NEWBOLD WORKING MEN'S CLUB & MEMBERSHIP RULES
The rules of Newbold Working Men's Club apply to ALL members.
From 2012, everyone will be a full member of the club and have equal rights (male & female members). The club rules changed from 2012 and a new rule book is available from the committee for 10p.
Any member not adhering to the rules will be dealt with by the committee.
From 2012, everyone will be a full member of the club and have equal rights (male & female members). The club rules changed from 2012 and a new rule book is available from the committee for 10p.
Any member not adhering to the rules will be dealt with by the committee.
RULES:
1. NAME & OBJECTS
*The society (hereinafter called "the club") shall be called NEWBOLD WORKING MEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE LIMITED. Its objects are to cary on the business of a club by providing for the use of its members, the means of social intercourse, mutual helpfulness, mental and moral improvement, rational recreation and the other advantages of a club. 2. REGISTERED OFFICE *Its registered office shall be at THIRLMERE ROAD, NEWBOLD, CHESTERFIELD, DERBYSHIRE, S41 8EJ Notice of any change in the situation of the registered office shall be sent by the secretary within 14 days thereafter to the Financial Services Authority in manner and form provided by the Act. 3. SEAL OF THE CLUB The club shall have its name engraven in legible characters upon a seal, which shall bear the device of a circle having the word "Limited" in the centre and the remaining words of the name of the club in the margin. The seal shall be in the custody of the secretary, or such other officer as the managing committee appoint, and shall be used only under the authority of a resolution of the managing committee, the date whereof shall be mentioned on the instrument to which the seal is attached, and shall be attested by the signatures of two members of the managing committee and the secretary. 4. USE OF NAME The registered name of the club shall be kept painted or affixed on the outside of every office or place in which the business of the club is carried on, in a conspicuous position, in letters easily legible and shall be engraven in legible characters on its seal, and shall be engraven in legible characters in all business letters, notices, advertisements and offer official publications of the club and in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques and orders of money or goods, purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the club, and in all bills, invoices, receipts and letters of credit of the club. 5. POWERS The club shall have full power to do all things necessary or expedient for the accomplishment of all objects specified in its rules, including the power to purchase, hold, sell, mortgage, rent, lease or sub-lease lands of any tenure, and to erect, lease, sub-lease, pull down, repair, alter or otherwise deal with any building thereon. 6. SHARES Shares shall not be withdrawable or transferable and shall be of the value of 50p. No member shall hold more than one share, and no interest or dividend shall be paid upon it. A member shall forfeit his share on ceasing from whatever cause to be a member. 7. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS Any two members of not less than six months standing may propose and second a candidate for membership provided thay are able from personal knowledge to vouch for his respectability and fitness to be a member and both shall sign a nomination form to this effect. The candidate shall deposit the full amount payable for one share and pay an entrance fee of such sum as may from time to time be determined by the members in general meeting not exceeding £20.00. Such sum deposited shall be returned in the event of non-acceptance as a member. The candidate shall sign such (if any) declaration of his concurrence with, and adherence to, the purposes of the club as shall be required by the managing committee. The election shall be by the managing committee and the candidate and his proposer and/or seconder shall be required to appear in person before the managing committee. No canditate shall be elected who is under 18 years of age or an employee of the club. The name and address of the candidate, with the names of his proposer and seconder, shall be prominently displayed in the principal club premises in a part frequented by the members, for at least seven days before the day on which his name is submitted for election. Every member on election shall be supplied with a copy of the rules, at such charge not exceeding 10p as the managing committee may determine from time to time. 8. MEMBERSHIP OF THE UNION The club must hold a fully paid share in the Working Men's Club and Institute Union Limited, (hereinafter referred to as "the Union") in order that each member of the club may be entitled to all privileges of the Union, subject to its rules. A person on becoming a member of the club shall be supplied with Associate and Pass Cards at the prevailing rates charged by the Union for any period for which he has paid his subscription or been granted life membership of the club. 9. ADMISSION OF ASSOCIATES So long only as the club shall hold a share in the Union all Associates of the Union shall subject to the following provisions of this rule be admitted to the club premises and alcohol may be supplied to them by or on behalf of the club for consumption on the premises. An Associate before being admitted to the club must produce his subscription card (showing that his current subscription to his club has been paid), the Associate Card of the Union and current Pass Card issued by the Union, and must write his name and that of his club in the Union Associate Book, to be kept for that purpose. The doorkeeper of other appointed official shall compare the signature in the book with that on the Associate Card, and on being satisfied that the signatures correspond shall admit the Associate. Associates shall have the same rights and privileges and by subject to the same rules and by-laws as ordinary members, except that they may not attend or appoint a proxy at any meeting of the club, nor vote at any such meeting, receive a share of assts on dissolution or take away alcohol for consumption off the premises. The managing committee may refuse admission to Associates or limit their admission to such times and parts of the premises as they think in the interests of the club. Notice of such limitations shall be sent to the Union General Secretary. The managing committee may also refuse admission to Associates who ceased to be members under Rule 12 (a) or (b). 