New Constitution
| The Association shall be called the St. Margaret's Estate Residents Association. |
| The area which the Association covers is:
At the Northern end of Kilmorey Road and Kilmorey Gardens
The Eastern border is Ranelagh Drive.
The Southern end is Cassilis and Heathcote Road (incorporating Norfolk Close and Nicol Close).
The Western side is the East side of St Margarets Road between the roundabout (A316) and St Margaret's Drive.
The Avenue, Ailsa Road, St George's Road, St Peter's Road and St Margaret's Drive are in the centre of the area bounded by these roads. |
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| The objects of the Association are:
To encourage the preservation, development and improvement of the Estate in keeping with its present character, namely, predominantly detached and semi-detached family houses as intended in the Deed creating it; but excluding responsibility for the maintenance of the Residential Grounds which reposes in Trustees created for that purpose
To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning throughout the Estate and to ensure that full advantage is taken of the designation as a Conservation area created under the Civic Amenities Act 1967 in co-operation with the above-mentioned Trustees.
To take advantage of any other legislation present or future which will assist the achievement of these objects.
To stimulate public interest in and care for the beauty, history and character of the area and to prompt and co-ordinate the efforts of all willing individuals in achieving the objects.
To keep members fully informed of significant matters of interest to them in relation to these objects.
To take any action which will promote all or any of the above-mentioned objects.
None of the Association’s objects shall be pursued for any party political purpose, and the Association shall be non-profit making. |
| Any person subscribing to the objects of the Association, whose house lies within the boundary of the Association, and is a freeholder, leaseholder or tenant of the property in which they reside. |
| The annual subscription shall be determined in General Meeting and shall be payable to the Hon. Treasurer from 1st January each year, or immediately on becoming a member.
No reduction shall be made for membership for part of a year
The Committee may also appeal for and collect such additional contributions as they may estimate to be needed for any purpose in furtherance of the objects of the Association either from members of the Association after obtaining their agreement by individual enquiry or from any other source.
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| The Association at a General Meeting may elect a President. |
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| The affairs of the Association shall be conducted by an Executive Committee (“The Committee”) all of whom shall be Members of the Association.
The Committee shall consist of a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, an Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer, who shall be Officers of the Association, and not less than three and not more than seven other members.
Members of the Committee shall be elected by the members of the Association at the Annual General Meeting.
The Officers of the Association shall sit on the committee for 4 years, and shall be eligible for re-election of a further period of 2 years. Members of the committee shall sit on the committee for 3 years, and shall be eligible for re-election for a further period of 1 year.
In addition to the members elected as hereinbefore provided, the Trustees of the St Margaret’s Residential Grounds for the time being shall be entitled to nominate one of their number to attend meetings of the Committee as an observer. This power of nomination shall not be exercised if any Trustee is already an Officer or member of the Committee by election.
The Chairman may, with the approval of the Committee, co-opt on an annual basis not more than two additional members. No member may be co-opted under this Rule in two successive years.
Nominations for Officers and/or membership of the Committee, signed by a proposer and seconder, must be sent to the Hon. Secretary to arrive not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for the Annual General Meeting.
The Committee shall meet as often as is considered necessary by the Officers and shall have power to regulate its own procedure. It shall have power to co-opt members or non-members of the Association to serve on such sub-committee as it may decide to appoint.
If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Committee between Annual General Meetings, the Committee shall have power to co-opt a member of the Association to fill the vacancy until the date of the next Annual General Meeting.
At that meeting, the co-opted member shall offer himself for election if he desires to continue to serve on the Committee.
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