1.

The Club shall be called Kew Association Football Club.

2.

The Club shall play under Amateur Football Association Rules.

3.

The Club colours shall be light blue and maroon.

4.

The Club shall be open to anybody provided they pay the annual membership fee and abide by the disciplinary code of the club.

5.

The Club shall be run by a Management Committee elected annually by members at the Annual General Meeting.

6.

The Management Committee will consist of the elected officers of the Club plus a minimum of five (5) elected members.

7.

The Officers of the Club shall be President, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Match Secretary, Team Secretary, Referees Secretary, Chairman of Selectors, Press Secretary, Youth Section Secretary, Ladies Section Secretary and Sunday Soccer Secretary.

8.

The Management Committee shall meet at least once every quarter to transact the business of the Club and any member may attend but may only speak with the consent of the Chairman.

9.

The Management Committee quorum will consist of four (4) officers or members.

10.

The Annual General Meeting will be held in October of each year and the Secretary is required to give every member fourteen (14) days written notice by posting notices on the notice boards in the clubhouse and changing rooms.

11.

The Annual General Meeting will hear the reports of the officers for the past year, receive the certified accounts for the past season, elect officers for the new season, set the membership fees for the coming season, accept any rule amendments and transact any other business which may be appropriate to an Annual General Meeting.

12.

A quorum for the Annual General Meeting shall consist of twenty (20) members.

13.

Any resolution relating to annual membership fee must allow for members in full time education and those unemployed. Social membership may also be handled separately.

14.

The Club shall elect a President for a maximum term of four (4) years.

15.

The Club shall elect, as it feels necessary, any member as a Life Vice President.

16.

The Club shall elect annually Vice Presidents to the Club.

17.

Any member violating the Club’s disciplinary code shall be written to by the Secretary and requested to attend a meeting of the Management Committee who shall have the power to reprimand, fine, suspend or cancel membership.

18.

Any member who membership has been cancelled may have the right to re-apply for membership the following season but shall not be received as a member until the matter has been brought to the attention of the Management Committee by the Secretary.

19.

The Club’s headquarters shall be Ham Playing Fields, Riverside Drive, Ham.

20.

The Club may have a youth section and a ladies soccer section who will be represented on the Main Management Committee but may have their own officers and constitution.

21.

The Management Committee may not take out any loans or borrow any money without the members’ approval at an Annual General Meeting.

22.

The financial year of the Club shall end on the last day of April in each year, to which day the accounts shall be balanced.

23.

At the Annual General Meeting accounts to the last day of April must be presented and certified by an independent accountant, who may be a member of the Club but not a member of the Management Committee.

24.

Extra Ordinary Meetings may be called at any time provided the Secretary has given members fourteen (14) days’ notice in writing or by posting notices on the notice boards in the clubhouse and changing rooms.

25.

An Extra Ordinary Meeting can only be called at the request of a majority of the Management Committee or at the written request of twenty (20) members.

26.

No member shall, except for professional services rendered at the request of the Management Committee, receive any profit or remuneration from the funds or transactions of the Club.

27.

If at any General or Extra Ordinary Meeting the members present shall pass by a majority a motion to dissolve the Club then the Management Committee must call within thirty (30) days a special Meeting at which not less than fifty per cent (50%) of the membership shall be in attendance and should such a motion be agreed by two thirds of members present then the Management Committee shall be authorised to dispose of all the assets and pay all liabilities. Should their be any funds left then it shall be divided equally between the members.

28.

These rules may be amended only at an Annual or Extra Ordinary Meeting when two thirds of the members present must agree to the change in the rules.