The aim of this website is to raise awareness of the Associations purpose and values, and to keep you abreast of events in and around Kathikas.

Our meetings usually take place on the last Tuesday of each month, at 10:00am in the Community Centre.

Everyone is welcome whether you live in Kathikas or not, however membership is restricted to those who live in the village or surrounding agricultural area.

This website has been constructed to enable the Kathikas Residents Association to communicate with its members, and anyone interested in Kathikas, its aim is to be informative, interesting and a bit of fun. This has been made possible thanks to our sponsors, local businesses, whose adverts are on the sponsor page, please consider these people if you need the services they provide. If you wish to sponsor the site the cost is a nominal €10 per annum.

The site will endeavor to assist people who live in the village by displaying information that has taken a while to accumulate, to that end all contributions of tips, advice, comments and photographs will be appreciated, just click here to e-mail us. Also use this means if you have any items for the monthly meeting agenda.

The site will also promote Kathikas to encourage people to visit the village and experience its charms, personality and especially the people.

Scroll down for constitution, aims & objectives.

For those of use who are experiencing the traumatic and distressing experience of a bereavement and are unsure of what to do or who to contact the following information may be of some assistance:-

The Anglican Church of Paphos

has a Funeral Ministry. In the first instance you should contact Keith Shonfeld M.B.E.

on 25934602 or 99921290

Please note that it is not necessary that you should be a regular Church attendee or even a Christian to receive this support. You will be guided step by step on how to proceed.

Kathikas Residents Association

Constitution

I. Name

The name of the Association shall be ‘Kathikas Residents Association’. For this purpose Kathikas shall mean the area of the village proper, and the new builds in the surrounding agricultural area.

I. Aims

To protect and promote the interests of all Kathikas residents ensuring their human rights and treating all with dignity and respect at all times. To protect and enhance the amenities of Kathikas Village.

 To inform on proposed changes affecting the area and particularly the environment

 To consult in order to ensure that local public services, educational, social and sporting facilities are reasonable available and maintained.

 To represent and assist the association members where appropriate, when requested to do so.

I. Membership

Membership of the Association shall be open to all people residing in the area defined above, but shall be restricted to residents over the aged 18yrs or over, subject to the payment of a Membership Fee.

Subscription

 The annual subscription shall be such sum as shall be discussed with the residents and ratified by the Committee.

 The annual subscription shall cover the period of 12 months from 1st January. No part of the subscription shall be refunded in the event of a member ceasing to be a member for whatever reason.

 Any member who fails to pay the current year’s subscription shall cease to be a member.

 Donations to the Association may be received by the Treasurer.

I. Finance

 The Treasurer shall hold, in trust only, all monies belonging to the Association. S/he shall make payments when authorised by the Committee to do so, shall prepare the Statement of Accounts each quarter and deliver up all monies, papers and vouchers relating to the Association when requested to do so by the Committee.

 The committee shall open such accounts, as they consider necessary at the village bank and all associations’ money should be kept in those accounts, except for petty cash. Any/all cheques must be signed by the Treasurer and the President, Vice-President or Secretary.

 The Treasurer shall maintain proper accounts showing payments and receipts of all monies.

I. The Financial Year

The financial year of the Association shall end on 31st December of each year.

I. Management

The Association shall be managed by a committee consisting of the following persons elected from the members of the Association:-

 President

 Vice President

 Treasurer

 Secretary

 Translator

 Village Cultural Adviser

 The members of the committee shall be elected at every fifth (5th) Annual General Meeting (to coincide with the Municipality Committee elections), subject to termination of office by resignation or other reasons.

 Retiring members of the committee will be eligible for re-election.

 The committee shall meet at least once every month. The President may convene additional meetings and shall convene such a meeting if requested to in writing by five Association members, or all the other members of the committee. The Secretary shall notify all committee members in writing or otherwise of the date, time and place of all meetings and the business to be conducted. Except in urgent cases, at least three days notice shall be given.

