TROON THISTLE YOUTHS FOOTBALL CLUB
June 2005		CONSTITUTION - INDEX
HEADING	SECTION	RULE NO.	RULE
TITLE	1	1	Name of Club
		2	Club Colours
		3	Requirement to wear Club colours
		4	Structure of Club
OBJECTIVES	2	1	Aims of the Club
		2	Statement of equality
MEMBERSHIP	3	1	Registration procedures - players/parents
		2	Registration procedures – Management Committee
		3	Definitions of  Parent member,Committee member, Club Official
		4	Membership fees and period of membership
MANAGEMENT	4	1	Control of activities
COMMITTEE		2	Election of additional persons
		3	Election of Office Bearers and Appointed Posts
		4	Nomination of Age Group Representatives
		5	Delegation of powers to sub-committees
		6	Vetting of Office Bearers and Appointed Posts
		7	Resignation of Office Bearers and Appointed Posts
		8	Disqualification of Office Bearers and Appointed Posts
PLAYER	5	1	Player Protection Policy
PROTECTION		2	Vetting of Office Bearers, Age Group Reps and Appointed Posts
POLICY		3	Adoption of vetting procedures
		4	Conduct of vetting procedures
		5	Refusal of acceptance of applicant
		6	Disqualification of applicant
		7	Right of appeal - vetting
AGE GROUP	6	1	Committee and officials of an Age Group
OFFICIALS		2	Election of  committee and officials of age groups
		3	Vetting of age group officials
		4	Resignation of age group officials
		5	Disqualification of age group officials
		6	Responsibilities of age group officials
GENERAL	7	1	Calling of a General Meeting
MEETINGS		2	Frequency of a General Meeting
		3	Conduct of a General Meeting
		4	Attendance of members -General Meeting
		5	Quorum - General Meeting
		6	Voting procedures -General Meeting
		7	Minutes of General Meetings
ANNUAL AND	8	1	Calling of an AGM
EXTRAORDINARY		2	Frequency of AGM's
GENERAL		3	Quorum - AGM
MEETINGS		4	Conduct of an AGM
		5	Criteria for calling of an EGM
		6	Calling of an EGM
		7	Quorum -EGM
		8	Conduct of an EGM
		9	Minutes of AGM's and EGM's
CONSTITUTION	9	1	Notice of and criteria for Constitution changes
		2	Voting procedures - Constitution changes
FINANCE/ASSETS	10	1	Maintenance of the Central Fund
-CENTRAL		2	Contributions to the Central Fund
		3	Applications to the Central Fund
		4	Registration fees
		5	Expenditure from the Central Fund
		6	Limits to Central Fund expenditure
		7	Financial statements - Central Fund
		8	Responsibility for property and assets
		9	Dissolution procedures
FINANCE/ASSETS	11	1	Maintenance of age group finances
- AGE GROUPS		2	Access to age group finance information
		3	Financial reporting to Management Committee
		4	Responsibility for age group fundraising
		5	Responsibility for age group expenditure
		6	Ownership of assets and equipment
		7	Dissolution procedures-age groups
DISCIPLINE	12	1	Right to discipline
		2	Definition of unacceptable behaviour
		3	Discipline procedures
		4	Right of appeal against disciplinary action