CTC's possible charitable conversion - update
CTC members gathered at Loughborough University on Saturday 15 May for the CTC AGM. The agenda included three key motions to convert the whole of CTC – the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation into a charity.
Almost 4000 CTC members cast their votes. Motions 1 – 9 were passed, including Motion 8, which stated that the Cyclists’ Touring Club should be a registered charity and merge with the CTC Charitable Trust to form a unified membership organisation with charitable status. Motion 10 however, which proposed revising the Memorandum and Articles of the Cyclists’ Touring Club to meet the requirements of a charity, achieved 61% of the vote but needed 75% of support from CTC’s membership to pass.
Chair of CTC Council David Robinson said: “CTC is a democracy and just like in an election, sometimes there isn’t a majority and a clear answer. Our membership wanted a change and voted for charity status, but we will need to pass a revised set of Memorandum and Articles before we can proceed to the next stage. CTC Council will now reflect on the results, talk to members and consider why changes to the Memorandum and Articles did not receive 75% of the vote.”
David added: “The conduct, tone and spirit of our AGM were excellent. In the main discussion on charity status, we had 17 speakers and between them all angles were covered, demonstrating CTC’s long tradition of debate at its best. The result of the vote does not change the day-to-day running of CTC and we will continue our good work supporting members and promoting cycling.”
Almost 4000 CTC members cast their votes. Motions 1 – 9 were passed, including Motion 8, which stated that the Cyclists’ Touring Club should be a registered charity and merge with the CTC Charitable Trust to form a unified membership organisation with charitable status. Motion 10 however, which proposed revising the Memorandum and Articles of the Cyclists’ Touring Club to meet the requirements of a charity, achieved 61% of the vote but needed 75% of support from CTC’s membership to pass.
Chair of CTC Council David Robinson said: “CTC is a democracy and just like in an election, sometimes there isn’t a majority and a clear answer. Our membership wanted a change and voted for charity status, but we will need to pass a revised set of Memorandum and Articles before we can proceed to the next stage. CTC Council will now reflect on the results, talk to members and consider why changes to the Memorandum and Articles did not receive 75% of the vote.”
David added: “The conduct, tone and spirit of our AGM were excellent. In the main discussion on charity status, we had 17 speakers and between them all angles were covered, demonstrating CTC’s long tradition of debate at its best. The result of the vote does not change the day-to-day running of CTC and we will continue our good work supporting members and promoting cycling.”
AGM voting
The details of the meeting and proxy voting on each item are set out in the Returning Officer's report.
Background
A full examination of the issues and details that led to these proposals can be found on our list of Resources and FAQs. These will be updated or deleted over time as Council considers the implications of the AGM and gets feedback from members.
Our links and discussion page below takes you to many extra contact and to sites where the conversion is debated.
