Newtonhill & District Village Association

WHO ARE WE?
A group of local residents who wish to improve the number and quality of services within Newtonhill and district and maintain a sense of community to be proud of.

WHAT DO WE DO?
Organise of a number of local social events some noted below. We also try to help out with any problems that members of our community may have from time to time. We produce a local newsletter and provide these web pages.

WHAT ARE OUR AIMS?
We would like residents, young and old, from in and around the village to come along to our meetings and help us to continue our many community commitments. No special skills, qualifications or the like required, just an hour or two most months or when you can spare the time.

NVA meetings are held on the 1st Wednesday of most months, (variations at school holiday times and Christmas), in the Skateraw Hall 8:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. Every resident of Newtonhill and district is welcome to attend.

Officers:-
Eileen Murray, Chair & Secretary 01569 739226
Melanie Torrance, Treasurer

Minutes of latest NVA meeting are attached at bottom of page

FIREWORKS DISPLAY

An excellent fireworks display is provided annually, in the Coastal Park, adjacent to the Bettridge Centre.

The greatest possible care is taken to ensure the safety of the public, operators and neighbours. Please respect our barriers and precautions.

This event is funded by the donations received from you on the night.

Usually a barbecue providing burgers and hotdogs and tuck shop is provided.

SENIOR CITIZENS PARTY

Each year an evening is laid on by the NVA for those who have arrived at retirement age. This is a very popular event where NVA volunteers offer a bite to eat, a few drinks and entertainment, aided on the night by friends from Porthlethen and District Rotary Club

The evening is funded by the NVA with generous support from local businesses.

CONSTITUTION
(last updated 6th October 2004)

1. Name
The name of the Association shall be the Newtonhill and District Village Association (hereinafter called the Association)

2. Object
The object of the Association shall be to promote the well being of the community and residents of Newtonhill and District (hereinafter called the Neighbourhood), without distinction of gender, political, religious or other opinions, by associating with the local authority, voluntary organisations and residents.

3. Membership
Membership of the Association shall be open to all persons living in the Neighbourhood and they are eligible to attend all meetings.

4. Staff
The committee shall have the power to appoint or dismiss a secretary and a treasurer (who may be salaried officials), and any other such employees of the Association that might be felt necessary. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be combined.

5. Annual General Meeting
Once every year in the month of October, the committee shall convene an annual general meeting of the Association which all members shall be invited to attend. The meeting shall be for the purpose of receiving the annual report and accounts of the Association, accounts of the Common Good Fund and Skateraw Fair, of appointing an auditor and to conduct any other competent business.

6. Extraordinary General Meeting
The committee shall be required to hold an extraordinary general meeting within 28 days of receipt of a written request for such a meeting, providing that the nature of the business to be considered is clearly stated and the request carries the signatures of no fewer than 10 members. Public notices, advertising the meeting, shall be posted by the committee in conspicuous places in the Neighbourhood at least 21 days prior to the meeting.

7. Committee
The committee shall consist of up to 12 members elected by and from the members of the association at the annual general meeting. Each year at least three members shall retire from office but shall be eligible for re-election.

The committee shall have the power to co-opt not more than three additional members who shall hold office only until the next annual general meeting.

The committee shall have the power to appoint such sub-committees as it may from time to time decide, including the organising committee for the Skateraw Fair, and may determine their powers and terms of reference.

With limited exceptions, meetings of the Association shall be held on the first Wednesday of each month.

8. Chairman and Vice-Chairman
The committee at its first meeting after an annual general meeting shall elect one of its members to be chairman and one to be vice-chairman. The chairman and vice-chairman shall continue in office until their successors are elected the following year. If the chairman is absent from any meeting, the vice chairman shall preside; otherwise members present shall before any business is transacted choose one of their number to take the chair.

9. Rules of Procedure at all meetings
All questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of those members of the Association who are present. In the case of equality of votes, the chairman shall have a casting vote.

Minutes shall be kept by the secretary on behalf of the association and presented for approval at the next meeting.

10. Finance
All money raised by and on behalf of the Association shall be applied to further the objects of the Association and for no other purpose.

The treasurer shall keep proper accounts of the finances of the Association and shall pay all money not immediately required into a bank account in the name of the Association.

A Common Good Fund (hereinafter called the Fund) shall exist to the benefit of the community. The Association shall make donations of monies, deemed by the committee surplus to furthering the objects of the Association, including funds raised at the Skateraw Fair, to the Fund.

The Fund shall be administered by five trustees, two to be elected annually from the committee and three to be members of the public elected at the annual general meeting for a three year term. Vacancies arising during the year shall be filled by co-option by the trustees until the next annual general meeting. A monthly report of the trustees’ decisions shall be made to the committee and audited accounts presented by the trustee’s treasurer at the Annual General Meeting.

11. Heritable Property
The title to all and any heritable property which may be acquired by or for the purposes of the Association shall stand in the name of the chairman, vice chairman and secretary of the Association and their successors in their respective offices.

In the event that the Association ceases to function funds remaining in Association accounts and all heritable property shall be given or transferred to some other organisation or organisations, with similar objectives, operating within the Neighbourhood.