| Part I: Associations
Chapter III
Machinery of
the Association
General Assembly
Article 24:
The general assembly shall be composed of all
active members who have completed at least six months and satisfied obligations under the
association's statue.
Article
25:
The general
assembly shall be convened up in an invitation in writing to each member eligible to
attend the assembly. This invitation shall define the place, date of agenda and the
meeting shall be addressed by:
1-The board of directors.
2-A number of persons authorized by twenty
five percent members eligible to attend the general assembly.
3-The commissioner appointed under Article
40 hereof.
4-The competent administrative body should
it deem it necessary.
Article
26:
The general assembly shall be held at the
main headquarters of the association. It may also be held in any other place to be defined
on the invitation to which the agenda is enclosed. A copy of the documents to be submitted
to the general assembly shall be sent to the administrative body and to the federation to
which the association is affiliated, at least fifteen days before the meeting. The
federation may authorize someone to attend the meeting.
The general assembly may discuss other
issues, not stated in the agenda subject to the approval of the absolute majority of total
members.
The administrative body and the competent
federation shall be notified with a copy of the minutes of the general assembly meeting
within thirty days as of the date of meeting.
Article
27:
The general assembly shall be convened to
an ordinary meeting at least once a year during the four months following the end of the
association fiscal year to discuss balance sheet, final account and the board of
directors' report on results of the year, auditor's report.. Besides it elects new
directors to replace those whose term has expired or terminated in addition to appointing
an auditor and determining his fees as well as such other issues as the board of directors
may enter into the agenda. The general assembly may be convened for an ordinary meeting
whenever necessary.
The general assembly may be convened to
extraordinary meetings to discuss amendments to the statutes of the association,
dissolving, merging with other associations, discharging all or some of the directors or
for any other issues that are required under the statute of the association to be
discussed in an extraordinary meeting.
Article
28:
The meeting of the general assembly shall
be considered as valid if attended by absolute majority of its members:
In case of incomplete quorum, the meeting
shall be adjourned for another session to be held within a period of at least one hour or
at most fifteen days of the date of the first meeting as may be decided by the statute of
the association. In this case the meeting shall be valid if attended in person by a t
least ten percent of the members or twenty members whichever less provided that the number
of attendees in the first case shall be at least five members.
Article
29:
A member of the general assembly may
authorize in writing another member to represent him in attending the general assembly
according to such rules as may be decided by the statute of the association. A member may
not represent more than one member.
Article
30:
A member of the general assembly shall not
participate in voting if he has a personal interest in the proposed resolution, save for
the election of the machinery of association.
Article
3l:
Resolutions of the ordinary general assembly
shall be issued by the absolute majority of the attending members. Resolutions of the
extraordinary general assembly shall be issued by an absolute majority of its members
unless the statute stipulates a special majority. |