GLIN

Core Branding Element

To achieve a brand within the community and among funders, GLIN will develop the following with the help of a branding consultant:

Logo
Colours and typeface to tie in to the logo and allow for professional and inspiring materials
Image collection of clients in action in their businesses and in the training or mentoring process
Dynamic website
Social media appearance
Events/programs

Organisational Chart

Constitution

THE CONSTITUTION OF GOODLIVING INITIATIVE

PREAMBLE

1. (a) We the members of “GOODLIVING INITIATIVE resolved to come together as one body and having resolved to be bound by the provisions of this Constitution.
2. (b) This Constitution shall be supreme and has binding force and authority over every member of this FOUNDATION.

INTERPRETATION

1. (a) In this Constitution “the Act” means the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990;
2. (b) The “FOUNDATION’’ means “GOODLIVING INITIATIVE’’.
3. (c) The “Constitution” means the constitution of “GOODLIVING INITIATIVE”.
4. (d) Unless the context otherwise require, words, phrases and other expressions contained in these Regulations bear the same meaning as in the Act and if not in the Act then as in the interpretation Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990.
5. (e) This Constitution shall constitute the entire regulations expressly binding upon the FOUNDATION in the conduct and exercise of its affairs unless and until as accordingly amended by the FOUNDATION’s General Meeting and in the absence of any regulation hereunder expressly governing the conduct of exercise of any matter, the provisions of the Act, shall govern the same absolutely.
6. (f) The FOUNDATION shall be non-political and non profit-making in nature.

ARTICLE 1: NAME

The Name of the ORGANISATION shall be GOODLIVING INITIATIVE (hereinafter referred to as “the ORGANISATION”).

ARTICLE 2: HEADQUARTERS:

The Registered Office and Headquarters of GOODLIVING INITIATIVE shall be situated in Nigeria.

ARTICLE 3: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

1. To promote gender based programmes that ensure Goodliving and wellness of individuals and the community at large in the areas of health, educational leadership & development.

2. To provide advocacy on sustainable community development

3. To encourage, promote and conduct research on areas of interest

4. To increase the general health care awareness of people at all level.

5. To improve the general health status of Nigerians through campaign and outreaches.

ARTICLE 4: SOURCES OF FUND:

For the purpose of raising and generating fund and other resources (in cash or in kind) for the realization of its Aims and objectives, the Organization may:-

1. Accept donations (whether cash and/or kind) from individuals, Corporate bodies and Organisations in Nigeria or elsewhere.

2. Receive grants or assistance from individuals, Trusts, Organisations and other charitable or philanthropic Organisations in Nigeria or elsewhere.

3. Collect monies and financial assistance from or by any other lawful source or means.

ARTICLE 5: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

1. The Trustees of GOODLIVING INITIATIVE for the purpose of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990, Part C, shall be elected at a General Meeting of the founding members charged with the responsibility of electing the Trustees with two third majority of members forming a quorum.

2. Such Trustees hereinafter referred to as “THE TRUSTEES” shall be Nine (9) in number and shall be known as the “INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF GOODLIVING INITIATIVE”.

3. The Trustees shall hold office for life but a Trustee ceases to hold office if he/she;-

i. Resigns his/her office

ii. Ceases to be a member of the Incorporated Trustees of GOODLIVING

INITIATIVE.

iii. Becomes insane

iv. Is officially declared Bankrupt

v. Is convicted of a criminal offence involving dishonestly by a court of

competent jurisdiction.

vi. Is recommended for removal from office by a two third majority vote of members present at any General Meeting of the Organisation.

vii. Ceases to reside in Nigeria.

4. Upon a vacancy occurring in the number of Trustees a General Meeting will be

held to fill the vacancy and nomination could be from among members or without.

FUNCTIONS OF THE TRUSTEES:

5. The Trustees shall apply to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission for

a Certificate of Incorporation under the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

6. If such certificate is granted, the Trustees shall have power to accept and hold in trust all land belonging to the Organisation. And to acquire Land on behalf of the Organisation subject to such condition as the Corporate Affairs Commission may impose.

ARTICLE 6: MEMBERSHIP:

SECTION 1:

Membership is open to every person who has the same or similar aims and objectives of the Organisation. One becomes a member only after approval by the Governing Board.

