Westcotes Bowling Club
Leicester
8 – EXPULSION OF MEMBERS
Should the General Management Committee at any time be of the opinion that in the interests of the Club, they shall by letter, invite any member to withdraw from the Club within a time specified in such letter, and in default of such withdrawal, submit the question of his expulsion to a Special General Meeting to be held within 4 weeks after the date of such letter.
At such meeting, the member whose expulsion is under consideration shall be allowed to offer an explanation of their conduct, verbally or in writing, and if two-thirds of the members present at such meeting shall vote for his expulsion, he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the club.
The voting of any such Special General Meeting shall be by ballot.
It shall be in the power of the Management Committee to exclude such member from the Club Pavilion and Green until such Special General Meeting shall be held.
9 – VISITORS
Each member shall have the right to invite a friend to the Club at any time. A member also has the right to invite a friend to join in games occasionally.
After 3 games in a season they will be asked to join the club and become full members or not be permitted to play further.
The name and residence of each guest and the name of the member introduced by them shall be entered in the Visitor’s book.
10 - Ground Fund
Ground fund is the term used for the assets of the club should it cease to operate and the subsequent distribution of those assets to the membership by way of shares held.
No member can hold more than 10 shares.
The number of shares held by a member is based on the number of relevant paid memberships that they have paid over the last 10 years.
For each year of relevant paid up membership a member will receive 1 share.
A share obtained in the current financial year will still have value to the member until the 11th year when it ceases to exist.
Shares are not transferable.
If a share holder dies their shares cease to exist.
When a full playing member decides to stop playing for the club the General management committee will decide if the member can stay on as a non playing member to maintain or increase the shares they hold or become an Honorary member.
If they are not permitted to stay on as a non playing member the shares they accrued whilst a playing member will continue to be theirs until they drop off on the 10 year rule or they die.
I the event the club folds the clubs assets will be divided by the total number of shares held by its members to determine the share value and then paid out to the members dependant on how many shares they own.
The record of shares held over the last 10 years will be maintained by the secretary and treasurer and made available at any time at the request of any member.
11 – BAR HOURS OF OPENING AND CLOSING
The Sale of intoxicants shall be limited by the clubs license and the hours may be reduced at the discretion of the Bar Manager or the general management committee.
Normal hours of opening shall be between 10.00am to 11.00pm Monday to Sunday
12 – CONDITION OF GREEN
No member shall be allowed to play when the greens are in an unfit condition or if weather conditions dictate that undue damage may be caused.
The Green keepers have the right to close all or part of the Green from use and in their absence any of the General Management committee.
13 – SHOES
All members and guests must wear approved bowling shoes on the green.
14 – DOGS
No dogs shall be admitted on the premises except on a leash and shall be the responsibility of the dog owner or member bringing the animal onto the Club’s premises.
15 – ALTERATION TO CLUB RULES
Alterations in the foregoing Rules shall only be made at the Annual Meeting, or at a Special Meeting convened in accordance with the provisions of Rule 15 (B).
16 – GENERAL MEETINGS
A – ANNUAL
The Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be held on the 1st Thursday of December of each year. At the meeting a Statement of Accounts for the previous year, ending 31st October, duly audited, shall be submitted. Officers and members of Committee elected, and all other necessary business transacted. The Secretary shall give 7 days’ written notice of this meeting to the members. All nominations for Officers and committee shall be in the hands of the Secretary at least 3 days before the Annual General Meeting
B – SPECIAL
A Special General Meeting of the Club may be convened at any time by the General Management Committee.
The General Management Committee shall call a Special General Meeting of the Club, whenever a requisition is made by the Trustees or one signed by not less than ten members and specifying the Resolution or Resolutions to be submitted to the meeting. This shall be delivered to the Secretary. The Secretary shall give no less than 7 days’ notice, by circular, of such meeting, and the same shall be held on a date not more than 21 days from the receipt of the requisition.
C – QUORUM
At any General Meeting of the club, 20 members present shall form a quorum.
17 – ARBITRATION
Should any dispute at any time arise between any member or members or the Club, or to any alleged breach of the Constitution or Bye-laws, or the expulsion of any member from the Club, or on any account whatsoever which cannot be satisfactorily settled the matter shall be decided by arbitration.
Each party will appoint an arbitrator on their behalf, and the arbitrators will appoint an umpire. The arbitration shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by law, and the decision arrived by the arbitrators, or in the event of their disagreement, by the umpire. This shall be final and binding on both parties.