Impala 28 Class Association Constitution

[Last revised 2007-01-27, latest changes in red (see footnote) and hopefully available soon in .doc and .pdf formats]

  1. Title

    The title of the Association shall be The Impala 28 Class Association.

  2. Objects

    The object of the Association is to promote and further develop the interests of the Impala class. In particular:

    1. To maintain the one-design character of the Impala.
    2. To co-ordinate and manage the affairs and rules of the class.
    3. To make recommendations on the control of such matters to clubs, the RYA and other bodies.
    4. To encourage and co-ordinate competition in the class.

  3. Membership

    1. Full membership shall be open to any owner of an Impala. An Impala is only eligible to race under the One Design rules provided the owner, or at least one of the joint owners, is a fully paid-up member of the International Association.
      [Secretary's note: the reference to the 'International Association' is an anachronism we missed at the 2007 AGM and should be corrected to 'Association'.]
    2. Associate membership shall be open to all individuals, clubs or organisations interested in the Impala Class.
    3. Life Membership may be awarded to individuals, following a vote at an AGM, for exceptional service to the Association.
    4. Every Member on joining the Association impliedly undertakes to comply with these rules.

  4. Subscriptions

    1. The amount of the subscriptions shall be recommended to the AGM by the Committee.
    2. Subscriptions are due 30 days after the date of the AGM. No person shall enjoy the rights of membership of the Association until the subscription has been paid.

  5. Management

    1. The Officers of the Association shall consist of the Captain, Vice-Captain, Secretary, Treasurer, Rules Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Membership Secretary Membership Secretary and Press Officer.
    2. The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Committee, according to the Constitution.
    3. The Committee shall consist of the Officers of the Association, the Technical Adviser, Builder's Representative and Fleet Captains from recognised fleets.
    4. [New clause, 2007, extracted/adapted from iii. above] The Committee may take appropriate advice from a Technical Adviser and/or Boatbuilder's Representative.
    5. The Officers and the other Members of the Committee shall be elected at the Association's AGM, to hold office until the next AGM.
    6. If a vacancy occurs on the Committee, the Committee may co-opt a Member to fill the vacancy until the next AGM.

  6. General Meetings

    1. The AGM of the Association will normally be held in January. In any event it will shall be held not later than 15 months after the date of the previous AGM.
    2. At least three weeks' notice of any General Meeting shall be given in writing to all Members.
    3. [New clause, 2007] A minimum of seven Members shall be required to form a quorum at all General Meetings.
    4. Decisions at a General Meeting shall be by simple majority (except for amendments to the Class Constitution) of the Full Members present and voting in person or proxy (such proxy to be in writing), but joint owners are permitted only one vote per boat.
    5. The Class Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds majority at a General Meeting.
    6. The Impala OOD Class Rules may be amended by a simple majority at a General Meeting.

  7. Accounts

    The Committee shall ensure that a proper record is maintained of all receipts and payments of the Association [New clause, 2007], that the Accounts are verified by an independent third party and that a proper financial statement is presented to the Members at the Annual General Meeting.

Footnote about the 2007 changes

Hover your mouse over the [demonstration] red highlighted changes for a tooltip showing what's been changed.

In Gecko-based browsers (Mozilla, Firefox etc.), Opera and possibly others that we haven't tested (sorry, not Internet Explorer), the text should also expand inline to show the changes. For the technically interested, this is done through a pure CSS technique and involves no JavaScript.