Anyone is pleased to leave any your comments, complaints, suggestions in our Message Centre so that we shall make some improvements.

Your idea is really appreciated.^^

For those who wish to sign up for membership, you are welcomed to leave your personal details including your Full Name, ID Number, IC Number, Programme of Study (year of study), Gender, Contact Number, Email Address to either our Message Centre on this webpage or our Email: abain09@gmail.com

Thank You..

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Activity: Mega Membership Drive


ABA will set up one booth on this Mega Membership Drive.

Date: 20 May 2009
Time: 12.30pm-1.30pm
Location: Cafeteria


This is to open our association membership to all students in AIMST University regardless of their programme of study, age, gender, race, origin, religion and performance in badminton sport.

Your membership application procedure is said to be done after you have given us your personal details (Full name, ID number, IC number, Programme of study, Contact number, Email address) and finally paid for the annual subscription.

This amount of annual subscription is temporarily set to RM10 and it may change from time to time due to our activities and number of members.


Anyone who is interested to join the association, do visit to our booth to sign up..

Activities On Plan

Activities on Plan:

1. Open Membership to All Students

2. Free Playing

3. Training

4. AIMST Badminton Tournament

5. Other Tournaments

6. AIMST Badminton Team

7. End-year Activity

8. Friendly Intervarsity Match

9. T-shirt

10. Info-corner

11. Seed Programme

12. Racketlon

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Vision, Mission, Goals, Contact Details

Our Vision

Our vision is to facilitate the development of Badminton and uplift the performance level of players to make it a major sport in the campus that contribute towards University building and development by reaching out to all members or players in its pursuit of glory for the association and university.

Our Mission

1. To have a team of good players

2. To achieve success in the university and intervarsity arena

3. To provide knowledge about the sport of Badminton

4. To schedule a practice for players to achieve high performance

5. To have better connection with other badminton associations, organizations and clubs

6. To generate more interactions between or within students or members of different courses and staff of university in the sport of Badminton

Our Goals

1. To create a well-balanced individual with physical, emotional and mental fitness and to enhance the individual's quality of life with a healthy life style.

2. To integrate students of all courses or programmes of study and to foster the unity and fellowship among the students and members of same common interest.

3. To enhance one's knowledge in their respective areas of interest and to cultivate the personal development and scholarship standard in the sport of badminton.

4. To instil leadership skills in organizing the activities, to develop future leaders, to promote high standards of leadership character and to strive for the spirit of sportsmanship.

5. To promote the game and the sport of badminton by organizing the practice or training and the tournaments.

6. To cooperate and interact with other badminton association, organizations, clubs and players at the regional level.

Contact Details

Address

AIMST Badminton Association
AIMST University,
Batu 3 ½, Bukit Air Nasi,
Jalan Bedong-Semeling,
08100 Bedong,
Kedah.

