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1. NAME
The Club shall be called 3D Dynamos Football Club (the Club)

2. OBJECTS
The objects of the Club shall be to arrange association football matches and social activities for both its Junior and Full Members.

3. STATUS OF RULES
These rules (the Club Rules) form a binding agreement between each member of the Club.

4. RULES AND REGULATIONS
a) The Club shall have the status of an Affiliated Member Club of The Football Association by virtue of its affiliation to/membership of The Manchester County Football Association. The Rules and Regulations of The Football Association Limited and Football Association or any League or Competition to which the Club is affiliated for the time being shall be deemed to be incorporated into the Club Rules.
b) The Club will also abide by the Football Association's Child Protection Policies and Procedures, Codes of Conduct and the Equal Opportunities and Anti Discrimination Policy.

5. CLUB MEMBERSHIP
a) 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.
b) Any person who wishes to be a member must apply using the attached Membership Application form and deliver it to the Club. Election to membership shall be decided by vote amongst the Club Committee. A simple majority is all that is required. Membership shall become effective upon an applicant's name being entered in the Membership Register.
c) Any Member not having attained the age of 18 years shall be deemed a Junior Member. Junior Members shall not be entitled to vote at a General Meeting but one parent or guardian of each Junior Member may vote on behalf of that Junior Member at a General Meeting.
d) In the event of a member's resignation or expulsion, his or her name shall be removed from the Membership Register.
e) The Association or an Affiliated Association shall be given access to the Membership Register on demand.

6. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEEa) 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.
b) The Club Committee shall have the authority to levy further subscriptions from the members as are reasonably necessary to fulfil the objects of the Club.

7. RESIGNATIONS AND EXPULSION
a) A member shall cease to be a member of the Club if, and from the date on which, he gives notice to the Club Committee of his resignation. The Club has the discretion to regard a member whose annual membership fee or further subscription is more than 2 months in arrears, as having resigned.
b) The Club Committee shall have the power to expel a member when, in their opinion, it would not be in the interests of the Club for him or her to remain a member. There shall be no appeal procedures.
c) A member who resigns or is expelled shall not be entitled to claim any, or a share of any, of the Club Property.

8. CLUB COMMITTEE
a) The Club Officers shall consist of President, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Child Protection Officer.
(i) The Club Committee shall consist of the Club Officers and other members comprising up to 2 representatives of each team and such other Members as shall be co-opted onto the Committee from time to time.
(ii) 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. One person may hold no more than two positions of Club Officer at any time. The Club Committee shall be responsible for the management of all the affairs of the Club. Decisions of the Club Committee shall be made by a simple majority of those attending the Club Committee meeting. The Chairman of the Club Committee meeting shall have a casting vote in the event of a tie. Meetings of the Club Committee shall be chaired by the Chairman or in his absence the Vice Chairman. The quorum for the transaction of business of the Club Committee shall be 7.
(iii) Decisions of the Club Committee of meetings shall be entered into the Minute book of the Club to be maintained by the Club Secretary.
(iv) Any member of the Club Committee may call a meeting of the Club Committee by giving not less than 7 days notice to all members of the Club Committee. The Club Committee shall hold not less than 4 meetings a year.
(v) An outgoing member of the Club Committee may be re-elected. Any vacancy on the Club Committee, which arises between Annual General Meetings, shall be filled by a member proposed by one and seconded by another of the remaining Club Committee members and approved by a simple majority of the remaining Club Committee members.
(vi) Save as provided for in Rules and Regulations of The 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.

9. ANNUAL AND SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
a) An Annual General Meeting (AGM) shall be held in each year to:
(i) Receive a report of the activities of the Club over the previous year
(ii) Receive a report of the Club's finances over the previous year (iii) Elect the members of the Club Committee
(iv) Consider any other business.
b) Nominations for election of members as Club Officers or as members of the Club Committee shall be made in writing by the proposer and seconder, both of whom must be existing members of the Club, to the Club Secretary not less than 21 days before the AGM. Notice of any resolution to be proposed at the AGM shall be given in writing to the Club Secretary not less than 21 days before the meeting.
c) 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 Club Secretary of a requisition in writing signed by not less than 7 members stating the purposes for which the meeting is required and the resolutions proposed. Business at a SGM may be any business that may be transacted at an AGM.
d) The Secretary shall arrange to notify each Member of the date of a General Meeting together with the resolutions to be proposed at least 14 days before the meeting.
e) The quorum of General Meetings shall be ten.
f) The Chairman, or in his absence the Vice-Chairman, or in his absence a member selected by the Club Committee, shall take the chair. Each member present shall have one vote and resolutions shall be passed by a simple majority. In the event of an equality of votes the Chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote.
g) The Club Secretary, or in his absence a member of the Club Committee, shall enter minutes of General Meetings into the Minute book of the Club.

10. CLUB TEAMS
At its first meeting following the end of the season the Club Committee shall appoint one or more Club members to be responsible for each of the Club's football teams. The appointed members shall be responsible for managing the affairs of the team.

11. CLUB FINANCES
a) A bank account shall be opened and maintained in the name of the Club (the Club Account). Designated account signatories shall be the President, the Club Chairman, the Club Secretary and the Treasurer. No sum shall be drawn from the Club Account except by cheque signed by two of the four designated signatories. All money payable to the Club shall be received by the Treasurer and deposited in the Club Account.
b) The income and assets of the Club (the Club Property) shall be applied only in furtherance of the objects of the Club.
c) The Club Committee shall have the power to authorise 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.
d) The Club shall prepare an annual Financial Statement in such form as shall be published by The Football Association from time to time.

12. DISSOLUTION
a) 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.
b) The dissolution shall take effect from the date of the resolution and the members of the Club Committee shall be responsible for the winding up of the assets and liabilities of the Club.
c) Any surplus assets remaining after the discharge of the debts and liabilities of the Club shall be transferred to the parent Association who shall determine how the assets shall be utilised for the benefit of the game.
Alternatively, such assets may be disposed of in such other manner as the Members of the Club with the consent of the parent Association shall determine.