1.NAME:
1. The name of the Club shall be Sun­ning­dale City Foot­ball Club. (Here­in­after referred to as the “SCFC” with its headquar­ters
at the Sun­ning­dale Sports Club, 2 Waterville Road, Sun­ning­dale).
2. A pro­pos­al to change the SCFC’s name can only be made at a Gen­er­al Meet­ing and can only be car­ried if sev­enty five
per­cent of the mem­bers present as well as seventy-five per­cent of the club com­mit­tee present vote for the motion.

2.OBJECTIVES:
The object­ives of the SCFC shall be to:
1. Provide a path­way of devel­op­ment for play­ers, in Sun­ning­dale and sur­round­ing areas, to achieve foot­ball excel­lence and
to com­pete to the best of their abil­it­ies.
2. Provide man­age­ment, coach­ing, offi­ci­at­ing, gov­ernance and guid­ance to achieve the above.
3. Provide excel­lent kit, equip­ment, train­ing and play­ing facil­it­ies with­in a safe envir­on­ment for all play­ers, staff, sup­port­ers
and oppon­ents.
4. Ensure the ongo­ing devel­op­ment of the coach­ing and offi­ci­at­ing staff.
5. Cre­ate an envir­on­ment that encour­ages fair play above all.
6. Cre­ate an enjoy­able club atmo­sphere.
7. Have an effi­cient com­mit­tee with sound man­age­ment and fin­an­cial prin­ciples.
8. Be an asset to the com­munity.
9. Arrange games, matches, com­pet­i­tions, tour­na­ments and enter­tain­ment for the bene­fit of the SCFC.
10. Affil­i­ate with any Uni­on or asso­ci­ation as may be neces­sary for the bene­fit of the SCFC.
11. Hire and employ all classes of per­sons con­sidered neces­sary for the pur­pose of the SCFC.
12. To ful­fill all the usu­al aspects of a Foot­ball Club and to do all such things, and to carry out all such under­tak­ings, as may
be neces­sary for or incid­ent­al to such objects.

3.MEMBERSHIP
1. It shall be oblig­at­ory for all mem­bers of the SCFC to become mem­bers of the Sun­ning­dale Sports Club as long as the SCFC
is using the facil­it­ies of the Sun­ning­dale Sport Club.
2. It shall be oblig­at­ory for all play­ing mem­bers of the SCFC to become mem­bers of the Blaauw­berg Sports Fed­er­a­tion.
3. The Club shall be affil­i­ated to the appro­pri­ate Pro­vin­cial Foot­ball Asso­ci­ation and be required to pay to the above­men­tioned asso­ci­ation such annu­al affil­i­ation fees as may be determ­ined by them from time to time.
4. Mem­ber­ship of the Club shall con­sist of the fol­low­ing:
a. Ordin­ary Mem­bers
b. Hon­or­ary Mem­bers
c. Hon­or­ary Life Mem­bers
d. Tem­por­ary Mem­bers
e. Par­ent Mem­bers
f. Juni­or Mem­bers
g. Social Mem­bers
h. Seni­or Mem­bers
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4. CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS:
1. “Ordin­ary Mem­ber” shall mean a per­son over the age of 18 years and older who is a mem­ber of the SCFC.
2. “Hon­or­ary Mem­ber” shall mean a per­son admit­ted to the SCFC by the Com­mit­tee by reas­on of hav­ing con­ferred some
spe­cial bene­fit upon the SCFC. Hon­or­ary mem­ber­ship ceases after the fol­low­ing A.G.M.
3. “Hon­or­ary Life Mem­ber” shall mean a per­son pro­posed by the Com­mit­tee and who has been so elec­ted at an Annu­al
Gen­er­al Meet­ing or Spe­cial Gen­er­al Meet­ing of the SCFC in recog­ni­tion of ser­vices rendered to or interest shown in the SCFC.
4. “Tem­por­ary Mem­ber” shall mean a per­son who is so admit­ted by the Com­mit­tee and shall be allowed the priv­ileges of
mem­ber­ship of the SCFC only whilst engaged in a match or com­pet­i­tion on the day/days he/she is so engaged that has no
vot­ing rights.
5. “Par­ent Mem­ber” shall mean one par­ent or guard­i­an for each child, enrolled as a juni­or mem­ber with the SCFC, with the
same vot­ing rights as an ordin­ary mem­ber.
6. “Juni­or Mem­ber” shall mean a per­son under the age of 18 years who is a mem­ber of the SCFC.
7. “Social Mem­ber” shall mean a per­son who is so admit­ted to the SCFC by the Com­mit­tee to use the social facil­it­ies of the
SCFC but has no vot­ing rights.
8. ‘’Seni­or Mem­ber’’ shall mean a per­son over the age of 19 years who is a mem­ber of the SCFC.

