Newent Bridge Club Constitution

Amended - 2009

      The Annual Subscription will be determined by a simple majority of members

      voting upon a resolution put to the AGM by the Committee. Any joining fee will be

      determined from time to time by the Committee, as will the amount of

      table money and visitor's fees.

      Table Money

      At every regular session of the Club, which is not a competition governed by

      separate rules, every player shall contribute a sum known as table money. This

      sum shall be as determined by the Committee from time to time. Visitors will pay

      a premium rate over and above that paid by ordinary members, as determined

      by the Committee from time to time.

      Charitable Donations

      No charitable donation shall be made in excess of five hundred pounds (£500)

      without prior authorisation by a simple voting majority of the membership at an

      AGM.

6.   Annual General Meeting

      The annual general meeting of the club shall be held during the month of May.

      Notice of the date, of any resolutions and invitations for nominations for election to

      any vacancies on the Committee, shall be published at least one calendar month

      before the date of the meeting, by posting a notice on the Club Notice Board, or by

      separate notices to each member, as the Committee determine.

      Nomination papers for election to the Committee should be received by a date to

      be advised in the Notice of the AGM. Late nomination may be accepted at the

      discretion of the AGM by a simple majority of the members present.

      The business of the AGM is to hear reports of the Club's activities, delivered by

      officers of the Club as determined by the Committee; to receive and approve the

      accounts; to approve auditing arrangements; to vote on any resolutions and to

      elect members to the Committee.

      Any resolutions should be passed by a simple majority of members present. Proxy

      votes are not allowed.

      Elections shall be conducted by secret ballot, carried out during the proceedings.

      The count shall be conducted by two ordinary members, and the results notified to

      the meeting immediately.