THE RULES

1. NAME AND OBJECTS

The Club shall be called THE LEONBERGER CLUB

OF GREAT BRITAIN. It's objects shall be to promote interest in the breed and

encourage the breeding and exhibiting of sound typical Leonbergers; to maintain

a high standard in the breed by following the description as laid down in the

official standard adopted by the Kennel Club; to assist members to co-operate in

the best interests of the breed.

2. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE

The Club shall consist of a Patron, President,

an unlimited number of Vice Presidents, a Committee of up to twelve and an

unlimited number of members, whose names and addresses shall be entered on

a list and kept up to date by the Honorary Secretary. The Society will make this

membership list available for inspection if so requested by the members of the

Society or by the Kennel Club. The management of the Club shall be in the hands

of a Committee of no more than twelve, which number shall include the Secretary,

Treasurer and Chairman. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected by the

membership for a three-year term of office and will be ex. officio committee

members for said term of office and will receive an annual £250 honorarium,

which will be reviewed annually. All other Committee members and Sub-

Committee members shall resign bi-annually and may stand for re-election. Any

person seeking election as an Officer of the Club, should have served at least one

year on the Committee of the Club.

In the event of the services of an Honorary Secretary and or Treasurer not being

available, the committee shall have the power to appoint a paid Secretary and or

Treasurer, should this be deemed necessary, or elect a temporary Honorary

Secretary and or Treasurer until the following AGM or Special General Meeting

when this appointment must be put to the membership for acceptance.

The Chairman of the Club and the Committee shall be one and the same person

and must be elected annually by secret ballot of all members present at the AGM.

Nominations for Chairman, proposed and seconded by members present, shall

be from amongst the elected members of the Committee. The Vice Chairman to

be elected from and by the Committee.

The International Union for Leonberger Dogs now requires two Official delegates

from each member Club. One Delegate will vote on behalf of the Club. Any two

appointed representatives from the Committee may be the Club delegates.

3. COMMITTEE

The Committee shall consist of up to twelve members, to include

the offices of Secretary, Treasurer and Chairman. The role of a committee

member is to participate actively in the work of the Club and to accept and sign

the Committee confidentiality agreement. A committee member who is absent

from two consecutive meetings and wishes to remain on the Committee must

justify these absences. After three consecutive absences from important meetings

(Annual General Meetings, Special General Meetings, or Committee Meetings)

the member will forfeit his/her committee membership. Committee members shall

be eligible for re-election. The following Officers and Committee shall have full

voting rights: the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary

Treasurer and all Committee members. All shall be required to pay the annual

subscription. In the event of a tie the Chairman shall have an additional casting

vote.The President shall be elected for a 3-year term by the members present at the

AGM. Those members wishing to stand for President to be proposed and

seconded as for other Officers of the Club and indicate their willingness to stand

in writing. The President to have a proactive role within the Club, attending events

and meetings at their discretion in an advisory capacity. The President may also

be a member of Committees within the Club if so elected and have the same

rights as other members of those Committees.

The positions of Vice President(s) and Honorary Members can only be offered

after a vote of the members at an A.G.M. These positions will retain full voting

rights. Meetings of the Committee shall be held as often as deemed necessary

but a minimum of 2 times a year. A quorum for committee meetings shall be more

than half of the total Committee, one of who must be an Officer.

Sub-Committees may be formed when necessary whose rules, regulations and

election of members comply with the requirements of the main Committee and the

Kennel Club.

The Committees shall have the power to co-opt members onto the Committee in

the event of positions becoming vacant between General Meetings. Those co-

opted shall hold office until the next General Meeting of the Club at which

elections of Committees take place. The Committees shall have the power to co-

opt any non-Committee members, up to a maximum of three, to assist the

committee in any special matter, if deemed necessary, at any time. No person,

whilst an undischarged bankrupt, may serve on a Committee have or hold any

other office or appointment within a Kennel Club Registered Society. No member

who wilfully brings the Leonberger breed into disrepute may hold a position on a

Committee or be an Officer of the Club. Action in such a case will be dealt with as

outlined in Rule 9. No individual who has been a member for less than one year

may be elected onto a Committee

Committee members may show at the club’s shows.

