Redbrook Sailing Club Membership Application
2014
Please return to: The Hon Membership Secretary, Redbrook Sailing Club
Colin Higgins, 10 Newhouses, Platting Rd, Scouthead,
Name
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BOAT TYPE AND NUMBER (if applicable)
Wish to apply for / or renew my/our Membership of the Redbrook Sailing Club.
SAILING
Full Member (individual) £85.00
Family Member self, partner and
children in full time education £100.00
Junior
Member under 18 or Student £20.00
Clubhouse
key and car park barrier lock key (on joining) £ 6.00
Donation
to club Funds £
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Total £
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I enclose a cheque for £
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a S.A.E. for receipt, Membership Card, 2013 Program of events and this years
Security Code for the clubhouse.
DECLARATION (to be signed by all members over 18
years in the case of a junior member it must be signed by a parent or
guardian)
I agree to abide by the General Rules of Redbrook
Sailing Club and of British Waterways/ Canal and River Trust. In addition I
confirm that all craft used by me or my family will have adequate insurance
cover for third party and passenger liability for a minimum of £2 million and
for full racing risks at all times when the craft(s) is in use. (The committee
reserves the right to have the Clubs interest noted in the policy and
documentary proof of the policy must be available on demand)
All boats must be securely locked when left in the boat
park.
I acknowledge that Redbrook
Sailing club will not accept any liability for material damage, personal injury
or death sustained, in conjunction with, prior to, during or after any
activity.
Signed
Date
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Note: A copy of the
general rules of the club is printed on the reverse of this form and will also
be found on display in the clubhouse and on the club website.
Examples of popular Insurance companies are: Newton Crum. Tel. 01702 710041
Noble Marine Tel 01636 707606
Website: www.redbrook-sc.uwclub.net E-mail: p.baker@uwclub.net
Membership enquiries: Colin
Higgins Tel: 01457 873488
RED BROOK SAILING CLUB GENERAL RULES
1.0 The name of the club is
"The Red Brook Sailing Club" and the object of the club is to promote
and facilitate the sailing of dinghies of all recognized classes up to 5 metres at the discretion of the Management Committee.
1.a The club is non profit
making, any surplus income or gains will be reinvested into the club, and does
not permit any distribution of club assets, in cash or in kind to members or
third parties.
1.b On dissolution, any
assets of the club will be applied for approved sporting or charitable
purposes.
2.0 The headquarters of the
club shall be, The Clubhouse,
3.0 Membership of the club
is open to all the community and without discrimination on ethnicity,
nationality, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, sex, age or disability
except as a necessary consequence of the requirements of sailing. Any amateur,
who is keen and interested in boating, is eligible as a candidate for
membership.
4.0 The club shall consist
of full, family, and junior sailing members and affiliated non sailing members.
Family membership consists of all adults and children in full time education at
the same address. Groups such as youth groups may apply to use the facilities
of the Club as agreed by the Management Committee at fees annually negotiated
with the management committee. The Sailing programme,
which is planned before the start of the season, will take priority over other
non-sailing activities. A calendar of planned events will be issued with the
membership card on joining or renewing membership, updates will be available on
the web site and on the club notice board.
5.0 All prospective members
must fill in an application Form and send to the Club Secretary. Their names
will be brought before the Management Committee at their next Monthly meeting.
Acceptance of membership by the Management Committee is by simple majority and
the new member is issued with a Membership Card
Members will be entitled to
introduce a guest who may enjoy the benefits of the Club including
participation in its racing for a day sailing fee to be set by the Management
Committee.
This privilege may be
withdrawn at any time by the Management Committee.
6.0 Any member desirous of
retiring from the Club shall notify their intention to the Honorary Secretary
on or before the last day of March otherwise they shall be liable for that
year's subscription.
7.0 All members, on joining
the club, undertake to comply with these rules and any refusal or neglect to do
so, or any conduct which in the opinion of the Management Committee is either
unworthy of a member or otherwise injurious to the interests of the club, shall
render a member liable to expulsion by the Management Committee provided that
before expelling a member the Committee shall call upon him/her for an
explanation of his /her conduct and shall give him/her an opportunity of
defending himself/herself or of resigning their membership.
8.0 The annual subscription
payable on election and in subsequent years on the 1st of March shall be
determined by the Management Committee and ratified or otherwise by the Annual
General Meeting. No member shall, in any year, be entitled to exercise any
rights or privileges until the subscriptions for that year and any arrears, if
any are paid.
9.0 Termination of
membership. When a member decides to cease membership, he/she shall return
property belonging to Red Brook Sailing Club and remove his/her chattels from
the Club premises. In the event of a member not removing his/her property the
Club is authorized to dispose of them after first making reasonable effort to
contact the ex-member.
10.0FFICERS The Club shall
consist of a Commodore, a Vice Commodore, Honorary Secretary, Honorary
Treasurer, Honorary Bosun, Honorary Sailing
Secretary, Honorary Social Secretary who shall be elected at the Annual General
Meeting with the exception of the Vice Commodore, the Honorary Secretary and
the Honorary Treasurer who shall be elected biannually. Retiring officers shall
be eligible for re-election.
11.0 COMMITTEE The Management Committee shall consist of the
ex-officio officers and five full members of the club, with the power to co-opt
three further members as found necessary, who shall be elected at the Annual
General Meeting. The Sailing Secretary has the power to co-opt additional
members as found necessary.
12.0 The property of the
Sailing Club shall be vested in three Trustees.
13.0 The Honorary Auditors
shall be appointed by the Annual General Meeting.
14.0 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting shall be held in the Clubhouse or other venue
decided by the Management Committee on some day in November.
The Honorary Secretary shall
give at least fourteen days notice in writing before the date of such meeting.
15.0 Amendments or
alterations of these rules shall only be made at the Annual General Meeting (or
in exceptional circumstances by an Extraordinary General Meeting, notice of
which shall be given in writing), by a majority of two thirds of the present
and voting members. Any amendments or alterations must be in the hands of the
Honorary Secretary, in writing duly proposed and seconded by full members by
the first day in October in each year. Notice of such proposed amendments or
alterations must be given in the notice covering the Annual General Meeting.
16.0 A full member shall
have one vote and a family member shall have one vote which will be in the name
of the person holding the membership card. Prospective members shall not have a
vote.
17.0 Members and
crews/guests should always wear adequate personal buoyancy aids whilst on or
around the water and on the jetties.
18.0 It is the
responsibility of every boat owner/keeper to ensure that their craft and its
components are in a safe condition whenever they are used and that insurance
cover, to a minimum level set by the Management Committee, is held.
19.0 It is the
responsibility of each member to use the water only when all conditions are
appropriate for their skill level.
Rule 9 introduced AGM
1995/Social Members adopted AGM I 996/Rule 4 allowing groups such as Youth
Groups use of
facilities AGM 2000/Rule
amended to allow 5 meter craft AGM2001lRules la, lb added to conform to CASC.
Discrimination
rule 3 amended and Rule4
amended to define membership and comply with CASC at AGM 2004.Rule 4 amended at
AGM 2008
to
change from social membership and include affiliated members with priority of
sail over non-sailing activities. Rules 3,4 & 5 amended at EGM 14/3/2012.
Rules 17,18 & 19 introduced at EGM 14/3/2012