Stamford Civic Society

NAME

The name of the Society shall be the STAMFORD CIVIC SOCIETY.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the Society shall be to promote and encourage the following objects by charitable means but not otherwise:

To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning in the town and its surroundings and the preservation, development and improvement of those features which contribute to pleasing conditions in which to work and live. 

To stimulate public interest in and care for the beauty, history and character of the town.

To pursue these ends by means of meetings, exhibitions, lectures, publications, other forms of publicity and promotion of schemes of a charitable nature.

The Society to be non-party and non-profit making.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership shall be open to all who are interested in the aims of the Society. Membership shall lapse if the subscription is unpaid six months after it is due.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Subscriptions should be determined at the Annual General Meeting and due on election to membership for the period to the end of the following September.

MEETINGS

An Annual General Meeting shall be held in or about October of each year to receive the Executive Committee’s report and accounts and to elect Officers and Members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall decide when ordinary meetings of the Society shall be held and shall give at least seven days notice of such meetings to all members by advertisement in the local press. Special General Meetings of the Society shall be held at the request of twenty or more members.

Ten members personally present shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of the Society.

OFFICERS

The Officers of the Society shall consist of:-

President
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Secretary
Treasurer

Nominations for the election of Officers shall be made at or before the Annual General Meeting. Such nominations shall be in writing supported by a seconder and the consent of the proposed nominee must first have been obtained. The election of Officers shall be completed prior to the election of further members of the Executive Committee.

All Officers (except the President) shall relinquish their office every year in accordance with time served and shall be eligible for re-election at the Annual General Meeting.

COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall consist, in addition to the officers, of not more than fourteen further members one third of whom shall retire annually in rotation by length of service. They shall be eligible for re-election. The Committee shall have the power to co-opt further members to act in an advisory capacity as and when necessary.

Nominations for the Executive Committee must reach the Secretary not less than one week before the Annual General Meeting. They must be in writing, supported by a seconder and the consent of the proposed nominee must first have been obtained. If the nominations exceed the number of vacancies, a ballot shall take place.

The Executive Committee shall be responsible for running the affairs of the Society and may take decisions on its behalf. Five shall form a quorum for meetings of the Executive Committee.

EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION

The Executive Committee shall, out of monies received by the Society, pay all proper expenses of administration and management of the Society and shall use the reside of such monies as it thinks fit for or towards the objects of the Society.

BORROWING

The Executive Committee may borrow for the objects of the Society such monies at such rate of interest and in such manner as it may think fit.

AMENDMENTS

The constitution may be amended by a two-thirds majority of members present at an Annual or Special General Meeting, provided that ten days’ notice of the proposed amendment has been sent to all members and provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise any amendment permitting the expenditure of funds of the Society on any object which is not a charitable object of law.

WINDING UP

In the event of the winding up of the Society, the available funds of the Society shall be transferred to such one or more charitable bodies having objectives similar to those herein before declared as may be chosen by the Executive Committee and approved by the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales.

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