Name Of Club
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The club shall be known as
the Cambridge Enterprise & Technology Club (the “Club”)
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Objects
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The objects of the Club are:
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i) to provide practical
knowledge and advice to local enterprises and individuals on business and
technology matters;
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ii) to assist in
understanding the techniques of international trading;
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iii) to foster business
opportunities by networking.
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Management
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The Club shall be managed by
a committee appointed by members in an Annual General Meeting (the
“Committee”)
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The Committee shall consist
of a minimum of five members of the Club.
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The Committee shall include
a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer and other members, with such
responsibilities as shall from time to time be agreed by the members.
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A Chairman, Secretary or
Treasurer may be paid for their services and expenses, as decided by the
members.
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Project Presentations
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Each project proposed to be
undertaken by the Club shall be arranged by the Committee.
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Accounts
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The Treasurer shall maintain
Accounts and produce annual financial statements for the members.
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Members
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There shall be three classes of membership:
individual, student and corporate. The maximum number of people from a corporate
member who may attend any Club meeting without charge shall be decided from time
to time by the Committee and declared at the AGM.
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Subscriptions
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The annual subscription for
individual and corporate members shall be decided by the Committee and declared
at the AGM.
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Membership may lapse if
subscriptions are unpaid for more than two months after the due date, which is 1st
September of each year.
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Politics
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The Club shall not be
aligned to any political party and shall at all times have the interest of its
members as its principal concern. Nothing
in this clause shall prevent the Club appointing any person as Patron, President
or to any other honorary position, regardless of political activity, motivation
or persuasion.
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Meetings
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The Club shall hold a
maximum of ten monthly meetings each Club Year.
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The Annual General Meeting
shall be held in February each year.
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Any three members may, upon
not less than fourteen days notice to all other members, call an Extraordinary
General Meeting to discuss constitutional matters, and the notice of the meeting
shall contain the Agenda for that meeting. At
the AGM or EGM all attending members shall have one vote per individual or
business member.
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Funding
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The Club is a non-profit
making body. It shall carry forward
any surplus from one budget year to the next.
The Club shall not have borrowing powers.
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Termination
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In the event of the Club
being terminated, any assets shall be disposed of at the best, reasonably
obtained, price. Any surplus shall
be given to one or more charities at the Committee’s discretion.
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