Corporate information, V8 Register, MG Car Club

How is the Club organised and run?
The Club has four areas of governance which are reflected in its organisation:

General meetings of the Company
These are the formal meetings - the Annual General Meeting and any Extraordinary General Meetings - held in accordance with the Companies Acts and the Memorandum and Articles of Association. At the AGM, the accounts are received and officers, directors and president and vice-presidents are elected. The officers, president and vice-presidents are elected annually, and so are one-third of the other directors. Non-routine matters can be dealt with at the AGM as special business or at a specially convened EGM. There is a formal appointment of a company secretary to ensure all corporate governance and company reporting matters are carried out in compliance with both the Club's Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Companies Acts.

Executive Committee
This committee comprises the elected Club members who are also directors of the MG Car Club Limited. The posts held are Chairman, Vice Chairman and Treasurer (the officers) together with usually seven other Directors. They meet regularly as a committee (which are Board meetings), usually monthly, to manage the operational and financial affairs of the Club together with any special business or projects. Copies of the minutes of those meetings are made available to the committees of the CRBs. Current directors

Club Council
The Club's Council comprises the nominated representative of each Centre, Register and Branch or CRB (known as the Council Voting Member) together with a second nominee (who has no vote but who may attend Council meetings as an observer, taking over as the representative if the Council Member is unable to attend). The Council Voting Members each have a vote at both Council meetings and at general meetings of the Company. There are presently just over 30 CRBs eligible to have their nominated representatives attend Council meetings. Council usually meets twice a year in March/April and in October. The role of Council, set out in the Articles of Association, is to supervise and monitor the performance of the Executive Committee and to represent the views and concerns of Club members. For this purpose Council receives reports from the Executive Committee, subcommittees and the General Manager and considers motions submitted by the CRBs.

Centre, Register and Branch committees
Each CRB holds an annual general meeting of its members to consider reports from its officers, to elect its officers and committee members and to receive and approve its accounts. Each CRB committee then nominates two of their number to be the Council Voting Member and second nominee to attend Council meetings as the representatives of the CRB. Note that they are representatives and not delegates - an important distinction. For further information on the Club's voting arrangements, see our note. More

President and Vice-Presidents
These offices are honorary, and carry considerable influence but have no executive powers or authorities. The posts are subject to annual re-election at the AGM.

Day to day operations and management of the Club's affairs
This is provided by the staff team at Club Office within the strategies, policies, guidelines and requirements of the Executive Committee. The Club Office role includes editing the Club's monthly magazine, maintaining membership records and handling new member applications, bookkeeping and financial matters, budgeting and financial planning, motorsport events organisation, regalia trading, technical advice and support, events planning and organisation, CRB liaison, overseas affiliates liaison, building maintenance, and other administrative duties. Club Office contacts