1. NAME
This Organisation shall be known as The Crawley Pensioners’ Action Group.
2. OBJECTIVES
To promote and protect the interests of retired
members who are in receipt of a State, Company or Private Retirement Pension,
and to campaign in such matters that are deemed necessary for the well being of
retired people.
3.
QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP
Membership may be obtained by
submission of an Official Application Form obtained from the Secretary or any
other Official responsible for the maintaining of membership records in this
Group. Applicants must be retired and qualify for a State, Company or Private
pension. Membership may be terminated due to conduct detrimental to the Group
and decided by a majority of those present at a regular monthly meeting or
specially convened meeting to consider such a matter. All paid up members will
be issued with a membership card or receipt. No application for membership will
be allowed to be rejected on the grounds of religion, ethnicity, sexual
orientation or political affiliation.
4.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
The Annual Subscription shall be decided at the
Annual General Meeting. Responsibility for payment rests with each individual
member. If the Annual Subscription is outstanding some three months after it’s
due date the individual membership may lapse after consideration by the Group’s
Officers and Committee.
5. ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting shall be held
in the month of April each year upon a date and time to be fixed by the
Management Committee for the following purposes.
To receive from the Treasurer an Income and Expenditure Account for the
preceding financial year ended 31st March.
To elect the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer who shall be the Principal
Officers of the Group.
To elect up to five members to serve upon the Management Committee.
These positions to cover Membership Secretary, Press Officer, and/or Assistant
Secretary and Minutes Secretary.
To elect two Auditor.
To consider and decide upon any resolution which may be duly submitted as
hereinafter provided.
Any ten members present shall form a quorum.
At least seven days notice shall be given to members of the date of the Annual
General Meeting.
Each member shall have one vote on any matter requiring a vote. In the event of
a tied vote the Chairman can have a second or casting vote.
6.
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
The Management Committee shall consist of eight members which will include the
Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and five other members.
The Management Committee has the right to remove any of the above from office.
All the above shall be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting.
Any three members of the Management Committee shall form a quorum providing all
Committee Members have been duly advised in advance of any meeting.
The Management Committee shall have the power to set up sub-committees, co-opt
members for special purposes and between Annual General Meetings co-opt members
to fill vacancies arising among elected Officers and Committee Members.
The Treasurer shall hold the funds of the Group in an approved Bank or Building
Society and hold some cash in hand as required. All cheques drawn on the
Group’s Bank or Building Society’s Account must have two signatures of members
of the Management Committee.
7.
AUDITORS
Two Auditors shall be elected at the Annual General
Meeting. They shall have access to the accounts and records at any time and
shall have audited the Income and Expenditure Account presented by the Treasurer
at the Annual General Meeting.
8.
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING.
A Special General Meeting may be convened at any time by the Management
Committee or at a request from ten ordinary members in writing. At least seven
days notice of such meeting and of the business to be transacted thereat shall
be given and the only business to be considered shall be the matter for which
the meeting has been called.
9.
ALTERATION TO THE CONSTITUTION
No alteration to the rules of this Group shall be made except by resolution at
an Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting.
10.
INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
The Management Committee shall be the sole authority regarding the
interpretation of the Constitution and the decision of the Management Committee
on such interpretations, or on any other matter not provided in this
Constitution shall be final and binding on all members.
11.
TERMINATION OF THE GROUP.
In the event of the members deciding to wind up the Group any funds remaining after all debts have been paid by the Group shall be donated to Saint Catherine’s Hospice.
This Constitution approved at the AGM on April 18th 2007
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