SRA
CONSTITUTION
SECTION 1 - ASSOCIATION TITLE
The name of the Association
will be - Speedway Riders Association.
SECTION
2 - AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
2.1-To arbitrate
in relations between Riders and their Employers/Promoters;
to represent Riders in all matters concerned with the regulative
governing body of National Speedway.
2.2-To represent
(in strictest confidence) and promote the interests of Speedway
Riders on matters concerning their welfare, terms/conditions
of their employment contracts and any other such matters as
the Committee considers to be in the best interests of Riders
and Promoters,.
2.3-To seek
advice on legal matters, and at the sole discretion of the
Committee, request legal assistance from a duly qualified
person.
2.4-To provide
any other services or engage such persons/organisations as
the Committee shall determine to provide the services to and
on behalf of the Association and its Members.
2.5-To represent
Speedway Riders on any committee or body or engage in any
forum of activity where the promotion of the sport of Speedway
and the best interests of Riders can be represented and promoted
as determined from time to time by the Committee.
SECTION 3 - MEMBERSHIP
3.1-Any
person engaged in Speedway riding under a current speedway
licence, issued by his/her FMN, will be granted membership.
3.2-Honorary
Membership will be conferred on any person who, in the opinion
of the Committee, is deserving of such an honour.
SECTION 4 - SUBSCRIPTIONS
4.1-Annual
subscriptions will be determined annually on the recommendation
of the Committee, and agreed and endorsed by the AGM or
a General Meeting of the Association.
4.2-It
is the responsibility of each member to ensure that his/her
annual speedway subscriptions are paid within one calendar
month of receiving their renewal reminder.
SECTION 5 - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
5.1-
The AGM will be held during the month of November each
year.
5.2-The
AGM will be open to all bona fide members of the Association,
its members of the Committee and any other person who is
appointed by the Committee, and any guest speaker who is
invited by the Committee.
5.3-The
date, time and venue of the AGM will be notified to members
no less than 28 days prior to the set day.
5.4-An
agenda for a meeting will be drawn up by the Secretary of
the Association and will include business that is appropriate
to be determined by the AGM and, when appropriate, will
include election of officers.
5.5-Any
bona fide member of the Association who wishes to place
an item of relevant business on the agenda of the AGM should
advise the Secretary in writing no later than 14 days prior
to the AGM.
5.6-The AGM will elect every 2 years members of the Committee, who must be nominated and seconded by 2 bona fide members of the Association. The Committee will comprise the Chairman, the Secretary, and a minimum of 5 Rider members (representing the Elite, Premier and Conference leagues).
5.7- Voting
at the AGM will normally be by a show of hands unless the
majority of members present request a secret ballot.
SECTION 6 - MANAGEMENT
6.1- The Management of the Association shall be vested
in the Committee.
6.2- The
Committee will meet during the course of the year and transact
the business of the Association in a manner deemed to be
in the best interests of the Association and its members.
The minutes of these meetings will be made available to
all members of the Association.
6.3-The
Committee shall have the power to appoint any person or
organisation to represent the Association and its members
on such matters as it determines from time to time.
SECTION 7 - FINANCE
7.1-
In addition to the subscriptions, funds may be raised on the
authority of the Committee from any source or activity the
Committee deems fit and proper. The management, organisation
and expenditure of the Association’s Funds is vested
in the Committee who may delegate the transactions of any
business related to expenditure to the Secretary of the Association. |
