriptions.
d) All annual
subscriptions shall be paid to the Secretary on or before August 1st of each
year.
The Secretary shall keep a
record of all playing members and ordinary members and their addresses. Every
member shall, within one month, give notice to the Secretary of any change in
his/her address.
Members shall cease to be
members:-
a) By failing to pay their annual subscription
within one month of the due date.
b) By resignation in writing, addressed to the
Committee.
c) By expulsion.
The Club shall affiliate
to the Liverpool County Football Association and/or the Lancashire County
Football Association. The Club may also, at any time, affiliate to District
Leagues within the areas that the membership live. The Club shall, by
affiliating to any association or league, accept the rules of those
associations or leagues until such time as the Club will no longer be a member.
The Club shall be represented at meetings of leagues or associations by the
Secretary and/or any other person appointed by the Committee and will report
back any items affecting the Club to the next Committee meeting.
8. EQUITY
The Club means that in all
our activities we will not discriminate or in any way treat anyone less
favourably, on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic
origin, colour, religion or disability
9. PUBLIC
LIABILITY
The Club will at all times
provide adequate Public Liability insurance. This will be applied for when
applying for affiliation with
The officers of the Club
shall consist of Trustees, Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary and shall
collectively be called 'The Executive'. Such officers (with the exception of
the Trustees) shall retire annually but shall be eligible for re-election. Only
ordinary members may stand for election to the Executive. No person shall hold
the dual position of Treasurer and Secretary without the written consent of the
Liverpool County Football Association and/or the Lancashire County Football
Association. The duties of the Executive Officers shall be as follows:-
a) Chairperson
The Chairperson will
preside over monthly committee meetings and General Meetings of the Club. In
the absence of the Chairperson a member of the committee will be elected
Chairperson for the duration of the Chairperson's absence and will assume
his/her duties. Where disputes arise and a vote is taken the Chairperson may
have a deliberative casting vote.
b) Treasurer
The Treasurer shall keep
the accounts of the Club. All monies shall be paid to him/her and a receipt
issued for the same. He/ she shall bank such monies in the name of the Club but
shall be allowed to keep in hand such sums of money he/she may consider
necessary to cover current expenses. He/she may make payments by cash for which
he/she is entitled to some form of receipt, money order or crossed cheque as
deemed fit. All cheques in the name of the Club shall bear 2 (two) signatures,
namely that of the Treasurer and either of the Chairperson or Secretary. He/she
shall submit the account books for audit as soon as possible at the end of the
financial year and also submit a duly audited balance sheet to the Annual
General Meeting. On being given 3 (three) days notice in writing, he/she may be
called upon to produce a financial statement at any meeting.
c) Secretary
The Secretary, in addition
to Rule 5, shall keep a record of all business transacted by and/or on behalf
of the Club, deal with all correspondence and give notification of all meetings
in such manner as may be approved by the members. He/she shall produce minutes
of all meetings of the Club. He/she, in consultation with the Chairperson,
shall prepare an agenda for each meeting.
d) Trustees
The Trustees shall be
elected by the Committee. There shall be no less than 2 (two) and no more than
4 (four) Trustees at any time. The Trustees shall hold office until death,
resignation or removal by resolution of the Committee. The property of the Club
(other than cash which shall be under the control of the Treasurer) shall be
vested in them. They shall deal with the property of the Club as directed by
resolution of the committee (of which an entry in the minute book will be
conclusive evidence) and they shall be indemnified against risk and expense out
of Club property.
The committee shall govern
the affairs of the Club and shall consist of the Executive and a number of
ordinary members to be decided at each Annual General Meeting. Only ordinary
members may stand for election to the committee. Each member of the committee
shall have voting rights. The committee shall meet on a monthly basis to be
decided at the first meeting following the Annual General Meeting. A quorum of
the committee shall consist of one quarter of the total number of committee
members. No meeting shall proceed without a quorum. The committee shall have
the power to fill any vacancy caused by a committee member ceasing to be a
member of the committee. The committee has the power to delegate any matter to
a sub-committee.
Elections to all posts
shall be by nomination, in writing, by an individual proposer and an individual
seconder or can be made in the name of the committee and must be received by the
Secretary not less than 7 (seven) days prior to the committee meeting preceding
the Annual General Meeting. The permission, in writing, of the nominee must
have been given before any nomination is submitted. Only ordinary members are
eligible for election to the Executive or committee. Where a post is contested,
election will be by secret ballot and the Chairperson will appoint two
scrutineers from the floor to conduct such.
The Annual General Meeting
of Club members shall be in July of each year. Notice of alterations to the
rules or to the constitution and/or notices of motion for the Annual General
Meeting shall be sent to the Secretary, in writing, at least 7 (seven) days
prior to the committee meeting preceding the Annual General Meeting and shall
include the names of the proposer and seconder. Members shall be notified, in
writing, of proposed Executive and committee members and any notices of motion
or of proposed changes to the rules or constitution, together with an agenda,
at least 7 (seven) days before such meeting. All Executive officers, with the
exception of the Trustees, will present annual reports to the meeting. Voting
at Annual General Meetings on changes to the rules and/or constitution or on
motions submitted will be by show of hands and a simple majority will prevail.
An extra-ordinary meeting
shall be called by the Secretary at any time provided that:-
a) A written request has
been received stating the object of the meeting and signed by not less than one
third of the ordinary members or a majority of the full committee.
b) The notice calling such
an extra-ordinary meeting specifies the business to be transacted thereat.
Only business specified in
the notice of extra-ordinary General Meeting may be dealt with. An
extra-ordinary meeting shall have the power to remove any, or all, of the
Executive and all vacancies occurring through such removal may be filled at
that meeting. Any such vacancy filled shall be valid until the next Annual
General Meeting.
a) The committee shall
have the power to reprimand, suspend or expel any member who shall infringe any
rule or whose conduct, whether within or without the Club, shall, in their
opinion, render him/her unfit for membership.
b) No ordinary member
shall be reprimanded, suspended or expelled without first being summoned before
the committee to explain his/her conduct and opportunity given to advance a
defence.
c) Team managers shall
have the power to reprimand or suspend (but not expel) any playing member of
their team whose conduct, whether within or without the Club, shall, in his/her
opinion, render such player unfit for membership of that team. Any suspension
so imposed by a team manager shall last until the next committee meeting. There
shall be no right of appeal against such suspension. Should a team manager deem
it necessary to impose a longer suspension than to the next committee meeting,
then the playing member (or his parent or guardian) may appeal, providing such
appeal is made in writing to the committee setting down the reasons for appeal.
Should an appeal be made the team manager shall provide a written report,
giving his/her reasons for imposing such suspension. All appeals shall be heard
by the committee (who shall have regard to rule 13(a)) and their decision shall
be final.
d) All decisions to
reprimand, suspend or expel any member shall be communicated to that member, in
writing, within 3 (three) days of such decision by, in the case of ordinary
members, the Secretary, and in the case of playing members, by the team
manager, and shall be in the name and on behalf of the committee.
e) Any appeal, in writing,
against decisions of team managers to suspend playing members shall not be
heard unless received within 7 (seven) days of receiving notification of
suspension.
The committee shall, at
any time, have the power to adjudicate on any matter not provided for in these
rules.
Last revised JULY 2005