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 CONSTITUTION 2001 - 2002
  1. The Association shall be called the READING BADMINTON ASSOCIATION.
  2. The object of the Association shall be to further the interests of badminton in all aspects.All activities shall in every way conform with the Rules and Regulations of the Badminton Association of England.In the First instance the particular interests of badminton concerned are;
    (a) the provision of better playing facilities and
    (b) the provision of competition locally.
  3. All Badminton Clubs having their halls within the Borough of Reading are eligible as Fully Affiliated or Associate Members, at the discretion of the Committee.
  4. The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Committee consisting of a President, not more than four Vice-presidents, Chairperson, Honorary Association Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Secretaries of all Sub-Committees and one delegate from an Affiliated Club.
  5. The Annual General Meeting shall be held during the month of May. A notice with agenda convening this Meeting, together with the accounts for the past season duly audited, shall be sent to the Honorary Association Secretary of each Affiliated Club at least fourteen days prior to the date of the Meeting.
  6. At the Annual General Meeting all the Officers and Sub-Committees, together with the Auditors, shall retire but shall be eligible for re-election.Nominations for Officers and Committee Members should be submitted in writing to the said Committee at least two weeks before the Annual General Meeting.If Officers are not available for re-election and there are no nominations, they may be taken at the meeting.
  7. All Officers, Sub-Committees and two Auditors shall be proposed, seconded and elected at the Annual General Meeting, except as stated in Rule 8.
  8. In the event of vacancies occurring, the Committee shall have power to co-opt members at their discretion. The Committee may at any time appoint and delegate powers to a Sub-Committee for any purpose that may be desirable.The Chairperson and Honorary Association Secretary shall be ex-officio members on all Sub-Committees.
  9. The Committee will normally meet during the last two weeks of September, November and February. The September Meeting may incorporate the League Fixtures Meeting.
  10. The Honorary Association Secretary shall call a meeting of the Committee at any time at her/his discretion, or upon the written request of any three members thereof, stating their reasons.
  11. The Honorary Association Secretary shall call an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting at the request of the Committee, or upon receipt of a written request stating the purposes of the Meeting from not less than five of the Affiliated Clubs. The Honorary Association Secretary shall give fourteen days notice of any such Meeting and shall specify the purpose for which it is called. The business of the Meeting shall be strictly confined to the purpose stated in the notice.
  12. All members of Affiliated Clubs shall be entitled to attend all General Meetings. All proposals at General Meetings shall be decided by one vote from each Club represented at the Meeting. The Chairperson of the Meeting shall have only a casting vote.
  13. Representation by at least six Clubs shall be required to form a quorum at all Meetings.
  14. All applications for Affiliation to the Association must be made in writing to the Honorary League Secretary and signed by the Honorary Secretary of the Club.The acceptance or rejection of such applications shall rest entirely with the League Sub-Committee.
  15. Affiliated Clubs shall pay an annual subscription due on the 1st October in each year, or on joining, the amount of which shall be decided at each Annual General Meeting and, if unpaid by 31st December of the same year or one month after joining, the Committee shall have the power, after due application, to take such action as they deem necessary.
  16. Associate Members shall pay a subscription of 50% of the full affiliation fee.They will not be entitled to the vote at the General Meeting or Committee Meetings, or enter teams in the Leagues, but will be entitled to all other facilities of the Association.
  17. An Affiliated Club wishing to withdraw from the Association shall give written notice on or before the 1st September in any year, otherwise it will be liable to the subscription for the ensuing year.
  18. If the Honorary Secretary or Honorary Match Secretary of an Affiliated Club resign such office, the Club must report the fact immediately to the Association and forward the name and address of the new Secretary as soon as possible.
  19. These Rules and the League Rules may only be amended at a General Meeting.Any member of the Committee, or Affiliated Club, desirous of proposing an alteration in these Rules or the League Rules shall submit such alteration in writing to the Honorary Association Secretary of the Association before the 1st March each year, except as provided for in Rule 11.Any alteration shall require two-thirds of the total vote.(The Annual General Meeting of 1971 instructed the Honorary Association Secretary to notify all Affiliated Clubs of any proposed amendments at least fourteen days before a General Meeting).
  20. In the event of the Association being dissolved by resolution of the Members, surplus funds shall be distributed in accordance with a resolution passed for that purpose, but if at any time the number of members fall below six (i.e. the quorum) the Honorary Treasurer shall pay any funds in hand to the Berkshire County Badminton Association or, failing that, to the Badminton Association of England, for its general use.