eCAADe: Statutes

7. The General Assembly is invested with the full authority to further the realisation of the aims of the Association. Especially included in this authority are:

• amendments to the statutes
• The Association's general policy
• approval of the bye-laws
• admission and exclusion of members
• nominations, relief and reinstatement of members of the Administrative Council
• stipulation of membership fees
• approval of budget and accounts
• dissolution of the Association

8. The General Assembly lawfully meets once a year under the chairmanship of the President, either in the Association headquarters, or at a place determined by the preceding General Assembly and indicated in the convocation. The convocation is countersigned by the President or the Vice-President, and is sent out at least one month before the date of the meeting. The General Assembly may equally upon the request of one fifth of the active members be convened by the President or the Vice-President to a meeting presenting a specific agenda. The active members have the right to be represented by another active member.

9. With the exception of the extraordinary situation described in the present statutes, resolutions are passed by simple majority among the active members present, all members are informed of the resolutions, and the resolutions are recorded in minutes. No matter may be decided upon unless it appears on the agenda, or subsequent to a decision taken by at least two thirds of the active members present.

A resolution passed by the General Assembly may be contested by one member present or represented in the case of the General Assembly comprising less than one third of the active members.

10. The General Assembly may decide to establish any ad hoc committee comprising institutional or individual members appropriate to the Association's activities.