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ROMAN RANGERS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB CONSTITUTION

1. NAME
The club shall be called Roman Rangers Youth Football Club (“The Club")

2. OBJECTIVE
The objective of the Club shall be to arrange association football matches and social activities for its members.

3. STATUS OF THE RULES
These rules (the Club Rules) form a binding agreement between each member of the Club.

4. RULES AND REGULATIONS
(A) The Club shall have the status of an Affiliated Member Club of the Football Association by virtue of its membership of the Berks & Bucks Football Association. The Rules and Regulations of the Football Association Limited and the Berks & Bucks Football Association and such league or competition to which the Club is affiliated for the time being shall be deemed to be incorporated into the Club Rules wherever they shall be deemed to be overriding. No alteration to the Club Rules shall be effective without agreement of the club’s committee at a general, annual or special general meeting.
(B) The Club will also abide by The Football Association’s Child Protection Policies and Procedures, Codes of Conduct and the Equal Opportunities and Anti- Discrimination Policy.
(C) All persons appointed to manage a club team (the” Club Managers”) shall agree to abide by a Code of Conduct for managers.

5. CLUB MEMBERSHIP
(A) The members of the Club from time to time shall be those persons listed in the register of members (the Membership Register) which shall be maintained by the Club Secretary.
(B) Any person who wishes to be a member must apply on the Membership Application Form and deliver it to the club. Election to membership shall be at the sole discretion of the Club Committee (as hereafter defined) Membership shall become effective upon the applicants name being entered in the Membership Register.
(C) In the event of a member’s resignation or expulsion, his or her name shall be removed from the Membership Register.
(D) The Football Association and the Berks & Bucks Football Association shall be given access to the Membership Register on demand.
(E) For the purposes of these Rules, the term “Member” shall be a playing Member, being an individual who has successfully applied to join the Club in a playing capacity or his/her parent(s) or legal guardian. The annual fee referred to in (6) shall be payable only in respect of a playing Member. The parent(s) or legal guardian of a playing Member shall be treated as acting for the playing Member as regards attendance at an AGM, SGM or at Club Committee/Executive Committee meetings.

6. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE
(a) An annual fee payable by each member shall be determined from time to time by the Club Committee. Any fee shall be payable on a successful application for membership and annually by each member. Fees shall not be repayable. The Executive Committee (as hereafter defined) shall at its discretion determine a lower fee on grounds of financial hardship of a member or in respect of applications made after 1 January of that season.
(b) The Club Committee shall have the authority to levy further subscriptions from the members as are reasonably necessary to fulfil the objects of the Club.