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PENNINE HAM
Club founding principles agreed August 2024
The club having emerged from Denby Dale amateur radio club in West Yorkshire will be known as Pennine Ham – the full name being ‘Pennines and friends amateur radio club’. Our membership will not be restricted to those living in the Pennine hills and we will actively welcome and encourage members from all over the UK, Europe, USA and the rest of the world.
We will be built around regular online meetings which will be open to all radio amateurs and those interested in our hobby.
We will hold a weekly digital net open to all
We will have a Club website, and Facebook group
We will encourage and organise portable activities where club members can be involved either through joining the activity in person or on air.
We will be forward looking embracing all that amateur radio has to offer where new technologies are having a huge impact on the hobby. We will do our best to publicise widely our activities.
We will offer FREE membership to all those who would like to show their support for what we are doing and trying to achieve. Club members will all be invited to participate in our activities as they wish. Membership will show that they sign up to these principles. Club members will be able to freely participate in our online talks, our portable operations, and our Social media platforms
The club will be organised and run by its PAID membership which will be offered at the cost of £20 per annum. The Paid membership will be invited to regular meetings where they can discuss and agree activities, agree the constitution and decide on which Club officers are needed and elect them annually. There will be no separate Club committee as the PAID membership meetings will perform the role of the Club Committee. The paid membership meetings will welcome involvement of its wider free membership through surveys to obtain views to guide the club forward. The Club will elect its officers Chair, Secretary and two more at the AGM.
We the founding members of this new club will Launch the club at an open online meeting and seek support for this initiative. We will build on the excellent work which the club from which we emerged has pioneered such as field days and online talks from radio amateurs across the world showcasing as many aspects of the hobby as we can.
The club is happy to provide support to all other amateur radio clubs and from amateurs undertaking DXpeditions or special events who would welcome our support in promoting their activities.
We will be especially delighted to provide talks to other clubs and organisations interested in hearing about our hobby and what it does
Pennine Ham Club Constitution
agreed August 2024
1. Club Name
The club shall be known as ‘Pennine Ham’ where it originated, but is open to all amateurs interested in our values. Its principles are set out in our Club statement of principles.
2. Aims
To support, promote and develop our hobby. To welcome and encourage all those interested in amateur radio to further their own knowledge and enjoyment of our hobby. We especially wish to encourage portable activity. Our club meetings will be held online enabling members wherever they live to take part and our portable club activities will be shared online whenever possible.
3. Membership
Membership will be open to all persons who support this club's values and its online platforms irrespective of gender, age, nationality or where they live.
Free membership will be offered to all those who sign our joining form. This will ensure that they receive Club newsletters and invitations to our online meetings and activities.
Paid membership is open to all those who pay the subscription determined by the Club’s Annual General Meeting . Paid membership will allow participation in a monthly business meeting which will decide the club programme and make decisions about our activities. These meetings will have minutes ( record of decisions taken) which will be published. The Club will run a regular Digital Net, a WhatsApp group and other activities as determined by its membership.
All club meetings will be held online including the AGM which will be held in October.
4. Subscriptions
The AGM held every twelve months will determine the subscription level. The subscription will be payable at the start of the clubs financial year which will start on the date of the AGM. Those who join later in the year will pay pro-rata.
From August 2024 until October 2025 the subscription fee is £20 to become a paid member. There is also an option to join as a Free member showing your support for the club and receive our invitations to activities.
Members below 25 years of age in full time education will have membership fees waived. Club officers will have discretion to waive or reduce subscriptions in special circumstances. Such decisions require approval by a members meeting but individual’s privacy will be respected.
5. Finance
The club will open a Paypal account and a bank account. Each member's meeting will receive a report from the Secretary/Treasurer of income and expenditure and accounts will be submitted to the AGM.
6. Club Officers
The Club will elect a Chair and Secretary/Treasurer at the AGM or as required during the year for whatever circumstances. Voting will be of club Paid members as set out above. Club members meeting can elect any such further officers it deems necessary.
7. Annual General meetings
The Annual General Meeting will be held at the end of the financial year and normally in October. All paid members and free members will be entitled to attend the AGM but only paid members will have voting rights. 21 days notice of the AGM will be sent to all members.
Club AGM agenda
Apologies for Absence
Minutes of previous AGM
Chair’s report
Secretary/Treasurer’s report
Any other officers reports
Election of Chair, Secretary and any other officers as agreed
Amendments if any proposed to the Club Constitution
Any other business ( as long as notified before start of meeting to Chair )
8. Extraordinary general meetings
Extraordinary General meetings may be called by the Club officers or at the request of 1/3 of the paid membership.
9. Winding up of Pennine Ham
This decision can only be taken at an EGM and any surplus funds disposed of as directed by the paid members present at the EGM.
Pennine Ham Club Call Signs
We have been allocated by OFCOM the Call M0KSU and as a Club station can also use MX0KSU. Whilst holders of any amateur radio licence can use the Club call under supervision our members who hold a full amateur radio callsign may apply to use the Club Call at any time.
We encourage club members who enjoy working portable locations or wish to use the Club call from their own home to put the Club on the radio should contact the Club Chair or Secretary to book this. We only ask that those who operate the Club call keep a log to send to the club afterwards in an ADIF file
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