STATUTES
Association of prefiguration
“ Red Helmets Foundation ”
Article 1er.
Constitution
It is founded between the members with the present statutes an association governed by the law of the 1er. July 1901 and the decree of August 16, 1901, having for title
Association of prefiguration “ Red Helmets Foundation ”
AFCR
Article 2
Goals and Object
This association has as goals:
1- To accompany the process of reflexion on the form which will take in the United Nations, an “international task force”, until its implementation.
2- To support the creation of innovating tools, in particular technological, facilitating the management and the coordination of the helps in France and in the world, and to ensure the development and the implementation of these means of humane action.
The association has, in particular, for objectives of:
- To take part or encourage any action in the field of the humane urgency ;
- To support and promote any public or private initiative allowing the development of new means supporting the coordination and the effectiveness of the humanitarian action ;
- To promote partnerships with the international and regional organizations specialized, the intergovernmental organizations and the nongovernmental organizations, allowing the deployment of these means, in order to ensure an emergency routing on the disaster fields ;
- To precede the creation of a Foundation of public utility having the same object.
- To tie relations with all other Companies or Associations similar, and to make some profit its members ;
- To bring together women and men of all countries, wishing to support exchanges of ideas and to support the activities of the association.
Article 3
Registered office
The registered office is fixed at
1, rue Descartes -75005 – Paris
It could be transferred by simple resolution of the Board of Directors and ratification by the General meeting.
Article 4
Composition
The association is composed of:
a/ Members of honor
b/ Members givers
c/ Adherent members
d/ Foreign corresponding members.
Article 5
Admission
To belong to the association, the members are approved by the executive Committee which statute, at the time of each one of its meetings, on the requests for admission presented.
Article 6
Members
Members of honor are members which, from their exceptional position rendered services announced to the association while bringing their moral support and financial to him. They are named by the Board of directors, on proposal of two of its members. They are exempted of contribution ;
Members givers are members who support the activities of th association by pouring a gift of a substantial amount and in all the cases higher than the amount of the annual contribution ;
Adherent members are those who pay an annual contribution whose amount is fixed each year by the General meeting ; Are foreign corresponding members, the people or organizations of foreign nationalities which assist in their Association and act as co-operation.
Article 7
Radiation
The membership is lost by:
a/ The resignation;
b/ The death;
c/ The radiation pronounced by the Board of directors for non-payment of the contribution or serious grounds, the interested party having been invited, by letter registered to present itself in front of the Executive Council to provide explanations.
Article 8
Resources
The resources of the association include :
1/ The amount of the gifts and the contributions ;
2/ Public grants ;
3/ Resources created in exceptional circumstances and, if it is necessary, with the approval of the proper authority ;
4/ Contributions coming from the companies partners, and more generally from all types of resources authorized by the law.
Article 9
Board of directors
Association is directed by a Board of directors from three to fifteen members, elected for one year by the General meeting. The members are re-eligible.
The Board of directors meets once at least every six months, on convocation of the president, or in the request of the quarter of his members.
The decisions are made in the majority of the voices, in the event of division, the voice of the president is dominating.
Any member of the Council which, without excuse, will not have attended three consecutive meetings could be regarded as resigner.
In the event of holidays, the Board of directors provides temporarily for the replacement with his members. Is carried out to their final replacement by the next General meeting. The capacities of the members thus elected end at the date where the mandate of the replaced members should normally expire.
Article 10
Executive committee.
The Board of directors chooses among its members, with the secret vote, an executive
Committee composed of:
1/ A president ;
2/ A treasurer ;
3/ A general delegate ;
4/ A secretary.
This Committee will have in load the management of the association within the framework of the Rules of procedure, and for mission of making carry out resolutions of the Board of Directors and, more generally, of carrying out in the name of the association all operations entering its object.
It will meet on the initiative of its president. The functions of its members are free.
It can appoint a remunerated executive director. The executive director takes part in work of the Executive Council in an advisory capacity.
Article 11
Ordinary general meeting
The ordinary General meeting includes all the members designated in article 4. The ordinary General meeting meets in the six months following the end of the financial year. Exceptionally the first exercise will be stopped at December 31, 2007. At least fifteen days before the fixed date, the members of association are convened by the care of the President, who indicates the agenda on the convocations. Those can be addressed by email.
The treasurer gives an account of his management and subjects the assessment to the approval of the Parliament.
It is proceeded, after exhaustion of about a day, with the replacement of the outgoing members of the Board of directors. It will be proceeded by secret vote so at least one of the members of the' General meeting asks it.
Will not be treated, at the time of the General meeting, that the questions subjected on the agenda approved at the beginning of meeting.
Article 12
Extraordinary general meeting
If need be, or on the request of half of the registered members, the president can convene an extraordinary general assembly, according to the methods envisaged by article 11.
Article 13
Rules of procedure
The Board of directors can decide establishment of rules of procedure, which will be approved by the General meeting.
Article 14
Dissolution
In the event of dissolution pronounced by two thirds at least of the members present at a General meeting, a liquidator is named by this one and the credit, if it is necessary, is reserved in accordance with article 9 of the law of the 1er July 1901 and with the decree of August 16, 1901.
Paris, April 23, 2008.
