CONSTITUTION May 2009

UNITED LT Basketball Club

Name
The club will be called United Lt Basketball Club and will be affiliated to the England Basketball.
Aims and objectives
The aims and objectives of the club will be:
·To offer coaching and competitive opportunities in basketball
·To promote the club within the local community and basketball
·To ensure a duty of care to all members of the club
·To provide all its services in a way that is fair to everyone
·To ensure that all present and future members receive fair and equal treatment.

Officers of the club
The officers of the club will be:
·Chair
·Vice Chair
·Club Secretary
·Treasurer
·Publicity Officer
Officers will be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. All officers will retire each year but will be eligible for re-appointment.
Membership
Membership should consist of officers and members of the club. All members will be subject to the regulations of the constitution and by joining the club will be deemed to accept these regulations and codes of conduct that the club has adopted.
Members will be enrolled in one of the following categories:
·Senior member (16+)
·Junior member (U16)
Membership fees
No membership fees.
Committee
·The club will be managed through the Management Committee consisting of: Chair, Vice Chair, Club Secretary, Treasurer, and other Committee members. Only these posts will have the right to vote at meetings of the Management Committee.
·The Management Committee will be convened by the Secretary of the club and held no less than four times per year. The quorum required for business to be agreed at Management Committee meetings will be: 5
·The Management Committee will be responsible for adopting new policy, codes of conduct and rules that affect the organisation of the club.
·The Management Committee will have powers to appoint sub-committees as necessary and appoint advisers to the Management Committee as necessary to fulfil its business.
·The Management Committee will be responsible for disciplinary hearings of members who infringe the club rules/regulations/constitution.
·The Management Committee will be responsible for taking any action of suspension or discipline following such hearings.
Finance
·The Club Treasurer will be responsible for the finances of the club.
·All club monies will be banked in an account held in the name of the club.
·The financial year of the club will end on: 01 MAY each year.
·The Treasurer at the Annual General Meeting will present an audited statement of annual accounts.
·Any cheques drawn against club funds should hold the signatures of the Treasurer plus up to two other officers.

Annual General Meetings
The Club Secretary will give notice of the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM will receive a report from officers of the Management Committee and a statement of the audited accounts. Nominations for officers of the Management committee will be sent to the Secretary prior to the AGM. Elections of officers are to take place at the AGM.All members have the right to vote at the AGM.The Management Committee has the right to call Extraordinary General Meetings (EGMs) outside the AGM. Procedures for EGMs will be the same as for the AGM.
Discipline and appeals
The Management Committee will meet to hear complaints within twenty days of a complaint being lodged. The committee has the power to take appropriate disciplinary action including the termination of membership. The outcome of a disciplinary hearing should be notified in writing to the person who lodged the complaint and the member against whom the complaint was made within ten days of the hearing.There will be the right of appeal to the Management Committee following disciplinary action being announced. All complaints regarding the behaviour of members should be submitted in writing to the Secretary.The committee should consider the appeal within twenty days of the Secretary receiving the appeal.
Declaration
United Lt Basketball Club hereby adopts and accepts this constitution as a current operating guide regulating the actions of members.

Dissolution
A resolution to dissolve the club can only be passed at an EGM through a majority vote of the membership.
Amendments to the constitution
The constitution will only be changed through agreement by majority vote at an EGM.