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Chadderton F.C. Juniors Rules and Constitution (Based on the Football Association "Standard Code of Rules") Affiliated to Manchester County Football Association Ratified by the Club Committee - 2006 Issue 4 Contents :-
1 NOMENCLATURE AND CONSTITUTION
2 MEMBERSHIP
3 CLUB COMMITTEE
4 PLAYER DONATIONS
5 MANAGEMENT, NOMINATION, ELECTION.
6 QUORUM
7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
8 POWER OF THE COMMITTEE
9 ALTERATIONS & AMENDMENTS
10 FINANCE
11 SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
12 RESIGNATIONS & EXPULSIONS
13 CHILD PROTECTION
14 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY
15 MISCONDUCT
16 PRESENTATION & SOCIAL EVENTS
17 FUNDRAISING
18 INSURANCE
19 DISSOLUTION
BYE-LAWS OF CHADDERTON F.C. JUNIORS
CODES OF CONDUCT 1.NOMENCLATURE AND CONSTITUTION The name of the Club shall be CHADDERTON F.C. JUNIORS and it shall run football teams consisting of players to the age of sixteen years as deemed by the committee of the club each season. The club shall be affiliated to the MANCHESTER COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (MCFA) and shall have grounds or headquarters situated in the county of GREATER MANCHESTER and the Clubs name and particulars shall be returned annually by the appointed date to the MCFA. The object of the club is to organize football, on a non-profit making basis, under the rules and conditions of the Football Association. The aim of the club shall be to encourage Players and Parents/Guardians to participate in football in a sporting and self disciplined manner and encourage all players to fulfill their potential at all ages through the help of qualified coaches & assistants 2. MEMBERSHIP The members shall be: A) The Managers and Assistant Manager of each team B) The Committee of the club.
All of the above have voting rights C) Junior members who are the players registered to play league football and unregistered players who attend training sessions and any other person who may assist the managers in any capacity, none of which have voting rights 3. CLUB COMMITTEE The committee of the club shall be: Chair, the Secretary, and the Treasurer - and any other position, which may be deemed to be required to be elected at the A.G.M. 4.PLAYER DONATIONS The amount donated by the players for the initial signing on fee and the weekly donations shall be decided by the committee and announced at the A.G.M. prior to the start of the new season. 5. MANAGEMENT, NOMINATION, ELECTION A) The governing body of the club shall be the committee. B) Retiring Officers (after completing their 3 year term) shall be eligible to become candidates for re-election without nomination. All other candidates for election as Committee Members shall be nominated in writing by two members to the secretary not later than 1st June in each year. Names of those nominated shall be circulated with the notice of the A.G.M. In the event of there being no nomination in accordance with the foregoing for the any office, nominations will be received at the A.G.M. C) The committee shall meet as often as is necessary, but as a minimum shall meet at least bi-monthly D) Except where otherwise mentioned all communications shall be addressed to the secretary who shall conduct the correspondence of the club and keep record of its proceedings in the minute's book of the club. 6. QUORUM The Quorum required for the committee shall be no less than 75%. 7. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING A) This shall be held after the finish of the playing season and no later than the 31st July. (The financial year will end on the 30th June) The secretary shall give 14 days notice of the Annual General Meeting to the members. The agenda shall be: 1) Minutes of the last General Meeting. 2) Matters arising. 3) Chair's address. 4) Secretary's Report. 5) Treasurer's report. 6) Election of Committee Members. 7) Donations for next season. 8) Alteration of Rules, if any (of which notice will be given). 9) Other business of which due notice shall be given. B) A copy of the balance sheet, statement of Accounts, and Agenda shall be made available, on request, at least seven days prior to the meeting. C) All voting shall be conducted by a show of hands, unless a ballot is demanded by at least one third of the delegates present or the Chair so decides, and shall be on the basis of the committee and one vote per team. D) Proposals will be deemed to be ratified by straight majority support. 