| Society Statutes of ISCOWA |
Art. 1 -
The International Society for the Environmental and
Technical Implications of Construction with Alternative Materials
(ISCOWA), hereafter referred to as "The Society", is
registered in UTRECHT, The Netherlands and is established for
unlimited time.
Art. 2 -
The Society is established in order to:
Art. 3 -
3.1. Members are those who have applied for membership
and have been accepted as such by the Board.
Art. 4 -
4.1. The income of the Society is composed of:
Art. 5 -
5.1. The Board - also called the Board of Direction
- is composed of a minimum of seven members, which are chosen
by the Members Council. The number of Board members is determined
by the General Assembly.
Art. 6 -
6.1. The Board appoints under its members the direction
functions.
Art. 7 -
7.1. The General Assembly, hereafter called Members
Council, is called by the Board two month in advance and preferably
at the same moment of a conference.
Art. 8 -
8.1. The Society will promote and assist the realization
of conferences, which will in principle take place every two years
in the country where the "Organization Committee" is
settled.
Art. 9 -
9.1. Changes in the statutes can only take place after
a decision of the Members Council, which has to be taken with
a majority of two thirds of the votes of those which are present
or are represented. The text of the changes to be voted are to
be send to the members together with the meeting's invitation.
The changes are only to be active after being rectified by notarial
act.
Art. 10 -
10.1. The Society is to be terminated after a decision
of the Members Council, which has to be taken with at least two
thirds of the votes of those present or represented, which have
to be at least two thirds of the members; or in those cases in
which the law decides.
In all cases where these statutes or other regulations
do not give a definitive answer, the president will decide.
2.1. Promote and co-ordinate the study and exchange
of information, both national and international, of the environmental
and technical consequences of construction with alternative materials
and of processing of materials including those of civil engineering
works;
2.2. Assist in the organization and promotion of conferences
and meetings;
2.3. Assist in the publication and circulation of
technical papers, calenders of events and other relevant matter
in the above described field;
2.4. Encourage education, training and research;
2.5. Consult with and bring together individuals and
representatives of members, research establishments, academic
bodies and institutions of governments and other bodies;
2.6. Collect and disseminate information on matters
affecting the Society's objectives and exchange information with
other organizations having similar objectives;
2.7. Stimulate fund rising for research activities
and participate in meetings of governmental and international
organizations, which are active in research planning and funding.
MEMBERS
3.2. Members are obliged to accept the "Statutes
of the Society" and pay the membership fee which is fixed
by the Board.
3.3. Membership ends in the event of death, by renouncement
and expulsion.
3.4. Renouncement of membership can always take place
by written notification of the Board.
3.5. Expulsion is possible when:
.....a. The contribution fees are not fulfilled;
.....b. A member does not operate according to the statutes,
rules and decisions of the Society, or is harmful for the Society.
3.6 Expulsion as described in the previous item takes
place by the Board. The person concerned will receive as soon
as possible a written notice of the decision of the Board; the
person concerned can appeal within one month to the Members Council.
The membership remains suspendid until the Members Council decide
about the appeal.
FUNDS AND BALANCES.
.....a. Contributions and eventual subscription fees;
.....b. Legacies and donations;
.....c. Earnings from money accounts and sold literature;
.....d. Subsidies and other earnings.
4.2. The account year is the same as the calendar year.
4.3. The treasurer informs every year the members of income and expenses balances.
BOARD AND DIRECTION.
5.2. The Board can appoint a maximum of five member-experts
for a time period of maximal two years, with the possibility of
reappointment. These members of the Board have no voting right.
5.3. The Board members are always appointed for a
period of two years, and can afterwards be re-elected.
5.4. The General Assembly can decide about the expulsion
of a member of the Board; for this decision it is required to
have the majority of two thirds of the valid votes of those present.
5.5. Members of the Board are entitled to ask for
resignation, by written notice and at least with three month in
advance.
5.6. Members of the Board will not receive any payment
from the Society, except for a compensation for made costs on
behalf of the Society.
5.7. The Board is entitled to close contracts in order
to get, alienate or encumber inventory property, to close contracts
in which the Society functions as caution or as main debtor, or
as guaranty of the debts of third parties.
6.2. The president, secretary and treasurer form together
the executive committee.
6.3. The work procedures of the Board and executive
committee and their competences, and the quality requirements
which are demanded from members are to be regulated by internal
regulations.
6.4. The president and the secretary can represent
the Society in all matters; in case one of the two is impeded,
the other can represent the Society.
MEMBERS COUNCIL
7.2 Each member is to be allowed to the Members Council,
and has the right to vote or can delegate in writing in the person
of another member, nobody can at any time represent more than
three members.
7.3. Resolutions can only be aproved if two thirds
of the members are present or are represented.
7.4. Votes over affairs are cast orally, over persons
are cast in writing. Over all proposals is decided by absolute
majority of cast votes.
CONFERENCES
8.2. The Board invites members to organize the conference
and chooses one of them to be the "Organization Committee"
and to organize the conference; the form and the contents of the
conference will remain under the responsibility of the Board.
8.3. The Organization Committee is responsible for
all matters concerning the organization of the conference and
is also financially liable.
8.4. Conference minutes and reports are to be made
in English.
8.5. The Society can organize other scientific meetings
or be involved in the organization thereof; the Society shall
never be financially liable for such involvment.
CHANGES OF STATUTES AND DISSOLUTION
The meeting has to be called with explicit announcement
of the proposal to terminate the Society and with the destination
to be given within one month to the financial saldo of the Society.
10.2 In case no settlers are chosen during the meeting
will the settlement be done by the Board.
10.3 An eventual positive saldo will be used for
those purposes which have been decided by the Members Council
to be the most corresponding with the aims of the Society.
GENERAL ARTICLE