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| - An active member who cannot personally participate in the General Assembly may ask another member, who will be personally present, to represent him during the General Assembly. The representative will exercise both members’ voting rights. The representative will legitimise himself at the beginning of the General Assembly by presenting to the Board the original of a written authorisation. A representative may represent a maximum of two additional members. | - An active member who cannot personally participate in the General Assembly may ask another member, who will be personally present, to represent him during the General Assembly. The representative will exercise both members’ voting rights. The representative will legitimise himself at the beginning of the General Assembly by presenting to the Board the original of a written authorisation. A representative may represent a maximum of two additional members. | ||
| - | ===== Duties of the General | + | ===== Duties of the General |
| - | + | - The General Assembly is the highest decision making organ of the Association and is generally in charge of all duties, unless these Articles of Association have assigned specific duties to another organ of the Association. \\ The General Assembly elects the board from a number of active members. The people obtaining the largest numbers of votes will be elected. Ballot papers will be provided to cast the votes. | |
| - | TODO | + | - The General Assembly may deselect a board member. Differing from (1), this process requires the majority of votes of all active members. |
| + | - The General Assembly decides about the objections of members the Board intends to expel. | ||
| + | - The General Assembly receives the Board’s annual report as well as the audit report of the auditor and discharges the board’s responsibilities. | ||
| + | - The right to decide about amendments to the Articles of Association or a liquidation of the association is reserved to the General Assembly. | ||
| + | - Namely the annual accounts and the annual report have to be presented in written format to the General Assembly for decision making and discharge of the board. It calls on two auditors, who belong neither to the board nor any other panel appointed by the board and who are not employed by the association, | ||
| + | - Furthermore the General Assembly has the exclusive right to decide about: | ||
| + | - any purchase of, sale of or charges on real property, | ||
| + | - any investment in other companies and | ||
| + | - raising loans of EUR 10,000 and more | ||
| + | - It has the right to decide about all matters board or members submit to it. | ||
| ===== Board Of Directors ===== | ===== Board Of Directors ===== | ||