\noindent
\textit{
The Constitution of Dublin University Rifle Club as passed  
by the members of the Club at The Annual General Meeting   
on the Ninth day of May, Two Thousand and One.
}

\section{Article 1}
{\bf \tt Article 1} \\
The titles, headings and marginal notes in this document    
are for the purpose of explaination only, and do not form   
part of this Constitution.                                  

\addsec{Object and Structure of Club}

\section{Article 2}
{\bf \tt Article 2} \\
The Club shall be called ``Dublin University Rifle Club''     
with its headquarters at The Range, Trinity College Dublin. 

\section{Article 3}
{\bf \tt Article 3} \\
The object of the Club shall be to instil an abiding        
interest in marksmanship among its members.                 

\section{Article 4}
{\bf \tt Article 4} \\
The Club shall be affiliated to, or associated with, such   
organisations as the Committee may specify.                 

\section{Article 5}
{\bf \tt Article 5} \\
The Club shall consist of 
\begin{itemize}
	\item a President
	\begin{changebar}
	\item any number of vice-Presidents, subject to Article 6
	\end{changebar}
	\item a Captain
	\item a Secretary
	\item a Treasurer
	\item up to five Ordinary Members of Committee
	\item up to twenty Range Officers and
	\item the Ordinary Members
\end{itemize}


\section{Article 6}
{\bf \tt Article 6} \\
The posts of President and vice-President shall be filled   
at the invitation of the Committee.                         

\section{Article 7}
{\bf \tt Article 7} \\
The Committee shall consist of the Captain, the Secretary,  
the Treasurer (referred to collectively as ``the Club        
Officers'') together with the Ordinary Members of Committee. 

\section{Article 8}
{\bf \tt Article 8.1} \\
The Committee shall meet at least once a week during Arts
Lecture Term, and as often as possible outside term.

{\bf \tt Article 8.2} \\
The quorum for a Committee meeting shall be four, two of whom
must be Club Officers.

{\bf \tt Article 8.3} \\
The Committee shall be chaired by the Captain, or in the
absence of the Captain another Club Officer.

\section{Article 9} 
The Club Officers, in addition to any other duties specified 
in the Constitution, shall
\begin{itemize}
    \item Constitute the Selection Committee which shall 
	pick all teams to represent the Club and
    \item where the need arises shall interpret this 
	Constitution by a majority decision.
\end{itemize}

\section{Article 10}
{\bf \tt Article 10a} \\
The Committee shall be responsible for the day-to-day       
running of the Club and shall, subject to the provisions of 
this Constitution take such actions and effect such rules,  
regulations, or other instruments as it may deem necessary  
to realise the object of the Club.                          

{\bf \tt Article 10b} \\
Any question put to a committee meeting shall be decided by 
a simple majority of the members present, subject to the    
provision that, whereas each other member of the Committee  
shall have one vote, the Captain shall have one and a half  
votes.                                                      

\section{Article 11}
{\bf \tt Article 11} \\
It is the duty of the Committee 
\begin{enumerate}
	\item to realise the object of the Club
	\item to act, if called upon to do so, as the Disciplinary
	Committee
	\item to appoint Range Officers, and supervise them through
	the Chief Range Officer, who shall be a member of the
	Committee
	\item to regulate and supervise the opening of the Range to
	members
	\item to regulate and supervise the purchase and use by the
	Club of ammunition and equipment
	\item to fill, by co-option, any vacancies as may occur in  
	the Committee between Annual General Meetings and           
	\item to legislate upon any point not provided for in this
	Constitution
\end{enumerate}

\section{Article 12}
{\bf \tt Article 12} \\
It is the duty of the Captain to supervise the management of the Club, to
act as chairman of the Selection Committee and to promote the object of
the Club at all levels, in addition to duties outlined elsewhere in this
Constitution.

\section{Article 13}
{\bf \tt Article 13} \\
It is the duty of the Secretary to attend promptly to       
all correspondence of the Club, insofar as particular       
correspondence is not espressly the province of another     
member of Committee. It is also his duty                    
\begin{enumerate}
	\item to report to the Committee all Club correspondence   
	transmitted and received by him.                           
	\item to record the proceedings of Committee and General
	Meetings and
	\item to preserve in an easily retrievable fashion all
	important Club documents.
\end{enumerate}

\section{Article 14}
{\bf \tt Article 14} \\
It is the duty of the Treasurer
\begin{enumerate}
	\item to attend promptly to all matters relating to the
	Club's finances and
	\item to report to the Committee, and at the Annual        
	General Meeting to the Club, details of all monies         
	received or transmitted by the Club.                       
\end{enumerate}

\section{Article 15}
{\bf \tt Article 15.1} \\
It is the duty of the Range Officers to instruct and
supervise members in the Range. The Range Officers must
comply with the directions of the Committee and the Chief
Range Officer as regards safety and security in the Range,
and the operation of the Range.

{\bf \tt Article 15.2} \\
The Range Officers have the power to refuse access to       
the Range to any person, whether member or not, who they    
believe presents athreat to safety or security; they may    
eject from the Range any person who behaves in an unseemly  
or dangerous manner.                                        

{\bf \tt Article 15.3} \\
Upon taking such action as provided for in paragraph ``b'' of
this Article, a Range Officer shall, without further delay,
report the matter to the Captain or Chief Range Officer, 
who shall in turn report the matter to the General Services 
Officer, and if necessary to the public authorities. 

