Name and Objectives
a. To promote and improve the standard of Working gundogs
b. To hold Training Classes for the benifit of members
c. To promote Working Tests and Field Trials, and comply with K.C.
regulations regarding Panel judges at these events.
Officers and Committee
The Association shall consist of as many patrons as shall be necessary,
a President,a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, an Honorary Secretary , an
Honorary Spaniel Secretary an Honorary Treasurer and a committee of
eleven, and a maximum membership of 600 whose names and addresses
will all be kept in a membership book opened by the Secretary and which
shall be available for inspection if so requested by members of the
Association or by the Kennel Club.
Committee
The management of the Association shall be conducted by a Committee of
eleven members, all of whom shall retire annually, but shall be eligible for
re-election. The Chairman, Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary
Spaniel Secretary, and the Honorary Treasurer shall be ex-officio members
of the committee. Meetings of the committee shal be held as often as may be
deemed necessary, but at least three times per year, when five members shall
form a quorrum for the transaction of business. In the event of committee
positions becoming vacant between Annual General Meetings, the committee
shall have the power to co-opt members onto the committee. Those co-opted
members to hold office until the next Annual General Meeting. The committee
may form sub-committees for the conduct of additional business and/ or events,
but any sub-committee formed shall be responsible for and shall take it's
instruction from the main committee appointing them. No person whilst an
undischarged bankrupt may serve on the committee or hold any other office or
appointment within a Kennel Club Registered Society.
Election of Members (The Membership shall be limited to 600)
Candidates for membership to the association shall be proposed by one
member and seconded by another and elected by, or balloted for by the
Committee at one of their meetings. Five negatives shall exclude. The Committee
reserve the right to refuse membership without having to give any reason for their
decision.A waiting list shall be held by the Hon.Secretary in the event of the
membership reaching 600.
Voting Rights
a. Each member shall be entitled to one vote immediately upon acceptance of
membership
b. Postal votes/proxy votes are not allowed
c. Voting shall be decided by the majority at meetings
Subscriptions
The annual subscriptions for single and full time gamekeepers shall be in sums
as agreed from time to time by the majority of members present at the Annual
General Meeting, and payable to the Hon.Secretary on the 1st January each year.
No member whose subscriptions are unpaid shall be entitled to any privileges of
membership, and if any member shall fail to pay the annual subscrition before the
31st March, the Committee shall have the power to erase their name from the list
of members, but if the Committee shall subsequently receive satisfactory
explanation the member may, at the discretion of the committee and on payment
of arrears. be re-admitted to membership, or the waiting list should membership
stand at the maximum 600.
General Business
a. The financial year of the Association shall be from the first day of January to 31st
December
b. The Annual General Meeting of the Association shall be held as early in the year
as possible at a date to be fixed at an Ordinary General Meeting. At the Annual
General Meeting all of the Committee shall retire as shall the President, Chairman,
Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasusrer and all other Honorary
Officers, but shall be eligible for re-election. The purpose of the Annual General
Meeting being to receive the report of the Committee and Balance Sheet, to elect
Officers and to discuss any resolution duly placed on the agenda of which prior
notice has been given to the Honorary Secretary. No business shall be transacted
at an Annual General Meeting unless thereof appears on the agenda, with the
exception of routine matters or those which in the opinion of the Chairman of the
meeting are urgent.
The election of Officers and Committee at the Annual General Meeting shall be
either by vote or ballot by those present at the meeting. A Special General
Meeting shall be summoned by the Honorary Secretary if six members send a
signed requisition stating the subject to be discussed and no business other
than the matter on the agenda can be discussed at a Special General Meeting.
Twenty eight days notice to be given to members of an Annual or General
Meeting notice of which to be given to members in writing by pre-paid post.
Agena Items should be forwarded up to 14 days before the date of the Annual
General meeting. The agenda for such meetings will be circulated to members
seven days before the date of the meeting.
Association Property
The property of the Association shall be vested in the Committee and in the
event of the Association ceasing to exist a General Meeting shall be called to
decide the disposal of any assets and notified to the Kennel Club. The
Association must obtain from donors of any cups or trophies presented to
the Association an acknowledgement that the gift is made outright to the
Association.
Expulsion of Members and Committee Members
Any member who shall be suspended under Kennel Club Rule A42j(4) and / or
disqualified under Kennel Club Rule A42j(8) shall ipso facto cease to be a member
of the Association for the duration of the suspension and / or disqualification.
