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CHELTENHAM
OWNER'S CLUB |
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1. | The Club shall be
called The
Cheltenham Owners
Club.
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2. |
The aims and objects of
the club shall be:-
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3. |
Full membership shall be open only to owners, spouses or partners owning caravans manufactured by the Cheltenham Caravan Company or Cheltenhams made by the Fernden Caravan Company or by Stevens & West of Cirencester. Upon an existing full member ceasing to own a Cheltenham, the class of membership shall revert to Associate. If any club member resigns or dies, no part of the annual subscription shall be refunded.
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Associate membership will continue to be available if full members cease to own a Cheltenham caravan, but own another make of caravan, motorhome or trailer tent. Only full members bringing Cheltenham caravans will be entitled to pitch at the Cheltenham Weekend, Northern Rally sites and any event on behalf of the Cheltenham Owners Club. Such members may continue to display the Clubs insignia and they, and their spouses or partners, shall be entitled to attend social functions arranged for members. They shall receive the Newsletter and all other literature distributed to full members, but they may not vote at the meetings of the Club.
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5. | Full and associate members shall pay such annual subscription as
shall be fixed by the members, on the advice of the Treasurer, at
the Annual General Meeting.
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6. | The Management
Committee shall have the absolute right to refuse membership to any
applicant without being required to give any reason for such action.
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By making an application for membership the person concerned is deemed to have given his or her consent to the processing of the information given in their application for membership (i.e. their Personal Data) in accordance with The Data Protection Act 1998, unless they indicate on the appropriate part of the form. The Club is exempt from the notification regulations required by the Act. Such personal data will not be disclosed in respect of any member who has not given specific permission for such disclosure, in writing on the membership application form, to the Secretary (with the exception of computer maintenance organisations and only when this is necessary in order to repair the equipment or the computer programmes).
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The Officers of the Club shall be:- Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor. These officers shall be elected from the full members of the Club and shall retire annually at the Annual General Meeting. Such retiring officers may be re-elected except that the Chairman and the Vice Chairman shall not hold such offices for more than two consecutive years.
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9. | The members may, at their
discretion, elect a member to be an Honorary Member in recognition of having
given, over the years, outstanding service to the Club.
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The Club shall be managed by a Committee, The Management Committee consisting of: The Chairman, the Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor and six other full members - three of such members shall be elected at each Annual General Meeting to serve for a period of two years and shall not be eligible for re-election to the same office for a period of one year following their term of office.
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11. | Nominations for
Officers and Committee Members, together with the signatures of the
Proposer and Seconder and the nominees
signed acceptance of the nomination, shall be posted on the notice board at
the Cheltenham
Weekend
at least twenty-four hours before the Annual General Meeting.
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Voting shall be by a show of hands or by ballot
as may be decided by the Chairman. The Chairmans
decision as to the result of such voting shall be final.
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The Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be held during the Cheltenham Weekend to:
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14. | A Special General Meeting of
full members may be called by the Secretary either at the request
of the Management Committee or following receipt of a written request,
stating the reason there for, signed by not less than twelve full members.
Not less than four weeks written notice to all full members shall be given
of such a meeting. Only the business for which the meeting was called
shall be discussed at such meeting.
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The Management Committee shall
have the right to deal with any matter not covered by these Rules.
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16. | These Rules shall be altered or
amended only by a Special General Meeting called for that purpose.
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17. | The accounts of the Club shall
be made up to the 31 December annually and audited by the Auditor
prior to presentation by the Treasurer at the Annual General
Meeting. Once audited and approved by the members at the AGM; the accounts
will be circulated annually to the members.
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18. | Current
members subscriptions shall be due on the 1st January and must
be paid by the end of April, so that a list of members can be given to the AGM in June. Members should be encouraged to pay via standing order to save
money.
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19. | New members that join after the Northern rally may be offered membership to the end of the following year. i.e Once subscription payment has been received, they be given 4 free months in the current year, as there are no club functions in that period. |