\section{Article 16}
{\bf \tt Article 16} \\
The Captain and the Chief Range Officer shall, within one
month of the beginning of Michaelmas Term in the year of
their election to Committeem make themselves personally
known to the following individuals:
\begin{enumerate}
	\item the Agent
	\item the General Services Officer
	\item the Superintendent, or the officer in charge of 
	the firearms section, B district, Garda Siochana, 
	Dublin Metropolitan Area.  
\end{enumerate}

\section{Article 17}
{\bf \tt Article 17} \\
The Club Officers, and the Chief Range Officer, shall
each have the power to take actions appropriate to their
particular province of administration, without reference to
the Committee, provided that
\begin{enumerate}
	\item
\subsection{}
	such actions are not contrary to the provisions of
	this Constitution; and 
	\item
\subsection{}
	such actions are patently in the interests of the 
	Club, and 
	\item 
\subsection{}
	such actions are reported to the Committee within 
	one week of their commission.
\end{enumerate}

\section{Article 18}
{\bf \tt Article 18.1} \\
The Annual General Meeting shall be held in Trinity Term, at least seven
days notice being given to the members; the following business shall be
transacted:

\begin{enumerate}
\item Acceptance of the minutes of the previous AGM
\item Election of Committee
\item Captain's Report
\item Treasurer's Report
\item Other Committee Reports
\item Amendments of the Constitution and other rules of the Club
\item Any Other Business
\end{enumerate}

{\bf \tt Article 18.2} \\
Questions and motions put to an Annual General Meeting, or
any other General Meeting of the Club, shall be decided
by a simple majority of the members present


{\bf \tt Article 18.3} \\
If a motion put to a General Meeting, either Special or Annual,
is a motion to amend the Constitution or Rules of the Club,
such a motion shall not be debated or considered unless:

\begin{enumerate}
\item
The motion has been duly proposed, seconded in writing, and
has been given to the Secretary at least seven full days
prior to the meeting; and,
\item
The motion has been duly posted on the
notice board for the seven days immediately prior to the
meeting;
\end{enumerate}

{\bf \tt Article 18.4} \\
Notwithstanding Article 18b of this Constitution, a motion
to amend the Constitution or rules of the Club must be approved by three
quarters of the members present at a General Meeting.


\section{Article 19}
{\bf \tt Article 19.1} \\
Should the conduct of any member, in any premises occupied
by the Club, or
elsewhere be likely to bring the Club into disrepute it is
the duty of the Captain, or failing him the Secretary, to
convene a Special Committee Meeting which shall serve as
a Disciplinary Committee Meeting. The member in question
must be present to present his case; 
failure on his part to be present without good reason shall
be sufficent grounds for his immediate expulsion from the
Club.
The member in question shall be given at least seven days'
notice of such a meeting, On hearing the full facts of the
case, the Committee shall pass one of the following motions:
\begin{enumerate}
	\item Total absolution from all blame on the part of the member
	\item Slight criticism of his conduct
	\item Severe criticism of his conduct
	\item His suspension from the Club for not longer than the
		remainder of the University Year
	\item His immediate expulsion from the Club
\end{enumerate}

{\bf \tt Article 19.2} \\
In paragraph a of this Article, the phrase                  
\textit{"conduct{\dots}likely to bring the Club into         
disrepute"} shall particularly,\begin{changebar}~but not    
exclusively,\end{changebar} refer to conduct likely to      
endanger the safety of others, or conduct contrary to the   
provisions of the Firearms Acts.                            

\item{\bf \tt Article 19.3} \\
\subsection{}
The member shall have the right of appeal to a Special      
General Meeting of the Club, convened solely for the        
purpose of hearing such an appeal.                          

\section{Article 20}
\item{\bf \tt Article 20.1} \\
Upon requisition in writing, duly setting out the purpose,  
signed by twelve members and delivered to the Secretary,    
the committee shall, within fourteen days, convene a        
Special General Meeting of the Club, at least seven         
days notice being given to the members\begin{changebar}, in accordance
with Article 21 of this Constitution.\end{changebar} Upon such          
requisition being duly served and not complied with, the    
requisitionists may themselves convene a Special General    
Meeting of the Club by giving seven days' notice to the     
members, duly setting out the purpose. Any resolution       
passed at such a meeting shall have the same effect as      
if they were passed at a General Meeting convened by the    
Committee.                                                  

{\bf \tt Article 20.2} \\
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph "a" of this     
Article, no General Meeting of the Club, of whatever        
sort, shall take place between the months of June           
and September, inclusive.   

\section{Article 21}
{\bf \tt Article 21} \\
Where in this Constitution it is stipulated that notice must
be given for a general meeting, such notice:
\begin{enumerate}
    \item must be posted during Arts Lecture Term and
    \item must be posted on the Club notice board
\end{enumerate}

\section{Article 22}
{\bf \tt Article 22} \\
In this Constitution, and in any rules or regulations of    
the Club's making terms in the masculine gender are to be   
understood as applying to either sex.                       

\section{Article 22}
{\bf \tt Article 22} \\
This Constitution revokes and repeals any previous          
Constitutions of the Club.                                  


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\textit{D.U.R.C. Committee, 2000}
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