4. ELECTION OF MEMBERS

Candidates for membership shall be accepted on

payment of annual subscription, agreement to abide by the Code of Ethics and

Committee approval of the application. The Committee can decline membership

to an applicant without the assignment of reason. Approval of membership shall

be the decision of a majority of the Committee. All applications from ex-members

wishing to renew their membership after expulsion from the club must be put on

the agenda of the Annual General Meeting.

5. VOTING RIGHTS

Each member shall be entitled to one vote immediately upon

acceptance of membership, with the exception of junior members, who shall have

no voting rights. Joint memberships shall be entitled to one vote each adult

member of the partnership.

Postal votes to be sent to all members and counted by a scrutineer. (for election

of Officers and Committees only) People standing for the ballots must send in

their 200 words with their nomination forms so that this could be sent out with the

agenda and ballot forms.

6. CLUB PROPERTY

The property of the Club shall be vested in the Committee.

The Committee shall be responsible for ensuring that all cups, trophies and

similar articles owned by the Club, be insured, the premiums to be paid out of

Club funds. All donors of such articles must be given written acknowledgement

that these items are given as an outright gift to the Club. In the event of the Club

ceasing to exist, a General Meeting shall be called to decide the disposal of the

Club's assets and the outcome of the meeting notified to the Kennel Club.

7. CLUB ACCOUNTS

 A Banking account shall be held in the name of the Club at

an approved Bank or Building Society, into which all revenue of the Club shall be

paid and from which withdrawals shall only be made on the signature of two of the

following: The Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and Chairman. An

account will be held in the name of The Leonberger Club of Great Britain,

Working Section. A further account of the monies will be kept in the name of the

Leonberger Club of Great Britain, Welfare Fund. The Treasurer shall maintain the

accounts and will present them to the membership at the AGM for approval after

they have been audited.

8. SUBSCRIPTIONS

The Annual Subscription shall be such amount as agreed by

the members at a General Meeting and notified to the Kennel Club. Membership

is due on 1st. August and payable to the Honorary Treasurer no later than the 1 st

September. No member whose subscription is unpaid shall be entitled to any of

the privileges of membership. Acceptance back onto the register will be

dependent upon a new membership application, which will be reviewed by the

Committee - See Rule 4.

9. EXPULSION OF MEMBERS

Any member who shall be suspended under

Kennel Club Rule A42J (4) and/or any member whose dog(s) is/are disqualified

under the Kennel Club Rule A42j(8) shall ipso facto cease to be a member of the

Club for the duration of the suspension and/or disqualification. If the conduct of

any member shall, in the opinion of the Committee of the Club, be injurious, or

likely to be injurious to the character or interests of the Club, the Committee of the

Club may, at a meeting, the notice of which includes as an object the

consideration of the conduct of the member, determine that a Special General

Meeting shall be called for the purpose of passing a resolution to expel him/her.

Notice of the Special General Meeting shall be sent to the accused Member,

giving particulars of the complaint and advising the place, date and hour of the

meeting that he/she may attend and offer an explanation. If at the meeting a

resolution to expel him/her is passed by a two thirds majority of the members

present and voting, his/her name shall forthwith be erased from the list of

members and he/she shall thereupon cease for all purposes to be a member of

the Club except that he/she may, within two calendar months from the date of the

meeting, appeal to the Kennel Club upon and subject to such conditions as the

Kennel Club may impose.

10. FINANCIAL YEAR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The financial year of the

Club shall be from lst August to 31st July. The Annual General Meeting shall be

held in November each year

11. GENERAL MEETING

No motion may be discussed or voted upon at any

General Meeting or Special General Meeting unless the proposer and seconder

are present to formally move and second the motion, except in special

circumstances if the Chairman so advises. The Annual General Meeting shall be

held in November each year for the following purposes: -To receive a report of the

Committee and balance sheet; to hold and announce the ballot electing

Committee; to discuss any motion duly placed on the agenda on which prior,

written notice has been given to the Honorary Secretary, all items to be with the

Secretary not less than 21 days before the date of the meeting. 28 days notice of

the A.G.M. must be given, in writing, to the members. Nominations for the

Committee for the ensuing year, together with any items for the Agenda, must be

submitted, in writing, to the Honorary Secretary. Nominations are on the distinct

understanding that the proposer has secured prior written consent of the nominee

or nominees to take office, if elected, and that such proposer and nominee shall

be fully paid up members. A nominated Club Member, seeking election as an

Officer or Committee Member, is expected to attend the AGM at which the

election will take place. The Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer shall

retire after a three-year period of office and may seek re-election. Any person

seeking election as an Officer of the Club, should have served at least one year

on the Committee of the Club. All other Committee members shall retire bi-

annually and may seek re-election. Only fully paid up members may attend the

AGM. Names of those retiring Committee members who seek re-election and the

names of any other candidates, who have been duly nominated in accordance

with the foregoing provisions, will be dispatched by the Honorary Secretary to

each member together with the Agenda of the Annual General Meeting.

