Proposed changes to Constitution
NOTICE – Special General Meeting (SGM)
12.30pm Sunday 17 November
Karori West Primary School
(This is the location for the prize giving for Round 5 of the PNP MTB Spring Series)
For IRD compliance reasons changes/additions are being proposed to the current PNP Rules and Regulations (Constitution). A vote will be held at the Special General Meeting – all members welcome.
Proposed changes/additions are as follows:
Current clause 23
23. ALTERATION OF RULES
23.1 Any changes to these Rules and Regulations, including the introduction of new Rules, can only be proposed at an Annual General Meeting or at a Special General Meeting called for that purpose.
23.2 Notice of any proposed change/s shall be given to individual members at least seven days before the date of the meeting.
23.3 Where any change has been approved at either an Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting, the change does not come into effect until it has been approved by the Registrar of Incorporated Societies.
Proposed new clause 23
23. ALTERATION OF RULES
23.1 Any changes to these Rules and Regulations, including the introduction of new Rules, can only be proposed at an Annual General Meeting or at a Special General Meeting called for that purpose.
23.2 Notice of any proposed change/s shall be given to individual members at least seven days before the date of the meeting.
23.3 No alteration to Rule 2 (Objectives), Rule 27 (Pecuniary Gain) or Rule 28 (Winding Up) shall commence until approved by Inland Revenue. This Rule 23.3, and the effect of it, shall not be removed from the Rules and shall be included and implied into any rules replacing these Rules.
23.4 Where any change has been approved at either an Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting, the change does not come into effect until it has been approved by the Registrar of Incorporated Societies.
Current clause 27
27. PECUNIARY GAIN
27.1 No member of the Club shall derive any pecuniary gain from any property or operations of the Club except:
a) A salaried Officer.
b) A Member or Members, voted by a 75% majority of the total number of voting members on
the Committee, in respect of services rendered for the organisation of a major Club race or
series of Club races, or for management of a Club team competing at Nationals.
c) By way of honoraria for services rendered, voted by a general meeting of members.
Proposed new clause 27
27. PECUNIARY GAIN
27.1 No member of the Club shall derive any pecuniary gain from any property or operations of the Club except:
a) A salaried Officer.
b) A Member or Members, voted by a 75% majority of the total number of voting members on the Committee, in respect of services rendered for the organisation of a major Club race or series of Club races, or for management of a Club team competing at Nationals.
c) By way of honoraria for services rendered, voted by a general meeting of members.
27.2 No member of the organisation, or anyone associated with a member, is allowed to take part in, or influence any decision made by the organisation in respect of payments to, or on behalf of, the member or associated person.
27.3 Any payments made for remuneration or for goods or services supplied by a member or associated person must be reasonable and relative to payments that would be made between unrelated parties.
Current clause 28
28. WINDING UP
28.1 In the event of the Club being dissolved, or the Club through any other cause ceasing to exist, the Club’s funds and property (after all liabilities have been discharged) shall be disposed of either as:
a) A 75% majority of members shall determine, or b) Determined by the Registrar of Incorporated Societies in accordance with and as authorised by the Incorporated Societies Act 1908.
28.2 In no event shall the surplus assets of the Club be divided among the members nor shall the members of the club have any beneficial interest in those surplus assets.
28.3 Where a code disbands from the Club, it shall have no claim on any assets of the Club.
Proposed new clause 28
28. WINDING UP
28.1 If the Club is dissolved, or through some cause ceases to exist, the Club’s funds and property (after all liabilities have been discharged) shall transferred to some body or bodies in New Zealand amateur sport. Such bodies shall be determined by:
a) A 75% majority of the Club’s Members, or
b) The Registrar of Incorporated Societies in accordance with and as authorised by the Incorporated Societies Act 1908.
28.2 The body or bodies in Rule 28.1 to whom surplus assets are transferred must prohibit the distribution of its/their income and property among its/their members to at least the same level as is imposed on the Club under these Rules.
28.3 In no event shall the surplus assets of the Club be divided among the members nor shall the members of the club have any beneficial interest in those surplus assets.
28.4 Where a code disbands from the Club, it shall have no claim on any assets of the Club.
