Northbrook AC Annual General Meeting 2024

Proposals to be put before the Annual General Meeting

The Club Constitution requires that proposals to be put to the Club’s next Annual General Meeting be published in advance of the meeting.

The following proposals will be put before the Northbrook Annual General Meeting to be held on

THURSDAY 11th JANUARY 2024 at 7.30pm.

Any proposed amendments to any of these proposals must be submitted by Thursday 4 January 2024 to be considered.

Proposal 1 – Member Proposal

Proposed amendment to Club Rule 15.1 – Club Races and Awards
From:
15.1 All paid up club members are eligible to compete in club events, score points and to win awards.

To:
15.1 All paid up club members are eligible to compete in club events and score points.
To win a club running award, paid up club members must have completed at least six (6) races from the designated club events, as detailed for the London Marathon draw, (15.5.4.6).

Proposed by: Sally Eason
Seconded by: Rob Cox

Proposed Amendment to Member Proposal 1

Original proposed wording of Proposal 1
15.1 All paid up club members are eligible to compete in club events and score points.
To win a club running award, paid up club members must have completed at least six (6) races from the designated club events, as detailed for the London Marathon draw, (15.5.4.6).

Amended proposed wording of Proposal 1
15.1 All paid up club members are eligible to compete in club events and score points.
To win a club running award, paid up club members must have completed at least six (6) races/events from the designated club events, as detailed for the London Marathon draw, (15.5.4.6).

Each separate race/event counts as one (eg. If you run/volunteer at three Handicaps this counts as three events, if you run eight Warwickshire Road Race League (WRRL) races this counts as eight).
The existing rules of the Race Championships, ie. your best five races from the season remain unchanged, but to be eligible to win an award you must comply with the requirements detailed above (to have completed six club events as detailed in 15.5.4.6).

Proposed by: Sally Eason
Seconded by: Jill Pittard

Proposal 2 – Member Proposal

Proposed amendment to Club Rule 15.7 – Club Races and Awards
Rule 15.7 Most Improved Runner Shield
Current wording: “To be awarded to the male and female members whose running performances the membership considers have improved most during the year, decided by a ballot of the membership taken not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the Awards Presentation. The Secretary shall provide notice of the ballot by the most appropriate means and shall make available ballot slips. The Club Committee shall appoint two (2) adjudicators to count the votes cast and tabulate the results. The ballot shall be decided on a simple majority of the votes cast.”

Proposed Change: “To be awarded to the male and female members whose running performances the Run Leader team considers have improved most during the year. One male and one female runner from each training group (Mondays and Wednesdays) to be nominated by the run leader team and then votes to be cast by all run leaders with the ballot decided on a simple majority of the votes cast.”

Reason
Run leaders see members in action at training sessions throughout the year and are best placed to observe which runners have improved the most.

Proposed by: Rob Cox
Seconded by: Rob Richardson