The BRCA AGM 2023 is on 28th October starting at 2PM

It's that time of the year again where you get to have your say and shape the future of RC Car Racing.  

**Please note no food available at venue**

The AGM is the most important meeting of the year for the keen racer, as detailed in our handbook copied below:

14. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The AGM shall be held as soon after the end of the financial year as is practical and in any event not later than the month of February following. No BRCA Sanctioned events may take place on the day of the AGM. The following business shall be transacted at the AGM:-

  1. Reports on the general working of the Association and its sections.
  2. Representation of the Association accounts.
  3. Election of Officers and Auditor
  4. Review and agree the annual membership fee.
  5. Discussion of any other business of which due notice has been given.
  6. Arrange a provisional date for the next AGM which shall in any event be held within thirty days of the provisional date.

We all look forward to seeing you there.

Details of venue for AGM

Bournville College

1 Longbridge Lane,

Longbridge

B31 2AJ

 

Venue car-park is at the end of College street . <click image below for larger view>

brca agm 2022 carpark

 

 

Hotels

Premier Inn – https://www.premierinn.com/

 

Changing a rule

First bit is a simple statement - The BRCA doesn’t create rules. The Section Committees don’t create rules. The Membership creates the rules and the Officials you vote in enforce them. Any one of us (you, your club mates, an official - any of us) can change or create a rule. Or more accurately we can ‘propose’ a rule or rule change. This is done annually at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for each racing Section. If, when your proposed change is raised at the AGM, the majority of those present agree with you (after the matter has been explained and quite possibly discussed – even possibly amended) then a changed or new rule goes in the book – it’s as simple as that.

But

You need to know how to make that process work, so here goes:- Firstly; discuss it with other racers at your club, especially those that might have been to a few other clubs or raced in other classes. They may well come up with an observation that’s of benefit, or let your idea get kicked around on one of the discussion forums on the internet. Secondly; is this something that you only need to change to suit your club?

All too often a discussion comes up about a club class and ‘the BRCA rules say….’ gets quoted. A couple of pointers here - the BRCA General Rules are the only ones that MUST be adhered to at your club. If you want to modify or even create a set of rules for the classes of cars your club wants to race that’s perfectly fine – after all that’s exactly where most new classes come from.

So if you’ve got this far, you have a new rule proposal to make, you’ve not been shot down in flames by your club mates, and it’s something that needs changing for the class nationally or the sport as a whole. To make this change this is what you need to do If it’s a change to the Constitution or the General Rules; Complete the proposal form and have it ‘seconded’ by another member on the day who also wants to see the change happen.

Click here to submit a proposal: (you need to be logged in and a BRCA Member)

We no longer user paper forms for proposals, to ensure these are delivered to the correct section, complete with date stamp and archived database copy. We now use an online form only for all sections and nominations.

You will find these below:

Proposal Forms

Rules: BRCA Rule Proposal Form  Please note you must be logged in to use the form

Committee Positions: BRCA Officer Proposal Form

Election of Exec BRCA Officers

These roles are a two year post:

  • Vice Chairman
  • Secretary
  • Editor/Media
  • Club Liasion
  • Safeguarding Officer
  • Scottish Rep
  • Welsh Rep
  • EFRA

Section Conferences :-

Section conferences to commence at 09:30 on 29th October.

Section Date & Time Location Agenda Proposals Advance Position Nominations Minutes Proposal Voting
General / Exec 28th Oct Birmingham          
1/10th IC Circuit 29th Oct Birmingham          
1/10th Off Road 29th Oct Birmingham          
1/10th On Road 29th Oct Birmingham          
Large Scale Off Road 29th Oct Birmingham          
10th Off Road Trucks 29th Oct Birmingham          
1/8th Circuit 29th Oct Birmingham          
1/8th Rally X 29th Oct Birmingham          
8th StockCars 29th Oct Birmingham          
12th Oval,  F1, F2 etc. 29h Oct Birmingham          
Truggies 29th Oct Birmingham          
M-TC 29th Oct Birmingham          
               

 

The latest date for submissions is 22nd September 2023.