1.
Name
The name of this organization shall be The Ontario Soccer
Referees’ Association – London Branch, herein after referred as “The
Association”.
2.
Objectives
a)
To
improve the status, education and general development of referees in order to
ensure that, all games are played in accordance with the Laws of the Game and
the rules of any competition that is properly affiliated to soccer’s governing
body.
b)
To
protect the interests, the well-being and welfare of the members.
c)
To
abide by the Constitution of The Ontario Soccer Association.
3.
Headquarters
The headquarters of the Association shall be located at the
residence of the Secretary.
4.
Membership
Membership shall be open to the following:
a)
All
who are properly registered as referees with The Ontario Soccer Association.
b)
Those
who have ceased to officiate, and who shall be known as Associate Members.
c)
Life
Member – A member who has been nominated the votes of 75% of the members at the
Annual General Meeting.
5.
Membership Fees
The annual membership fee will be set at The Annual General
Meeting.
a)
Honorary
Life Members shall not pay membership fees.
6.
Officers
The officers shall be the President, Vice-President,
Secretary, Treasurer, and one Council Members who will serve for a 2 year term,
being elected in the following manner.
a) The
President, Secretary, and one Council Members in odd numbered years.
b) The
Vice-President and Treasurer in even numbered years.
To be eligible for election the candidate must be a member
in good standing (4) (e) and be nominated at the Annual General Meeting. The voting shall be by secret ballot at which
time the candidate for office must receive a majority of the votes cast by the
members present.
A member may be nominated for office when absent, providing
that the member has notified the Secretary in writing at least 14 days prior to
the Annual General Meeting of a willingness to stand.
Should a position (other than that of President) on the
Executive Council becomes vacant it shall be field by a member in good
standing, appointed by the Executive Council.
7.
Duties of Officers
The President shall preside at all meetings attended, and
decide on all questions of order and announce the results of any voting, except
during the election of officers, wherein a pro-tem chairman will be appointed
for that section of the meeting. While
in the chair the President shall neither move nor second any proposal or
amendment, nor vote unless there be a tie, when the President shall exercise a
casting vote.
The President shall be the spokesperson for the Association
and shall ensure that all other officers perform their respective duties and
that all rules are enforced.
The Vice-President shall assist the president in the
discharge of all presidential duties and, in the absence of President, take
over the President’s duties.
Should the office of President become vacant, the
Vice-President shall assume the position until the next Annual General Meeting.
The Secretary shall keep a true record of all meetings of
the Executive Council and General Meetings of the Association. All correspondence relating to the
Association and the issuing notices of meetings to all members shall be the
responsibility of the Secretary.
The Treasurer shall receive all funds. Including membership fees, giving an official
receipt for all monies received and be responsible to the Executive Council for
all funds of the Association. All
Association funds must be deposited in the name of the Association at a
recognized registered banking institute.
Accounts exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) may only be paid following
the approval of the Executive Council.
Any two of the following officers must sign cheques
issued on behalf of the Association:
Treasurer, President, Vice-President or Secretary. The Treasurer shall also prepare and present
a financial statement for the fiscal year ending September 30th annually.
8.
Executive Council
The Executive Council shall have of all Association
property. It shall conduct the business
of the Association between meetings. The
Council Member shall have such duties as prescribed by the President. The Executive Council may enlist the
assistance of other members for such special projects soccer related or not
that are deemed for the benefit of the Association. The Executive Council’s approval must be
unanimous.
Executive Council member/s shall be subject to being
expelled by the Executive Council from any Executive activities for showing
poor performance.
9.
Meetings
a) Members
shall attend all meetings of the Association.
b) Members who will be unable to attend a meeting
must advise the Secretary or the Treasurer in advance.
The Annual General Meeting shall be held within the 3rd
week of October. The Secretary shall
send notice of all General Meetings to the Membership at least 30 days prior
the date of the meeting.
A special General Meeting may be called by President or at
the written and signed request of 5 members.
The Special General Meeting must be held within 14 days of the receipt
of such request, notice being sent by the Secretary to reach the members at
least 5 days prior to the date of the meeting.