5. ELECTION OF MEMBERS:
1. An applic­a­tion for mem­ber­ship shall be made to the SCFC, in writ­ing, on a pre­scribed mem­ber­ship applic­a­tion form.
2. Such applic­a­tion shall be sub­mit­ted to the Com­mit­tee for approv­al or rejec­tion, and in the event of a dis­agree­ment shall
be decided by the major­ity of the Com­mit­tee mem­bers present.
3. A can­did­ate who is not elec­ted as set out above shall thence­forth be barred from re-applying for mem­ber­ship for a peri­od
of one year.
4. Imme­di­ately a mem­ber is elec­ted in terms of 5(2) above, the Club Sec­ret­ary shall enter his or her name in the Register of
Mem­bers and shall noti­fy him or her, in writ­ing, of his or her elec­tion.
5. The rules gov­ern­ing the elec­tion of Hon­or­ary Mem­bers, Hon­or­ary Life Mem­bers, are set out in Rule 4(2) and (3).

6. MEMBERSHIP FEES:
To be agreed at every A.G.M. by a simple major­ity.

7. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP:
1. Mem­ber­ship may be ter­min­ated by writ­ten resig­na­tion to the Sec­ret­ary of SCFC. Any refund of sub­scrip­tions shall be at
the dis­cre­tion of the Com­mit­tee.
2. Mem­ber­ship may be ter­min­ated if a Mem­ber no longer meets the require­ments for Mem­ber­ship.
3. Mem­ber­ship may be tem­por­ar­ily be sus­pen­ded by the Com­mit­tee by a two-thirds major­ity vote for con­tra­ven­ing the
Con­sti­tu­tion or any laws or con­tracts of the SCFC.

8. RIGHTS OF MEMBERS:
Mem­ber­ship does not and shall not give any mem­ber of any class any rights, title, interest, claim or demand in or to any of
the mon­ies, prop­erty or assets of the SCFC, but only con­fers upon such mem­ber the right and priv­ilege of enter­ing in and
upon the grounds and erec­tions of the SCFC, and of using and enjoy­ing the same in accord­ance
with the use to which the same are denoted by the Com­mit­tee of the SCFC and sub­ject to such restric­tions as the Com­mit­tee
from time to time impose, and sub­ject to the Rules, Reg­u­la­tions and Bye-Laws of the SCFC from time to time in force.

