The Club Constitution is detailed below, including the way in which the Code of Conduct is implemented. Click on the link, left, for the content of the Code of Conduct.
Our Constitution
Name
The Club shall be called the Swindon Badgers Football Club and shall be affiliated to the Wiltshire County Football Association Ltd.
There will be a club called Swindon Badgers Football Club that will provide football and shall be affiliated to the WILTSHIRE County Football Association Ltd.
Objective
Its objective shall be to provide Association Football for its members and such social and recreational pursuits as may be desirable by the Committee.
Mission Statement
Swindon Badgers F C is committed to developing soccer skills, supported by a sound organisational and financial base, in order to secure the long term future and contribution of the Club to youth soccer.
Status of Rules
The Club Rules form a binding agreement between the Club and each member.
Rules and Regulations
The Club shall have the status of an Affiliated Member Club of The Football Association by virtue of its affiliation to Wiltshire County Football Association Ltd. The Rules and Regulations of The Football Association or any League or Competition to which the Club is affiliated shall be deemed to be incorporated into the Club Rules.
Alteration to the Rules
No alteration to the rules shall be made except at the Annual General Meeting or at a Special General Meeting convened for the purpose, and only if supported by two thirds of those present and voting at such meeting. Notice of proposed alterations to the rules must be given in writing to the Secretary, 21 days prior to the General Meeting and notified to members on notice of the meeting.
Club Committee
The Club Committee shall consist of the officers and other members.
Officers: The officers shall consist of Chairperson, two Secretaries (Girls' and Boys') and two Treasurers (Girls's and Boys'), all of whom shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.
Committee: The club shall be controlled by a General Committee, consisting of the officers and other members who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting. Each club officer and Club Committee member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the next Annual General Meeting unless otherwise resolved at a Special General Meeting. No one person may hold more than two positions of club officer at any time. The Committee shall meet a minimum of once per month and the proceedings at such meetings shall be duly recorded.
At meetings of the committee, five members shall form a quorum.
Decisions of the Committee shall be made by a simple majority of those attending the meeting and the chair of the meeting shall have a casting vote in the event of a tie. Meetings of the Club Committee shall be chaired by the Club Chairperson or, in his or her absence, the Club Vice Chairman.
Powers of the Committee
The Club Committee shall be responsible for the management of all affairs of the club and the property and/or assets of the club shall be vested in the General Committee. The General Committee shall have the power to appoint an Executive Committee and such Sub Committees as may from time to time be deemed necessary and shall receive reports from such Executive and Sub Committees at its meetings. The General Committee shall have the power to suspend, expel or take such other action as deemed appropriate against any member deemed guilty of conduct prejudicial to the good name of the Club.
The General Committee shall have the power to fill such vacancies as may arise in its Constitution between Annual General Meetings. The General Committee shall have the power to declare a seat vacant should a member be absent from three consecutive meetings without an explanation deemed to be satisfactory.
Any member of the Committee may call a meeting of the General Committee by giving not less than seven days' notice to all members of the Committee.
Save as provided for in Rules and Regulations of The Football Association and the affiliated association to which the Club is affiliated, the Club Committee shall have the power to decide all questions and disputes arising in respect of any issue concerning the Club Rules.
Club Membership
The members of the Club, from time to time, shall be those persons listed in the Register of Members which shall be maintained by the Club Secretary.
Any person who wishes to be a member must apply in the Membership Application Form and deliver it to the club. Election to membership shall be at the sole discretion of the Club Committee and shall become effective upon an applicant's name being entered in the Membership Register.
The Association or an affiliated association shall be given access to the Membership Register on demand.
Membership
The membership shall consist of playing members, ie those members who are qualified to represent the club on the field of play, and non-playing members, ie the officers of the club and the Club Committee.
Annual Membership Fee
An annual fee payable by each member shall be determined, from time to time, by the Club Committee. Any fee shall be payable on a successful application for membership, and annually by each member. Fees shall not be repayable. The Club Committee shall have the authority to levy further subscriptions from the members as are reasonably necessary to fulfill the objectives of the Club.
Registration and Expulsion
A member shall cease to be a member of the club from the date on which he or she gives notice to the Club Committee of his or her resignation. A member wishing to resign shall give notice to this effect in writing to the Secretary. Such notice is to be accompanied by payment of all club dues at the date.