 The quorum at the committee meetings shall be three. Unless otherwise stated in the constitution, matters shall be decided by a simple majority of those present and voting, with the President having a casting vote in the event of a tie. In the absence of the President the chair shall be taken by the Vice President, and in their absence by another member of the committee.

 Any committee member absent without reasonable excuse or apology from three consecutive Association meetings shall be notified by the Secretary that unless satisfactory explanation is given to the next meeting he or she will be deemed to have resigned.

 The Secretary, or in their absence someone nominated by the committee, shall minute all general and committee meetings.

 The Treasurer shall maintain a register showing the names and addressees of all households in membership of the Association.

 The committee shall have the following powers:-

o To spend money as necessary to carry out projects agreed by a general meeting or which are consistent with the aims and objectives of the Association.

o To fill any casual vacancy that may arise on the committee between annual meetings.

o To remove any committee member who fails to attend three consecutive committee meetings without adequate reason.

o To appoint sub-committees of committee members and/or others and to receive reports from those sub committees.

o To carry out any other such business as is consistent with the aims and objectives of the Association.

I. General Meetings

The Annual General Meeting of the Association shall normally be held in the winter to transact the following business:-

 To receive and (if approved) adopt the report of the president on the preceding year’s activities.

 To receive and (if approved) adopt the statement of the Associations accounts for the previous financial year.

 Any other business as notified to the Secretary at least 14 days prior to the meeting.

I. Special General Meetings.

Special General Meetings shall take place every five years (to coincide with the village Municipality elections) and shall have the following format:-

 At least seven days notice shall be given by the Secretary of the date, time, place, and business of any Special General Meeting, in writing, to all members of the Association.

 All items listed under VII General Meetings above

 Nominations for office and membership of the committee shall be given in writing to the Secretary at least three days prior to the meeting including the signatures of a proposer and seconder and a signed indication from the person proposed that they are willing to stand. In the event of there not being enough people nominated to fill the available places on the committee, the meeting may decide to accept nominations from the floor. Anyone proposing, seconding, or being proposed for membership of the committee shall be a member of the Association.

 All matters shall be decided by a simple majority of those present and voting, unless specified otherwise in this constitution, with the President to have a casting vote in the event of a tie.

 Any member of the Association aged 18 yrs or over will be entitled to vote at any Special General Meeting.

I. Amendments to Constitution

The constitution shall be amended only by a two-thirds majority of those members present and voting at a Special General Meeting of the Association. Proposed amendments to the constitution shall be submitted in writing to the Secretary at least one working week before a Special General Meeting.

I. Dissolution of the Association.

The Association may be dissolved if a resolution to that effect is passed by a majority of members present and voting at an Annual General Meeting. The Treasurer should then dispose of any funds remaining after payment of all debts in the way decided by a resolution passed by a majority of the members present and voting.

I. Constitutions and Register of Membership.

A copy of this constitution shall be available at all reasonable times for inspection by any member on application to the Secretary. A complete copy or extracts from the constitution may be taken by any member. On first joining the association a member shall be offered a copy of the constitution.

The register of membership shall be available at all reasonable times for inspection by any member on application to the Treasurer

Aims and Objectives

Aims

The aims of the Association are to seek to protect and promote the interests of all Kathikas residents ensuring their human rights and treating all with dignity and respect at all times.

These interests may include social education, health and safety, planning, governmental, and any subject brought to the attention of the Association which the Association has deemed worthy of support.

To protect and enhance the amenities of Kathikas Village.

Objectives

To inform on proposed changes affecting the area and particularly the environment.

To consult in order to ensure that local public services, educational, social and sporting facilities are reasonable available and maintained.

To represent and assist the association members where appropriate, and when requested to do so.

To establish and maintain good relations with the Kathikas Municipality and Government Departments in order to promote the interests of the people of Kathikas.

The Association will endeavor to establish and maintain contact with any organisations that may legitimately be concerned with these objectives whether these organisations are established within Cyprus or abroad.

The Association will be a non-political and a not-for-profit

organisation.