9. LEGAL POSITION OF SCFC
1. The SCFC is not formed for the pur­pose of car­ry­ing on any busi­ness or enter­prise that has for its object the acquis­i­tion of
per­son­al gain by the mem­bers of the SCFC.
2. The SCFC is liable only for its own debts and any assist­ance gran­ted to any per­son or body, wheth­er cor­por­ate or
unin­cor­por­ated, shall not render it liable for the debts of such per­son or body.
3. In rais­ing funds the Club’s activ­it­ies shall be in accord­ance with the rel­ev­ant pro­vi­sions of the Fund Rais­ing Act 1978 (Act
no. 107 of 1978) as amended from time to time.
10. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS:
The liab­il­ity of each mem­ber shall be lim­ited to his sub­scrip­tion and to any oth­er liab­il­ity incurred by him with the SCFC.
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11.DEFAULT
1. Any mem­ber, who has not paid his sub­scrip­tion fee by the 30th April of the cur­rent year, shall be pos­ted on the SCFC’s
notice board as a default­er and shall not be allowed to con­tin­ue as a mem­ber whilst his sub­scrip­tion remains unpaid.
2. Any mem­ber who shall fail to dis­charge any oth­er liab­il­ity due to the SCFC with­in four­teen days after a writ­ten demand
sent to his last known address by registered post or by hand, or by email to his last known email address, shall ipso facto
cease to be a mem­ber, the SCFC, how­ever, reserving its rights to pro­ceed against such mem­ber for recov­ery of such sums as
may then be owing.
3. No mem­ber shall be entitled to take part in or vote at any meet­ing or pro­pose or second any res­ol­u­tion or pro­pose or
second any can­did­ate whilst in arrears with his sub­scrip­tion or any oth­er liab­il­ity to the SCFC.

12. CANDIDATE INADVERTENTLY ELECTED:
Should a can­did­ate, ineligible for mem­ber­ship be inad­vert­ently admit­ted as a mem­ber of any class, the Com­mit­tee shall
declare his or her elec­tion void, and shall give him or her imme­di­ate notice to that effect and shall return his or her
sub­scrip­tion fee.

13. POWER TO CANCEL ELECTION:
If at any time after the elec­tion of a can­did­ate, it appears that he or she was elec­ted under a mis­rep­res­ent­a­tion or mis­take as
to iden­tity, or owing to incor­rect inform­a­tion hav­ing been giv­en, the Com­mit­tee shall have the power to can­cel his or her
elec­tion.
The per­son whose elec­tion is thus can­celled in terms of this clause shall, thereupon cease to be a mem­ber of the SCFC, and
shall have no claim whatever against the SCFC for dam­ages, return of sub­scrip­tion, on any ground whatever, but the
Com­mit­tee shall be entitled to make such ex gra­tia refund of sub­scrip­tion as it may con­sider prop­er.

15. SUBMISSION TO THE RULES OF THE SCFC
The signed applic­a­tion for mem­ber­ship shall be a dis­tinct acknow­ledge­ment on the part of any per­son that he or she is
bound by the rules and reg­u­la­tions of the SCFC and all Bye-Laws that have been or may here­after be made, and that he or
she accepts the rul­ing of the Com­mit­tee in all cases and no per­son shall be absolved from the effect of these rules on the
plea of not hav­ing received a copy of them or any of them.

16.VOTING:
Ordin­ary, Hon­or­ary, Hon­or­ary Life and Par­ent Mem­bers shall only have one vote on any occa­sion.
Writ­ten prox­ies shall not be allowed.

17.MANAGEMENT
The entire man­age­ment and con­trol of the Club shall be ves­ted in a Board of Trust­ees, an Exec­ut­ive Com­mit­tee and
Oper­a­tion­al Sub Committee’s. This club struc­ture is defined in Annex­ure ‘A’

