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Castle Dawson Residents Association
CONSTITUTION
Last updated: 7th July 1999
	1	Title
		The name of the association shall be Castle Dawson Residents Association or CDRA.
	2	Objects
		The objects of the association are to protect and improve conditions and amenities in the area for the benefit of members and their families.
	3	Membership
		Membership is open to all house holders in the area of Castle Dawson. Any such householders, having paid their annual subscription, shall be deemed to be a member.
	4	Subscription
		The annual subscription shall be £20.00 (EUR25.39) per household, or such sum as shall be fixed from time to time at a general meeting, and shall be due prior to the A.G.M. in each year and must be paid within 30 days.
	5	Committee
		The committee shall be composed of a chairperson, Hon secretary, Hon treasurers and 6 members and shall be elected each year at the Annual General Meeting. In the event of a person leaving the area or resigning from the committee, the remaining committee shall co-opt another member to fill the position. An officer shall not hold the same office for longer than 3 years. An officer or committee member who absents him or herself from 3 consecutive meetings without a valid excuse, shall be deemed to have resigned from the committee. A person who holds any elective position in local or central government shall not be eligible for election to the committee, and any committee member wishing to contest such elections must first resign from the committee. Two ordinary members of the association, not being related to any committee member shall be elected at the A.G.M. as Hon auditors of the association.
	6	Management
		The general management of the affairs of the association shall be vested in the committee, who shall perform all such acts as may be deemed necessary or expedient to further the objects of the association.
	7	Banking Procedure
		The association shall have a bank account into which all monies received shall be lodged. Cheques shall be signed by the Hon treasurer as well as by the chairperson or Hon secretary. The account of the association shall be closed for audit purposes on the last day of February in each year.
	8	Committee Meetings
		All meetings shall be convened by the Hon secretary, who shall give due notice of dates and times of such meetings to each committee member. Any one of the committee members, may, by giving written notice to the Hon secretary, call for a meeting to be held. A quorum for committee meetings shall be 5 members, including at least 1 officer. The Hon secretary shall keep minutes of the meetings and records of attendance.
	9	Annual General Meeting
		The Annual General Meeting of the association shall be held during the month of March each year. Notice, in writing, must be to every paid member at least 7 days prior to the meeting. All members of the association may submit motions for discussion at the A.G.M. Such motions must be received by the Hon secretary not later than 6 weeks prior to the meeting.
	10	Special General Meeting
		A Special General Meeting may be called by the committee or by requisition signed by not less than 10 ordinary members of the association, delivered to the Hon secretary, who in turn must call such a meeting within 4 weeks from the date or receipt of such requisition. Only the business stated in the requisition may be debated at the Special General Meeting, and details of the said business should be included in the notice of meeting sent to all members.
	11	Voting Rights and Quorum
		A quorum for an annual or special general meeting shall be 15 members. If a quorum is not reached, the meeting shall be re-convened and all members informed of the new date and venue. Those present at a re-convened meeting shall constitute a quorum. At all general meetings, each member household will have one vote only. Voting at all general meetings shall be by show of hands, except when a ballot is demanded, and such simple demand is supported by a simple majority.
	12	Dissolution
		The association may be dissolved only by the vote of not less than 9 committee members present at a special general meeting called for that purpose. An audited financial report shall be presented at such meeting. The dissolution will not be effected until assets are disposed of and liabilities discharged. In the event of insufficient funds to clear liabilities, the deficiency shall be contributed, in equal shares, by the existing members.
	13	Indemnity
		All officers of the association shall be indemnified by the association for any expenses incurred in executing their duties on behalf of the committee of the association.
	14	Acceptance of Rules
		Membership of the association shall imply the acceptance of each and all of these rules, and additions and/or alterations which may be agreed to at general meetings.
	15	Interpretation
		The committee for the time being shall have full power to decide any question for which no provision is made for in these rules, and shall be responsible for proposing the appropriate amendment at the earliest possible time.
	16	Amendment of Rules
		These rules shall not be amended, added to ot otherwise altered in any way, save with the consent of at least 55% of the members present and qualified to vote at the annual general meeting or special meeting called for that purpose in accordance with these rules.
	17	The Association Shall Be Non-Party Political and Non-Sectarian