Club Accounts

1. Club Accounts

2. What is a Club? • A club is an organisation set up for the benefit of its members, e.g. Golf Club, Rugby Club, GAA Club, Bridge Club, etc. • Members elect officials (Chairperson, Secretary & Treasurer) to run the club at the AGM (Annual General Meeting)

3. What does the Chairperson do? • Runs the club • Chairs meetings • Keeps order at meetings • Follows the agenda • Puts motions to a vote

4. What does the Secretary do? • Calls meetings • Sends agenda to the members (the agenda is a list of topics to be discussed at the meeting) • Arranges the meetings • Takes note at the meetings of decisions and writes up the minutes (the minutes are a written record of what was discussed and decided at a meeting)

5. Notice and Agenda for a Club AGM NOTICE The AGM of Galway Sea Scouts will take place in the Sea Scouts Hall, on Wednesday 7th September 2011 at 7pm AGENDA • Minutes of the last AGM • Matters arising from the minutes • Correspondence • Chairperson’s Report • Secretary’s Report • Treasurer’s Report • Election of Officers • AOB (Any other business) Patrick Byrne Secretary AGENDA

6. What does the Treasurer do? • Collect subscriptions (membership fees) • Issue receipts for all money received • Lodges money received to the club’s bank account • Pay all the club’s bills • Keep a record of all income and expenditure • Prepare annual accounts and a financial report for the AGM