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Updated
14 December 2006
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Please Note: Due to a few
minor amendments required by CASC the three documents have been amended
on 8-09-06 - so you might want to re-read them....
By now all club members should have received notice
of a Special General Meeting on October 5th, to vote on a major review
of the Club’s Rules. It will be held at the British Legion Club, 95
Barry Road SE22, starting at 7.30 pm promptly.
This review is designed to do several things.
Primarily we it will make our rulebook a little shorter, read more
easily, and bring it ‘up to date’ with a proper mission statement and
equal opportunities policy. Under these proposals a large proportion of
the current rules will be changed to some degree: some will mean the
same as before, but using simpler language; some may be deleted because
they haven’t been used for many years; a couple conflict with other
rules and have had to be changed; some make slight changes in the way we
operate as a Club. However, the most important rule changes will enable
the Club to become a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC).
This will give us a number of benefits, most
importantly to give us interest on our investments free from tax. We
would also get Gift Aid tax relief on any donations made by individuals
to the Club. With our current investments this will mean saving around
£? per year in tax, a figure which will rise after we have identified
the most suitable high-growth, long-term fund to invest with. In return
for this tax relief we have to commit the Club to being not-for profit
and amateur, so that all the Club’s assets will be used for the good of
the Club and for the sport, or even for other sports. Its assets may not
be used for personal gain for any members, so while it is possible to
make payments to members, there are very strict rules on this.
A useful, short guide to CASC status can be found
at
www.hmrc.gov.uk/casc/index.htm Our decision on this needs
careful consideration, because once we have decided to register as a
CASC, we cannot reverse this. A CASC should: Have a membership policy
open to all members of the community. Be not-for-profit – any surplus
funds made must be available to further the Club’s aims, or to further
the aims of the sport and its National Governing Body. Have a stated
policy that if the Club should ever dissolve, then its assets must not
be shared out among the members, but be donated to other CASCs or the
sport’s governing body.
Three documents have been placed on our website,
www.delaunecc.org which
should guide you through the rule changes we intend to make. The first
contains the proposed changes to the
General Rules, the second the proposed changes to the
Memorial Fund Rules, and the third is
a draft of
how the rules will look, if all of the proposed changes are accepted at
the meeting. If you don’t have access to the internet, please contact
Brian Saxton who will be happy to send you a set.
The proposals will be considered in turn at the
SGM, so it has the potential of being a long meeting. For that reason I
recommend that you have a good look through and make sure you understand
the changes before you attend. Please feel free to email me beforehand
with any questions, at
wxwright@msn.com, or phone me on 020 7735 9605.
All the proposals have been studied in detail by
senior members of the Club, as well as the Club’s solicitor and the
Inland Revenue’s Sports Club Unit to make sure they comply with Trust
Law and CASC rules. After the last major review of our rulebook there
were several adjustments made at General Meetings over the following
couple of years. Therefore I suggest that we reserve the main discussion
for the important points, and if we need to make minor alterations to
wording in the less important ones, we can do this at future meetings.
After a few quieter years, it is evident that the
Club is starting to rise again. I feel that this meeting will be a
landmark day for the Club, and that by becoming a CASC we can commit
ourselves to a secure and lasting legacy for cycling long into the
future. I hope that as many of you as possible can attend the meeting
and show your support for these important changes.
Bill Wright |
LATEST: Details of the
official opening of Bettshanger 27 May
07 14-12-06
BETTSHANGER COLLIERY (Near Deal Kent)
NEW CYCLE RACING CIRCUIT
As some of you are aware a new cycle racing circuit is
being planned on part of the old colliery land. There is a fund of around £18.8
million to finance the whole of the recreational area being developed.
Cycling will play a major part in this project and is
headed by Malcolm Whitehead VC Deal, who some of you know. The cycling part of
the overall structure is under way, plans are more or less finalised for the
circuit (I hope the plan I have can be reproduce for the DLN and Website ) It's
configuration is basically a figure eight design giving options of about 6
different circuits(clockwise anti clockwise etc.).The smaller circuit is fairly
well sheltered and the wooded area in the centre will be a conservation area and
will be fenced off. The larger circuit is exposed and will certainly sort the
men out from the boys. The total combined circuit is approximately 2 miles. I
have ridden over the proposed circuit at the initial invitation site meeting for
cyclist, but have no intentions of taking up circuit racing but hope to ride a
few 10 mile TT's. Around the perimeter of the racing track will be a cycle path
for leisure cycling, which will be shared with walkers. There will also be BMX,
MTB and cyclo- cross areas/courses.
For local residents it will provide a community centre and
no doubt other facilities. A grandstand/ pavilion and a storage building for
cycle equipment may require further funding, but it is envisaged that the track
will be completed by the end of this year.
This is a exciting and ambitious project and Malcolm
Whitehead is to be congratulated for the time & effort that he is putting into
it. He would appreciate constructive positive comments, observations, and in the
near future, hands on assistance would be, no doubt, of great help to him.
Whilst this circuit is situated in the depths of East
Kent, it is not a million miles away. For some of you it would take no longer
than getting to Eastways ( straight down the A2 / M2 turning off just before
Dover -1 hour from Bexley). I feel that the De Laune should support this project
- especially bearing in mind (attention all those who have ridden the Kent
League) the current road racing situation.
I went to a meeting just before Christmas, there were
representatives from most of the East Kent clubs, plus Mick Cooper (Old Kent)
and myself. We will all be kept up to date, by Malcolm, as the project
progresses and I am willing to continue as our club's representative. However,
having no experience of circuit racing, as time goes by, somebody else from our
club could be of more use to Malcolm. I have mentioned this to Pete Harris and
perhaps he, or Matt Goodes (1 hour to the meeting Matt!!) or a volunteer might
wish to attend future meetings ( I can put them up for the night)
Please contact me if you have any questions on Tele. 01227
373045.
Malcolm Adams.
15 January 2004


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