COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Charles King - Chairman

Charles King MBE was voted in as Chair of ECRA at the June 2007 AGM and has been a member of the Committee since 1994

He has worked as a policy officer for the GMB trade union since 1994 and before this he worked for British Gas.

He was also a member of London Travelwatch for 25 years and Deputy Chair for the 6 years retiring in 2006. in the 2007 New Years Honour’s List he received an MBE for services to Public Transport.

He is also the Chair of the local transport user Group the East Surrey Transport Committee which represents rail and bus passengers in the south of the Borough of Croydon and North East Surrey. info@eastcoulsdon.co.uk

Alex Martin - Vice Chair

Alex Martin has been a member of ECRA since 2004.

Launched Coulsdon Green Belt Action Group in 2003, raising funds to stop two plots of greenbelt land being sold off at auction by the Council. These plots are now incorporated into Farthing Downs. She then joined Graham in The Celebrating Coulsdon initiative.

Ian Payne - Treasurer

Ian became Treasurer in 2009.

Maureen Levy - Secretary

Maureen Levy joined ECRA in November 2005 almost immediately taking over the job of taking minutes and officially became Secretary at the AGM in June 2006.

She is also Secretary for the Neighbourhood Partnership Steering Group, deals with planning issues and has set up the ECRA website. info@eastcoulsdon.co.uk

Gill Rogers - Social Secretary

Gill Rogers joined ECRA in 1997 joining first Heather Garrick-Kitchner's Social Committee and becoming Social Secretary herself in 2004.

Pauline Payne - The Review Editor

Pauline Payne has been a member of ECRA since 1990 and took over the production of The Review in 1991. She became Secretary in June 1991, Vice Chair in June 1996 and took on the role of Chair for three years from June 1997.

Pauline was a member of the team responsible for the Millennium Cairn and is a founder member of Friends of Farthing Downs.

Graham Lomas - Committee Member

Graham Lomas has been a member of ECRA since 2004.

He was a very capable Chair of The Coulsdon Neighbourhood Partnership but stepped to one side when his 2 year stint was up and took the position of Vice-Chair. He is still very active in the Neighbourhood Partnership and ably supports Elizabeth Radcliffe who became Chair in 2007.

He was one of the main people in Coulsdon Green Belt Action Group in 2003 and steered Celebrating Coulsdon surrounding the opening of the by pass and helps raise the profile of the town centre.

RULES

RULES

THE EAST COULSDON RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

RULES

1. The Association shall be called ‘THE EAST COULSDON RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION’

2. OBJECTS :

(a) To advance and protect the interests of the Residents and preserve the amenities of the district.

(b) To ascertain the opinions of the Residents and to lay such opinions before the appropriate Authority when desirable.

(c) To promote such cultural and social activities as may from time to time be deemed desirable.

(d) To co-operate with other Organisations in any of the foregoing objects.

3. The Association shall be non-party and non-sectarian.

4. All adult Residents in the East Coulsdon Ward shall be eligible for membership. Former residents in the ward shall be eligible for Honorary Membership on payment of 25p per annum, but shall have no power to vote.

5. The minimum annual subscriptions shall be such as is recommended by the Committee and approved by the A.G.M., which shall cover all members of the same family unit resident at the same address. Subscriptions are due on 1^st July in each year and payment thereof shall constitute membership.

6. The Officers of the Association shall be a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, and such Assistant Honorary Secretaries and/or Treasurers as may be considered necessary, all of whom shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.

7. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Officers, together with such fifteen other members as the Annual General Meeting shall determine, five to form a quorum. The Executive Committee shall hold meetings as required, and shall have power to co-opt members either to fill vacancies on the Committee or in a consultative capacity.

8. Any nominations for Officers, other members of the Committee and Honorary Auditors made before the Annual General Meeting must be in the hands of the Honorary Secretary in writing seven clear days prior to the date of that meeting.

9. The Annual General Meeting shall be held in May or June. Further General Meetings shall be held whenever the Executive Committee so decided.

10. A Special General Meeting may be called at any time on application in writing, stating the object for which such General Meeting is desired and signed by not less than twenty members. No business other than that stated on the Agenda shall be dealt with at the Meeting.

11. The Audited Accounts for the previous year ended 31^st March shall be presented to the Annual General Meeting and two Honorary Auditors shall be elected at that meeting to act for the current year.

12. Notice of each Annual General meeting with the Agenda and Audited Accounts shall be delivered to members at least fourteen days prior to the date of the meeting. At least seven clear days’ notice shall be given of other General Meetings.

13. The Association shall not be dissolved except by the vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting at a General Meeting, on the Agenda of which shall appear the question of dissolution.

14. No alteration to these Rules shall be made except by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting at a General Meeting, on the Agenda of which shall appear the proposed alterations. No Rule shall be amended within twelve months of a previous decision on a proposal to amend such Rule, except upon the recommendations of the Executive Committee and all notices of suggested alterations shall be sent to the Honorary Secretary in writing.

15. The Executive Committee shall have the power to discuss and act upon any matter consistent with Rules 2 and 3.

16. The Executive Committee shall have the power to appoint sub-committees as may be deemed advisable for special purposes, and if considered necessary may co-opt on such sub-committees any member or members of the Association. The Chairman and Secretary of the Association shall be ex-officio members of all sub-committees.

17. Decisions at General or Committee Meetings, except where otherwise provided for in these Rules, shall be taken by a simple majority vote of members present and voting. Voting shall be by show of hands unless a ballot is demanded by at least a third of the members present.

Addition to paragraph 6 (9 June 1993)

“The normal period in office for the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall not be more than three consecutive years with the proviso that should the majority of the Executive Committee so recommend, this term can be extended by not more than a further year, in each case subject to the officer being nominated and re-elected at the Annual General Meeting. On the conclusion of the period in office, neither the Chairman nor the Vice-Chairman shall be re-elected to that same office within one year.”

Note : It was agreed at the June 2009 AGM to remove this paragraph in 2010