CLUB CONSTITUTION
 
1. Clubo The club will be registered with Athletics Ireland, Athletics Leinster andAthletics Wicklow as Greystones & District Athletic Club and will herby be called “Greystones Athletics Club”

2. Aims and objectives
The aims and objectives of the club will be: 

• To promote the club within its local community and Athletics.• To offer coaching and competitive opportunities in Athletics.

• 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 equaltreatment. 

3. Membership
Membership should consist of officers and members of the club. 

• All members will be subject to the regulations of the constitution and byjoining the club will be deemed to accept these regulations and codes ofconduct, policies and procedures that the club has adopted.

3.3 Juvenile Membershipo Juvenile members of Greystones AC who are eligible to compete atjunior and/or senior level shall do so under the category of “junior” and/or “senior” for Sli Cualann AC and not their affiliated club, by agreementof Athletics Ireland. These members however will still remain members ofGreystones AC until they are eligible to become members of Sli Cualann AC.

 3.4 Membership feeso Membership fees will be set annually and at the Annual General Meeting.Fees will be paid: annually. 

6. Officers of the club

Officers will be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting.

All officers will retire each year but will be eligible for re-appointment.Sub committees such as Fund-raising, Social etc ???
 7. Committee
The club will be managed through the Management Committee consisting of:

The elected members. Only these posts will have the right to vote atmeetings of the Management Committee.The Management Committee will be convened by the secretary of the cluband held no less than 4 times. The quorum required for business to be agreed at Management.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-committeesas necessary and appoint advisers to the Management Committee asnecessary to fulfill its business. (maybe this covers social/funds etc).

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 ofsuspension or discipline following such hearings.

 8. Finance

All club monies will be banked in an account held in the name of the club.

• The Club Treasurer will be responsible for the finances of the club. 

• The financial year of the club will end on: 31st December. 

• A statement of annual accounts will be presented by the Treasurer at the Annual General Meeting. 

• Any cheques drawn against club funds should hold the signatures of (two
of the three signaturies)the Treasurer plus up to one other officer. 

9. Annual general meetings

• Notice of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be given by the ClubSecretary. Not less than 21 clear days’ notice to be given to all members.

• The AGM will receive a report from officers of the Management Committeeand a statement of the accounts.

• Nominations for officers of the Management Committee will be sent to theSecretary prior to the AGM.

• If no nominations have been submitted, nominations will be taken from thefloor.

• 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 GeneralMeetings (EGMs) outside the AGM. Procedures for EGMs will be thesame as for the AGM. 10. Discipline and appeals

• All complaints regarding the behavior of members should be submitted inwriting to the Secretary.

• The Management Committee will meet to hear complaints within 2 daysof a complaint being lodged. The committee has the power to takeappropriate disciplinary action including the termination of membership.

• The outcome of a disciplinary hearing should be notified in writing to theperson who lodged the complaint and the member against whom thecomplaint was made within 5  days of the hearing.

• There will be the right of appeal to the Management Committee followingdisciplinary action being announced. The committee should consider theappeal within 5  days of the Secretary receiving the appeal.

11. Dissolution

• A resolution to dissolve the club can only be passed at an AGM or EGMthrough a majority vote of the membership.
• In the event of dissolution, any assets of the club that remain will becomethe property of County Wicklow Athletics Board under the direction of theoutgoing management committee.

 12. Amendments to the constitution
• The constitution will only be changed through agreement by majority voteat an AGM or EGM.