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Name:            The name of the body shall be
“The Scottish Advisory Panel for Outdoor Education.”
 
Aims:             To act as a representative voice on matters relating to Outdoor Education, and to Safety in Outdoor Activities by:
 
  • identifying and promoting good practice in outdoor education
 
  • monitoring change and trying to ensure that developments in this sphere proceed along sound educational lines
 
  • offering informed and authoritative advice on education in the outdoors and on the safe management of outdoor activities, at both local and national level.
 
Membership:
 
Membership is by invitation from the Panel.
 
Full Membership (Institutional):
Local Authorities, Universities, and Colleges or other institutions deemed by the Panel to have a significant responsibility within Scotland for the management or delivery of outdoor education shall be invited to join the Panel and to nominate a representative. All such representatives have full voting rights on Panel affairs.
 
Should the nominated representative be unable to attend, an institutional member may request permission to be represented by a substitute.
 
Associate Membership:
Former Panel members who have a significant amount of experience and knowledge which would be valuable for the Panel’s work shall be eligible to become Associate Members. Associate Members will have no voting rights.
 
Co-option of Individuals:
The Panel shall have powers to co-opt individuals on a temporary basis in order to assist with the conduct of particular business. Although such persons will normally contribute by advising a Panel sub-committee, their attendance may be required at full Panel meetings. However, such persons have a purely advisory role, and shall not have the right to vote.
 
Powers of Expulsion:
The Panel shall have the power to expel any member with the prior sanction of a resolution passed at a General Meeting by not less than two thirds of the members present and voting.
 
Finance:
 
Subscriptions: these will be paid annually. The amount and date of payment will be agreed by the voting members at the Annual General Meeting.
 
Other Income: an account of subscriptions and all other income or expenditure will be independently audited annually and presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Panel.
 
Officers:
 
The Panel shall elect a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer who shall hold office for one year. The Chairman shall be elected -from those members in the Full Membership (Institutional) category.
 
Representatives of the Panel on other committees shall be elected at full Panel meetings.
 
Officers and representatives shall be entitled to stand for re-election.
 
Management:
 
Five of the voting members shall constitute a quorum at full Panel meetings with the exception of the Annual General Meeting when 25% of the voting membership shall constitute a quorum.
 
Sub-committees of the Panel with powers of co-option may be established to undertake specific tasks and shall be dissolved on completion.
 
Motions for inclusion in the agenda of the Annual General Meeting or an Extraordinary General Meeting must be in the hands of the Secretary 21 days before the meeting.
 
The Panel shall meet at least twice a year inclusive of the Annual General Meeting.
 
At Panel meetings, should the Chairman be absent, members shall elect a temporary Chairman for that occasion.
 
All matters put to a vote shall be carried by a simple majority of the members present. The Chairman shall have the casting vote.
 
This constitution shall be amended only at the Annual General Meeting or at an Extraordinary General Meeting called for this purpose.
 
Dissolution:
 
In the event of the dissolution of the Panel, all its assets after liabilities will be transferred to some charitable organisation agreed by the Panel.