(Affiliated to the Blonde d'Aquitaine Breeders Society of GB Ltd) 1 Region Covered
(a) The core region of the Club shall be the area of Northern Ireland.
(b) No division of the NI Blonde d'Aquitaine Breeders Club shall be permitted, unless it has at least 100 paid up members. For a new Club to be formed within the region, at least 25 members of the new club must reside in the proposed area, and the division shall not leave the NI Blonde dAquitaine Breeders Club with less than 50 members.
2 Objectives
(a) To promote the growth and development of the Blonde breed within the region.
(b) To arrange Club meetings for the purpose of encouraging the exchange of knowledge, information and ideas between members.
(c) To foster the interest of potential new Blonde owners and breeders and to encourage them to become members of the Blonde d'Aquitaine Breeders Society of GB.*
(d) To organise participation in agricultural shows and displays.
(e) To explore all possibilities of sales within the region.*
(f) To propose ideas and suggestions to the Blonde Society to further the breed's growth.
3 Membership
(a) Any person interested in the Blonde breed of cattle may apply for membership on payment of an annual subscription, renewable on 1st November.
(b) Any increase in the membership fee must be proposed at the Annual General Meeting and will take effect from the 1st November of the following year.
(c) Members whose subscriptions; are in arrears for three months following the due date shall have their name removed from membership and shall only be re‑admitted after being proposed and seconded at any Committee Meeting with a majority vote and upon payment of the subscription and outstanding 1% levies.*
(d) Any members may at any time retire from membership on giving notice in writing to the Secretary.
(e) No Member shall be admitted to any meeting of the Club or any of the Committees nor be entitled
to any of the privileges of membership while his or her subscriptions are in arrears.
(f) The Committee may remove any member whose conduct has been, in their opinion, derogatory to the character or prejudicial to the interests of the Club.
(g) Honorary members may be elected at the Annual General Meeting.
(h) Where one members of a household is a subscriber to the Club, then other members of the same household may without further subscription attend and participate in all Club functions, except that only subscribing members may vote on resolutions at General Meetings, or be members of the Committee of Management of the Club.
(i) 1 %* is due to Northern Ireland Blonde d'Aquitaine Breeders Club on all private sales of pedigree stock for breeding purposes.
4 Management of the Club
(a) The Club shall at each (AGM) elect from the subscribing members, a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Assistant Secretary Honorary Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, PRO's and Fieldsmen. Their term of office shall commence directly following the AGM. The retiring Office Bearers may stand for re‑election.
(b) The affairs of the Club shall be managed by a Committee consisting of the Club Office Bearers and a number of Club members to make a total Committee of 12.
(c) The Committee shall be elected at the AGM. Any paid up subscribing member is eligible for Committee.*
(d) Casual vacancies in the Committee occurring between the AGM's may be filled by the Committee by co‑option
(e) A meeting of the Committee may be called at my time on the authority of the Chairman and Secretary, or at the request in writing of two or more members of the Committee
(f) At all meetings of the Committee, the quorum eligible to vote, shall be 8 members present in person
(g) Committee decisions will normally be settled by simple majority vote. In the event of a tied vote, the Chairman may exercise the right of a casting vote.
(h) The AGM shall where possible be held in November. Seven days before the AGM, or any Extraordinary Meeting for the purpose of passing any special resolution, notice thereof and of Business to be transacted shall be sent to every member. The business of the AGM shall be to receive and to consider accounts and reports of the officers and to deal with such other matters as may be in order. No new Club rules shall be made or existing rules altered except at any AGM or EGM. The Quorum of a General Meeting or an EGM shall be 8 members.
5 Auditing of Accounts
(a) A Board of Auditors will be appointed within the Club comprising of 2 members.
6 Funds
(a) The Club may not encroach upon or pledge the credit of the Blonde d'Aquitaine Breeders Society.
(b) The income and property of the Club whensover derived shall be applied solely to the promotion of the objectives of the Club as set forth above, and no portion thereof shall he paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividends, bonus or otherwise by way of profit to Members of the Club, provided that nothing therein shall prevent the payment in good faith of reasonable and proper remunerations to any officer of servant of the Club.
7 Trophies
(a) The Assistant Honorary Secretary shall be responsible for maintaining a detailed list and description of such trophies and their approximate value, the names of donors, and the winners thereof.
(b) The trophies* to be insured against theft, loss and damage
(c) The Assistant Honorary Secretary shall be responsible for keeping a record of the whereabouts of trophies and obtaining a receipt for them when presented and obtaining their return not less then one calendar month before they are again required for presentation.
(d) This list of trophies and their whereabouts shall be read at the AGM.
8 The winding up of to Club
(a) If the Club shall he wound up, all the Challenge Trophies which are the property of the Club shall be
first offered back to the donors, if possible or secondly shall be handed to the Blonde d’Aquitaine Breeders Society together with any surplus funds after outstanding liabilities have been provided for.
Items proposed to be amended for next years 2009 Annual General Meeting