CONSTITUTION OF DOSAAF SPORTING MARKSMANSHIP CLUB

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• Publication Date: November 4, 1955
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Constitution of a DOSAAF Sporting DATE DISTR. 4 November 1955
Marksmanship Club
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TO THE ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FARCE
CONSTITUTION OF A DOSAAF
DOSAAF Press Moscow-1952
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Approved
by the Organizing Committee,
DOSAAF, USSR.
(lrotocol No. 8,
dated 8 December 1951).
Constitutick
of a Sporting Marksmanship Club of the
All-Union Woluntary #acietyiffr
Assistance.to..the.Army;
Air Force, and Navy.
(DOSAAF USSR)
1. A sporting marksmanship club of the All-Union Wolu1 ary : n imtg_,ftr
,;Assistanbetm' the Army, Navy, and Air Force is the sporting and instructional
organization, and the center for mass sporting marksmanship work, of a re-
public, rayon, okrug,or city committee of DOSAAF.
2. A sporting marksmanship club, in organizing its work, depends on a wide
base of creative initiative and spontaneous activity on the part of its members,
whom it educates in the spirit of devotion to the Party of Lenin and Stalin,
and the Socialist Fatherland.
3. A sporting marksman hip club is for* d on a decision of the central
committee of DOSAAF, USSR, within constituted limits of tables of equipment
and organization. It is supported financially by the DOSAAF committee to
which it is subordinate, and is carried on the accounts of that committee.
The club holds a stamp bearing its designation, and a stamp for registering
the payment of membership dues. It uses the seal of its DOSAAF committee.
Ii. A sporting marksmanship club is constituted as of the first or second
class, or of special status, depending on the scale of its work and its com-
mitment in the training of sporting marksmanship cadres; and also on the tables
of equipment and organization laid down for it.
Should a club fail to fulfill the commitments placed on it, or the re-
quirement given it for the training of cadres, by a descision of the Central
Committee of DOSAAF it is reduced to a lower class, or liquidated.
5. With the aim of the widespread d jelopmment of its work among the popu-
lation, a club may, with the consent of, OSAAF committee to which it is sub-
ordinate, organize affiliates attached to rayon and city committees of DOSAAF,
or to major primary organizations of the association, using for this purpose
active nuclei from among its members.
6. A sporting marksmanship club affords continuing assistance to primary
organizations of the association in promoting mass sporting marksmanship work,
and forms instructional groups for the training of classified marksmen, snipers,
instructor-members, and marksmanship judges.
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II. C(4MIT14EIITTS AND TASKS OF A CLUB
7. Among the commitments of a sporting marksmanship club are the following:
a) Popularization and promotion of the sport of marksmanship among
members of the association, and the public.
b) The bringing together of members of the association with a view
to the further improvement of their marksmanship qualifications
and sporting skill. The inculcation of the sport of marksmanship
in the broad masses of the workers.
C) The training of sporting marksmanship cadres.
d) Assistance in methods of instruction to primary organizations of
DOSAAF and its committees in the development of the sport of
marksmanship and the training of snipers.
8. To most the commitments placed upon it, a club will:
a) Organize lectures, addresses, and discussions on the problems of
the sport of marksmanship, and will publicize literature dealing
with these topics.
b) Farm among its mUbers instructional groups, marksmanship and
sniping teams, ant give these regular instruction. It will form
sections concerned with various asrcts of marksmanship work.
c) Form from among the beat marksmen of the club not less than one
picked tean.,conediting of ten marksmen, and, similarly, a picked
sniping team, consisting of the five best sniping pairs. To
those it will give systematic training in accordance with a plan
made by the council of the club. A captain and a trainer will be
appointed for each team.
d) Organize and conduct marksmanship and sniping contests to determine
the best club marksmanship team, the beat sniping pair, and the
best shot- the club champion. It will conduct competitions and
tournaments among the members of the club, and give wide publicity
to their best achievements, fostering among them the urge to attain
proficiency in marksmanship.
e) Attract its most proficient members (masters of sport, snipers,
instructor-members, etc.) to work with young marksmen, both with-
in the club and in the primary organizations of DOSAAF.
f) Organist and conduct the training of cadre instructors of the
association, and of marksmanship Judges.
g) Assist city and rayon committees of DOSAAF in the organization
and conduct of marksmanship contests.
h) Assist primary organizations with its instructional cadres. Melee
available its material and technical resources (classrooms, indoor
and outdoor ranges) for the training of members of the association
in circles, instructional groups, and sports teams, without dis-
rupting its awn instructional effort.
i) Render assistance in methods of instruction to trainers and instructor-
members in their work with the sporting marksmanship teams of
primary organizations.
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j) Organize and conduct development and inventive processes in the
improvement and perfection of marksmanship weapons and instructional
apparatus.
k) Register and publicize club, city, okrug, rayon, republic, and all-
union marksmanship records, of the assiciation and of the Soviet
Union.