Scrutineers shall collect and count votes and declare the outcome of the vote.

The Committee and Officers will fully support and abide by any decision, which is

carried by a majority of votes taken at an AGM or SGM.

A Special General Meeting shall be summoned by the Honorary Secretary if 20

members send in a signed requisition stating the subject to be discussed and

requesting a Special General Meeting to do so. No other business other than that

detailed on the Agenda can be discussed at a Special General Meeting. The

Committee of the Club is empowered to call a Special General Meeting at its

discretion.

Notification to Members of a Special General Meeting will be as for the Annual

General Meeting. In the event of the Committee deciding that a postal ballot

should take place on a motion to come before a Special General Meeting, a ballot

paper stating the motion shall be sent by the Honorary Secretary to each member

together with the formal notice of the Special General Meeting. The ballot paper

must be marked with a number allocated by an independent scrutineer and

returned signed by the member, where indicated, by post in an envelope marked

"Ballot" in order to reach the Honorary Secretary not later than the date

(postmark) stated on the ballot paper. A Special General Meeting postal ballot will

be supervised by an independent scrutineer. A ballot paper will be invalidated if in

the opinion of the Chairman and scrutineer it does not clearly indicate how the

member's vote is cast.

12. AMENDMENTS TO RULES

The Rules of the Club may not be altered except

at a General Meeting, the Agenda for which contains specific proposals to amend

the Rules. Any proposed alteration to the Rules may not be brought into effect

until the Kennel Club has been advised and has approved of the alteration.

13. ANNUAL RETURNS TO THE KENNEL CLUB

The Officers acknowledge that during the month of January each year, Maintenance of Title

 fee will be forwarded to the Kennel Club by the Honorary Secretary, for continuance of Registration,

and that by 31st July, other returns, as stipulated by the Kennel Club Regulations

for the Registration and Maintenance of Title of Societies and Breed Councils and

the affiliation of Agricultural Societies and Municipal Authorities be forwarded to

the Kennel Club. The Officers also acknowledge their duty to inform the Kennel

Club of any changes of Secretary which may occur during the course of the year.

14. KENNEL CLUB FINAL COURT OF APPEAL

The Kennel Club shall be the final court of Appeal in all matters of dispute.

15. MEMBERSHIP OF OTHER SOCIETIES / CLUBS

The Club shall not join any Federation of Societies or Clubs.

16. JUDGES LIST The Honorary Secretary shall keep a list of names of Judges

of the Breed, approved by the Club, and this will be submitted to the Kennel Club

as part of the Club's Annual Returns. Membership of the Club shall not be a

prerequisite for inclusion in the lists. Judges Lists will be divided into five parts, Al,

A2, A3, B and C and will indicate the date the list will expire. On expiry a new list

will be compiled.

There will be a Judges Sub-Committee of no more than 10 experienced and

interested Club members at least 75% of whom must be CC judges in the breed.

As of the 2006 AGM they will be elected by the members.

In accordance with KC requirements this Sub-Committee will: -

1) Decide criteria for the formation of Judges lists.

2) Receive and consider Judges CV's for inclusion on the lists.

3) Determine the compilation of the Judges lists.

The progress of the Judges Sub-Committee will be monitored by the Main

Committee and reviewed annually.

17. HEALTH COMMITTEE

There will be a Health co-ordinator to be chosen from

the main committee and 5 Health Committee members to be chosen at the AGM.

Members SHALL abide by the Code of Ethics of the Club.

19. Main Committee Members

or Officers will not handle exhibits at Leonberger

Club of GB Shows or events. Sub committee members are permitted to do so.

20. Only club members

can advertise their dogs through the club’s media outlets

– web site, newsletters and Year Book.

Amended 29.11.2015 - MAJ