RULES
DOWTY WOLVERHAMPTON GOLF SOCIETY
1, Name
(a) The name shall be Dowty Wolverhampton Golf Society
2, Object
(a) The object of the Society shall be to provide facilities for playing the game of golf.
(b) All games shall be played to the rules as approved by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St.
Andrews,with such local rules as apply at the Golf Club where the game is played and also in
accordance with local rules and etiquette which the Society Committee may consider necessary
to introduce.
3, Presidents and Vice Presidents
(a) At the Annual General Meeting the members of the Society may appoint a President and Vice
President who shall retire annually and be eligible for re-election.
4, Officers
(a) The officers of the Society shall be a Chairman,a Captain, a Secretary,a Treasurer and a Match
Secretary. Such appointments shall be honorary and an individual may hold not more than two
of the above appointments.
(b) The officers shall be proposed,seconded and elected,by ballot if need be at the Annual General
meeting.
(c) The appointments shall be until the next annual general meeting when the officers shall retire
but be eligible for re-election.
5, General Committee
(a) The Society General Committee shall consist of the officers and not more than six other
members of the Society to be elected as in rule 6.
(b) Five members of the General Committee shall form a quorum.
6, Election of General Committee
(a) Members of the General Committee shall be elected at the Annual general Meeting .
(b) Members shall be nominated for the General Committee by any two members.
(c) If the numbers of nominations exceeds the number of vacancies on the committee,election
shall be by ballot
(d) Each member present at the AGM shall be entitled to vote for any number of candidates not
exceeding the number of vacancies
7, Casual Vacancy on the General Committee
(a) Any vacancy occurring on the General Committee during the year may be filled by the General
committee selecting it’s own members or by co-opting from members of the Society.
8, Duties of Secretary
(a) The Secretary shall be responsible for the correspondence and maintaining the documents of
the Society.
(b) He shall convene meetings and keep minutes of all proceedings in General Committee and at
the Annual General Meeting.
(c) He shall produce such minutes for inspection by any member of the Society upon request.
9, Duties of Treasurer
(a) The Treasurer shall be responsible for the financial accounts of the Society .
(b) He shall prepare and present at the Annual General Meeting a Statement of Accounts /
Budget sheet made up to the final fixture of the season.
10, Duties of Match Secretary
(a) The Match Secretary shall be responsible for the administration of the `playing ‘ side of the
Society.
(b) He shall maintain an up to date list of all current handicaps and revisions when informed by
the Handicap Committee.
(c) He shall organize all sweepstakes and divisions at Society fixtures
(d) He shall collect names of all members wishing to attend Society fixtures via Committee Men
and organize the playing format of each fixture.
11, Sub -Committee
(a) The General Committee may if they so decide, nominate from their own members to form
Sub Committees as necessary.
12, Election of Members to the Society
(a) Prospective members of the Society must fill in a fully completed appication form dulysigned
(b) Previous Society members whether current Wolverhampton site employees or not will also be
expected to comply with the above rule.
( c ) Members of the Society currently employed at the Wolverhampton site may subject to rule
“sign in” one guest member who will be afforded all privileges of the Society except that they
may not sign in a further guest member.
(d) The Committee shall have power to refuse membership to an applicant if:
(1) If by admitting the applicant to the Society it would jeopardize the objects of the Society
Rule 2 or
(2) If acceptance would exceed the agreed limit of 40 playing members.
13, Subscriptions
(a) Subscriptions for membership shall be decided by members at an Annual General Meeting.
(b) Members may resign from the Society at any time by notifying any member of the General
Committee in writing.
(c) Any member leaving the Society during the playing season will be required to pay their
subscriptions until the end of that year.
14, Expulsion of Members
(a) A member may be expelled from the Society for conduct, which in the opinion of the General
Committee, may be injurious to the interests of the Society
(b) Misconduct together with the facts shall firstly be reported to the Secretary, who will
communicate with the member concerned for an explanation.
(c) If a satisfactory explanation is not available and the member does not resign from the
Society, then the Secretary shall call a General Committee Meeting and with the facts and
evidence available will have the power to expel the member if a two thirds majority of the
General committee members present at the meeting so decide.
15, Meetings
(a) The Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be held before the end of December each year.
(b) Extraordinary General meetings of the Society may be called by the General Committee
or by a request signed by 50% ot the Society membersof
. (c) General Committee Meetings shall be held as and when considered necessary by that Committee
16, Quorum
(a) The quorum for an Annual General Meeting and an Extraordinary General Meeting shall be
25% of Society members.
(b) The quorum for a General Committee Meeting - see Rule 5 (b).
17, Chairman
(a) At all General Meetings of the Society the Chairman of the General Committee shall be the
Chairman.
(b) In the absence of the General Committee Chairman, a member selected by the General
Committee shall act as Chairman.
18, Resolutions and Amendments
(a) Any Member wishing to move a resolution including amendments to the rules may do so at
the Annual General Meeting .
(b) It shall be necessary to give 10 days notice before the Annual General Meeting for proposals
to amend these rules.
19, Compliance with the Rules
(a) All members of the Society are requested to make themselves familiar with these Rules and
with the Rules of Golf as approved by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.
(b) A copy of these Rules shall be handed to all members of the Society.
20, Interpretation of Rules
The General Committee shall have power to interpret the rules of the Society and for deciding all disputes
relating to the affairs of the Society.
These Rules were read and verified at the Annual General Meeting of the Society held at
Perton Park Golf Club
Dated . 30th OCTOBER 2002
Signed: Secretary..............................................
Chairman.............................................
