New Membership Cycling Organisation
Posted: 18 Jan 2011, 4:12pm
New Membership Cycling Organisation 
Now it look likely that the CTC is going to become a charity, this may mean with the drain on it income from the charity and possible demise of the CTC.
Is there any interest to set up a new membership organisation called CYCLING ASSOCIATION as company limited by guarantee?
DRAFT AIMS FOR THE CYCLING ASSOCIATION
1. The name of the Club is the “CYCLING ASSOCIATION”.
2. The Registered office of the Club will be situated in England.
3. The objects for which the Club is established are:
(1) To promote, assist and protect the use of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles on the public roads and public rights of way;
(2) To promote and safeguard the interests of riders of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles (hereinafter referred to as “cyclists”);
(3) To encourage cycling and cycle touring as a means of adventure, recreation, character training and other forms of education, to stimulate by all possible means interest and participation, and in particular the interest and participation of young persons, in cycling, and to promote cycling competitions, rallies, rides and other events;
(4) To promote and increase appreciation of the countryside and places of public interest, to establish and protect access thereto by cycle and on foot, to preserve and improve amenities, to take appropriate action thereto in Parliament and in and before Government departments, local and other public authorities, bodies and officers, landowners, developers and others, and to establish and support, or aid in the establishment and support of, or join with or help any association, establishment or institution formed wholly or partially for such purposes as aforesaid or any of them;
(5) To educate in road usage, increase road safety and in particular the safety of cyclists, and to promote and assist in the promotion of any plans, measures, schemes or proposals designed to that end;
(6) To provide legal assistance for the riders of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles in the enforcement of their rights to use the public roads and public rights of way;
(7) To cater for the needs of cyclists by collecting and furnishing information for the planning and conduct of cycling tours, publishing and supplying books, routes, guides, brochures, accommodation lists, maps, periodicals and newspapers, badges and emblems, by arranging for insurance and any necessary documentation, and to organise and conduct cycle tours both at home and overseas and make all appropriate arrangements for participants therein, and to promote and safeguard the interests of cyclists in all such ways as the conditions of the times may render desirable.
CTC MEMBER SINCE 1971, NOW A LIFE MEMBER.
Now it look likely that the CTC is going to become a charity, this may mean with the drain on it income from the charity and possible demise of the CTC.
Is there any interest to set up a new membership organisation called CYCLING ASSOCIATION as company limited by guarantee?
DRAFT AIMS FOR THE CYCLING ASSOCIATION
1. The name of the Club is the “CYCLING ASSOCIATION”.
2. The Registered office of the Club will be situated in England.
3. The objects for which the Club is established are:
(1) To promote, assist and protect the use of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles on the public roads and public rights of way;
(2) To promote and safeguard the interests of riders of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles (hereinafter referred to as “cyclists”);
(3) To encourage cycling and cycle touring as a means of adventure, recreation, character training and other forms of education, to stimulate by all possible means interest and participation, and in particular the interest and participation of young persons, in cycling, and to promote cycling competitions, rallies, rides and other events;
(4) To promote and increase appreciation of the countryside and places of public interest, to establish and protect access thereto by cycle and on foot, to preserve and improve amenities, to take appropriate action thereto in Parliament and in and before Government departments, local and other public authorities, bodies and officers, landowners, developers and others, and to establish and support, or aid in the establishment and support of, or join with or help any association, establishment or institution formed wholly or partially for such purposes as aforesaid or any of them;
(5) To educate in road usage, increase road safety and in particular the safety of cyclists, and to promote and assist in the promotion of any plans, measures, schemes or proposals designed to that end;
(6) To provide legal assistance for the riders of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles in the enforcement of their rights to use the public roads and public rights of way;
(7) To cater for the needs of cyclists by collecting and furnishing information for the planning and conduct of cycling tours, publishing and supplying books, routes, guides, brochures, accommodation lists, maps, periodicals and newspapers, badges and emblems, by arranging for insurance and any necessary documentation, and to organise and conduct cycle tours both at home and overseas and make all appropriate arrangements for participants therein, and to promote and safeguard the interests of cyclists in all such ways as the conditions of the times may render desirable.
CTC MEMBER SINCE 1971, NOW A LIFE MEMBER.
Go on, say yes 
. Part of the irony being that the objects of the M&AA are fully in line with the CTC being a charity. The amendments proposed at the AGM were minimal. So what are we arguing about? The issue seems to be with the way the club is currently being managed (and this would apply whether or not we become a charity).