SECTION 11: CONDITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP

i. Membership shall be by registration upon application and payment of a fee by an eligible candidate.

ii. He or She must obtain and complete Membership Form

iii. He or She must return the completed Membership Form to the Secretary of the Organisation.

iv. He or She must pay the Annual Membership Subscription fee, the amount to be determined by the Government Board of the Organisation.

v. There shall be no discrimination in assigning roles to any member of the Trustees or any of its workers.

ARTICLE 7: OFFICERS OF THE ORGANISATION:

The Organisation shall have the following officers:

The President

The Vice President

The Secretary

The Financial Secretary

The Assistant Secretary

The Treasurer

ARTICLE 8: DUTIES OF OFFICERS:

The President:

Shall preside at all meetings of the Organisation.

Shall summon all meetings of the organization in consultation with the Secretary.

Shall be the spokesman of the Organisation.

Shall direct all officers in the performance of their duties

Shall sign the minutes of both executive and general meetings upon adoption.

Shall appoint the returning officer before the executive is dissolved.

Shall discharge other duties reasonable incidental to his office.

Shall present Annual Reports of the Organisation’s activities to the members.

The Vice President:

Shall assist the President in discharging his/her duties.

Shall act for the President in his/her absence and in that capacity assume all the powers of the President.

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Secretary:

The Secretary shall carry out the secretarial duties.

Shall be the custodian of the administrative records of the Organisation.

Shall record the minutes of the meetings and handle correspondences relating to his/her office.

Shall record the minutes of the previous meeting and read them in subsequent meeting.

Financial Secretary:

Shall collect all monies and pay same to the treasurer within 24 hours of collection.

Shall keep account of the incoming and outgoing funds and prepare statement of account every year.

Shall be required as need arises to give an estimate of the financial strength of the organization.

Shall inform any defaulting member to meet up with his or her financial obligations.

Shall make all the financial books of the Organisation available on demand to the Auditors for inspection.

Assistant Secretary:

Shall assist the Secretary in carrying out his or her functions

Shall act as Secretary in the latter’s absence.

Treasurer:

Shall be the custodian of the Organisation’s fund

Shall keep proper account of the cashbook, receipts and outgoing vouchers. He or she shall not make payment except it is supported by a voucher validly prepared and signed by the chairman.

All monies must be receipted.

He/She shall keep an imprest account of Ten thousand Naira only for emergency.

ARTICLE 9: DUTIES OF THE GOVERNING BOARD

a. They shall formulate policies for the ORGANISATION.

b. They shall direct the opening of the ORGANISATION bank account and to appoint its three (3) signatories and Two (2) signatories shall be valid for any withdrawal. One of such signatories shall be the President.

c. To receive and consider fee-back on the utilization of grants, scholarship etc, advance by the ORGANISATION.

d. To examine the merits and demerits of application for grants, and to take appropriate decisions on the applications.

ARTICLE 10: TENURE OF OFFICE FOR EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

SECTION 1: TENURE OF OFFICE

a. Members of the Executive Council shall be in Office for as long as it is agreed to by the members in the general meeting.

b. Any member found guilty of any criminal offence, gross misconduct or acts that are inimical to the set objectives may be removed on the recommendation of the Board of Trustees subject to the approval of the General Meeting.

SECTION 2: ELECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

i. The election of the Executive Members shall be by secret ballot at the General Meeting of the ORGANISATION once every five (5) years.

ii. In the event of any office becoming vacant before the next General Meeting, the Executive shall have power to appoint a successor to fill the vacancy.

iii. No one shall be eligible for election unless he or she is financially up to date.

SECTION 3: CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS

Election at General Meeting of the ORGANISATION shall be conducted as follows:-

i. Voting shall be by secret ballot after a quorum had been formed and the General meeting declared open.

ii. Each candidate to be eligible for election must be nominated by a member of the ORGANISATION.

SECTION 4: BYE-ELECTION

The General Meeting shall have power to organize a bye-election to fill any vacancy in the Executive Council within 4 weeks of such vacancy.