18. ELECTIONS AND NOMINATIONS OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXCO
1. No one may be elec­ted as the Chair­man of the Exec­ut­ive Com­mit­tee, unless he/she has served a min­im­um of two
con­sec­ut­ive years on the com­mit­tee, or he/she is a founder or life mem­ber. He/she must be an ordin­ary, hon­or­ary, or
hon­or­ary life mem­ber, who has been nom­in­ated in writ­ing by two mem­bers of the club, (who shall be ordin­ary, par­ent,
hon­or­ary of hon­or­ary life mem­bers), and shall have accep­ted such nom­in­a­tion in writ­ing. No mem­bers whose
sub­scrip­tion for the cur­rent year is unpaid shall be eli­gible as a can­did­ate or be entitled to pro­pose or second a
can­did­ate. All nom­in­a­tions shall be delivered to the Sec­ret­ary not less than eight (8) days before the Annu­al Gen­er­al
Meet­ing.
2. Should more than two mem­bers be nom­in­ated for Chair­man an ini­tial secret bal­lot will be held and only the two
can­did­ates with the most votes will go into the second secret bal­lot when a simple major­ity will decide who is elec­ted.
3. Only if no nom­in­a­tions are received before the A.G.M., may nom­in­a­tions be accep­ted from the floor dur­ing the meet­ing.
4. Scru­tin­isers shall be appoin­ted at the Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing by open nom­in­a­tion and shall declare the res­ult of the
elec­tion as soon as pos­sible dur­ing the meet­ing.
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19. ELECTIONS AND NOMINATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE EXCO (EXCLUDING CHAIRMAN)
1. No one may be elec­ted as a mem­ber of the Exec­ut­ive Com­mit­tee, unless they have been a mem­ber of a com­mit­tee or
sub-committee for a min­im­um of one year, or he/she is a founder or life mem­ber. He/she must be of good stand­ing of
the SCFC and have been nom­in­ated in writ­ing by two mem­bers of the club, (who shall be ordin­ary, par­ent, hon­or­ary,
hon­or­ary life or founder mem­bers), and shall have accep­ted such nom­in­a­tions in writ­ing. No mem­ber, whose
sub­scrip­tion for the cur­rent year is unpaid, shall be eli­gible as a can­did­ate or be entitled to pro­pose or second a
can­did­ate. All nom­in­a­tions shall be delivered to the Sec­ret­ary not less than eight (8) days before the Annu­al Gen­er­al
Meet­ing.
2. Should more than the required num­ber of nom­in­a­tions be received one secret bal­lot will be held and mem­bers with the
most votes will be duly elec­ted.
3. Only if insuf­fi­cient nom­in­a­tions are received before the A.G.M. may nom­in­a­tions be accep­ted from the floor dur­ing the
meet­ing. Mem­bers duly nom­in­ated before the meet­ing will be auto­mat­ic­ally elec­ted before vot­ing takes place (if
required).
4. Scru­tin­isers shall be appoin­ted at the Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing by open nom­in­a­tion and shall declare the res­ult of the
elec­tion as soon as pos­sible dur­ing the meet­ing.
5. Head of Juni­ors, Head of Seni­ors, Treas­urer, Sec­ret­ary and Club Cap­tain plus any addi­tion­al mem­bers for spe­cif­ic
port­fo­li­os will be elec­ted at the A.G.M.
6. The cur­rent serving mem­bers of the Exec­ut­ive Com­mit­tee may appoint up to 3 (three) addi­tion­al mem­bers to serve on
the Exec­ut­ive Com­mit­tee for the peri­od between con­sec­ut­ive AGM’s.

