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Radio controlled model car racing, as a recognised sport, needs rules to provide boundaries for what is and, more importantly, what is not allowed.
This section of the RcTek site is devoted to providing as much information as is possible about such rules, which should serve as both a guide and a reference for the model car racer. |
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| BRCA Constitution 2001 |
| Below is the 2001 constitution for the British Radio Controlled Association (BRCA), who govern the racing in the United Kingdom. |
| 1. Title |
| The Association shall be known as the British Radio Car Association. |
| 2. Objectives |
| a) To promote the construction and racing of radio controlled cars. |
| b) To facilitate the exchange of information and ideas relating to the sport. |
| c) To set rules and standards for construction. |
| d) To encourage National and International competition within a coordinated calendar. |
| 3. Membership |
| Membership shall be open to all and shall be deemed to commence when the Association issues the appropriate membership documentation. Membership shall be within the following categories:- |
| a) Full individual members |
| b) Fellows - Persons, who in the opinion of a two-thirds majority of an Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association, have performed outstanding service to the Association. Fellowship of the Association carries a Full Individual Membership for life and may only be rescinded by a two-thirds majority vote at an AGM of the Association. Fellows are to be elected at the AGM of the Association on the recommendation of the Executive Committee. Not more than two Fellows may be elected in any one year. |
| c) Club Affiliation - Any club who has satisfied the Secretary of its willingness and ability to fulfil the obligations of an affiliated club. Each club will receive four free individual memberships that will be taken up by the Chairman, Secretary and two other appointed officials from that Club. The votes of these four members may be cast as a block unless the nominated officials are present to represent themselves. |
| d) Club Affiliated Member - All members of any club which has been accepted for affiliation become, subject to the necessary administrative procedures, members of the Association. Club Affiliated Members will receive the Circuit Chatter newsletter and the BRCA Handbook through club distribution. |
| All members have the right to attend and vote on issues at the AGM. |
| A proxy vote is permissible on items that have been published in Circuit Chatter that have an effect on the entire membership. All members much have received such no later than six weeks before the published date of the AGM. |
| Each section may determine its own voting rights, i.e. whether to accept block or proxy votes, which may only be cast on issues where there is a declared interest. Each section must make this known in Circuit Chatter at least six weeks prior to its Section Conference. |
| 4. Subscriptions |
| Membership is by subscription and the subscription period shall be one year, running from the 1st of January to the 31st of December of the same year. Membership subscriptions shall be reviewed and fixed on an annual basis at the AGM. Any member who has not paid his or her subscription within one month of the renewal date shall be assumed to have terminated his/her membership. |
| 5. Resignation |
| Any member wishing to withdraw from Association membership must notify the secretary in writing. |
| 6. Cessation of Membership |
| Any member failing to renew his/her membership as required, or any member notifying his/her resignation shall forfeit all right to the Association, its property and its funds. |
| 7. Officials |
| To qualify for election to any Association Committee position, the member so elected must first be a Full Individual member of the Association. The following Officers shall be elected for a period of two years at the AGM. Nominations for these positions to be sent to the Secretary in writing six weeks before the AGM. The nominee must be a Full member of the Association. The positions are as follows: Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, plus such other Officers as deemed necessary. These Officers together with up to two representatives from each section of the Association shall comprise the Association Executive Committee. A quorum of the Executive Committee shall consist of at least 60% of the Executive Officers. All Officers elected by the AGM shall be ex-officio members of all committees and sub-committees appointed within the Association. In addition any member of the Association elected to Executive Office in the European or World Federations shall be ex-officio members of all Association committees related to his/her office. All ex-officio members of all committees and sub-committees shall be entitled to vote. |
| 8. Committees |
| Section Committees shall be established within the Association to administer for the individual needs of the racing interests with the Association. Each of the section committees shall comprise of a Chairman and Secretary for Executive Office and such other committee members as a sectional conferences shall decide. The title of each section shall be decided by its officers. |
| 9. Powers of the Committee |
| The Executive Committee shall manage all concerns of the Association, upholding the Associations Constitution, and shall have powers to settle all points of interpretation of Association rules, providing such powers shall not overrule a resolution of the AGM. A sectional committee shall manage all the concerns of the racing interests for which it was established, with powers to settle all points of interpretation of section rules, provided such power shall not overrule a resolution of a section conference or AGM. A section committee quorum shall be decided by that Section Committee. |
