CBRA Constitution

City of Brampton Racquetball Association
Constitution

Article I: Name and Purpose

This organization shall be known as the City of Brampton Racquetball Association hereafter called the “Association”. It is an amateur non-profit membership organization to promote racquetball as a sport, as a means of recreation and physical fitness, and to provide leadership by developing and coordinating services and programs designed to meet the needs of the racquetball community.

Article II: Members and Membership

Membership shall be open to all residents of Brampton and surrounding communities. When resident or residence is used in this Constitution it means: living in Brampton or surrounding communities with the intent to make it a fixed and permanent home, as distinguished from a temporary or transient presence.

Membership dues and qualifications, rights and duties of members, to the extent not set out in this Constitution, shall be provided in the Bylaws.

Article III: Executive Committee

Section 1. The affairs of the Association shall be managed by an executive committee of not less than five (5) persons who shall be elected or acclaimed by the members, as defined in Article II of this Constitution. The executive committee will comprise a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, membership director, past president (ad hoc) and general members as required (ad hoc). All executive members will be elected for a one year (1) term.

Section 2. If elected or acclaimed by the membership, any member may serve successive terms.

Article IV: Officers

Section 1. The officers of the Association will be the President, vice-president, secretary and treasurer.

Section 2. Except as laid out in this Constitution, nominations and elections of officers shall be set out in the Bylaws.

Article V: General Provisions

Section 1 In the event of the dissolution of the Association, the assets remaining after satisfaction of all just claims shall be distributed to a successor organization, if any, and if none to a charity agreed upon prior to dissolution. The distributions shall be made by the Executive Committee or by court order. In no event shall such distribution inure to any member, organizer, or donor. The association shall not do any act that shall constitute a basis for denial of tax exemption under applicable law. In particular:

a) The Association shall not do the following:

1) lend any part of its income or corpus, without receipt of adequate security and reasonable rate of interest,

2) pay any compensation, in excess of a reasonable allowance salaries, or other compensation for personal services actually rendered,

3) make any of its services available on a preferential basis,

4) sell any substantial part of its securities or other property, for less than an adequate consideration in money or money’s worth, or

5) engage in any other transaction which results in a substantial diversion of its income or corpus to:

(i) a person who has made a substantial contribution to the Association.

(ii) a member of the family of such a person, or

(iii) a corporation controlled by such a person

(b) The Association shall not accumulate out of income amounts which:

(1) Are unreasonable in amount or duration in order to carry out the purpose or function constituting the basis for taxation of the Association.

(2) Are used to a substantial degree for purposes or functions other than those contributing the basis for tax exemption.

(3) Are invested in such a manner as to jeopardize the carrying out of the purpose or function constituting the basis for tax exemption.

Article VI: Amendments

Amendments to the Constitution may be made at any regular annual meeting or special meeting of the membership by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all the votes cast, provided there is a quorum, and provided that at least ten (10) days before each meeting, a notice of the proposed amendment has been sent to each member of the Association eligible to vote. Votes cast may be by proxy or by representative and a minimum of one-tenth (1/10) of the total voting strength shall constitute a quorum. The Executive Committee may change or amend the Bylaws of the Association so long as such change or amendment does not conflict with the provisions of the Constitution.

This document amended with approval of the membership, June 5, 2003.