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Constitution
of the Association adopted by the Inaugural General
Meeting 23 April 1997 |
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| 1. |
The title of the Association shall be
BRICKET WOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH ASSOCIATION (Hereinafter
called BWNWA).
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| 2. |
BWNWA shall consist of Individual
Members grouped into Neighbourhood Watches each covering
a road or part of a road in the Village of Bricket Wood.
Each Watch shall be lead by a Co-ordinator. A number of
Watches (and so Co-ordinators) may be linked together by
a Group Co-ordinator.
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| 3. |
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| 3.1 |
At the Inaugural General Meeting
of Members, the activities of the Steering
Committee which was formed to establish BWNWA
were endorsed and an Executive Committee was
elected.
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| 3.2 |
The Executive Committee shall
consist of five Officers, two Ordinary Members
and the Community Police Officer for the time
being. The Officers shall be the Chairman,
Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and a
Publicity Officer. The Officers and Committee
Members shall hold office for one year, but shall
be eligible for re-election, except that no
Officer or Committee Member shall serve in any
one capacity for more than five years. Former
Officers or Committee Members shall again be
eligible for election after an absence of one
year.
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| 3.3 |
At the discretion of the elected
Committee, additional Members may be co-opted to
serve either as a permanent or as ad-hoc Members.
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A General Meeting of Members of BWNWA
shall be held annually, in April. Formal Notice of the
Annual General Meeting and of other General Meetings
shall be given at least one calendar month before the
date of such meetings, by means of a Newsletter published
by the Executive Committee and circulated by the
Co-ordinators.
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Except when the services of a commercial
enterprise have been ordered, no payment shall be made
for any activity undertaken for or on behalf of BWNWA.
Expenses incurred in the pursuance of the Objects of
BWNWA and approved by the Executive Committee shall be
reimbursed. Whenever practical, receipts for such
expenses shall be submitted to the Treasurer.
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| 6. |
The Objects of BWNWA shall be:
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| 6.1 |
to assist the Hertfordshire
Constabulary in preventing, reducing and solving
crime in (but not limited to) the Village of
Bricket Wood;
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| 6.2 |
to liaise with such other bodies
as the Executive Committee may select and in
particular, the Police Crime Prevention Panels,
Police Liaison Committees, other Voluntary and
Statutory Bodies, National and other local
Neighbourhood Watches;
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| 6.3 |
to arrange such Meetings and
Exhibitions for Co-ordinators and other Members
as will enable all Members to be kept abreast of
current Police procedures and activities;
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| 6.4 |
to enable Members, through their
individual Watch Co-ordinators, to be informed of
criminal activities which have taken place, or
which the Police believe are likely to be
attempted, together with advice on what steps can
be taken to avoid attracting such unwelcome
attention;
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| 6.5 |
to raise such funds as may be
necessary for the pursuance of these Objects by
way of subscriptions from Members or by
contributions from any source acceptable to the
Executive Committee;
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to provide insurance against any
legal liability incurred in the execution of
BWNWA business in respect of accidental death or
bodily injury of any person or accidental loss of
or damage to property;
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to maintain records of
Membership, subscriptions and the accounts of
BWNWA, which shall be audited and presented
annually to the Annual General Meeting.
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Resolutions for the Annual General
Meeting shall be submitted to the Secretary at least two
calendar months before such meeting. At the written
request of Twenty Members, an Extraordinary General
Meeting shall be convened, but decisions of General
Meeting may not be reversed or amended before the
following Annual General Meeting. Except as in Clause 8
(below), a simple majority of Members present and voting
shall suffice to accept any resolution.
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Amendments to this Constitution shall be
subject to Clause 7 (above), except that a two-thirds
majority of Members present and voting shall be required
for this purpose.
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