| The Executive Committee and any Section Committee shall have powers to establish sub-committees to manage special interests or events and to co-opt members onto such sub-committees. Any committee may, from time, fill any vacancy in its number which may arise, for the remaining period of office. In case the conduct of any member, in or out of Association events, shall in the opinion of the Executive Committee be injurious to the character or interest of the Association, the Executive Committee shall request such member to attend before them to justify his/her conduct. The Committee, after hearing such member, or in the event of such member neglecting to attend before them, shall have the power to expel such member or call upon them to resign and shall there upon cease to be a member of the Association. In every case of expulsion or required resignation of a member, the decision shall be final, and the excluded member shall have no remedy against the Association or the Committee, or any right of appeal. A minimum of a two-thirds majority of all members of the Executive Committee shall be necessary to order an expulsion. |
| 10. Voting |
| Proposals for change of the Association Constitution or Constitution rules shall require a two-thirds majority at an AGM, conference, postal or proxy vote respectively. All elections of officers shall be decided by a straight vote of those present unless any other of the voting mechanisms are employed. |
| 11. Finance |
| All matters relating to the spending of Association funds shall be referred through the Treasurer to the Executive Committee. The Treasurer shall make an annual financial statement to the AGM offering all relevant documents for inspection at the meeting. At each AGM an Auditor shall be appointed to hold office for one year. In the event that an auditor is not satisfied with the financial affairs of the Association he/she shall require the Secretary to convene an Executive Committee meeting within 21 days. |
| 12. Financial Year |
| 01 October to 30 September. |
| 13. Annual General Meeting (AGM) |
| The AGM shall be held as soon as possible after the end of the financial year as is practical and in any event not later than the month of February following. No BRCA Sanctioned events may take place on the day of the AGM. The following business shall be transacted at the AGM:- |
| 1) Reports on the general working of the Association and its sections. |
| 2) Representation of the Association accounts. |
| 3) Election of Officers and Auditor. |
| 4) Review and agreement of the annual membership fee. |
| 5) Discussion of any other business of which due notice has been given. |
| 6) Arrange a provisional date for the next AGM, which shall in any event be held within thirty days of the provisional date. |
| 14. Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) |
| An EGM may be called at any time if the Executive Committee so decide. The Secretary shall also call a meeting on receiving written request to that effect, signed by no less than 10% of the membership. Such a general meeting shall take place within 28 days of the written request being received and all members shall receive 14 days notice of the meeting, but without the necessity for detailing any further particulars. A resolution of an EGM shall not be valid unless 10% of the membership is present and not unless the resolution is passed by at least two-thirds of the members voting. |
| 15. Minutes of Meeting |
| Minutes of an AGM , EGM or Annual Conference shall be published as soon as convenient thereafter and in any case before the next similar meeting. |
| Minutes of committee meetings shall be available to all committee members, including ex-officio members, before the next similar meeting. Copies of all minutes shall be kept indefinitely by the appropriate officer. |
| 16. Deficiency of Funds |
| In the event of insolvency, the deficit shall be made good by an equal payment from each member or in such a manner as an AGM or EGM shall decide. |
| 17. Members Addresses |
| Each members address shall be recorded in the Associations records and shall be deemed to be correct unless the Membership Secretary be notified in writing of an alteration of change of said member. |
| 18. Constitution Rules |
| A copy of the Constitution shall be forwarded to each member on joining and thereafter annually in an Association Handbook. These rules so presented shall be binding on every member. No member shall be absolved from the effect of these rules on allegation of having not received them. |
| 19. Interpretation of Rules |
| The Executive Committee shall be the sole authority for the interpretation of these rules and the decision of the Committee upon question of interpretation , or upon any other matter affecting the Association not provided for by these rules, shall be final and binding on the members. |
| 20. Alteration of Constitution |
| The Constitution defines the rules for the government of the Association. All alterations or additions in the Constitution may only be adopted by resolution at an AGM or EGM convened according to the Constitution. Such resolution must receive a two-thirds majority voting. |
| 21. Dissolution of Association |
| If, at any general meeting, a resolution for the dissolution of the Association be passed by a two-thirds majority of the membership present, and such resolution be confirmed at an EGM, held not less than one month thereafter, at which not less than half the members are present, by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Committee shall thereupon or at such date as shall be specified in the resolution, proceed to dissolve the Association. The Committee shall proceed to realise the property of the Association, and after discharge of all liabilities, shall divide the same amongst all members according to the proportions decided at the EGM. Upon completion of such division the Association shall be dissolved. |
| 22. Obligation of Members |
| a) To uphold the Constitution of the Association. |
| b) Affiliated clubs must keep the Association informed of the names and addresses and interests of all their members (stating if they are Association members in any other capacity than club affiliated members) and in addition the Association must be informed immediately of any additions, deletions or changes in their membership. The affiliated clubs must advise the Association of the name and address of the club official who is responsible for the communication of the above information. |
| 23. Awards/Prizes at BRCA Sanctioned Events |
| a) Unless the Executive Committee has first given its express permission in writing, no trophy, award or prize of any kind may be given which has and intrinsic value greater than £20.00 UK Sterling. |
| b) Under no circumstances are cash prizes to be awarded. |
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