The Disabled Photographers' Society

Disabled Photographers' Society Constitution

In common with most societies, clubs and institutions the Disabled Photographers' Ssociety has a set of rules, or constitution, within which the elected committee runs the society, in the best interests of its members.

The founders of the DPS laid down the original constitution in 1968 and it has been amended several times during the forty-year history of the society.

The first amendment we have a record for was in 1973, when the society was known as "Photography for the disabled". Changes made included the name of the bank used by the society and the month in which the AGM was to be held. Some more small amendments were made in 1996, by which time the current name for the Society had been adopted.

Late in 2007 it was felt by many that the language used in the constitution was out dated and that it did not reflect the modern world or the technology that we use in photography today. Accordingly a review of the constitution was undertaken and some amendments were proposed.

It was also felt that as a society we had expanded and that we now needed to reflect this in our constitution. Unfortunately things are not that simple in UK law. We had a monumental struggle to change even one or two words in some of the original rules but we finally agreed some amendments, to existing parts of the constitution with the charity commission. These changes were mainly in the language and terminology used to describe persons with disabilities. We were also able to add some further amplification of the aims and work of the society, to reflect what we actually do today.

The amended constitution was presented to the AGM held in Pitstone, on Sunday May 11th 2008. It was agreed unanimously by those present and has now been adopted by the society as its constitution.

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