Update on EGM (Monday 23^rd Jan)

Good Evening,

As members were notified on January 6^th, the club is holding an EGM on Monday 23^rd January at 20.00.

The order of business is as follows:

Resolution 1. A proposed new structure and associated amendments to the club rules.

Resolution 2. Nominations for new roles created within the proposed new structure.

• Vice Chair
• Finance Lead
• Senior Cricket Lead
• Bar & Social Lead
• Grounds & Facilities Lead
• Club Secretary & Media Lead (Single Role)

Resolution 3. Nominations for Vice Captaincy Positions.

• 1st XI Vice Captain
• 2nd XI Vice Captain
• 3rd XI Vice Captain

The nominations period for the roles identified above was open until 20:00 on Monday 16^th January. Following that, below are the nominations received for the vacant roles:

Resolution 2. Nominations for new roles created within the proposed new structure.

1. Vice Chair: Stefan Fielding
2. Finance Lead: Mark Hannon
3. Senior Cricket Lead: James Dadge
4. Bar & Social Lead: Alistair Mellor | Mitchell Wood
5. Grounds & Facilities Lead: Ted Shaw
6. Club Secretary & Media Lead (Single Role): Adam Fitton

Resolution 3. Nominations for Vice Captaincy Positions.

1. 1st XI Vice Captain: Daniel Brightmore
2. 2nd XI Vice Captain: Ayrton Fielding
3. 3rd XI Vice Captain: Mathew Harrop | William Davis | Bailey Russell

Eligibility

Resolutions 1 & 2 - All current members and Life Members, are eligible to vote. 

Resolution 3 - Existing senior playing members who have played senior cricket in the 2022 season, General Committee Members and Life Members are eligible to vote.

For all voting and to stand for a role, no membership payments must be outstanding.

Junior Members (anyone aged 17 and under) are not eligible to vote.

Members standing for a role, are eligible to vote for that role.

Multiple nominees

Should multiple people stand for any of the roles, the chair will speak to all parties prior to the meeting. Should it be needed, there shall be a secret ballot. Ballot papers will be issued, asking for the choice of nominee as well as the name of the member. Only the Chair and anyone required to support the counting process will be privy to these ballot papers.

In instances where three nominations have been received, there will be two rounds of voting:

Round 1 will be used to eliminate the candidate with the least number of votes

Round 2 will be used to cast deciding votes on the final two remaining candidate

Quorate and Quorums

No resolution passed at an EGM shall be valid unless 15 members shall be present when the vote is taken. Should there be less than 15 members present, the EGM will be cancelled.

Resolution 1 - To succeed, this resolution shall be passed by at least two thirds of the members present.

Resolutions 2 & 3 - As these are official position votes, the successful candidate does not need to secure two thirds of the votes cast. In a two person vote, they need a simple majority.

As outlined previously, if there are 3 nominated candidates then there will be a 2 round voting system in place, with a simple majority required by the winner in Round 2.

Proxy Voting

Sadly, there is no recourse in the club rules to allow for proxy voting. Only members in the room are eligible to vote.

Regards,

Michael

Michael Beech
Chair
Mottram CC