CONSTITUTIONS

At my clubs committee meeting last night I agreed (after a couple of pints) to review our Constitution. In particular I need to look at what constitutes a quorum etc. Can anyone point me at any good examples.

I also copped for 'member with responsibility for promoting fishing for the young'; any ideas or good practice in your club?

M

At my local club Matthew they run a coaching scheme in the summer it has been very successful nothing complicated just show them the basics of feeding and fish welfare like how to use a disgorger .Good luck with it anyway.

One thing though, if you're doing any youth related teaching then you need certain checks to be carried out on EVERYONE who will be involved i.e. CRB checks etc, and possibilly some qualifications too.

Be worth having a word with Jeff "Patel" Woody or Granville Marzipan to see what how they run the FM Junior Fish In's each year.



As for a Quorum, I always thought that was a rather nice after shave..........

Matthew, I assume your club is run as an unincorporated association?

If you want professional advice, you could try Simon Jackson Solicitors, they specialise in water law and act for many fishery owners and angling clubs. Of course, they will cost..

Has there been any issue or problem regarding club meetings/decisions in the past, and is there any perceived problem with the way the club is run?

Obviously, teh smaller Quorum you have for meetings, the easier things are, but at the same time the more likely it is that unpopular decisions will be made.

You also need to decide how "democratic" you want the club to be. One does read about cases where a fishing club/society is run by a cabal of long standing members, in their own interests.

I will have a further think and post if i come up with any help. In the meantime i am sure that there are members here who are officers of clubs, they might have some good insight for you.

What constitutes a Quorum?

I've deleted my own answer on that one.

Are you thinking of a quorum for the management meetings attended only by those elected officials of the club? If so, I suggest about two thirds of the total number of officials.

If you are referring to the meetings attended by both officials and other members, I don't think you need a quorum if the meeting comprises general discussions and there are no major decisions to be voted on.

If decisions are taken by a combined group of officials and other members then I suggest a quorum should be about 50 percent of the average number of members that attend meetings (not 50% of the total number of members).

For an AGM or extraordinary meeting I wouldn't insist on a quorum, since usually these have the highest attendance.

BB,

There haven't been any problems; its just that I was typing up the constitution for the handbook and noticed that quorums etc. weren't discussed. I think its been around since the sixties and its just one of those things that have never been bothered with.

I've read on this Forum of problems others have had with committees etc. and thought it was something that could do with a coat of looking at.

Mathew.
<u>My constitution.</u>
A commitee of fifteen members. Five to form a quorum, and a tie to be decided by the casting vote of the chairman.

I was going to suggest getting hold of some other constitutions and comparing them. Most club books have them printed.

Of course, a new constitution will need to be voted in in accordance with the procedures and rules of the current one...