prA- model constitution advancing education | supporting PTA5 Notes (2014VERSION) @ PTA-UK Please read Ihese note5 before using this Model Collstitution Model Constitution for ParentTeacher Associations In Northern Ireland (Nl) Guidèiice notes aiE trMNabLetr(wEhuui ihls help Ewain C*itHin polntS A Oossiry ol term5 is coDialned uffld￿r 13 This Nodel Constitution 15 a benefit ot PTA-UK membership alld 15 for tjse by Parent Teacher A550Clations IpTAsl and other horne-5chaol groups thai ¥e ernbers of PTA-UK. bèsed in Northern Ireland. In bold. 8LOCK cAPIT￿S Please insert your PTA-UK mernber5hip number ¥thich will beverlfied zs part of the charity registration procEss'. openEd in DecÈmbpr 2013 ¥hdth¢ Ch?iity PTA-UK membership nutnbei.. The PTA-UK Model Constitution is the CDPyr￿ht of Parent Teather Associations UK IPTA-UKI and is only wailable for use by PTA-UK member assoclatlon& If your association is not a rnember of PTA-UK. you are not entltled to use this constitution for charity registration. awlialloii IwwwchariLy(I￿￿lSS1onftl SUFwri you thrw this prOtESS. Yoifr J550(iati￿ witifequire ￿ onllnpa iJccidE¢I by Il simple rriaiority ol votes casi by Lhe Members present ar Ihe rnpeting Except lor the Chair of the rrieeting, ha5 a 5erond or castiic vote whijie a VQLe is equdlly ￿1¥l¢jl,d Iiiedl, evEiy Member prL'senL Is eniiiled cn tNmal or.(Iyall50rwhrfj %Ecki Thc A550ciation must Iiold 3 General rneetinE Wlthin iwÈl¥È month5 rn115: hv helrl in pdili £iib5equEnl year dnd noi mnre than i J months moy tlapse be1v￿en siiccessiVQ annLJiil General méetings. Al dll AGM Llio Mernbers'.- raydinary GohÈralrrteodn#. 6. THE COMMIThEE 5.Ekl receive tne accouiiis of -ho Assoc1ètion lor the previous financiil ypar 5.&2 recLJivc' Lhp rc'port ni ihp committee members on ihe A550O8tion's I clivitle% Sillce the prewou% AGM 5 Fl.3 accept Lhe reLirprTierii ol oxisLin8 committee members ond eI￿lL the new comrnittee tnembers incliiding the Chair 5.&4 JppDirir indepetTdent person 10 undert3ke an exatninption of the bemoffitws IinJei 11 co￿pE0d<0rnmitEee mErn&ers. vmu o'p:'.pt olyrlod atEl￿AGm.￿ 5.el 5 may co-ler ans In. ill¢ of P¥irnn, Presideni CTVi¢e-President ol the Association (LYnmillfEfflLYnbcts, IIIosL' IliiJ4 4)fL,CO-OPted 5 8.6 tli¥11$5 and determinL' a'iy issiie5 ?1 polily or Ile.￿ dny Diher businp5S Put belore ihem rw. ¢ommliteÈ m￿rnber, apPO￿l￿d.is le8&lya charty ttU5teE dna offts a dLFty n EGM may bL' called ai any iirTie by Llio Committee and musi be c4Ued within 21 day5 10 nappÉn within three mnnths of ri writte requost b?inB received by the commiLtee Iroffl at leasi iEii Members. LXÈLlJtodwhEIiE¥￿ acamrniltee mernber is THE COMMIThEE All comrnittee member5 Éirp. tru511.fts ol Ihe cl'.rn thrÈe cu115eiutive meetings ol rlie Comrnittee without mEmbEf5 In p14co will IhorE(ort bp. fnrcodt 6.7.4 ceases tc> be a Member of the Association (xJ6 Tliis 151 WISE pretJutiaTh In lh￿￿. Ihp)t 1150m0￿0 15 levnfv￿ as 9Memb¢r￿ndly 6.7.5 resigns by written norice 10 the Commlttee but only if at least two committee members reniain in oflicÈ ¢ornmiLtee rntmb￿r undei 654 K soine￿¢1￿ Iwllliiti￿lÈ to r)¢trfyfiitteerneMber biiLyQ 6.7.è is removed by a rc501ution passcd by a majority of other commlttee rnember5. Reffloval is not effoctive Llntil the cornmittee member tonceined FAS been iiotified in writing of the proposal and ol hisl her right to respond Wiihin 14 clear days, and the rnatter lia5 been ctsnsidered in light of any reprc5entatI0115 rnade. (On¢ifwO io be a MEmb¢r ul dheAssuc￿1On. Cv-oPtedcDm￿Al[te membe¢s aierni Nèmbois, can only be ierntr4e(l undo.. Ihii da￿2 68 Alcunyrtlttte or￿ cnlitlv.d torcctNer fraThi tli-A55UCktl￿ th￿teVe1 lunds Ehey All comrnittee menthers shall be entitled to reirnbursEment of reasonable out-ol-pocket expenses lincluding horel and Irdvel c05151 actuèlly incurred in thL' adrnini5traliun of thL, Asso£iatlon. che Ind￿11dua[ bui a£rDed by tho Csrnmlttoe i A retiring comrnittee mEtnber is entiiled to an indemnity frorn the continuiri% committee member5 at the expense of the Assoclation in respcct of any liabilitios pioperly inciirred while he or sh? held ollice. 6.10 A technical delect In the appoinimoni ol a commSttee member of ¥tyhich the Commlttte is unaware at the iirne does not invalidale decisions taken at 3 rneeting. COmMI￿EE MEETINGS prDcee&ng5 d thc Carnrnittee. 7 1 TlwComm5tree cari dEude ilie of limts COMMITTEE MEEllNGS the Committee musi hold at least tl7ree mceling5 eYEry school year. 72 thi5 d4u51' lorirnlla EoloJl6LiTr8 A quorum at a Committee rneetlng is SO per cent, rounded up to thè neafest wthole nurnber. DI the total curr2.?t membership of the Committee. I"h15 8pplie5 vknLr¢ there art Ihre.c or morc committee members in s)ost. Where there are only Iwo, 3 100% atiendonce is required te be quor3te. committee rnembErJYthoi￿￿S1 be prE5Pnt I lor a CommllLee %yj.'li Ii'D