III. MEMBERS
9. Membership in a sporting marksmanship club is open to members of DOSAAF
not less than 16 years of age, trained to the minimum level of junior marksman,
or from the age of 19 upwards, to the level of marksman third class, in the
all-union standard sports classifications.
10. Membership of the club is accorded by the club council, on the written
application of a candidate.
11. Members receive a membership card of the established pattern and pay
the cost of this card, an entrance fee of three rubles, and membership dues
of one ruble per month. Associates pay the cost of the membership card, an
entrance fee of one ruble, and dues of twenty-five kopeks per month.
12. Members enjoy the right to belong to two or more sports teams using
different weapons. Transfer from a team of lover grade to one of higher grade
is permissible only on the raising of the marksman's grade in the sports
classifications.
13. Members may not take part in marksmanship competitions on behalf of
other sporting societies or organizations.
14. A member is bound:
a) To pay his membership dues punctually and to take an active part
in the work of the club.
b) To work systematically to improve his level of training and to be
constantly prepared to defend the sporting honor of his club and
of the association.
c) Strictly to observe the rules governing the internal affairs of
the club, and to take good care of the equipment and property of
the club.
d) To obey the instructions issued by the council and head of the club.
15. A member has the right to:
a) Take part in general meetings of the club, with the right to an
active vote.
b) Elect and be elected to the membership of elected organs of the
club.
c) Participate in the instructional groups and sporting teams of the
club.
d) Make use, in accordance with established procedure, of the weapons,
ranges, ammunition, targets,and instructional equipment of the club.
e) Participate, in accordance with regulations laid down, in mass under-
takings-conducted by the club.
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16. Exclusion from membership may be effected for the following reasons:
a) Failure to pray dues for a period of six months.
b) Infringement of the internal regulations of the club.
c) The committing of anti-social acts.
IV. THE HEAD OF THE CLUB
17. The direction of all the affairs of a club rests with a head, appointed
by the president of the DOSAAF committee to which the club is subordinate.
The head is the direct superior of the entire personnel of the club.
18. The head of the club is subordinated to the DOSAAF committee charged
with the club's affairs.
19. The head of the club is directly responsible for:
a) The fostering in his marksmanship cadres of a keen spirit of re-
sponsibility, discipline,and esprit de corps.
b) The drawing up and implementation of all the clubs working plans,
subject to confirmation by the president of the committee to which
the club is subordinate.
c) Scrupulous compliance with internal regulations at indoor and out-
door ranges.
d) The condition, numbers, storage, custody, care and proper use of
weapons, asrunition,and all club property.
e) The state of working discipline among club personnel.
f) The proper expenditure of Eras according to budgets approved by
the DOSAAF committee, and the punctual presentation of accounts
in regular form.
g) Precautionary measures against fire on the premises of the club..
V. CLUB COUNCIL
20. To assist the head of the club in every way in his conduct of mass
military work and sporting activities, the general meeting of the club elects
by open ballot a club council of not less than seven members, to hold office
for the term of one year.
21. From its own number, the club council elects a president, a vice presi-
dent,and a secretary.
22. The composition of the club council is subject to confirmation by the
DOSAAF committee to which the club is subordinate.
23. The club council:
a) Accords club membership, and withdraws it.
b) Works out annual and monthly plans for the mass military and
sporting work of the club.
c) Confirms the composition of the club's picked teams.
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d) Examines and confirms scores in marksmanship competitions,
tournaments, and matches.
e) Examines scores in the mass military and sporting work of the
club.
f) Organizes sections for various aspects of marksmanship work, a
sporting marksmanship section, an instructional methods section,
a development and inventions section, a snipers' section, a
quartermaster section, etc.
g) Convenes general meetings of club members.
24. The council accounts for its work to a general meeting of members not
less than twice a year. A general meeting of members is valid if not less
than half the members are present.
25. The club council meets in session not less than once a month.
VI. AUDIT COMMISSION
26. For the verification of the state of payment of dues by members, and
the proper use of funds and equipment for the mass military and sporting
work of the club, the general meeting elects an audit commission, of from
three to seven members, for the term of one year.
27. The audit commission accounts for its activities to the general meeting
of club members.
28. In intervals between general meetings, the audit commission brings all
irregularities discovered in the club to the notice of the DOSAAF committee
and the club council.
29. The members of the audit commission of a sporting marksmanship club
have the right of attendance at meetings of the club council with advisory
votes.
VII. CLUB FUNDS
30. Club funds comprise:
a) Membership dues and entrance fees of members.
b) Grants from the DOSAAF committee.
c) Grants from the local budget for the upkeep of buildings, and for
public utility services (maintenance of buildings, water, light,
etc.).
N.B. The proceeds of entrance fees and membership dues are in-
cluded in the general club budget of income and expenditure, as
confirmed by the DOSAAF committee, and may be spent only within
the provisions of this budget.
VIII. LIQUIDATION OF A CLUB
31. The liquidation of a club is effected by a decision of the Central
Committee of the All-Union Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army,
Navy, and Air Force.
32. All buildings, property, and funds of a club in liquidation pass to the
control of the DOSAAF committee to which the club was subordinate.
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