8. POWER OF THE COMMITTEE The Club Committee shall be responsible for the management of all the affairs of the Club. Decisions of the Club Committee shall be made by a simple majority of those attending Club Committee meetings. The Chairman of the Club Committee meeting shall have a casting vote in the event of a tie. Meetings of the Club Committee shall be chaired by the Chairman, or in his absence, the Vice Chairman. The Club Committee shall have the power: - a) To make, amend or rescind any byelaw, so long as it does not contravene the rules of the club. b) The committee, as it may deem necessary, has the power to fill ad hoc vacancies that may occur. c) To exercise disciplinary action when necessary. d) Members of the committee shall be entitled to attend all committee meetings and, except for the chair, vote there at - but no member shall be allowed to vote on any matters directly appertaining to him or herself. In the event of the voting being equal on any matter, the chair shall have a casting vote. e) The committee shall have powers to apply, act upon, and enforce the Rules of the Club and shall also have jurisdiction over all matters affecting the Club, including any not provided for by the rules. 9. ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS Alterations and amendments to the rules of the Club can only be made on the vote of the A.G.M, or at the general meeting specially convened for the purpose called in conformity with rule 11. Any proposition to alter or amend the rules of the Club must be received by the secretary a minimum of 14 days prior to the A.G.M, or the General Meeting. 10. FINANCE A) ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET The Treasurer shall present an Annual Balance Sheet of income and expenditure to the A.G.M. B) ISSUE OF CHEQUES The treasurer shall issue all cheques, and they must be signed by two of either, the Chair, The Treasurer or the Secretary. C) EXPENDITURE The committee must approve all expenditure on behalf of the Club. D) SURPLUS INCOME Any income left over at the end of the playing season will be re-invested in the club. No money or assets will be distributed to the members of other third parties. 11. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING On receiving a requisition signed by two-thirds of the voting members of the club, the secretary shall convene a Special General Meeting of the committee. The committee may call a S.G.M. at any time when it shall consider the same necessary. At least 14 days notice shall be given of all meetings under this rule, together with an agenda of the business to be transacted at such meeting. 12. RESIGNATIONS AND EXPULSIONS Any team intending to withdraw from the club/league on completion of its fixtures must notify the Club Secretary in writing before February 28th or they may be liable to pay a fine to their respective league. The Committee may expel a team for misconduct or objectionable conduct from the Club and withdraw the team's league registration. This decision would be confirmed in writing, with the recommendation placed on the agenda of the first available meeting with the Member Team. The Committee will inform teams who are NOT being accepted back into the Club for the following season by 1st July each year. 13. CHILD PROTECTION All those associated with the club shall abide by the F.A. guidelines on child protection as described in the F.A. document "Child Protection Procedures & Practices handbook". The key principals of the F.A. policy are:- Ø The child's welfare is, and must always be, the paramount consideration. Ø All children and young people have a right to be protected from abuse regardless of their age, gender, disability, culture, language, racial origin, religious beliefs or sexual identity. Ø All suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately. Any such instances shall be reported to the club child protection officer. 14. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY We as a club are committed to a policy of equal treatment of all members and players and require all to abide and adhere to this general principle and the requirements of the Codes of Practice issued by the Equal Opportunities Commission and Commission for Racial Equality. All members are expected to abide by the requirements of the Race Relations Act 1976, Sex Discrimination Act 1986 and Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Specifically discrimination is prohibited by: • Treating any individual on grounds of gender, colour, marital status, race, nationality or ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability less favorably than others • Expecting an individual solely on the grounds stated above to comply with requirement's) for any reason whatsoever related to their membership, which are different from the requirements for others. • Imposing on an individual, requirements which are in effect more onerous on that individual than they are on others. For example, this would include applying a condition which makes it more difficult for members of a particular race or sex to comply than others not of that race or sex. • Victimisation of an individual. • Harassment of an individual, by virtue of discrimination. • Any other act or omission of an act, which has as its effect the disadvantaging of a member against another, or others, purely on the above grounds. Thus, in all the