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In view of the admission of girls to the Sixth Form in September 2010, it is proposed that the Old King's Club Rules be amended accordingly. These amended Rules will be proposed for approval at the AGM in January 2010. The changes mainly involve the substitution of 'former pupils' for 'Old Boys' and adding '/she' or '/her' after 'he' and 'his'. JDE Hamilton, Honorary Secretary CLUB RULES NAME, TITLE, COLOURS AND OBJECTS
1. The Club shall be called the “OLD KING’S CLUB”. 2. The Colours of the Club shall be Blue, Red and Old Gold. 3. The objects of the Club shall be to promote united action amongst former
pupils of King’s College School for the good of the School; to promote social
and friendly communication amongst former pupils of King’s College School;
to organise and support, financially and otherwise, sporting and other activities
amongst former pupils; the foundation and creation of prizes and scholarships
for the benefit of the pupils of King’s College School; and generally to further
any scheme for advancing the honour or well-being of the School and its past
and present members.
MANAGEMENT
4. The general management of the affairs of the Club and its finances and the
election of Members shall be entrusted to the direction of, and be under the
control of, a Committee whose members shall be:
a) the Officers (President, Secretary and Treasurer) all ex officio.
The President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Club shall be elected at an
Annual General Meeting and shall be eligible for re-election annually.
b) 12 elected members.
c) one representative from each accredited activity of the Club.
d) Vice-Presidents of the Club included as members under Rule 8 or Rule 11
e) any of the Trustees of the Invested Funds who are not already a member of
the Committee in another capacity.
f) any of the Trustees of the Old King’s Club Clubhouse who ARE not
already a member of the Committee in another capacity.
g) the Chairman of the Management Board of the Old King’s Club
Benevolent Fund if he/she is not already a member of the Committee in
another capacity.
ELECTED MEMBERS
5. The name of every candidate for election to the Committee as an elected
member, other than a candidate proposed by the Committee, together with the
names of his/her proposer and seconder, must be sent to the Secretary at least
ten days before the date of the Annual General Meeting of the Club.
6. Each elected member shall serve for a three year term following his/her
election but shall be eligible for re-election for a further three year term at an
Annual General Meeting of the Club.
7. a) If an elected member of the Committee shall be absent from Committee
meetings without good reason on three consecutive occasions, he/she may
be deemed to have resigned from the Committee.
b) In the event of a vacancy appearing on the Committee by virtue of an
elected member ceasing to be an elected member (for whatever reason) the
Committee may appoint a Member of the Club to fill such vacancy.
ACCREDITED ACTIVITIES
8. An accredited activity of the Club is such activity as may from time to time be
so designated by the Club. Its representative on the Committee shall be a
person nominated for the purpose by notice in writing to the Secretary from or
on behalf of the governing body of such accredited activity. A Vice-President
of the Club can be so nominated and any Vice-President who is so nominated
with his/her agreement shall be included as a member of the Committee for so
long as he/she remains such nominated representative. If the nominated
representative is or becomes a member of the Committee in any other capacity
it shall not be necessary for that governing body to nominate an additional
representative.
VICE-PRESIDENTS AND THE COMMITTEE
9. All Vice-Presidents of the Club who are not already members oif the Committee
in other capacities under Rule 8 or Rule 11(c) are entitled to attend and will be welcome
at Committee meetings to give advice and assistance, but shall not be members of the
Committee.
CONDUCT OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS
10. a) The Committee shall meet from time to time as they shall deem necessary
but not less than three times per annum. The Committee shall also meet
upon the request of four members of the Committee sent to the Secretary
of the Club. Seven days’ notice of all Committee meetings shall be sent
to all committee members at their last known addresses.
b) Six members shall form a quorum at meetings of the Committee.
c) The Committee shall elect a Chairman who shall take the Chair at all
meetings of the Committee at which he/she is present. In his/her absence
the Committee shall elect a Chairman in his/her place.
d) All members of the Committee shall be entitled to vote at meetings of the
Committee. The Chairman shall have a casting vote at all Committee
meetings in addition to his/her own.
SUB-COMMITTEES
11. a) The Committee may appoint Sub-Committees and Chairmen thereof to
carry out specific tasks.
b) All members of the Committee shall be entitled (but not obliged) to serve
on a Sub-Committee.
c) The Committee shall be entitled to appoint as the Chairman of a Sub-
Committee any Committee member or any Vice-President of the Club.
