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Youth Section Extraordinary General Meeting
To
be held at Maidenhead Rugby Club on Thursday
27th September 2007 from 8.00
pm
There
are two motions for debate.
- The
change to the constitution in line with
the main club EGM.
- The
election of a new youth treasurer.
By
way of background to the change in the constitution,
this EGM seeks to formalise the question
of merging the Youth section and the Main
Club, the benefits of which were debated
and agreed at this year's Youth Section
AGM and are outlined below. On Tuesday 18th
September, an EGM of the members of the
Main Club approved the following proposals:-
-
Creating
a "Family" membership category (with
full voting rights etc).
- Creating
a "Junior" membership category (with no
voting rights).
- Entitling
Club Members (whether Vice President,
Player, non player, Life, Honorary, Veteran,
Family etc) to have their children play
in the Youth section free of charge (i.e.
their sub includes this benefit).
- Adding
Mini and Junior chairmen to the Senior
Club Committee.
Why
integrate?
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Promotion of
a "one-club" philosophy, and closer
links between all sections of the Club.
There are already a significant number
of Senior Club players with children
playing in the Youth Section, indeed,
many now coach our youngsters.
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A wider membership
base with enhanced sponsorship and marketing
opportunities. With a larger
membership, we should be able to communicate
with a wider audience in regard to all
that we do.
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More youth parent
participation and involvement in the
affairs of the Club.
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Establishment
of a Club-wide set of procedural and
operational policies. Coordination
of sponsorship activities, Club kit,
disciplinary matters are areas where
we foresee significant improvement following
an integration.
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Consolidation
of financial resources. The Clubhouse
is used approximately 60% by the Senior
teams, and 40% by the Youth Section.
It is an asset that requires constant
maintenance and all sections of the
Club should support its development.
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Consolidation
of Club administration and budgetary
controls. We hope
to remove financial and other risks
by overseeing all levels of Club activity.
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Grants and Fundraising.
More and more grants are aimed at Clubs
which represent the wider community
and the development of our young players.
To gain access to these funds, we need
to be able to present a united picture.
We look forward
to seeing you at the EGM and we hope you
are as excited about this development as
both committees are
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