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	THE SKI BOB ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN CONSTITUTION

NAME
1. The name of the Association shall be the Ski Bob Association of Great Britain ("The Association"). The title may be abbreviated to SAGB.

REGISTERED OFFICE
2. The National Office of the Association shall be 2-4 Langhorn Gardens, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2EA or at such other place as the Executive Committee, ("The Committee") may from time to time decide.

OBJECTS
3. The Objects of the Association are to provide means and facilities to promote ski bobbing as a sporting activity for recreational and competition purposes and in furtherence of these general objectives:

a. To enable people to partake in ski bobbing.

b. To establish standards for the training of instructors so that people may
participate in ski bobbing.

c. To establish such standards that allow competition to be pursued at the highest international level.

d. To promote and support the participation of the sport amongst the disabled.

e. To promote all such actions as will further safety within the sport.

f. To take action deemed necessary to further the Objects of the
Association.

MEMBERSHIP
4. The classes of Membership shall be:

a. Ordinary Membership shall be open to any individual over the age of 18 years.

b. Family Membership includes children under 18 years of age.

c. Affiliated Membership which is open to any Association or other body with Objects compatible with those of the Association.

d. Temporary Membership which is available to individuals on a temporary basis to cover a particular event or activity.

5. The Committee shall have the power to expel a Member for deliberate breach of the Constitution of the Association or for any conduct unbecoming a Member of the Association. The subject of the expulsion of a Member must appear on the Agenda of a Committee Meeting at which it is considered.

6. A Member of the Association convicted of substance abuse whilst in pursuit of any activity connected with the Association will be suspended from the Association pending action as at Paragraph 5 above.

7. The Association will make no restriction to Membership on grounds of race, creed, colour, occupation or political affiliation, gender or ability.

SUBSCRIPTIONS
8. Subscriptions for Ordinary, Family and Affiliated Membership will be agreed by the Executive Committee and endorsed by the Membership at an Annual General Meeting on the basis of a simple majority, present and voting. Such subscription will have effect from the start of the following Association Year. Where no subscription has been submitted by the Executive Committee or if such a subscription is not endorsed by the Meeting, then the rates of subscription currently in force shall so remain for a further year. The Executive Committee shall, at their sole discretion, set a rate of subscription for temporary Members and a re-joining fee for Members who have previously allowed their Membership to lapse.

9. Annual subscription shall be due and payable on the first day of the Association Year to which they apply. Members whose subscriptions have not been paid by the 90th day of the Association Year, shall forfeit all rights of Membership until such time as subscriptions have been paid and the Committee shall have the power to remove the name of such Members from the Register of Members.

MEETINGS OF MEMBERS
10. Once in each year the Committee shall call an Annual General Meeting of Members, giving not less than 21 day's written notice to each Member at the most recent address notified to the Association. The Committee may call an Extraordinary General Meeting of Members upon similar notice as can a written Resolution submitted by a minimum of 12 Ordinary Members to the Chairman.

11. Only Ordinary, Family and Affiliated Members who have paid in full their subscriptions to the Association for the current year, shall be entitled to attend and vote at General Meetings.

12. The Quorum for a Meeting for Members shall be 10 persons present in person.

13. The aim of the Annual General Meeting shall be to conduct the Ordinary Business of the Association as set out below:

a. To approve and adopt the Accounts of the Association.

b. To appoint Auditors to the Association.

c. To approve the subscription rates for the following year.

d. To elect Members of the Committee.

14. Notice of any special business, including the full text of any proposed Special Resolution, shall be circulated to Members with the Notice of the Meeting. If a Resolution is proposed, Proxy Cards will be sent to each Member. The Proxy Cards will provide for the Chairman or a named individual to vote in accordance with the instructions of the Member if so instructed, at his discretion. To be valid, the Proxy Cards must be signed by the Member and returned to the National Office of the Association at least 48 hours before the time of the Meeting.

15. The approval of a Special Resolution shall require a 75% majority of votes cast in person or by proxy. For this purpose, each Ordinary Member, and in the case of a family unit, adult Ordinary Members only, shall be eligible to vote. Each Affiliated Member shall have a number of votes comprising the Affiliated Membership Subscription divided by the Ordinary Member Subscription (at the rates currently in force) rounded to the next whole number.

16. Any other business which may be admitted to the Agenda of a General Meeting shall be resolved by a simple majority of Members present and voting.

17. The proceedings of an Annual General Meeting shall be valid despite any administrative error. It shall be a matter for the sole discretion of the Committee to determine whether an error that comes to their attention is minor or otherwise provided that, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, an error that could not have affected the outcome of a vote shall be minor.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
18. The Committee shall control and administer the organisation of the Association and shall consist of not less than 5 Members and not more than 12 which shall include the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer.

19. The Committee shall appoint from among its Members, a Chairman, a Secretary and Treasurer and may appoint a Vice Chairman or such other Officers of the Association as may from time to time be necessary.

20. At each Annual General Meeting one fifth of the Members of the Committee shall retire by rotation but shall be eligible for re-election.

21. A Committee Meeting shall, if possible, be held once a quarter. 4 Committee Members shall form a Quorum of the Committee unless the Committee shall determine otherwise. In the absence of the Chairman of the Association, the Committee shall elect a Chairman of the Meeting from among those present.

22. A Resolution requires the approval of the majority of Committee Members present except that, in the event of an equal number of votes cast in favour and against any Resolution, the Chairman, or Chairman of the Meeting, shall have a second and deciding vote.

23. The Committee may co-opt new Members on to the Committee (provided the maximum number of Members herein prescribed shall not thereby be exceeded), but such co-option shall be confirmed at the following Annual General Meeting. In particular if at any time, the number of the Members of the Committee falls below the minimum number prescribed herein, the remaining Members shall forthwith co-opt further Members to make up that number.

24. A Member of the Committee shall cease to be a Member of the Committee if he is absent from Meetings of the Committee continuously during a period of six months without special leave of absence from the Committee expressed by a duly recorded Resolution.

25. The Committee shall have power to appoint a President of the Club and Vice President for a period not exceeding 3 years and all such persons shall be entitled to attend Annual General Meetings but shall not be required to pay any subscription and shall not be entitled to vote at any Meeting.

26. The Committee shall have power to appoint Trustees not less than 2 in number nor more than 4. The Trustees shall be subject to the authority of the Committee.

POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE
27. Bank Accounts may be opened in the name of the Association at any Bank designated by the Committee. The Bank Mandate shall specify that all cheques drawn on such Account shall bear the signature of two Members of which one shall be a Member of the Committee.

28. The Committee shall have the power to invest surplus funds from whatever sources arising, to create reserves and to use donations and subscriptions as the Committee shall at its own discretion decide.

29. The Committee shall ensure that proper accounting records are maintained and that Accounts are drawn up at the end of each Association year and audited.

30. The Committee shall have the power to affiliate the Association to any other organisation.

31. The Committee shall have the power to delegate certain of its responsibilities to Sub Committees or Clubs and to appoint a representative to each Sub Committee or Club. Each such Sub Committee or Club shall subsequently submit written reports to the Committee.

32. Committee Members may claim for any reasonable expenses incurred by them on behalf of the Association. All such claims shall be submitted promptly and in any event not later than one month after the end of the Association year to which they relate. Where travel by car is involved, fuel costs will be reimbursed based on a consumption rate of 30 miles per gallon.

ASSOCIATION YEAR
33. The Association Year shall end on the 30th November in each year.

POWER OF AMENDMENT
34. This Constitution may be altered or amended by Special Resolution.