19A. ELECTION AND NOMINATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE SUB COMMITTEE’S
1. No one may be elec­ted as a mem­ber of a Sub Com­mit­tee, unless they have been a Mem­ber of SCFC for a min­im­um of one
year, or he/she is a founder or life Mem­ber. He/she must be of good stand­ing of the SCFC and have been nom­in­ated in
writ­ing by two Mem­bers of the club, (who shall be ordin­ary, par­ent, hon­or­ary, hon­or­ary life or founder Mem­bers), and shall
have accep­ted such nom­in­a­tions in writ­ing. No Mem­ber, whose sub­scrip­tion for the cur­rent year is unpaid, shall be eli­gible
as a can­did­ate or be entitled to pro­pose or second a can­did­ate. All nom­in­a­tions shall be delivered to the Club Admin­is­trat­or
not less than eight (8) days before the Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing.
2. Should more than the required num­ber of nom­in­a­tions be received a bal­lot, by show of hands, will be held and Mem­bers
with the most votes will be duly elec­ted.
3. Only if insuf­fi­cient nom­in­a­tions are received before the A.G.M. may nom­in­a­tions be accep­ted from the floor dur­ing the
meet­ing. Mem­bers duly nom­in­ated before the meet­ing will be auto­mat­ic­ally elec­ted before vot­ing takes place (if required).
4. Scru­tin­isers shall be appoin­ted at the Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing by open nom­in­a­tion and shall declare the res­ult of the
elec­tion as soon as pos­sible dur­ing the meet­ing.
5. It shall be at the dis­cre­tion of the incom­ing EXCO if the elec­tion of the mem­bers for the Sub Committee’s will be held at
the AGM or at a later meet­ing.
20. VACANCIES ON COMMITTEE:
In the event of the death of the Chair­man or his ceas­ing to act, the Vice Chair­man shall become the Act­ing Chair­man. In the
event of the Vice Chair­man becom­ing the Act­ing Chair­man or dying, or ceas­ing to act as such, the EXCO shall from its
mem­bers elect an Act­ing Vice Chair­man.
The mem­ber so elec­ted shall hold office on the same terms as the mem­ber whose place he takes.

21. COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE:
No mem­ber of any Com­mit­tee shall absent him­self from more than two con­sec­ut­ive ordin­ary meet­ings of that Com­mit­tee
without leave of absence, provided that the Com­mit­tee may grant him leave of absence from not more than three
con­sec­ut­ive ordin­ary meet­ings of that Com­mit­tee.
Not­with­stand­ing the fore­go­ing, any mem­ber of a Com­mit­tee absent­ing him­self for more than four con­sec­ut­ive ordin­ary
meet­ings shall ipso facto cease to be a mem­ber of that Com­mit­tee.

22. COMMITTEE MEETINGS: REGULATION AND QUORUM:
The Com­mit­tee may meet togeth­er for the dis­patch of busi­ness, adjourn or oth­er­wise reg­u­late its meet­ings as it thinks fit,
and until oth­er­wise determ­ined by a Gen­er­al Meet­ing of mem­bers, 50% plus one of the total mem­ber­ships of the Com­mit­tee
shall be a quor­um.
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23. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS: CONVENING:
The Com­mit­tee shall meet reg­u­larly and at least once every month. The Sec­ret­ary on instruc­tions of the Chair­man or on
writ­ten request of at least three mem­bers of the Com­mit­tee shall con­vene a Com­mit­tee meet­ing.

24. VOTING AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS:
Ques­tions arising at any meet­ing of any Com­mit­tee, except where bal­lot is called for by the Chair­man, shall be decided upon
by a major­ity of votes on show of hands, and in the case of equal­ity of votes, the Chair­man shall have the cast­ing vote in
addi­tion to his delib­er­at­ive vote.

25. MINUTES OF MEETINGS:
All Committee’s shall cause minutes of the appoint­ment of Officers, and the names of the Com­mit­tee present at each
meet­ing with the res­ol­u­tions and pro­ceed­ings of such meet­ings, and all res­ol­u­tions and pro­ceed­ings of Gen­er­al Meet­ings of
Mem­bers, to be duly entered in the books provided for the pur­pose. Any such Minutes or extract there from, signed by the
Chair­man and the Sec­ret­ary, shall be received as prima facie evid­ence of the mat­ter stated in such Minutes or extract.

26. POWERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
The EXCO shall have full power and author­ity to do any act, mat­ter or thing which could or might be done by the Club,
except­ing such mat­ters as are in these rules spe­cially reserved to be dealt with at a Gen­er­al Meet­ing of Mem­bers; and in
addi­tion to the gen­er­al powers and author­it­ies hereby con­ferred on the Com­mit­tee and without in any way lim­it­ing such
powers and author­it­ies, the Com­mit­tee shall have the fol­low­ing spe­cial powers:-

1. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY:
To acquire for the Club any mov­able or immov­able prop­erty cal­cu­lated to bene­fit the SCFC.

