The aim of these rules is to provide a ready source of reference for all Club members but, in particular, for the majority who chose not to be involved in the administration of the Club. For that reason they have been kept as simple as possible whilst maintaining accord with the Club's Memorandum and Articles of Association (MAA). In the event of any conflict between the rules and the MAA the latter take precedence. Club members may like to know that over the period during which the rules have been compiled all those serving on the Council and the Executive have had the opportunity to comment.
MG CAR CLUB LIMITED
1. The prime objectives of the Club are to -
1.1 Develop, maintain and provide services and privileges to all classes of Club
member.
1.2 Encourage and support the continued full use of M.G. motor cars.
1.3 Develop opportunities for collaboration and fellowship between members.
2. Definition
2.1 The Club - The M.G. Car Club Limited.
2.2 Officers of the Club - the Club Chairman, Vice Chairman and Treasurer.
2.3 Executive Committee - the Officers and other Directors of the Club.
2.4 Club Council - the elected representatives of the Club's Home Centres, Registers and Branches.
2.5 Home Centre -a subsection of the Club based on a geographical area in the UK.
2.6 Register - a subsection of the Club based on a specific model or models of M.G.
car.
2.7 Branch - a subsection of the Club created to meet particular needs of the Club's
members.
2.8 Overseas Centre - an M.G. Club, register or branch based outside of the UK and affiliated to the Club.
2.9 Safety Fast! - the M.G. Car Club magazine.
2.10 RAC - Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association Limited as constituted in the UK for the control of motor sport.
2.11 UK - Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
3. The Club is a company limited by guarantee and subject to the Companies Act
1985. The guarantee liability of each member is limited to £1 and extends for a
period of up to 12 months after expiry of membership.
CLUB RULES
4. The Rules are drawn from the Club Memorandum and Articles of Association and
the Club Council or Executive Committee standing instructions.
5. Structure
5.1 Executive Committee - its members who are the Directors of the Company, are elected at the AGM and are responsible for the ongoing direction and the management of the Club. Any Home or Honorary club member, as defined in section 6 of these Rules, with two or more years continuous membership of the Club as at the date of the election may be nominated for election to fill a vacancy on the Committee.
5.2 Club council - members are the elected representatives of the Club's Home Centres, Registers and Branches. The council is responsible for:
representing the general opinions of the Club members
providing policy guidelines for the Executive Committee.
monitoring the implementation of agreed policy decisions.
5.3 Home Centres are established to meets the needs of members on a local and geographically convenient basis. Each home member is attached to an appropriate Centre but this will not preclude the member from supporting activities in other Centres.
Home members shall have voting rights at the AGM of the Centre to which they are attached together with an entitlement to serve as an elected member of that Centre's committee.
5.4 Registers are established to provide their members with services and privileges relating to the particular model(s) of M.G. car(s) covered by the Register.
Club members are automatically members of any Register in respect of which they own the relevant car(s) and when the appropriate Register application form has been complicated and submitted to the Club.
Both home and overseas members shall have voting rights at the AGM of any Register to which they belong together with an entitlement to serve as an elected member of that Registers committee.
5.5 Branches of the Club shall be established, subject to authorisation of the Club Council and maintained to meet particular needs of the Club members. Members of a Branch shall have voting rights at the AGM of that Branch together with an entitlement to serve as an elected member of that Branch's committee.
5.6 Overseas Centres of the Club may be formed in any part of the world outside the UK. Subject to any conditions imposed by the Club's Executive Committee, an Overseas Centre shall be an autonomous body.
6. Membership
6.1 Eligibility - any person who is or has been the owner of an M.G. motor car and/or who is in agreement with the Club's prime objectives.
6.2 Classes of membership are -
(a) Home member - a current subscriber to the Club using a UK address.
(b) Overseas member - a current subscriber to the Club using an address outside
the UK.
(c) Family member - a nominated spouse, son, daughter or ward of a current subscriber to the Club and for whom the current family member subscription has been paid.
(d) Honorary member - a person who, in the opinion of the Officers of the Club, is worthy of a non subscribing membership for services to the M.G. marque or to the Club - such membership to be reviewed annually.
(e) Overseas Centre member - a person subscribing to an affiliated Overseas
Centre.
6.3 Admission to membership-the Club office shall accept membership applications and renewals from eligible applicants, allocating members to the centre appropriate to their address and to which they own the relevant car(s).
6.4 Credit - no member shall have authority to pledge the credit of the Club or that of any Centre, Register of Branch of the Club without the written and express authority of a member of the Executive Committee.
6.5 Expulsion from membership - the Officers of the Club may expel from membership of the Club any member whom the Club Council as its sole discretion shall consider unfit to remain a member. Any member so expelled shall forfeit all privileges of membership and all rights against the Club and shall not be entitled to a refund of any subscription monies paid prior to expulsion.
7. Subscriptions
7.1 Rates are reviewed annually be the Club Council and details of any changes are published in Safety Fast! and incorporated in any renewal notice.
7.2 Duration of a member's subscription shall consist of membership of the Club from the first day of the month of receipt of the subscription and shall expire 12 calendar months from that day at which point any subsequent renewal subscription becomes due.
8. Annual General Meetings
8.1 Notice of the AGM of the Club and each Centre, Register and Branch of the Club shall be published in Safety Fast!
8.2 The Club AGM is open to all members, any of whom may, at the discretion of the chairman, address the meeting on any Agenda item. The voting rights at such a meeting are vested in the Club Council representatives.
8.3 The Home Centre, Register and Branch AGMs are open to all Club members, any of whom may, at the discretion of the Chairman, address the meeting on any agenda item. The voting rights at such a meeting are vested in membership to the particular Centre, Register or Branch in question.
8.4 Candidates wishing to stand for election as Directors of the Club shall be nominated not less than four weeks before the relevant Annual General Meeting of the Club to enable the committees of Centres, Registers and Branches to consider the nominations but in the event of there being no nominations will be accepted up to and including the day of the Annual General Meeting. Any Rule(s) covering the procedure for nomination of candidates are hereby rescinded.
9. Events
9.1 Organisations - all competitive motoring events and Championships organised and held in the UK by the Club, a Home Centre or a Branch of the Club, which fall within the jurisdiction of the RAC MSA, shall be run under the current MSA General Competition Rules and Yearbook with permit or waiver of permit issued by the MSA.
No individual member of the Club shall organise such a competitive motoring event or Championships on behalf of the Club without the written and express authority of a member of the Executive Committee.
9.2 Classification/Titles - Club events shall be classified/titled as:
(a) Main Club - those organised by the Club, albeit certain features of such an event may be delegated to a Centre, Register or Branch.
(b) International - this work may only be included in the title of an event by agreement with the Executive Committee.
(c) Motor sporting - shall be classified/titled in accordance with RAC regulations.
(d) Others - shall be given an appropriate event title selected by the organising Centre, Register of Branch.
(e) Sponsorship - events carrying a sponsor's name, trade or shall only do so with the written agreement of the Executive Committee and that of the event venues owner(s).
