Constitution

The name of the Association shall be Parents in Partnership.

The object of the Association is to advance the education of the students in the College. In furtherance of this object the Association may:

Develop more extended relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the College.

Engage in activities which support the College and advance the education, extra-curricular and extra-mural opportunities of students, current and former.

Provide and assist in the provision of facilities for education at the College not normally provided for.

The Association shall be non-party political and non-sectarian.

The Association shall take out public liability and accident insurance to cover its meetings, activities, officers and committee.

Membership shall consist of all parents and / or guardians of students attending the College.

The management of the Association shall be vested in a Co-ordinating Committee consisting of the following officers:

• Chair;
• Vice-Chair;
• Honorary Secretary;
• Honorary Treasurer;
• Honorary Volunteer Secretary; &
• two others, all to be elected at the Association's Annual General Meeting; &
• at least one of the College's senior staff, to be nominated by the College. Each member of the Co-ordinating Committee may be a member of at least one sub-committee.

Four members of the Co-ordinating Committee shall constitute a quorum for regular Committee meetings, subject to at least one of the four present being the Chair, Vice-Chair Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer or Honorary Volunteer Secretary.

The Co-ordinating Committee will appoint as it deems necessary sub-committees and shall prescribe their function provided that all acts and proceedings of any such sub-committee shall be reported to the Co-ordinating Committee as soon as possible and provided further that no such sub-committee shall expend funds of the Association otherwise than in accordance with a budget agreed by the Co-ordinating Committee.

Co-ordinating Committee meetings shall be held at least once each College term and advance notice shall be available to all members of the Association.

The Annual General Meeting shall be held in October or November each year; the quorum for Annual General Meetings shall be eight. At the Annual General Meeting the chair will be taken by the Association's Chair or Vice-Chair. There shall be a report by the Chair and by the Honorary Treasurer. The Association's accounts shall have been audited and auditors shall be appointed. The Association's officers shall be appointed.