SECTION 5: VACATION OF OFFICE

Vacancy of office may arise in event of any of the following

i. Cessation from membership of the ORGANISATION

ii. Removal on ground of misconduct

iii. Inability to perform due to ill-health

ARTICLE 11: REMUNERATION

The Executive members shall be paid all reasonable expenses genuinely incurred by them in the course of carrying out their duties or in connection with the business of the ORGANISATION.

ARTICLE 12: MEETINGS

For effective administration of the ORGANISATION there shall be the following meetings:

a. Annual General Meetings

b. Meeting of the Executive Council

c. Special General Meeting

SECTION 1: THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

1. i. The Business at the Annual General Meeting shall be to receive the President’s report on the activities of the ORGANISATION, its financial position, to remove and elect the Auditors and for fixing the dues and other payments, if any.
2. ii. The Trustee shall hold meeting at least once in every year and such other times and in such places as they shall from time to time decide.

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SECTION 2: MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

1. i. The Executive Council shall meet at least once every quarter to examine the accounts and review the affairs of the ORGANISATION.
2. ii. Three (3) members of the Executive Council of the ORGANISATION shall form a Quorum at the Executive Meeting.
3. iii. The President or in his/her absence, Vice President, in their absence any other Office Holder shall preside at all General or Committee Meetings of the ORGANISATION and the presiding member will have a casting vote.

SECTION 3: SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING

1. i. The Executive Council shall at any time whenever requested in writing by at least two thirds members call a Special General Meeting.
2. ii. Upon such a request for a Special General Meeting having been duly received by the Council it shall within 21 days of the receipt convene a Special General Meeting.
3. iii. Notice of the Special General Meeting with a statement of its object shall be sent to members at least seven days before the date of the meeting.

ARTICLE 13: PROCEDURE/PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS:

1. a. Notice of meeting shall be given to the members by the Secretary either in person or in writing or through telephone.
2. b. In the case of an Annual general meeting a notice of 21 days shall be given. In case of an Extra Ordinary General Meeting a notice of 14 days shall be given.
3. c. In the case of a special business, the general nature of that business shall be made known.
4. d. A meeting of the ORGANISATION notwithstanding the fact that it is called by shorter notice than that specified in this regulation shall be deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed.
5. e. Resolutions at Annual General Meeting shall be passed by a 2/3 majority of the votes entitled to be cast by those present at the meeting.
6. f. No business shall be transacted at any Annual General Meeting unless quorum of member present at the time the meeting proceeds is formed, one-third of the members entitled to attend a meeting shall constitute a quorum.
7. g. Each member shall have one vote on every resolution.
8. h. The Chairman of the Governing Board shall preside as a Chairman at every General Meeting of the ORGANISATION where there is no such Chairman, or if he is not present within thirty minutes after the time appointed for holding of the meeting or he is unwilling to so act, the Vice Chairman or in the latter’s absence any other office holder shall preside.

ARTICLE 14: COMMITTEES:

a. The ORGANISATION may set up committee in respect of such matters as discipline, fund raising , building and or such other matters as it may by a simple majority of its members at a duly convened General Meeting deem appropriate.

b. Membership of such committee shall stand dissolved on the completion of its assignment.

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c. Decision of a committee shall be by a two thirds majority, with the Chairman of the committee as appointed having a casting vote.

d. Decision of such committee shall be subject to approval by members at the General Meeting.

ARTICLE 15: FINANCE:

The ORGANISATION shall operate bank accounts in its name. The signatories to the account shall be the President, the Secretary and the Treasurer. All monies must be paid into the account immediately upon receipt and on no account shall the Treasurer keep a cash of more than N10,000.00 with him/her at any point in time unless with approval from the President.

Finance year of the ORGANISATION shall be from 1st January to 31st December, of every year.

All expenditure (Current Capital or otherwise) of the ORGANISATION must be duly countersigned by the Treasurer of the ORGANISATION.

There shall be one account i.e. one operating account (current for the ORGANISATION and excess fund shall be invested in viable projects with the approval of the General Meeting.

SECTION 1: RECEIPTS/OUT GOINGS:

All monies due to the ORGANISATION shall be payable to the Treasurer and the ORGANISATION’S receipt shall be the only sufficient discharge.

