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1. That this Society shall be known as the Roads and Public Works
Contractors Golfing Society, and will be known in brief as the R.&
P.W.C.G.S.
2. To be eligible for membership a candidate
must be a member of a recognised Golf Club, and be engaged in or
associated with the Construction Industry.
Each applicant
for membership shall be supported by a Proposer and Seconder who
shall be members of the Society. Applicants must also give information
concerning the Applicant’s Club(s) and his lowest club handicap. The
decision on each application shall be made by the Committee.
Membership, other than Active Life members, will be limited to eighty
and will consist of members associated with the Construction Industry.
Active Life membership will be accorded to any member who the Committee
consider has given exemplary service to the Society. All Active Life
members will be entitled to a full vote and will not be required to pay
an Annual Subscription. It will be at the Committee’s discretion to
ensure a reasonable balance of membership between Contractors and
Suppliers.
3. The Annual subscription will be as
recommended by the Committee and formally approved at The Annual
General Meeting. Subscriptions are payable annually in advance by 31st
March each year. Any member whose subscription is outstanding on 31st
March in any year shall, at the discretion of the Committee cease to be
a member.
4. Management of the affairs of the Society shall
be in the hands of a Committee consisting of the Captain, Vice Captain
and two elected members with the Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer
and immediate Past Captain, ex officio. Elected members of the
Committee shall hold office for a period of two years and at the end of
their period shall retire and shall not be eligible for re-election for
one year. Nominations for election to the Committee shall be submitted
to the Honorary Secretary not later than seven days before the Annual
General Meeting. The Quorum at Committee meetings shall be five.
5. The powers of the Committee shall include:
5.1
The making, repealing or alterations to the rules in such a manner as
they consider necessary or expedient for the management and well being
of the Society, and approved by a General Meeting.
5.2 The election of members.
5.3 The co-option of members to the Committee and the filling of casual vacancies on the Committee.
5.4 The arranging of dates and venues for all meetings and events for the Society.
The decision of the Committee shall be final on all matters not provided by the Rules of the Society.
6.
The Annual General Meeting shall be held on a date deemed convenient by
the Committee, and its business shall include the election of the
Captain, Vice Captain, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, and
members of the Committee for the ensuing year. At least twenty one days
notice shall be given to all members of the Annual General Meeting and
shall be accompanied by a list of events for the ensuing year.
7.
A Special General Meeting shall be called on a signed requisition of no
less than ten members. Fourteen days notice shall be given by the
Honorary Secretary to all members and that notice shall specify the
business to be transacted at the meeting. Any decision reached shall be
binding if it is approved by a two-thirds majority of those present at
the meeting at which a quorum shall be twenty.
8. Golf
meetings shall be held on such courses and at such dates as the
Committee consider appropriate. All competitions shall be played under
the Rules of Golf as last approved by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
of St Andrews, subject to the Local Rules of the Club on whose course
the competition is being played.
9. Members shall play in all
competitions of the Society off their lowest Club Handicap.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule, the Committee may, at its
discretion, adjust the handicap of any member for the purpose of the
next following, or all future competitions of the Society. The maximum
handicap allowance for all Society competitions is twenty one