CONSTITUTION
Part 1 of 3
Created June 1985
Revised June 1986, May 1988, June 1991, June 1992, May 2006, June 2007, June 2015 and June 2025.
1 The Club shall be called the Pentland Hills Chess Club.
2 The objects of the Club shall be to provide facilities for the pursuit of the game of chess, to organise competitions and to arrange for the representation of the Club in chess leagues, competitions and tournaments.
3 The Club shall have a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer as office bearers.
4 The business of the Club shall be conducted by a Committee consisting of office bearers plus up to two further elected members, all of whom shall be eligible for re-election at each Annual General Meeting. The Committee shall be required to meet at the beginning of each season, and thereafter as necessary. Three shall form a quorum. The Committee shall have power to co-opt additional members for special purposes, to appoint subcommittees and to fill any vacancies that may arise.
5 There shall be several categories of membership: Junior, Full, Concessionary, Associate and Honorary. Junior membership is open to anyone under eighteen years of age on the first of September of the current season who has a parent or guardian who is a member of the club. Concessionary membership is open to anyone over sixty years of age on the first of September of the current season. Associate membership is at the discretion of the Committee. Junior and Concessionary subscription fees shall be set by the Committee. The Full subscription fee will be reduced to the Concessionary fee for full-time students and registered unemployed, or in cases of hardship at the discretion of the Committee. A reduced fee for Associate membership shall be set by the Committee. Honorary members will not be subject to an annual fee.
6 The Committee shall have power to admit members, to refuse membership to any applicant without reason, and to request a member to resign if it is considered in the Club’s interests to do so. Associate members may be admitted on special terms at the discretion of the Committee.
7 The Committee shall have the power to grant Honorary Membership in circumstances where former members have made a special contribution to the Club.