1. NAME
The forum
shall
be called, the
Brighton Sudanese
Taxi Drivers
Forum.
2. PURPOSES.
· To communicate
our values
into every
situation
with which we are
involved
and to be able
to put forward our
point of views.
· To
believe that
lives of the Sudanese
taxi drivers and
other black
and minority
ethnic
taxi drivers can be changed for
the better
· To strengthen
the relationship
between drivers
and brake
the barriers.
· To
integrate as
British citizens from
different ethnic backgrounds
· To
empower
individual
taxi drivers
to change
their own communities for the
better through gaining
the opportunity of voicing their view in a
practical way
3. MEMBERSHIP
· Membership
of the forum shall
be open to
such taxi
driver persons
who profess and agree to our core values, purpose and vision.
· Membership can be
determined in
according
with the rules and
the regulations
of the forum
4. MANAGING
TEAM
Managing
team should
have 6 members
formed of a chairman,
an accountant,
a secretary
and 3 other members who
would run the
daily forum
business
5. THE CHAIRMAN
The managing
team members must
elect one of
their members to
be chairman of their meetings
and shall determine
the period for which
the person so
elected is to
continue as
chairman.
6.
POWER AND
RESPONSIBLITY
The managing team has
the power to deal
with the following issues within the
forum whenever
it is possible and
is needed.
1. staff and volunteers.
2. property.
3. borrowing.
4. grants and
loans
5. fund
raising.
6. publicity
7. bank
or building
society accounts
8. investments
9. insurance.
7. OTHER
ORGANISATIONS
· When exercising
any power
in administering or managing
the forum each
of the managing
team members must
use the level
of care and skill that
is reasonable
in the circumstances, taking into account any special
knowledge or experience that
he/she
has or claims to
have (the
duty of care).
· A
managing team
member must absent
himself/herself
from any discussions of
the managing team in
which a
conflict will
or may arise
between his/her
duty to act
solely in the
interests of the
forum and any personal
interest
8.
TERMINATION OF
MANAGING TEAM
A managing
team member will cease
to be a managing
team member
if he or she:
· is
disqualified according
to the rules and
regulations
of the forum
· becomes
incapable
by reason of
mental
disorder, illness
or injury
· is absent without
the permission of
the managing
team members
from all of
their meetings
held with a period
of 3 consecutive
months
· gives not
less than 1 months notice
in writing of
his or her
intention to
resign.
9.
FORUM OF
GENERAL MEETINGS
· There
shall be an
annual general meeting of the forum in
October each year, The managing
team shall
present to
the annual general meeting
their report and
the accounts
of the forum for
the preceding year.
· The
election or appointment
of the forum
officers
shall take
place at
the forum general
meetings
· The
notice of
each general meeting
must be given to
the members of the forum
at least 21
days before the meeting.
· The exceptional
general meeting
shall take
place by request
of 20 members of the forum
10. AMENDMENT
OF THE RULES AND REGULA
TIONS
Any amendment
must be made
under the
authority
of a resolution
passed at a meeting of the members
of the forum
of which not
less than 21
days notice
has been given. .The
notice of the meeting
must include notice
of amendment and must
be approved
by a least 75% of
the members
of the forum
present