SECTION 2: MEMBERSHIP DUES:

All members shall pay Annual Membership subscription monies and dues at the General Meeting.

SECTION 3: DONATIONS

The ORGANISATION shall have power to accept donations and gifts from Members, Groups, Corporate bodies or individuals provided the conditions attached to such donations are not inconsistent with the aims and objectives of the ORGANISATION and is generally acceptable as not inimical to the aims and objectives of the ORGANISATION.

ARTICLE 16: THE SEAL:

a. The Trustees shall have a common seal

b. Such common seal shall be kept in the custody of the secretary who shall produce it when required for use by the Trustees.

c. Every document to be executed by the Trustees shall be signed by the Secretary, affixing the Common Seal.

ARTICLE 17: AUDITORS:

An auditors(s) shall be appointed at the general meeting to audit the account of the Organisation Annually.

ARTICLE 18: AMENDMENTS:

The constitution may be amended, altered or replaced in whole or part by any person(s) deciding to make such Amendment, which shall take place at the General Meeting of the ORGANISATION, and with a motion of two-third of the votes entitled to be cast by the members present at a General Meeting called for that purpose and approval by the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja.

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ARTICLE 19: SPECIAL CLAUSE:

1. THE INCOME AND PROPERTY of the GOODLIVING INITIATIVE” whensoever derived

shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the ORGANISATION as set forth in this Rules and Regulations/constitution and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus, or otherwise however by way of profit, to the members of the GOODLIVING INITIATIVE.

2. PROVIDED that nothing herein shall prevent the payment, in good faith, or reasonable and proper remuneration to an officer or servant of the GOODLIVING INITIATIVE in return for any service actually rendered to the ORGANISATION but so that no member of the Executive Council or Governing Body shall be appointed to any salaried office of the ORGANISATION or any office of the ORGANISATION paid for by fees, and that no remuneration or other benefits in money or monies shall be given by the ORGANISATION to any member of such Council or Governing Body Except repayment of out-of-pocket expenses or reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let to the GOODLIVING INTITIATIVE provided that the provision last a foresaid shall not apply to any payment of any company to a member of the ORGANISATION may be a company in which such member shall not hold more than one-hundredth part of the capital and such member shall not be bound to account for any share of profits he may receive in respect of any such payment.

3. NO ADDITION, alteration or amendment shall be made to or in the RULES AND REGULATIONS/CONSTITION for the time being force, unless the same have been previously submitted to and approved by the Registrar-General.

4. IN the event of a winding up or dissolution of the GOODLIVING INITIATIVE, there remains after the satisfaction of all the debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to and distributed among the members of the GOODLIVING INITIATIVE but shall be given or transferred to some other institution(s) having objects similar to that of the GOODLIVING INITIATIVE under or by virtue of the SPECIAL CLAUSE hereof, such institution(s) to be determined by the members of the ORGANISATION at or before the time of dissolution and if in so far effect cannot be given to the aforesaid provision, then to some charitable object.

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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY

Date: ………………………. Date:…………………….

Goals

• 50 speaking engagements in Year 3
• Earn Nigeria Business Excellence Award (non-profit division)

• 3,000 individuals completing core course in three years
• Annual earned revenue exceeding N4,500,000 in Year 3

• 100 PR mentions in Year 3
• 1,200 testimonials recorded in Year 3

• 1,500 businesses launched by clients in three years
• 500 full-time jobs created in three years
• 8 offices opened in three years

Public Relations

Recognizing that we are relatively new on the market, there will be a need to organize an event introducing ourselves onto the market. To this we will invite potential customers, senior officials, possibly including a government minister and other stakeholders, so as to penetrate the market. In collaboration with this we, also intend to place news stories and features in magazines and newspapers to keep stakeholders updated on the latest developments and to increase awareness.

Activities

§ Optimize its web site to describe and promote the organisation

The organisation will optimize its web site to attract prospective sponsors.

§ Print advertising

The organisation will take out ads in many different publications. These include publications targeted to Nigerian industries, local newspapers, Television and technology industry publications.

§ Radio Ads

The organisation is in the process of developing commercials that will be broadcast on local area radio stations.

§ Yellow pages

GLIN will take out an advertisement in the local Yellow Pages.