NAME & OBJECTIVES The name of the club shall
be "The South Wales Scottish Terrier Club" and its objectives shall be:
A. To Promote the breeding of pure Scottish Terriers B. To do all in
its power to promote and advance the interests of the Breed by offering
prizes, supporting certain shows and taking any other steps that may be deemed
advisable
CONSTITUTION The club must hold a list of
members and their addresses available for inspection if so requested by
members of the club. It must also form part of the annual returns to the
Kennel Club as stipulated in Kennel Club Regulations for the Registration and
Maintenance of Title of Breed Clubs and Breed Councils
MANAGEMENT The affairs and management of
the club shall be conducted by a committee consisting of a President,
Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and a minimum of six ordinary Members. At any
Committee Meeting four shall form a quorum. The property of the club shall be
vested in the committee jointly, which shall have power to call meetings, make
bye-laws, and arbitrate in disputed matters. The Committee shall have power to
deal with any question not provided for in the Rules and to fill any vacancy
occurring in its membership.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND
COMMITTEE The financial year of the club shall run from 1st January
to the 31st of December in any year and an Annual General Meeting shall be
held between the 1st January and the 20th May in each year at which the annual
abstract of accounts, duly audited, shall be open for inspection by all
members. A notice giving the date and place of the Annual General Meeting
shall be posted to all members not less than 30 (Thirty) days before it is to
be held. The President, such Vice-Presidents as the Club may from time to time
determine, the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and a minimum of six ordinary
Committee Members shall be elected at the AGM and shall hold their offices and
positions until the following AGM. The existing Members of the Committee will
be eligible for re-election without nomination. Any member may be nominated
for any Office or position on the Committee, such nominations must be made in
writing in which case the nomination, signed by the proposer and seconder,
must be delivered to the Secretary not less than 20 days prior to the date of
the Annual General Meeting. No business shall be transacted at an AGM unless
notice thereof appears on the agenda, with the exception of Routine Matters or
those which, in the opinion of the Chairman of the meeting, are urgent. Any
item for inclusion in the Agenda of the AGM must be lodged in writing with the
secretary not less than 20 (Twenty) days before the date thereof and must bear
the signatures of the proposer and Seconder.
No person whilst an
undischarged bankrupt may serve on the Committee of or hold any other office
or appointment within this Club.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS Any respectable person
favourable to the objectives of the Club shall be eligible for admission as a
Member of the Club and each candidate for membership shall be proposed
by one member and seconder by another, save that the Committee may dispense
with a proposer and seconder or either of them.
SUBSCRIPTIONS The Annual
Subscription for ordinary members shall be £4.00 payable on election and in
advance on the 1st of January in each year. Joint Annual Subscription for
husband & wife or partners shall be £5.00. No one shall be entitled to the
privileges of membership until his or her subscription has been paid.
BANKING ACCOUNT A banking Account shall be opened
in the name of the Club into which all revenues of the Club shall be paid and
from which withdrawals shall only be made on the signatures of two or more
Officers, one of whom shall be the Treasurer.
GENERAL MEETINGS The Committee shall have
power to call General Meetings at any time. The Secretary shall call a General
Meeting upon receipt of a requisition signed by not less the 10 members. At
least 14 (Fourteen) days notice shall be given to all Members of all General
Meetings and the notice calling Any General Meeting shall specify the business
thereof, to which alone, discussion shall be confined.
ALTERATION OF RULES The rules of the Club
may not be amended except at an an Annual General Meeting or Special General
Meeting, notice of which includes details of the proposal to alter the Rules.
No such alteration shall come into force until the approval of the Committee
of the Kennel Club has been given. New Rules or amendments introduced
specifically to meet Kennel Club requirements shall be adopted immediately and
be included in the Clubs rules with effect from the Club's AGM
EXPULSION OF MEMBERS Any member who shall
be suspended under Kennel Club Rule A42j(4) and/or any member whose dog(s)
is/are disqualified under Kennel Club Rule A41j(8) shall ipso facto cease to
be a Member of the Club for the duration of the suspension and/or
disqualification. If the conduct of any member shall, in the opinion
of the Committee of the Club be injurious or likely to be injurious to the
character or interests of the Club, the committee of the Club may at a
meeting, the notice convening which includes as an object the consideration of
the conduct of the Member, determine that a Special General Meeting of the
Club shall be called for the purpose of passing a resolution to expel him/her.
Notice of the Special General Meeting shall be sent to the accused Member,
giving particulars of the complaint and advising the place, date and hour of
the Meeting that he/she may attend and offer an explanation. If at the
Meeting a resolution to expel is passed by a two-thirds majority by the
Members present and voting, his/her name shall forthwith be erased from the
list of Members and he/she shall thereupon cease for all purposes to be a
Member of the Club except that he/she may, within two calendar months from the
date of such condition as the Kennel Club may impose. Any member expelled
for discreditable conduct in connection with dogs, dog shows, trials or
competitions, the club must report the matter in writing to the Kennel Club
within seven days and supply any particulars required.
DISPOSAL OF ASSETS In the event of the Club being
dissolved or otherwise ceasing to exist as a Registered Society all Cups,
Trophies, Cash assets and other property of the club shall be presented or
distributed to other Scottish Terrier Clubs at the discretion of the Committee
and subject to the approval of the Kennel Club and/or the Donors of the Cups
and Trophies.
COURT OF APPEAL The Kennel Club shall be the
Final Authority of interpreting the Rules and Regulations of the Club and in
all cases relative to Canine Club matters.
FEDERATION The Club shall not join any Federation
of Societies or Clubs.
ANNUAL RETURNS TO THE KENNEL CLUB
The Officers acknowledge that during the month of January each
year Maintenance of Title fee will be forwarded to the Kennel Club by the
Secretary for continuance of Registration and that by the 31st July each year,
other returns as stipulated in Kennel Club Regulations for the Registration
and Maintenance of Title of Societies and Municipal Authorities, be forwarded
to the Kennel Club. The Officers also acknowledge their duty to inform the
Kennel Club of any changes of Secretary of the Club which may occur during the
course of the year.