CONSTITUTION

CONSTITUTION OF
NORTH KESSOCK AMENITIES ASSOCIATION

ONE NAME
The name of the Association shall be the North Kessock Amenities Association (hereinafter called the Association).

TWO OBJECTS
The objects of the Association shall be :-

(a) To promote the benefit of the residents of the North Kessock Postal area and environs without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, by associating the Local Authorities, voluntary Organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for the recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.
(b) To secure the establishment, maintenance and management of a centre or centres for activities promoted by the association in furtherance of the above objects, or any of them and, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, under the direction of the Trustees for the time being in terms of the Deed of Trust by Major Iain Mackay Scobie and others dated 21 April 1961 and registered in the Books of Council and Session on 22 May 1961, as amended by Supplementary Deed of Trust by Major Iain Mackay Scobie and others dated 6 and 14 December 1982 and registered in the Books of Council and Session on 24 January 1983 ("the Deed of Trust") to administer, maintain, renew, and if appropriate, to extend or rebuild the public hall at North Kessock ("the Hall")

The Association shall be non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion,
and shall subscribe to the principles of child protection promoted by The Highland Child Protection Committee
and shall take account of guidance issued by that Committee.
The Association shall require the co-operation of all hall users in measures for the appropriate protection of any
Child involved in activities on the premises, and shall be mindful of the needs of any such child.

THREE MEMBERSHIP
Membership of the Association shall be open to all persons residing in the North Kessock Postal area.

FOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS
All members shall pay such subscriptions as the Management Committee may from time to time determine.

FIVE STAFF
The Management Committee shall have power to appoint and dismiss a Secretary and a Treasurer (who may be
salaried officials ) and such other employees of the Association as it may from time to time determine. The office of the Secretary and Treasurer may be combined. No member of the governing body (ie Management Committee) shall be appointed to any salaried office of the Association, paid by fees, and no remuneration, or other benefit in money or in moneys worth shall be given by the Association to any member of such governing body except reimbursement of out of pocket expenses.

SIX ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Once in each year in the month of October the Management Committee shall convene an Annual General Meeting of the Association which all members of the Association shall be entitled to attend, for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report and Accounts of the Management Committee, of electing members of the Management Committee and of appointing an auditor or auditors. Twenty-eight days notice of the Annual General Meeting shall be given.
Not less than seven days notice of the business of the meeting shall be posted on the village hall notice board and in an appropriate public place within North Kessock. Other matters may be discussed at the Chairman's discretion and with the approval of a two-thirds majority of those present and voting.

SEVEN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Management Committee shall consist of up to twenty members, but no less than five members, elected by and from the members of the Association as hereinbefore provided. At the first and subsequent Annual General Meetings, all members of the Management Committee shall retire from office, but will be eligible for re-election.
Each organisation using the facilities on a regular basis may appoint one of its local members to be their representative on the Management Committee. The Management Committee shall have power to co-opt not more than three additional members who shall be members of the Association. All co-opted members of the Management Committee shall hold office only until the Annual General Meeting following their co-option.
The Management Committee shall have power to appoint such sub-committees as it may from time to time decide and will determine their powers and terms of reference.

EIGHT CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN
The Management Committee, at its first meeting in each year after the Annual General Meeting shall elect one of its members to be Chairman of its meetings and may elect one of its members to be Vice Chairman. The Chairman and Vice Chairman shall continue in office until their successors are respectively elected. If the Chairman is absent from any meeting the Vice Chairman (if any) shall preside, otherwise the members present at the meeting shall, before any business is transacted, choose one of their number to preside at the meeting. If the Secretary and Treasurer are not appointed as provided under section five, they shall be appointed from amongst the Management Committee members. The Treasurer may be elected for three consecutive years only, but shall be eligible for appointment to another post after the three years.

NINE RULES OF PROCEDURE AT ALL MEETINGS
(a) VOTING
Subject to the provisions of Clause Fourteen, all questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a
majority of those present and voting thereat.
In the case of equality of votes, the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
(b) QUORUM
One third of the Management Committee members, but with a minimum number of three members, shall form a quorum at Management Committee meetings.
Ten Association members shall form a quorum at general meetings of the Association.
(c) MINUTES
Minutes of the Association's proceedings shall be kept, including Management Committee proceedings.

TEN STANDING ORDERS AND RULES FOR THE USE OF THE CENTRE OR CENTRES
The Management Committee shall have power to adopt and issue STANDING ORDERS and/or rules for the use of the centre or centres. Such Standing Orders shall come into effect immediately provided always that they shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, and/or the Deed of Trust.

ELEVEN FINANCE
(a) All monies raised by or on behalf of the Association shall be applied to further the objects of the
Association and for no other purpose.
(b) The Treasurer shall keep proper accounts of the finances of the Association and shall pay all monies not immediately required into an account in the name of the Association at the Royal Bank of
Scotland at Inverness or such other bank as may be determined by the Management Committee.
(c) The accounts shall be prepared and subject to annual scrutiny in accordance with relevant legislation.

TWELVE HERITABLE PROPERTY
The title to all and any heritable property which may be acquired by the Association shall be
taken and thereafter stand in the name of the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Association and
their successors in these respective offices.

THIRTEEN DISSOLUTION
If the Management Committee, by a majority vote, decides at any time on the ground of expense or otherwise, it
is necessary or advisable to dissolve the Association, it shall call a meeting of all members of the Association of
which meeting not less than twenty-one days notice (stating the terms of the resolution to be proposed thereat)
shall be posted in a conspicuous place or places in the neighbourhood and advertised in the newspaper circulating
in the neighbourhood. If such decisions shall be confirmed by a majority of those present and voting at such a
meeting, the Management Committee shall, have power to dispose of any assets held by or in the name of the
Association. Any assets remaining after the satisfaction of any proper debts and liabilities shall be applied in
accordance with any scheme of distribution approved at such meeting or otherwise towards purposes which the
law regards as charitable for the benefit of the inhabitants of the North Kessock Postal area and environs as the
Management Committee may decide .

FOURTEEN ALTERATIONS TO THE CONSTITUTION
Alterations to the constitution must be made at an Annual General Meeting, or at a Special General Meeting
called within twenty-eight days if fifty or more inhabitants of the neighbourhood submit such a request in writing
stating the business to be transacted.
Not less than twenty-one days notice of the meeting shall be publicly posted on the village hall notice board
and in an appropriate public place in North Kessock. The notice shall state the business to be transacted.

This amended Constitution was adopted as the Constitution of the North Kessock Amenities Association at its Annual General
Meeting on Monday 12th October 2009, replacing Constitution of 13th October 2008.

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