2. FULFILMENT OF CONTRACT:
To enter into leases on behalf of the SCFC wheth­er as Lessor or Less­ee, and fur­ther to sell, ali­en­ate or deal with the mov­able
prop­erty or assets of the SCFC as it shall deem expedi­ent in the interest of the SCFC.

3. DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY:
To dis­pose of and to deal with in any man­ner what­so­ever, real rights of any kind and to bor­row against the secur­ity of the
SCFC’s prop­erty, wheth­er by mort­gage, pledge, ces­sion or oth­er­wise, such sums of money as may be required by the SCFC
for any pur­pose what­so­ever.

4. APPOINTMENTS OF AGENTS, SERVANTS, ETC:
To appoint such attor­neys, agents, officers, clerks and ser­vants for per­man­ent, tem­por­ary or spe­cial ser­vices, as it may think
expedi­ent, and to determ­ine their duties and fix, vary and pay their salar­ies or emolu­ments (if any) and to require secur­ity in
such instances and to such amounts as it thinks fit, and to sus­pend or dis­charge any such per­sons at its dis­cre­tion.

5. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS:
To insti­tute, con­duct, defend, com­pound or aban­don any leg­al pro­ceed­ings by or against the SCFC, or its officers, or
oth­er­wise con­cern­ing the affairs of the SCFC; and also to com­pound and allow time for pay­ment or sat­is­fac­tion of any debts
due, and of any claims or demands by or against the SCFC.

6. ARBITRATION:
To refer any claim or demand by or against the SCFC to arbit­ra­tion, in terms of the Arbit­ra­tion Act.

7. RECEIPTS, DISCHARGES, ETC:
To make and give receipts, releases and oth­er dis­charges, for mon­ies pay­able to the SCFC and for the claims and demands of
the SCFC and except where oth­er­wise provided in these rules, such receipts shall be signed by the Treas­urer, or some per­son
law­fully act­ing in the place of such Treas­urer.

8. BANKING ACCOUNT:
All mon­ies of the SCFC shall be paid into such Bank(s) as the Com­mit­tee may decide upon, and shall be drawn there from by
cheque’s or eft signed author­ised by the Chair­man or such mem­ber or mem­bers of the Com­mit­tee as the lat­ter may from
time to time decide, as well as by the Treas­urer. All pay­ments by the SCFC shall be made by cheque or eft, drawn as
afore­said, except petty cash pay­ments to a max­im­um of R50.00. (Treas­urer, plus one author­ised sig­na­ture).

9. BYE-LAWS:
To make, vary and repeal bye-laws for the reg­u­la­tion of the affairs of the SCFC, its officers and ser­vants, or the mem­bers of
any class of the SCFC, provided that such bye-laws do not con­flict with the rules of the SCFC.

10. INVESTMENT OF MONEY:
To invest and deal with any mon­ies of the SCFC not imme­di­ately required for the pur­pose of the SCFC upon such secur­it­ies
and on such terms as it may think fit, and from time to time to vary or real­ise, such invest­ments.
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27. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DATE:
The Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing of the SCFC, of which four­teen days notice shall be giv­en, shall be held no later than the second
Monday in Novem­ber of each year.
The busi­ness to be trans­acted at the Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing shall be: -
1. To con­firm the Minutes of the pre­vi­ous Gen­er­al Meet­ing.
2. To receive and con­sider the reports on the affairs of the SCFC and State­ment of Accounts one week after the annu­al prize
giv­ing but no later than the 30th day of Octo­ber, of each year, which day shall be the end of the SCFC’s fin­an­cial year.
3. To elect, at least, a Chair­per­son and the oth­er Mem­bers of the EXCO from Mem­bers of the SCFC, to form the Exec­ut­ive
Com­mit­tee for the ensu­ing year.
4. To elect the SCFC’s Aud­it­ors.
5. To elect an Hon­or­ary Life Mem­ber or Mem­bers, if any pro­posed by the Com­mit­tee.
6. To con­sider any busi­ness con­cern­ing the affairs of the SCFC, of which due notice has been giv­en, which is brought under
con­sid­er­a­tion by the Com­mit­tee.

28. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING:
1. The EXCO shall have the power to call a Spe­cial Gen­er­al Meet­ing of the SCFC at any time; or
2. on requis­i­tion signed by fif­teen Mem­bers (who shall be ordin­ary, par­ent, hon­or­ary, hon­or­ary life
or founder mem­bers) in good stand­ing.
In the case of (1), four­teen days writ­ten notice shall be giv­en to all Mem­bers for such a meet­ing and in the case of (2),
four­teen days writ­ten notice shall be giv­en to the Chair­per­son by the Mem­bers of such meet­ing and four­teen days writ­ten
notice shall be giv­en by the Chair­per­son to all the Mem­bers. Only such items as appear on the requis­i­tion shall be dis­cussed
at such a Spe­cial Gen­er­al Meet­ing.

29. QUORUM AT GENERAL MEETINGS:
A quor­um for an Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing or a Spe­cial Gen­er­al Meet­ing called by the Com­mit­tee shall be fif­teen Mem­bers
with one offi­cial vote. Provided that if no quor­um be present, with­in fif­teen minutes after the time fixed or the meet­ing, the
Meet­ing shall be called by the Com­mit­tee, be post­poned to the same day and hour in the fol­low­ing week.And at such
adjourned meet­ing the mem­bers present shall be deemed to be a quor­um for the trans­ac­tion of all busi­ness for the meet­ing.
In the case of a Spe­cial Gen­er­al Meet­ing, called by requis­i­tion of mem­bers, if no quor­um is present, it shall def­in­itely be
dis­solved.

30. HONORARY LIFE MEMBER: ELECTION OF:
Any mem­ber of the SCFC, who is in good stand­ing, may nom­in­ate in writ­ing, to the Com­mit­tee a per­son he/she feels
war­rants con­sid­er­a­tion for Hon­or­ary Life Mem­ber­ship. Only the Com­mit­tee, after invest­ig­at­ing the nom­in­ee, may present
the name to an Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing or Spe­cial Gen­er­al Meet­ing of the SCFC called for that pur­pose. The nom­in­ee will be
deemed “elec­ted” if the major­ity of the Mem­bers present at such meet­ing vote in favour. Such Hon­or­ary Life Member/s shall
be sub­ject to the rules of the SCFC and shall be entitled to the priv­ileges of the SCFC but shall pay no sub­scrip­tions.

31. VOTING AT GENERAL MEETINGS:
Every ques­tion sub­mit­ted to a meet­ing shall be decided by a show of hands except where the Chair­man there­of calls for a
bal­lot. The Chair­man shall have a second or cast­ing vote in the case of equal­ity.

32. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
32.1. PREAMBLE
The Board of Trust­ees shall con­sist of no more than four mem­bers with the pur­pose of ensur­ing that the Sun­ning­dale City
Foot­ball Club fol­lows the club object­ives as set out in the SCFC Con­sti­tu­tion. All mov­able prop­erty shall be ves­ted in the
Board of Trust­ee.
32.2. REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE AS A TRUSTEE
The min­im­um require­ments to be elec­ted as a Trust­ee will be the one of the fol­low­ing;
• Being a Founder Mem­ber or a Hon­or­ary Life Mem­ber
• Hav­ing served as Chair­man of the SCFC EXCO for a min­im­um of 3 years
• Hav­ing served on the SCFC EXCO for a min­im­um of 6 years
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32.3. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Trust­ees will select one of the Trust­ees to chair the Board for a term of two years. The selec­tion will be done with a show
of hands at the first meet­ing of the New Year and there­after every second year. The Chair­per­son will have a cast­ing vote.
32.4. DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEES
The fol­low­ing will be some, but not all, the duties of the Trust­ees:
• To ensure that the his­tory of the SCFC is pre­served
• To ensure that the SCFC stays true to its object­ives and ideals as stip­u­lated in the SCFC Con­sti­tu­tion
• To ensure that the SCFC col­ours and badge is pre­served and respec­ted
• To assist and guide the exist­ing EXCO and Oper­a­tions com­mit­tees in their alloc­ated duties if required to do so by a
mem­ber or mem­bers of the com­mit­tees
• To be part of any major dis­cus­sions that could change the future of the SCFC, like for instance the amal­gam­a­tion with
anoth­er club, or the change of club col­ours, or badge, etc.
• To meet with the exist­ing EXCO and com­mit­tees to dis­cuss any per­tin­ent issues which the Trust­ees are unsure of or
need clar­ity on
• To assist in case of major fin­an­cial issues that may arise
• To preside over and make a rul­ing on dis­putes or dis­cip­lin­ary issues that may arise, which the Exco can­not resolve
due to issues of impar­ti­al­ity
• To deal with the dis­pos­al of prop­erty of the SCFC in the event of the SCFC dis­solv­ing for any reas­on
32.5. RESIGNATION/REMOVAL OF A TRUSTEE
A Trust­ee has the right to resign his or her pos­i­tion by sub­mit­ting a let­ter of resig­na­tion to the Chair­per­son of the Board of
Trust­ees. A Trust­ee can be removed from the Board by a major­ity vote if the Trust­ee is unable to per­form the duties
expec­ted of the pos­i­tion due to, but not lim­ited to the fol­low­ing reas­ons:
• The Trust­ee is incap­able of per­form­ing his or her duties
• The Trust­ee is absent, without a reas­on­able excuse, from more than two con­sec­ut­ive meet­ings
• The Trust­ee brings the SCFC into dis­rep­ute
• For the con­tra­ven­tion of the SCFC Con­sti­tu­tion or any SCFC Reg­u­la­tion or Laws
32.6. APPOINTMENT OF A TRUSTEE
In the case of a vacancy on the Board, a new trust­ee will be elec­ted by the exist­ing Trust­ee by a major­ity vote.
The new Trust­ee must meet the min­im­um require­ments as set out in point 32.2 above.
32.7. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The board will con­vene at least four times in every cal­en­dar year. A quor­um for a meet­ing will be three Trust­ees. Minutes
will be taken at each meet­ing.
32.8. POWER OF TRUSTEES
The Board of Trust­ees shall stand pos­sessed of the prop­erty of the SCFC and shall apply and dis­pose of the same for the
bene­fit of the SCFC, in such a man­ner, as the Board of Trust­ees shall, in con­form­ity with the rules, dir­ect.
The SCFC’s Funds and assets shall be devoted solely to the objects of the SCFC and no Mem­ber or Trust­ee shall be entitled to
any por­tion of the funds or assets there­of

33. DISSOLUTION
In the event of the SCFC dis­solv­ing for any reas­on, all assets and liab­il­it­ies at the time shall be ceded to an organ­iz­a­tion of a
sim­il­ar nature in the Sunningdale/ Parklands/Table View area. In par­tic­u­lar, no mon­ies or any oth­er assets of the SCFC shall
be giv­en or taken over by any Mem­ber or any oth­er per­son in his own right.

34. ALTERATION OF RULES:
Alter­a­tions to the fore­go­ing Art­icles of Asso­ci­ation can be made by a two thirds major­ity only at an Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing
or Spe­cial Gen­er­al Meet­ing called for that pur­pose. Four­teen days notice, in writ­ing, of any pro­posed changes to the
Con­sti­tu­tion must be giv­en to the Com­mit­tee. Any pro­pose changes should be shown on the notice of the Meet­ing
dis­trib­uted to the Mem­bers.