If the conduct of any member shall, in the opinion of the Committee of the
Association be injurious or likely to be injurious to the character or interest of
the Association, the Committee of the Association may, at a meeting, the
notice of which includes as the object, the consideration of the conduct of the
member, determine that a Special General Meeting of the Association shall be
called for the purpose of passing a resolution to expel him/her.
Notice of the Special General Meeting shall be sent to the accused member,
givig particulars of the complaint and advising him/her of the place, date and
hour of the meeting that he/she may attend and offer an expanation. If at that
meeting a resolution to expel is passed by two-thirds majority of the members
present and voting, their name shall forthwith be erased from the list of members
and they shall thereupon cease for all purposes to be a member of the
Association except that they may within two calender months from the date of
such a meeting, appeal to the Kennel Club upon and subject to such conditions
as the Kennel Club may impose.
THAT THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO EXPEL OR SUSPEND
FROM THE COMMITTEE ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO FAILS TO TAKE
AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE RUNNING OF THE ASSOCIATION AND WHO
FAILS TO ATTEND MEETINGS OR TO ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS
A COMMITTEE MEMBER AND IN THAT EVENT, TO FILL THEIR PLACE ON
THE COMMITTEE.
Associations Accounts
A banking account shall be opened in the name of the Association into which all
revenueof the Association shall be paid and from which withdrawals shall only be
made on the signature of two or more Officers. Those Officers being a combination
of two from the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary and Honorary
Treasurer. The accounts will be certified annually and presented to the members at
the Annual General Meeting. (The certification of the accounts to be carried out by
one Qualified Accountant or two unqualified individuals with accountancy experience).
Secretary
The Secretary shall take minutes of all meetings, issue appropriate notices and
carry out all the secretarial work in connection with and for the benefit of the
Association.
Treasurer
The Treasurer shall open a bank account referred to above and shall give receipts
for all revenue and shall keep accurate and up to date accounts relating to
Association expenditure and shall produce the bank pass book and any other
relevant documents or memorandum relating to their position whenever required
to do so by members of the Committee.
Kennel Club The Final Court of Appeal
The Kennel Club shall be the final Court of appeal in all matters of dispute.
Federation of Societies of Clubs
The Association shall not join any Ferderation or Societies of Clubs.
Amendments of Rules
The rules of the Association shall not be altered except at an Annual General
Meeting or Special General Meeting. Any alterations of the rules shall not be
brought into force until the Kennel Club has been advised and given it's
approval of the alterations.
a. To promote and improve the standard of Working gundogs
b. To hold Training Classes for the benifit of members
c. To promote Working Tests and Field Trials, and comply with K.C.
regulations regarding Panel judges at these events.
Officers and Committee
The Association shall consist of as many patrons as shall be necessary,
a President,a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, an Honorary Secretary , an
Honorary Spaniel Secretary an Honorary Treasurer and a committee of
eleven, and a maximum membership of 600 whose names and addresses
will all be kept in a membership book opened by the Secretary and which
shall be available for inspection if so requested by members of the
Association or by the Kennel Club.
Committee
The management of the Association shall be conducted by a Committee of
eleven members, all of whom shall retire annually, but shall be eligible for
re-election. The Chairman, Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary
Spaniel Secretary, and the Honorary Treasurer shall be ex-officio members
of the committee. Meetings of the committee shal be held as often as may be
deemed necessary, but at least three times per year, when five members shall
form a quorrum for the transaction of business. In the event of committee
positions becoming vacant between Annual General Meetings, the committee
shall have the power to co-opt members onto the committee. Those co-opted
members to hold office until the next Annual General Meeting. The committee
may form sub-committees for the conduct of additional business and/ or events,
but any sub-committee formed shall be responsible for and shall take it's
instruction from the main committee appointing them. No person whilst an
undischarged bankrupt may serve on the committee or hold any other office or
appointment within a Kennel Club Registered Society.
Election of Members (The Membership shall be limited to 600)
Candidates for membership to the association shall be proposed by one
member and seconded by another and elected by, or balloted for by the
Committee at one of their meetings. Five negatives shall exclude. The Committee
reserve the right to refuse membership without having to give any reason for their
decision.A waiting list shall be held by the Hon.Secretary in the event of the
membership reaching 600.
Voting Rights
a. Each member shall be entitled to one vote immediately upon acceptance of
membership
b. Postal votes/proxy votes are not allowed
c. Voting shall be decided by the majority at meetings
Subscriptions
The annual subscriptions for single and full time gamekeepers shall be in sums
as agreed from time to time by the majority of members present at the Annual
General Meeting, and payable to the Hon.Secretary on the 1st January each year.
