MANCHESTER CONCORD

 

 

How it runs:-

We meet every Wednesday evening from 7 pm to 11 pm in the upstairs bar of the Rembrandt Hotel.

As part of our service we have a hotel room available as a changing room every week.

The hotel is situated on the corner of Canal Street and Sackville street near the centre of Manchester.

To enter, come in the end door on Sackville street turn left through the first door. Go up the first flight of stairs and through the door facing you. This takes you into the bar.

It is a members club and we do have to charge an entrance fee to cover our costs but we never charge for a first visit. Also entrance for members partners is free.

The fees are £6 a year to be a member, £2 each time you come in after the first time or if you choose not to join for a year we ask for £3 to include a temporary days membership.

To join you will need to attend the club on a wednesday evening, as we are here to provide a social structure, not to collect members from all over the country who are never able to visit us in Manchester.
We just need a name and email address. The name you give us can be your real name or any other name that you wish to be known by. We also suggest that any members, who are concerned about privacy, create an anonymous Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail address for this purpose to keep any mail from us from prying eyes.

The membership runs from January to December so anyone joining part way through the year will only be asked for a pro rata rate. ie in April it will be £4:50 or July £3.

On some Wednesday evenings we will be running special events which could range from clothes selling, make up advice, to themed dress code evenings or special parties. These will be advertised in advance both on this website and by email to all the members.

 

 

All memberships run from 1st Jan to 31st Dec each year so we would very much appreciate it, if you would make an effort to renew in January each year, as this greatly reduces the administration work and none of us are being paid to do it.

Once you are a member there are three possible ways of renewing your membership.

 

The first and simplest is to come along to the club any wednesday and pay £6 by cash or cheque.

If you wish to pay by cheque then please make it out to    Concord Wednesday Club    as that is the name on our bank account.

We will give you next years membership card as a receipt immediately.

   

 

The second is to renew your membership for another year using PAYPAL
It is not necessary for you to have a PAYPAL account to do this as you can now use this same process to pay using a credit card.

please use the button on the right. It will cost £6.50 to cover the extra cost.
Please type in your membership number and the name you used to join under, before clicking the BuyNow button. If you dont do this we will have no idea who has just paid us.

We will acknowledge the payment by using the email that you gave us when you joined but you will need to collect your new card at the club.

If you wish to use a credit card to do this, then when you get into the PAYPAL page after filling in the details on the button here, ignore the request to LOGIN and instead click on the Continue link shown just above the Credit card logos at the bottom of the page. This will take you to page where you give your details for the credit card. This is a secure page and none of these details get forwarded to us. We just get the membership No. and name that you added to the button on this page.

Give membership number and name

 

 

 

 

 

The third is to post a cheque for £6 payable to    Concord Wednesday Club    to the following address

Manchester Concord
C/o The Rembrandt Hotel
33 Sackville Street
Manchester      M1 3LZ

You dont even need to include a letter as long as you put your membership number and the name you used to join under on the back of the cheque. If you dont want to put the name then just the number will do but make sure it is clear please.

We will acknowledge the payment by email but you will need to collect your new card at the club.

 
Below is a copy of the club's Constitution.
   

 


1.    Name

       The club will be named "Manchester Concord"

2.    Objects

       The objects of the club shall be :

       a) To provide social and support facilities for the transgendered, their partners and             guests, in the Manchester area.
       b) To hold a regular weekly meeting at a venue in the Manchester Gay Village, or such             other venue as the Club's Committee may decide.
       c) To support any transgender-related activity that may be deemed appropriate by             the Club's Committee.

3.    Admission of Members

       Only transgendered people are eligible to be full members of the club. The term'Transgendered' shall be interpreted in its widest possible sense in relation to this provision and shall include 'cross dressers'. The Committee, at its absolute discretion, may from time to time admit others on an individual basis.

       Full Membership is obtained by application, supplying 'femme name', 'femme mode' photograph and e-mail address, together with the appropriate membership fee for the year during which the application is made. Full Membership becomes effective when a reply is sent by the applicant to an e-mail addressed by the club to the applicant.

4.    Management

       Management of the club shall be entrusted to a Committee consisting of a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and up to 5 other members, to be elected annually at an Annual General Meeting, the first such meeting and election to be held not later than March 2009.

       Nominations for membership of the Committee shall be proposed and seconded by Ordinary members, and shall be made in writing to the Secretary not later than four full weeks before the date of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. The prior consent of the nominee must have been obtained and evidenced in writing.

       Only full members who attend the club meetings at least 6 times per year are eligible to be on the club Committee.

       The quorum for Committee meetings will be 4, which shall include any one of the Chairperson, Secretary or  Treasurer.

       The Committee shall have the power at any time to fill any casual vacancies among the officers and the Committee. Any co-opted members shall only hold such office until the date of the next Annual General Meeting,  when they shall be eligible for election.

5.    Membership and Entrance Fees

Every full member shall pay an annual membership fee, to be determined from time to time by the Committee. In addition, an entrance fee, to be determined by the Committee, will be payable for all regular weekly meetings.

Members' spouses and partners and direct family members will be admitted free of charge to such events at the discretion of any Committee member.

Non-members will be required to pay the entrance fee applicable to non-members, to be determined by Committee. This fee will include temporary membership for that day but will not confer any voting or other full rights of membership in connection with the Annual General Meeting or be eligible for membership of the Committee

6.     Application of Profits etc

No money or property of the club shall be applied otherwise than for the benefit of the club as a whole. No member may make any profit or take any form of remuneration from the club's funds.

7.     Accounts

Full accounts of the financial affairs of the club will be prepared on an annual basis and shall be made available to all full members who request them when notice of an Annual General Meeting is given.
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8.     Subscription in Arrears & Resignations

If any member fails to pay their annual membership fee within by 31st January in every year, then their full membership shall be deemed to have ceased.

Any full member may resign at any time ; however they will not be eligible for any refund of membership fees already paid.

9.     Annual General Meetings

An Annual General Meeting (AGM) is to held not later than March in every year, the first such meeting to be held in March 2009. At the AGM, the following business is to be conducted :

i.     The presentation and, if approved, the accounts of the previous financial year ending on the 31st December prior to the meeting.
ii.    The election of officers and the Committee.
iii.   Such other business as shall have been communicated to the Secretary.

The quorum for AGMs will be not less than 15 full members.

10.   Extraordinary Meetings

An Extraordinary Meeting may be convened at any time of requested in writing to the Secretary by not less than one fifth of the club's full members, stating the reason for which the meeting is requested.

11.    Notice of Meetings

AGM's and Extraordinary Meetings shall be notified to the membership by giving not less than one months' notification through publication on the club's website.

12.    Expulsion of Members

The Committee shall have the power to terminate the full membership status of any member who has offended against the rules of the club or whose conduct, in the opinion of the Committee, has rendered them unfit for continued club membership. Such expulsion shall become effective on being given one week's notice in writing via e-mail by the Secretary.

13.    Modification of Club Constitution.

No alteration or addition to the club's constitution shall be made except by a resolution carried by a majority of at least two thirds of full members present at an AGM.

14.   Dissolution of the Club

If at any AGM or Extraordinary meeting called for the purpose a resolution is passed by a majority representing at least 51% of the full club membership, calling for the dissolution of the club, then the Committee shall arrange to cease all further club activities within one month, and shall discharge all liabilities of the club, paying any residue of club funds to another charity or group supporting the transgendered as may be decided by the Committee. On completion of such activities, the club shall be deemed to have been dissolved.

 

 

 

   
   
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