Any such Vice-President who is so appointed with his/her agreement shall,
if necessary, be included as a member of the Committee in his/her capacity
as a Vice-President for so long as he/she remains Chairman of that Sub-
Committee.
d) At the first meeting after the Annual General Meeting (and at other
meetings whenever necessary) the Committee shall review and agree the
composition and Chairmanship of Sub-Committees, except that when a
particular Member of the Club is nominated in his/her absence to be a
member or Chairman of a Club-Committee his/her appointment shall be
subject to his/her prior or subsequent consent.
e) A Sub-Committee Chairman may, with the agreement of the Club
Committee, co-opt any member of the Club to serve on the Sub-
Committee of which he/she is Chairman.
SECRETARY’S DUTIES
12. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to ensure that proper minutes of all
proceedings and other records of the Club are kept, to send out all notices
required by these rules, and to keep the Members informed of all occasions of
special interest to former pupils.
13. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to ensure that a register of the Members’
names and addresses is kept, and every Member shall communicate any
change of address to the Secretary. All notices delivered or sent by post to a
Member’s last registered address shall be deemed to have been duly given.
TREASURER’S DUTIES
14. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive, place to the credit of the Club’s
banking accounts and disburse all monies on behalf of the Club, and prepare
an annual Statement of the Club’s Accounts, such Accounts to be audited by
two Members of the Club appointed for that purpose at the previous Annual
General Meeting and not being members of the Committee.
15. All money belonging to the Club shall be under the control of the Treasurer,
who shall keep accounts in the name of the Club at the National Westminster
Bank plc.Wimbledon Common Branch, or at such other Bank or Branch as the
Committee may from time to time determine. The Treasurer may also
deposit funds in a building society account approved by the Committee.
Cheques shall be signed by the Treasurer and any one of the following,
namely: The President, the Secretary or such other person or persons as the
Committee shall from time to time decide.
16. The Treasurer and Secretary shall be reimbursed any expenses incurred in the
discharge of their offices.
INVESTED FUNDS AND THE TRUSTEES
17. The Committee may upon recommendation from the Treasurer for the time
being authorise the Treasurer to arrange for the investment (other than in bank
accounts or building society accounts as previously authorised under rule 15)
of all or part of the Club funds.
Such authorised funds shall be vested in the names of three Trustees, who
shall be appointed by the Committee, and shall be dealt with by the Trustees
as the Committee may from time to time direct having first received the advice
of the Treasurer and the Trustees. The Trustees shall be indemnified against
risk and expense out of the Club funds. The Trustees shall hold office until
death or resignation or until removal from office by the Committee. Where
by reason of such death, resignation or removal it is necessary that a new
Trustee or Trustees be appointed, the Committee shall nominate the person or
persons to be appointed the new Trustee or Trustees. For the purpose of
giving effect to such nomination the Chairman and the Treasurer for the time
being are hereby nominated as the persons to appoint new Trustees of the Club
within the meaning of Section 36 of the Trustee Act 1925 and they shall duly
appoint the person or persons so nominated by the Committee.
MEMBERSHIP AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
18. a) All former pupils of King’s College School shall be eligible for
Membership and shall be entitled to become Members upon election by
the Committee and payment of the subscription or such other payment as
the Committee may from time to time determine.
b) The subscription rates for Life and Annual membership shall be
determined by the Committee and confirmed at the Annual General
Meeting to take effect by the following academic year.
Instalment payments for Life membership for pupils at the School shall be
approved by the Head Master.
c) The Committee shall determine the rate of Life subscription to be paid by
any former pupils of the School who did not become a Life Member
immediately upon leaving the School.
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
19. a) The Committee shall have power to nominate as an Honorary Life Member
of the Club any person who in the opinion of the Committee has rendered
outstanding service to King’s College School or to the Club.
b) The Committee shall have power to nominate as an Honorary Member of
the Club any member of the staff of King’s College School, and any other
person who in the opinion of the Committee is rendering conspicuous
service to King’s College School or to the Club.
c) Honorary Life Members of the Club shall be elected at an Annual General
Meeting of the Club.
d) Honorary Members of the Club shall be elected annually at the Annual
General Meeting of the Club.
e) Any person elected either as an Honorary Life Member or as an Honorary
Member of the Club shall not be called upon to pay any subscription but
shall in all other respects be deemed to be a Member of the Club and abide
by the Rules.
