Constitution
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The name of the Association shall be the
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP
Name:
The County of Lancashire, including the unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool.
Area of Benefit:
(1) To provide direction and input to the on-going development of the
Lancashire Environment Strategy.
(2) To act as the lead partnership body in defining and co-ordinating
environmental policy and strategy across Lancashire.
(3) To provide input and scrutiny on other key strategies across the County,
in particular, those relating to the community planning process.
(4) To help members involved in environmental activities to:
share
information, expertise, experience and resources; and
work
together on projects.
(5) To disseminate information between members.
(6) To feedback information on the activities undertaken by members and
organisations that is needed for the formulation, implementation and monitoring
of the Lancashire Environment Strategy.
(7) To raise the level of awareness of, concern for, and involvement in
environmental initiatives.
Objectives:
(1) Membership shall be open to all groups and organisations involved
in activities aimed at improving, utilising or raising awareness of Lancashire’s
environment.
(2) Each member group or organisation shall appoint an individual to represent
it and to vote on its behalf at meetings of the Partnership.
(3) The Chair of the Steering Group will sit on the Executive of the Lancashire
Partnership.
(4) Representations for membership will be made in writing to the Steering
Group. The Steering Group will have the right to determine removal of
a particular group or organsiations if they behave in a way that is deemed
to be unreasonable to the detriment of the Partnership’s Objectives.
(5) Members may cancel their membership at any time by notifying writing
to the steering group.
All Members must behave in a reasonable manner at meetings or premises used by the Partnership. Failure to do so may result in termination of membership and a vote by the Steering Group. The full Forum will consider appeals.
Membership:
A. General
(1) The Partnership shall be managed by a committee called the Steering (SG) Group, which will be elected at an Annual Conference.
(2) The SG shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary and a maximum of 9 other members.
(3) The SG must contain at least 2 representatives form each of the public, private and voluntary sectors. Members of the SG should reflect a degree of experience and knowledge of Lancashire’s Environment as outlined within the Lancashire Environment Strategy.
(4) Groups electing a representative to the SG can choose to find another representative to serve until the next election in the event of the original representative choosing to stand down, leaving the group or for some other reason being deemed unable to represent the group.
(5) The SG shall have the power to co-opt members of the Partnership to the SG. Co-opted members shall have no voting rights until their membership of the SG is ratified by the annual election.
(6) Where appropriate matters will be determined by a majority of votes of SG members, but in the case of equality of votes the Chair shall have a second or casting vote.
(7) The quorum for SG meetings shall be 6.
(8) The SG shall meet 4 times a year.
(9) Partnership meetings will be chaired by the current Chair, or in his/her absence the Vice Chair.
(10) Minutes shall be kept of all Meetings and ratified at the following meeting.
B. Project Management
(1) The SG has the power to set up a Sub-Group of the Partnership to co-ordinate and/or manage selected projects that meet the specified aims of the Partnership and satisfy the following criteria:
· The project involves partnership working;· The project is compatible with the aims and objectives of the Lancashire Environment Strategy; and· Provides benefit to the wider community of Lancashire.
(2) The Project Sub-Group shall meet no less than 4 times per year and the chair of the Sub-Group shall be responsible for reporting on progress to the SG.
(3) The SG has the power to formally close projects and officially sever links with the Partnership where it feels that there is a conflict with the interests of the Partnership as a whole.
Management:
(1) The SG shall arrange for an Annual Conference incorporating an AGM each year, for the purpose of reviewing progress on the Lancashire Environment Strategy and election of members to the SG.
(2) All members of the SG shall resign from office together at the end of the next Annual Conference, but they may be re-elected or re-appointed.
(3) Each group may nominate one person for each of the SG officer posts (Chairperson and Vice Chairperson) and one other as general SG members. All nominations shall be received in writing a full 14 days before the Annual Conference.
Annual Conference:
Any alteration to this constitution shall require the approval of a two-thirds majority of those present and eligible to vote at the Annual Conference at which it is discussed. Any motion for the alteration must be received at least 28 days before the meeting at which the motion is to be brought forward. At least 7 days’ notice is to be given to members that the meeting is to take place.
Alteration to the Constitution:
If the SG decides to dissolve the Partnership it shall notify all members of a General Meeting, which can dissolve the Partnership by a two-thirds majority of those present and eligible to vote.
This constitution was adopted on the date mentioned below:
Date: ………………………………………………………
Dissolution of the Partnership:
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