Telephone Number / Fax

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Email / Webpage

abain09@gmail.com

http://abain09.blogspot.com/

Executive Committee of AIMST Badminton Association in 2009

Executive Committee of ABA in 2009

Advisor: Mr. R. Umahgandan

President: Eng Kean Hong

Vice-President: Liew Jia Xin

Secretary: Alexander Samuel

Assistant-Secretary: Christine Wong Yii Ning

Treasurer: Khor Wan Teng

Assistant-Treasurer: Chou Shing Ning

Committee Members:-

Equipment Officer: Khaw Sheng Wei

Venue Officer: Cheng Jie Ling

Recruitment and Student Affairs Officer: Cheong Zheng Hao

Chan Zi Yin

Tan Ai Ling

Activity Coordinators: Wee Khui Han

Neerusha A/P Kaisbain

Lee Tze Hian

Koh Ming Zhi

Constitution for AIMST Badminton Association

Constitution for AIMST Badminton Association 2009/2010

1. Name
1.1 The name of the association shall be the AIMST Badminton Association, hereafter referred to as ‘ABA’.

2. Aims and Objectives
ABA shall hold the following as its aims and objectives. ABA shall strive to fulfil these aims and objectives in the course of the academic year as its commitment to its membership.
2.1 To c
reate a well-balanced individual with physical, emotional and mental fitness and to enhance the individual's quality of life with a healthy life style.
2.2 To i
ntegrate students of all courses or programmes of study and to foster the unity and fellowship among the students and members of same common interest.
2.3 To e
nhance one's knowledge in their respective areas of interest and to cultivate the personal development and scholarship standard in the sport of badminton.
2.4 To i
nstil leadership skills in organizing the activities, to develop future leaders, to promote high standards of leadership character and to strive for the spirit of sportsmanship.
2.5 To pro
mote the game and the sport of badminton by organizing the practice or training and the tournaments.
2.6 To coo
perate and interact with other badminton association, organizations, clubs and players at the regional level.

3. Association Logo

3.1 The graphic representation of the shuttlecock depicts the identity and role of ABA towards the direction of promoting the sport of badminton.
3.2 T
he red colour derived from the colour of the nucleus in the centre of the University logo, symbolizing the energetic corporate structure of the association and placing the main focus of development at the university level.
3.3 Th
e black word “ABA” means the acronym of the name of the association- AIMST Badminton Association.

4. Membership and Non-discrimination Policy
4.1 The following shall be eligible to become members of ABA:
4.1.1 AIMST University Students
4.2 Al
l members of ABA shall share the equal rights to receive fair treatment, privilege or benefits.
4.3 Cer
tain related activities shall be based upon such considerations as performance, achievements, and other criteria related to the goals of ABA and purposes of the activities. Judgements in this regard based solely on an individual’s race, colour, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, marital status, or political belief are not judgements based on such considerations.
4.4 As an e
ntry requirement of membership, all members shall pay an annual subscription to join the association; the membership fee shall be decided by the association committee.
4.5
Any member may be suspended or expelled and subjected to such disciplinary action that the Executive Committee deems fit, for any violation of the provisions of the constitution, or for any conduct that is considered by the Executive Committee to be contrary to the Constitution and/or detrimental to the interests of the members and purpose of ABA. The Executive Committee shall handle removal procedures of members based upon the facts and allegations of each individual case.
4.6 No action can be initiated under this provision by the Executive Committee unless the members of ABA approve the proposed action by two-thirds majority. The final decision, however, lies with the officers of the Executive Committee.

5.
The Executive Committee
5.1 The Executive Committee shall be responsible for managing and administering all affairs and activities pertaining to the objectives and interests of ABA and shall consist of as many of the following voting members as possible (though filling of all positions is not necessary):
5.1.1 President
5.1.2 Vice-President
5.1.3 Treasurer
5.1.4 Secretary
5.1.5 Committee Member(s)
5.2 A
ll Executive Committee must be members of the association.
5.3
The members of the Executive Committee shall serve for one academic year only or until such time when new office bearers are elected into the office.
5.4
No committee member shall hold more than one post during each academic year (though in the absence of a filled position, other members may take the responsibilities of that position, as decided by the committee).
5.5
Terms of office for the Executive Committee shall begin at the close of the meeting at which they are elected.
5.6 T
he Executive Committee shall appoint sub-committees and their members for various events and activities as and when necessary with the concurrence of the Advisors.
5.7
Activities organized by the association are subject to approval by the Advisors. The executive Committee shall meet with members, approve the budget, approve bills, review and report performance of officers to the Advisors. It shall furnish a report during the AGM on its activities during the previous year.
5.8
Fund raising outside the AIMST student community in respect of any activity should not be attempted unless special permission has been obtained from the University Authorities.