Only the business as specified in the request may be discussed at the
Special Meeting.
A minimum of 3 meetings of the Executive Council will be
held at the call of the President, or at the request of three Members of the
Executive Council.
The Order of Business for Meetings will be as follows:
Annual General
Meeting
·
Roll
Call
·
Minutes
of the previous Annual General Meeting
·
Matters
arising from those minutes
·
Correspondence
·
Presidents
Address
·
Treasurer’s
Report and Auditors’ Confirmation
·
Old
Business
·
Membership
Fees for ensuing year*
·
Recess
– Membership Fees paid
·
Amendments
to the Constitution
·
Election
of the Officers, Appointment of Auditors
·
New
Business
* ensuing year shall be known as the year immediately
following the AGM
General Meetings
• Roll Call
• Reading of
Minutes of previous meeting
• Matters arising
from those Minutes
• Treasurer’s
Report
• Correspondence
• Old Business
• New Business
Executive Council
Meetings
• Roll Calls
• Reading of
Minutes of previous meeting
• Matters arising
from Minutes
• Treasurer’s
Report
• Correspondence
• Old Business
• New Business
1.
Conduct
Members of the Association shall conduct themselves in a
manner that will bring credit to the Association and to the game as a
whole. Cases of alleged misconduct
reported to the Executive Council shall be dealt at the earliest opportunity. The Executive Council shall have the power to
reprimand or suspend from membership any member deemed to have brought the
Association into disrepute.
The procedure for any alleged misconduct shall be as
followed:
• Any such allegation/s
should be forwarded to the Association’s Secretary in writing accompanied by
all the evidences.
• The
Association’s Executive shall investigate such allegation within seven days of
receiving the allegation.
• The accused
member may appear before the Association Executive to defend the
allegation. Then based on the facts
provided to the Executive Council a decision shall be made.
• The
Executive Council shall notify the member of their decision by registered mail
within seven days from the date of their decision.
Further more, the word MISCONDUCT should not be interpreted
out of context and should only be defined as an activity that is contrary to
the referees’ Code of Ethics and the game as whole.
Rights to Appeal
A member alleged to have committed an act of misconduct has
the right to present a defence to the allegation
before any decision is rendered by the Executive Council. Appeals against any decision must be made
before the members at a General Meeting.
Should an appeal be lodged any suspension will be placed in abeyance
until the members have reached a decision.
2.
Auditors
Two members shall be appointed at the Annual General
Meeting. They will be charged with the
auditing of the Association’s accounts.
This shall be arranged at a time and place mutually agreed upon by the
Treasurer and themselves. An interim
check may be made at any time during the year.
The Auditors shall report their findings at the Annual General Meeting
or in case of an interim check, to the Executive Council. If all is correct, they shall annual
statement and balance sheet prepared by the Treasurer.
3.
Quorum
At the Annual General Meeting/General Meetings/Special
Meetings 25% of registered members in attendance for any meeting shall form a
quorum. At the Annual General Meeting
there must be quorum to conduct business; otherwise, the business is postponed
to a different time.
4.
Amendments to the Constitution
Proposed amendment/s to this constitution will not be
considered, unless written notice of proposed amendment is received by the
Secretary 30 days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
An Extraordinary Special General Meeting may be called for
this purpose, 14 days notice of such a meeting must be given to all members. A copy of the proposed amendment/s must be
sent with any meeting notice. To be
approved, an amendment must receive the majority of votes cast by the members
at the meeting.
5.
Referee of the Year Award
The Executive Council may choose a referee/s of the year,
from our members list, on an annual basis.
The criteria for a candidate shall be a member in good standing that has
during the current year of the award carried out duties that are exemplary and
bring refereeing into stead.
Roll of Honours
Honorary Life
Members:
Ernie Huytan
(1974)
Horst Ammon
(1980)
Ed Troller
(1989)
Bob Callahan (1998)
John Quinn (2000)
Peter Elefthroglou
(2004)
Peter Timmerman (2004
Manfred Sommerfield
(2004)
Joe Agnew (2005)