Proposed Amendment 1
Current Constitution
Section 5 - Committee Structure
Current Committee Structure:
The running of the club shall be entrusted to a committee consisting of twelve members. A Senior Treasurer will act outside the committee as detailed below.
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Section 5.2 - Safety Officer
Current Text:
The role of Safety Officer is split between two club members who share an equal workload and are to work together to help one another fulfill the role of Safety Officer. Although the workload will ideally be split equally the role will be split into Safety Officer and Assistant Safety Officer. The Assistant Safety Officer will endeavour to help the Safety Officer in their responsibilities. The Safety Officer will guide and mentor the Assistant Safety Officer so that ideally they can be the Safety Officer the following year. The completion, and subsequent passing, of the Safety Statement will be tasked to the Safety Officer while Risk Assessments and After Trip Forms will be ideally split between the Safety Officers throughout their time on Committee.
The Safety Officers shall endeavour to ensure that any measures that the committee deems necessary for the safety of all club members be implemented. The Safety Officers shall be suitably experienced for this task in the eyes of the outgoing committee. These measures, in the form of a Safety Paper, shall be recorded in the minutes at the first committee meeting and subsequently may be amended at further meetings. The Safety Officers may recommend removal of membership of any person who fails to heed the Officers' instruction.
The Safety Officers will oversee the development of river running skills up to and including Level Three Kayak Skills proficiency. The Safety Officers will ensure the availability and visibility of the club Safety Document to all members.
The Safety officers must be one of the following 2 options:
1) Be of level 4 river kayak skills standard
2) Be of level 3 river kayak skills standard AND have the endorsement of the outgoing committee
Proposed Constitutional Changes
Section 5 - Committee Structure
Proposed New Committee Structure:
The running of the club shall be entrusted to a committee consisting of eleven members. A Senior Treasurer will act outside the committee as detailed below.
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Section 5.2 - Safety Officer
The Safety Officer shall endeavour to ensure that any measures that the committee deems necessary for the safety of all club members be implemented. The Safety Officer shall be suitably experienced for this task in the eyes of the outgoing committee. These measures, in the form of a Safety Paper, shall be recorded in the minutes at the first committee meeting and subsequently may be amended at further meetings. The Safety Officer may recommend removal of membership of any person who fails to heed the Officer's instruction.
The Safety Officer will oversee the development of river running skills up to and including Level Three Kayak Skills proficiency. The Safety Officer will ensure the availability and visibility of the club Safety Document to all members.
The Safety officer must be one of the following 2 options:
1) Be of level 4 river kayak skills standard
2) Be of level 3 river kayak skills standard AND have the endorsement of the outgoing committee
Proposed Amendment 2
Current Constitution
Section 7 - Meetings
Current Text:
The election for all twelve positions on the committee, bar the position of Freshers’ Representative, shall take place at the Annual General Meeting or, in the case of resignation or dismissal, at a General Meeting. The Senior Treasurer shall be nominated at a General Meeting; all such elections/nominations shall be by simple majority. Members will vote for two Safety Officers.
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Members have one vote per position in the election so can only nominate or second/third/fourth one person for a position, except in the case of Safety Officer where members can vote for two individuals and nominate/second two people for the position. When a person has accepted a nomination only the proposers and seconders and in the case of Captain and Senior treasurer third and fourth shall appear on the nomination form in chronological appearance. In cases where someone has nominated or seconded multiple candidates for a position only their first nomination/second shall count, the rest shall be deemed invalid, except in the case of Safety Officer where people can nominate/second two candidates.
Proposed Constitutional Change
Section 7 - Meetings
Proposed New Text:
The election for all eleven positions on the committee, bar the position of Freshers’ Representative, shall take place at the Annual General Meeting or, in the case of resignation or dismissal, at a General Meeting. The Senior Treasurer shall be nominated at a General Meeting; all such elections/nominations shall be by simple majority.
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Members have one vote per position in the election so can only nominate or second/third/fourth one person for a position. When a person has accepted a nomination only the proposers and seconders and in the case of Captain and Senior treasurer third and fourth shall appear on the nomination form in chronological appearance. In cases where someone has nominated or seconded multiple candidates for a position only their first nomination/second shall count, the rest shall be deemed invalid.
(These changes to the constitution reflect whether Safety Officer remains a two member committee position or not).