6.
Management and Job Descriptions
6.1 The President shall represent the ABA, and shall be responsible for making sure that the association is run according to the association Constitution and code of conduct as far as can be reasonably expected.
6.2
The President will, during his/her term of office, preside at all meetings and will be responsible for the proper conduct of all such meetings. He/she will sign the minutes of each meeting at the time they are approved.
6.3
The Vice President will deputize for the President during the latter’s absence.
6.4
The President and Treasurer shall sign an ICU Financial Responsibility form, and shall be aware of the ICU Financial Regulations.
6.5
The Treasurer will be responsible for the finances of the association and shall carry out the day-to-day financial duties of the club. He/she will keep account of all its financial transactions and will be responsible for their correctness.
6.6 The Secretary will conduct the activities of ABA in accordance with its rules and shall be responsible for conducting all correspondence,
recording minutes of all club meetings, assisting the president in all club activities, recording club events and activities in the archive, providing information to the webmaster for posting and keeping all the books, documents and papers except the accounts and financial records.
6.7
Committee Members are responsible for running club sessions.
6.8 The management of the association shall be vested in the Executive Committee.
6.9
Quorum of the committee shall be two thirds of the voting committee.

7. Meetings
7.1 Types of meetings:
7.1.1 Annual
General Meeting (AGM)
7.1.2 Committee Meeting
7.2
An AGM of the association shall be held each year on a date and at a time and place decided by the Committee. The AGM shall have as its main business on the presentation of the Officers Reports for the previous year and the election of the Committee for the next session.
7.3
A preliminary notice of AGM stating the date, time and the place will be sent by the Secretary to all members not later than fourteen days before the date fixed for the meeting and this notice shall be displayed on the main notice board of AIMST.
7.4
The quorum of Executive Committee meeting will be one-half of its total membership. The Executive Committee will meet at a time and place decided by the committee. If a quorum is not present within half an hour after the time appointed for the meeting, it will then be postponed to a date, not exceeding seven days, to be decided by the Executive Committee. If a quorum is not present within half an hour after the appointed time for the postponed meeting, the members shall have the power to proceed with the meeting.
7.5
The President acting alone, or not less than three of its members acting together, may call for a meeting of the Executive Committee to be held at any time. The agenda of committee meeting shall be:
7.5.1 To
plan and implement activities.
7.5.2
To have brainstorming sessions among members on the activities.
7.5.3
To provide feedback on the activities initiated by the association.
7.5.4
To review and evaluate on the effectiveness of activities.
7.6
Decision shall be reached by a simple majority of the voting members present.

8. Advisors
8.1
The association shall have a maximum of two Advisors who are University staff.

9.
Rights and Privileges
9.1 All members shall have the right of access to the association’s Constitution.
9.2
All members shall have the right to vote and to voice in the meeting at the appropriate time.
9.3
Any Executive Committee member or any member has the right to resign from the association and shall give at least two weeks’ notice in writing to the Secretary and shall pay up all dues.
9.4
All members have the right to challenge rules and decisions set by the Executive Committee. They may do so in writing, and all concerns shall be duly heard in a general meeting and appropriately resolved by way of parliamentary or other appropriate democratic procedures.

10.
Finance
10.1 The funds of the association shall consist of the annual subscriptions of members and contributions from others.
10.2
At the end of each financial year, a statement of receipts and payments and a balance sheet for the year shall be prepared and audited by the auditors appointed.

11. Audit
11.1
Two persons, who are not office-bearers of the association, shall be appointed by the AGM as auditors.
11.2
The Auditors shall be required to audit the accounts of the association and to verify its correctness.

12. Amendments
12.1
Amendments to the by-laws of the association Constitution may be done only if voted and passed with a two-thirds majority of members present. Proposed amendments must be tabled and presented to all members two weeks before the AGM.

13.
Dissolution
13.1 The association may be voluntarily dissolved by a resolution of not less than three-fifths of the total voting membership.
13.2
In the event of the students’ association being dissolved as provided above, all the remaining funds shall be disposed of in such manner as may be decided upon by a general meeting.
13.3
Notice of dissolution shall be forwarded to the Registrar not later than fourteen days before the date of dissolution.

14.
Declaration
14.1 ABA hereby adopts and accepts this Constitution as a current operating guide regulating the actions of members.