10. SUBSCRIPTIONS Every member shall pay to the funds of the club a subscription which shall become due as soon as he is elected to membership and may not be paid until he is so elected. The subscription must be paid before the member is entitled to any of the privileges of the club. The rate of subscription shall be such sum as may from time to time be determined by the members in general meeting being not less that £1.00 and not exceeding £20.00 per year payable on the first day of January in each year. Any member who has not paid his scubscription by 1st February shall be considered in arrear, and if it be not paid by 1st March he shall cease to be a member. No member in arrear shall be permitted to use the club, or be considered a member for the purposes of these rules, except in the following circumstances: The managing committee, on receiving information that any member is unable to pay his subscription owing to want of work or other good cause, may, at its discretion, in writing excuse payment of such member's subscription for such period as they think fit and the member shall not forfeit the privileges of membership. 11. REGISTER OF MEMBERS The club shall keep at its registered office a register of members in which the secretary shall enter the following particulars: (a) The names and addresses of members; (b) a statement of the number of shares held by each member and of the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid on the shares of each member; (c) a statement of other property in the club, whether in loans, deposits or otherwise,, helf by each member; (d) the date at which each person was entered in the register as a member, and the date at which any person ceased to be a member; (e) the names and addresses of the officers of the club, with the offices held by them respectively and the dates on which they assumed office; For the purpose of this rule "an offier" includes every member of the managing committee. Every member shall, within 14 days, give notice to the secretary of any change in his address. Correspondence sent to a member's last known address as entered in the register of members shall be deemed to have been received. 12. CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP Members shall cease to be members: (a) By non-payment of subscription. Any person whose membership has ceased from this casue shall not again be elected to membership unless he pays such fee or fine as the managing committee may in its discretion determine. (b) By expulsion (c) By resignation by notice of not less than three months given to the secretary in writing unless the managing committee waives the requirement for the same. (d) By death (e) By becoming an employee of the club (with the exception of the secretary of the club) 13. MISCONDUCT OF MEMBERS (a) The secretary or president or in the absence of both such officers any officer present upon the club premises shall have power to order the withdrawal from the club premises of any member who shall infringe any rule or by-law or whose conduct whether within the club or elsewhere shall in his opinion render a member unfit for further entry to the club. A member who is subject to proceedings in a court of law and who is excluded from by an officer under the above provision, may not use the club premises, until the courts have disposed of the matter and until such time as the managing committee may decide to permit entry conditionally or otherwise. Where the member continues to be excluded for a time, after the courts have disposed of the matter, greater than 12 months the provisions, so modified to meet the circumstances, in Rule 13 (b) and (c) shall apply. (b) The secretary or president or officer who orders the withdrawal of a member for misconduct as per Rule 13(a) that member not being the subject of proceedings in any court of law shall at the next ordinary meeting of the managing committee or as soon as practicable thereafter lay a complaint upon which the managing committee must decide whether or not to formally charge the member. If the managing committee by a majority of members present at the meeting and entitled to vote so deicde that on the face of the complaint there is a case to answer the secretary will write to the member setting out the charge or charges and summon him to appear before the managing committee giving not less than 3 clear days notice to afford the member an opportunity to advance a defence. (c) The managing committee having found a member guilty of a charge by a simple majority of their number present and entitled to vote must by at least two-thirds of the said managing committee vote for the members to be reprimanded, suspended (for a period not exceeding 12 months) or expelled to render it effective. A member convicted of any offence by any court of law may be suspended or expelled in his absence. A susupended member shall not be entitled to any of the rights and privileges of club membership but shall remain liable to pay his subscription. The decision of the managing committee shall be sent to the member in writing within three days of the managing committee meeting at which the decision was rached and the members' right of appeal procedure explained in the letter. |
14. RIGHT OF APPEAL
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