No member whose subscriptions are unpaid shall be entitled to any privileges of
membership, and if any member shall fail to pay the annual subscrition before the
31st March, the Committee shall have the power to erase their name from the list
of members, but if the Committee shall subsequently receive satisfactory
explanation the member may, at the discretion of the committee and on payment
of arrears. be re-admitted to membership, or the waiting list should membership
stand at the maximum 600.
General Business
a. The financial year of the Association shall be from the first day of January to 31st
December
b. The Annual General Meeting of the Association shall be held as early in the year
as possible at a date to be fixed at an Ordinary General Meeting. At the Annual
General Meeting all of the Committee shall retire as shall the President, Chairman,
Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasusrer and all other Honorary
Officers, but shall be eligible for re-election. The purpose of the Annual General
Meeting being to receive the report of the Committee and Balance Sheet, to elect
Officers and to discuss any resolution duly placed on the agenda of which prior
notice has been given to the Honorary Secretary. No business shall be transacted
at an Annual General Meeting unless thereof appears on the agenda, with the
exception of routine matters or those which in the opinion of the Chairman of the
meeting are urgent.
The election of Officers and Committee at the Annual General Meeting shall be
either by vote or ballot by those present at the meeting. A Special General
Meeting shall be summoned by the Honorary Secretary if six members send a
signed requisition stating the subject to be discussed and no business other
than the matter on the agenda can be discussed at a Special General Meeting.
Twenty eight days notice to be given to members of an Annual or General
Meeting notice of which to be given to members in writing by pre-paid post.
Agena Items should be forwarded up to 14 days before the date of the Annual
General meeting. The agenda for such meetings will be circulated to members
seven days before the date of the meeting.
Association Property
The property of the Association shall be vested in the Committee and in the
event of the Association ceasing to exist a General Meeting shall be called to
decide the disposal of any assets and notified to the Kennel Club. The
Association must obtain from donors of any cups or trophies presented to
the Association an acknowledgement that the gift is made outright to the
Association.
Expulsion of Members and Committee Members
Any member who shall be suspended under Kennel Club Rule A42j(4) and / or
disqualified under Kennel Club Rule A42j(8) shall ipso facto cease to be a member
of the Association for the duration of the suspension and / or disqualification.
If the conduct of any member shall, in the opinion of the Committee of the
Association be injurious or likely to be injurious to the character or interest of
the Association, the Committee of the Association may, at a meeting, the
notice of which includes as the object, the consideration of the conduct of the
member, determine that a Special General Meeting of the Association shall be
called for the purpose of passing a resolution to expel him/her.
Notice of the Special General Meeting shall be sent to the accused member,
givig particulars of the complaint and advising him/her of the place, date and
hour of the meeting that he/she may attend and offer an expanation. If at that
meeting a resolution to expel is passed by two-thirds majority of the members
present and voting, their name shall forthwith be erased from the list of members
and they shall thereupon cease for all purposes to be a member of the
Association except that they may within two calender months from the date of
such a meeting, appeal to the Kennel Club upon and subject to such conditions
as the Kennel Club may impose.
THAT THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO EXPEL OR SUSPEND
FROM THE COMMITTEE ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO FAILS TO TAKE
AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE RUNNING OF THE ASSOCIATION AND WHO
FAILS TO ATTEND MEETINGS OR TO ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS
A COMMITTEE MEMBER AND IN THAT EVENT, TO FILL THEIR PLACE ON
THE COMMITTEE.
Associations Accounts
A banking account shall be opened in the name of the Association into which all
revenueof the Association shall be paid and from which withdrawals shall only be
made on the signature of two or more Officers. Those Officers being a combination
of two from the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary and Honorary
Treasurer. The accounts will be certified annually and presented to the members at
the Annual General Meeting. (The certification of the accounts to be carried out by
one Qualified Accountant or two unqualified individuals with accountancy experience).
Secretary
The Secretary shall take minutes of all meetings, issue appropriate notices and
carry out all the secretarial work in connection with and for the benefit of the
Association.
Treasurer
The Treasurer shall open a bank account referred to above and shall give receipts
for all revenue and shall keep accurate and up to date accounts relating to
Association expenditure and shall produce the bank pass book and any other
relevant documents or memorandum relating to their position whenever required
to do so by members of the Committee.
Kennel Club The Final Court of Appeal
The Kennel Club shall be the final Court of appeal in all matters of dispute.
Federation of Societies of Clubs
The Association shall not join any Ferderation or Societies of Clubs.
Amendments of Rules
The rules of the Association shall not be altered except at an Annual General
Meeting or Special General Meeting. Any alterations of the rules shall not be
brought into force until the Kennel Club has been advised and given it's
approval of the alterations.