The Club Committee shall have the power to expel a member when, in their opinion, it would not be in the interests of the cub for him or her to remain a member. There shall be no appeal procedures.
A member who resigns or is expelled shall not be entitled to claim any, or a share of any, of club property. In the event of a member's resignation or expulsion, his or her name shall be removed from the Membership Register.
Annual and Special General Meeting
An Annual General Meeting (AGM ) shall be held each year to:
a) receive a report of the activities of the Club over the previous year;
b) receive a report of the club's finances over the previous year;
c) elect officers of the club and members of the Club Committee by ballot;
d) consider any other business.
The Club Committee shall give 21 days' notice of the AGM to all Club Members.
A Special General Meeting ( SGM ) may be called at any time by the Committee and shall be called within 21 days of the receipt by the Committee of a requisition in writing, signed by not less than five members, stating the purposes for which the meeting is required and the resolutions proposed.
The Secretary shall send to each member, written notice of the date of a General Meeting together with the resolutions to be proposed at least 14 days before the meeting.
The quorum for a General Meeting shall be 20 members.
The Chairperson or, in his or her absence, a member selected by the Club Committee, shall take the chair. Each member present shall be issued with a voting card and shall have one vote. In the case of playing members aged seven years to 17 years inclusive, they may nominate one adult representative to vote on their behalf.
Resolutions, excluding those relating to the Club Rules, shall be passed by a simple majority. In the event of an equality of votes the Chairperson of the meeting shall have a casting vote.
A nominated member of the Club Committee shall minute the proceedings of all General Meetings.
Club Finances
A bank account and other accounts shall be opened at the discretion of the Club Committee and maintained in the name of the club.
Designated account signatories shall be the Club Treasurers. No sum shall be drawn from the club accounts except by cheque signed by both designated signatories.
All monies payable to the club shall be notified to the Treasurer and deposited in the club accounts. Referees' fees are to be paid to the referee on demand from match day subs and notified to the Treasurer.
The income and assets of the club shall be applied only in furtherance of the objectives of the club.
The Club Committee shall have the power to authorize the payment of remuneration and expenses to any member of the Club and to any other person or persons for services rendered to the club.
The General Committee shall cause to be kept proper books of account which shall be verified annually by a person or persons independent of the club.
Club Teams
At the Annual General Meeting the Club Committee will seek nominations for the position of team manager to each of the respective age groups. At its first meeting following each Annual General Meeting, the Club Committee shall appoint persons to be responsible for each of the club's football teams.
The appointed persons shall then be members of the Club Committee and shall be responsible for managing the affairs of the team.
The team managers shall present to the Club Committee, at its last meeting prior to the Annual General Meeting, a written report of the activities of the team.
Dissolution
A resolution to dissolve the club shall only be proposed at a General Meeting and shall be carried by a majority of at least three quarters of the members present.
The dissolution shall take effect from the date of the resolution and the Club Committee shall be responsible for the winding up of the assets and liabilities of the club.
Any surplus assets remaining after the discharge of the debts and liabilities of the Club shall be transferred to the Wiltshire County Football Association Ltd who shall determine how the assets shall be dealt with.
Other Business
Any matters not governed by the foregoing Constitution shall be dealt with by the General Committee, the decision of which body shall be final and binding.
Code of Conduct
Every member, whether player, parent, guardian, carer, officials or spectators, is expected to observe the Code of Conduct which is considered to be part of the Club Rules. Any breach of the Code of Conduct will be dealt with by The Club Committee.
Each member shall be required to sign a form agreeing to comply with the Code of Conduct.
Every person, whether player, official or supporter, is expected to conduct himself or herself in an exemplary manner at all times.
Players are expected to play the game in accordance with the spirit of the Laws, to accept all decisions without question and to be a 'credit' to the club, whether at home or away.
The use of offensive, insulting or abusive language and the showing of dissent whether by word or action will not be tolerated. In addition to the punitive measures imposed by the governing body, the Club Committee will reserve the right to take its own additional measures against persistent offenders.
Officials, parents and supporters are expected to set the highest possible standards and observe the sections of the Code of Conduct applicable to them.
This Code of Conduct is issued in addition to any existing Club Rules and Regulations, and membership of this club is conditional upon any person's unreserved acceptance of such Code.
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