RESIGNATION OF MEMBERS
20. A Member may at any time, by giving notice in writing to the Secretary,
resign his/her membership of the Club but any such Member wishing to rejoin
may, at the discretion of the Committee, be re-admitted to membership.
EXPULSION OF MEMBERS
21. The Committee may recommend the removal of the name of any Member
whose conduct they may deem injurious to the Club and the Secretary shall
forthwith give such Member written notice thereof. Such removal is subject
to confirmation at the Annual General Meeting or at a Special General
Meeting convened for that purpose and the Member in question shall have the
right to be heard both at Committee and at the Meeting.
22. Any Member who shall cease to belong to the Club for any reason shall have
no claim upon the funds or property of the Club.
VICE-PRESIDENTS
23. A Member of the Club who has rendered outstanding service to the Club or to
the School may be honoured by being elected a Vice-President of the Club.
Such election will be by Members at an Annual General Meeting of the Club.
An outgoing President shall be automatically appointed a Past President, with
all the rights and obligations of a Vice-President.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
24. A General Meeting of the Club shall be held in every year at such time as the
Committee shall decide. The Chairman shall be the President or, in his/her
absence, a Chairman elected by the Meeting, having in either case a casting
vote in addition to his/her own. The following business shall be transacted:
a) To receive the Secretary’s Report:
b) To receive and approve the Statement of the Club’s Accounts to the end of
the preceding financial year and the Report of the Auditors:
c) To elect the Officers and other members of the Committee
d) To elect Honorary Life Members and Honorary Members
e) To elect two Auditors:
f) To decide on any resolution which may be duly submitted to the Meeting as
hereinafter provided.
NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
25. Notice of the Annual General Meeting shall be sent to the Members not less
than twenty-eight days before the date of the Meeting together with an Agenda
specifying the matters to be dealt with.
RESOLUTIONS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
26. Any Member desirous of moving any resolution at an Annual General
Meeting shall give notice thereof in writing to the Secretary not less than sixty
days before the date of such Meeting.
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
27. The President or the Committee may summon a Special General Meeting as
occasion may require, on sending to all Members fourteen days’ notice
thereof, specifying the resolutions intended to be moved, and the business at
such Meeting must be confined to such resolutions. A Special General
Meeting shall also be summoned on receipt by the Secretary of a written
request signed by not less than twenty-five Members of the Club. The
President as Chairman or, in his/her absence, a Chairman elected in his/her
place by the Meeting, shall have a casting vote in addition to his/her own.
CLUB DINNER
28. All members of the Club are entitled to attend the Club Dinner which shall be
held not less than once in every three years on such a day as may be fixed by
the Committee.
RIGHT TO WEAR CLUB COLOURS
29. Membership of the Club shall confer the right to wear the Club’s Colours.
DISSOLUTION
30. In the event of the dissolution of the Club, the property of the Club, after
discharging all the liabilities of the Club, shall be applied in such manner as
the Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting shall determine.
AMENDMENT OF THE RULES
31. No alteration shall be made in these Rules except with the approval of at least
two-thirds of those present and voting at an Annual General Meeting or at a
Special General Meeting duly convened for that purpose under Rule 27, at
either of which Meetings at least twenty-one members must be present. In the
case of any alteration proposed to be made at an Annual General Meeting
written notice of such proposal must be sent to the Secretary before the
previous 31st day of October.
SUBMISSION OF MEMBERS TO RULES
32. Every Member of the Club shall be deemed to have notice of and be bound by
these Rules and any alterations thereof duly approved at an Annual General
Meeting or Special General Meeting.
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President: Cavan Taylor
Christopher Luscombe (OK 1982) is the director of the latest production of
The Rocky Horror Show. After reading English at Cambridge Chris began his career
as an actor, spending seven years with the RSC. He moved on from acting to
become
a director and has directed a raft of West End and other productions. Below
is an excerpt from the press release for his production of The Rocky Horror
Show.