Consultation on refusal of membership

Dear Club and County Secretaries

The EBU Board is seeking input from clubs and counties regarding possible amendments to the Bye Laws in relation to refusal of membership. Although clubs can refuse membership, at present the Bye Laws do not allow for the EBU as an organisation to refuse membership to any individual. The Board believes it should consider introducing such a provision in case of the - probably extremely infrequent - situation when it would wish to bar someone from becoming a member.

Attached is an outline of the current Bye Laws, and a proposed addition.

The Board would value any input from clubs as they are directly involved in the membership process - for many members their method of joining the EBU is through joining an affiliated club - and clubs and counties are often the primary point of contact between the member and the organisation as a whole.

This is the first stage of the consultation. It is intended that any amendments to the Bye Laws would be formally proposed at the AGM in November 2019. Prior to that, a formal update would be made at the mid-point of the year, at a suitable meeting or via another means of communication.

Please pass this email and attachment to any club or county officials who may wish to comment, and respond with any thoughts before Friday 21st December when the EBU office closes for the Christmas break.

Please reply to Gordon Rainsford - gordon@ebu.co.uk. Please do not reply to me, as I am leaving the EBU in a few weeks' time, and your email may not be seen if you respond to my address after I have left.

Kind regards

Peter Stockdale,

Communications Officer

peter.stockdale@ebu.co.uk; 01296 317215

 

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