Club's recruitment, selection, promotion and training processes, as well as disciplinary matters, it is essential that merit, experience, skills and temperament are considered as objectively as possible Chadderton F.C. Juniors commits itself to the immediate investigation of any claims of discrimination on the above grounds and where such is found to be the case, a requirement that the practice cease forthwith, restitution of damage or loss (if necessary) and to the investigation of any member accused of discrimination. Any member found guilty of discrimination will be instructed to desist forthwith. Since discrimination in its many forms is against the Football Club's policy, any members offending will be dealt with under the disciplinary procedure. The Football Club commits itself to the disabled person whenever possible and will treat such members, in aspects of their recruitment and membership, in exactly the same manner as other members. The difficulties of their disablement permitting assistance will be given, wherever possible to ensure that disabled members are helped in gaining access. Appropriate training will be made to such members who request it. 15. MISCONDUCT The Club Committee shall have the power to deal with matters of misconduct happening in the leagues, which are not provided for in these rules. 16. PRESENTATION AND SOCIAL EVENTS Each team will be expected to support all social or presentation events organised by the Club. 17. FUND RAISING Each season the Club Management Committee will propose fund raising schemes for the acceptance of the teams. Any schemes accepted by the teams will be put into operation and each team will be expected to fully support the scheme. 18. INSURANCE Each season the Club will take out appropriate insurance, which offers insurance cover for all players & Officials whilst being involved with organised activities with the club. A copy of the schedule is readily available via the Club Secretary. 19. DISSOLUTION In the event of the dissolution of the club all its assets will be distributed for use to the following in the order listed. 1. the purposes of the sport's governing body for use in related community sport,
2. the purposes of another CASC,
3. the purposes of a charity BYE LAWS OF CHADDERTON F.C. JUNIORS. 1) The address of the headquarters of the Club shall be the Secretary's address. 2) The Entire Club Funds shall be banked with the National Westminster Bank 3) The Club colours shall be: - Red and black striped shirts, black shorts, and black socks. 4) The managers/assistants and volunteers will be appointed by invitation of the committee, having been interviewed first for suitability. All persons joining CHADDERTON F.C. JUNIORS will be required to complete an application form and two personal referee references forms, these will be obtained and forwarded to the FA for checking before acceptance in to the Club. 5) Each manager will be responsible for the care of the Clubs property in use by his/her team. 6) All person/persons will agree to sign a declaration agreeing to waive all rights against the club, should it be decided that it would be in the clubs best interest to resort to their expulsion, and would waive their right to any appeal.
7) [a] Each player will sign an official registration form each season in his/her own hand writing. These registration forms shall be presented to the Club Secretary at a Registration Evening along with the correct Membership Fee for that season.
The club shall issue Membership cards upon receipt of the full signing on fee.
[b] No player shall be eligible to represent Chadderton FC Juniors in competitive games, unless the appropriate registration forms and membership fee have been received by the club secretary.
[c] Only those players registered with the club secretary will be eligible to receive squad trophies at the end of the season.
[d] It is the individual team managers responsibility to ensure that league registration forms are completed and that league rules are adhered to. 8) All NORMAL match day expenses are allowed to be paid when due. 9) Upon arriving at training and match days, subs must be paid immediately to the nominated person for each team. No player more than 2 weeks in arrears will be considered for selection until payments are brought up to date. With the exception of those expenses outlined in law 8, ALL subs collected by managers MUST be paid to the treasurer at the next managers meeting. 10) Any team falling in arrears with their monthly subs by 2 months, and not giving adequate reasons, will have their TEAMS fixtures suspended by the committee until such money is brought up to date. 11) Any person wishing to attend a course through the club will be responsible for paying half of the initial fee.
Providing that person is still involved with the club after a period of 12 months, the club will reimburse the money back to them.
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