Club Meetings
General requirements
The Arsenal Supporters’ Club (the “Club”) must:
· consist of at least 50 members (not to be poached from any existing Arsenal Supporters’ Club);
· have a Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer;
· be at least 50 miles away from any other Arsenal Supporters’ Club (other than in exceptional circumstances, to be determined at Arsenal’s absolute discretion);
Club Structure
· The Club should have a Committee comprising at least the Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer. These positions must be nominated by the Club members prior to the Club’s application to be recognised by The Arsenal Football Club Plc (“Arsenal”).
· The Club will need to submit to Arsenal two personal character references for each of the members who will be filling these 3 key positions. The references should be:
o provided by an employer or a professional person of good standing in the community;
o be in the form of a signed letter (faxed or email copies of the letter, or letters with a scanned signature will not be accepted); and
o include the contact details of the person giving the reference.
· All Committee positions must be honorary (i.e. unpaid) and committee members must submit themselves for re-election at least every 2 years.
Club Meetings
· The Club must hold at least 3 Committee meetings per season, the dates of which should be notified to the Supporters’ Liaison Officer at Arsenal. Notes of the Committee Meetings should be available for inspection by Arsenal upon request.
· The Club should hold an Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) every year, to which all Club members must be invited. The Club must give Arsenal at least 21 days’ notice of when the AGM will be held. Minutes of the AGM should be submitted to Arsenal within 6 weeks.
· Arsenal reserve the right to send a representative to any meeting.