How do we change the constitution?

[Tigerrific]

Isn't it ridiculous that some idiot can get a petition with 100 signatures and effectively go against the wishes of the other 27000 members of the club!

Pahoff shlould back off and the constitution should be amended to a minimum of 500 or 1000 signatures.

Does anyone know how the club goes about changing this?

 

[mighty tiges]

Here you go Tigerrific. There's three parts. Cheers MT.

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From the Richmond FC Constitution

http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=379.0

6.4 Extraordinary General Meeting

6.4.1 Subject to section 249D of the Act (ed. see below), on a requisition in writing signed by at least one hundred members with their addresses and their membership ticket numbers, being delivered to the Secretary, he shall within twenty-one days from receiving such requisition call an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the Club by giving fourteen days notice of the same by advertisement in the daily press. The requisition must state precisely the objects of such meeting including any resolution to be proposed and such objects shall appear in the advertisement in the same or a more abbreviated form.

6.4.2 The Board shall have power to call an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Club whenever it may have matters under consideration upon which it seems necessary or desirable to obtain the ruling of the members. The same notice shall be given as provided for an Extraordinary General Meeting called on a requisition of members.

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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 249D

Calling of general meeting by directors when requested by members

(1) The directors of a company must call and arrange to hold a general meeting on the request of:

(a) members with at least 5% of the votes that may be cast at the general meeting; or
(b) at least 100 members who are entitled to vote at the general meeting.

(1A) The regulations may prescribe a different number of members for the purposes of the application of paragraph (1)(b) to:

(a) a particular company; or
(b) a particular class of company.

Without limiting this, the regulations may specify the number as a percentage of the total number of members of the company.


(2) The request must:

(a) be in writing; and
(b) state any resolution to be proposed at the meeting; and
(c) be signed by the members making the request; and
(d) be given to the company.

(3) Separate copies of a document setting out the request may be used for signing by members if the wording of the request is identical in each copy.

(4) The percentage of votes that members have is to be worked out as at the midnight before the request is given to the company.

(5) The directors must call the meeting within 21 days after the request is given to the company. The meeting is to be held not later than 2 months after the request is given to the company.

http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/3/3448/0/PA004060.htm

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WP's post from OER:

http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=565.msg4959#msg4959

The RFC is a company. But it is a company limited by guarantee - which means (in the most simplistic of terms) if the doors were to close every member (shareholders) is liable to repay the clubs debts to the tune of $50 each per member.

Regarding the the 100 signatures - granted the minimum number of signatures required under the Corps Law is 100 signatures if a company doesn't have their own constitution. In the case of the RFC we have our constitution so that can be changed which I am sure will happen after the events of the last 2 months. It is actually recommended that Companies limited by guarantee have their own constitutions because of thier unique situation

 

[Tigerrific]

Thanks for the info MT, I hope someone at the club takes note and gets it changed.