The_Rule_Book - Brooklyn Scouts, Wellington

2011 Edition
(iv) To provide and safeguard adequate equipment and property for training,
ordinary Group activities and camping.
(v)
To recommend any member of the Group for service awards.
(vi) To hold regular meetings in addition to the Annual Meeting.
(h) The Group Committee is not directly concerned with the actual training of
Scouts.
(i)
Annual Meetings:
(i)
(ii)
The Group Committee shall in each year within three months of balance
date (30 September) hold an annual general meeting to which the Zone
Leader, Adult Leaders of the Group and parents of Scouts who are
members of the Group must be invited and at least 14 days notice in
writing of such meeting shall be given to such persons.
The members of the Group Committee, including the ex-officio members
thereof and the parents or caregivers of Scouts who are members of the
Group who shall be present at the annual general meeting shall, where a
vote is required on any matter, each have one vote.
(iii) At each annual general meeting the annual report, statement of receipts
and payments and balance sheet or statement of assets and liabilities (if
any) duly reviewed and the budget for the coming year shall be presented,
a committee and auditor or reviewer for the ensuing year shall be elected
and such other business as shall be specified in the notice calling the
meeting shall be dealt with.
(j)
Disputes:
(i)
(ii)
In the event of a dispute between members of a Committee or between the
Committee and a Scout or Adult Leader that cannot be resolved by the
Group Leader the matter shall be referred to the Zone Leader, whose
decision will be final.
In the case of Affiliated Groups, the patron body shall first be consulted
before the decision is given.
(iii) The Zone Leader may disband a Group Committee if he or she considers
such action necessary, in the best interests of the Movement. In the case
of Affiliated Groups, the Patron Body shall first be consulted.
(iv) The Zone Leader may then arrange for a new Committee to be appointed,
or may arrange for the Group to function without a Committee, but under
the personal supervision of the Zone Leader, or person nominated by the
Zone Leader, and the patron body, if any, for a period not exceeding one
year.
102. GROUP PROPERTY
(a)
(b)
In the case of a Affiliated or Sponsored Group it is necessary to determine in the
first place what part of the property, if any, belongs to the Group itself and not
to the patron body or sponsor and this decision should be recorded in a letter of
agreement between the Group Committee and the patron body or sponsor.
A schedule of Group property must be submitted each year to the Zone Leader.
Part G Scout Groups - Page 56