Statutes of the WCF World Cat Federation
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4. General Assembly
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Article 11 |
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The General Assembly is the highest authority of the
federation. It is formed by the delegates of the members. Each
member is entitled to one delegate with voting rights.
A delegate is permitted to represent only one member.
In addition to its delegate each member is entitled to
participate with one advisor, who has only an advisory vote.
If a club does not have the possibility to attend the
General Assembly, it may delegate its vote once. A second
delegation is only possible again, if the member represented
itself in the meantime in the General Assembly.
In case of a tie the president will decide. |
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Article 12 |
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The tasks of the General Assembly are,
- to appoint the members of the Board, of the Commissions
and the Auditors,
- to approve or reject the budget and the annual accounts;
the approval of the annual accounts constitute the discharge
of the treasurer,
- to decide upon applications of new members,
- to decide upon the expulsion of a member according to
the conditions set up in article 9,
- to evaluate the management of the board.
Moreover, the Assembly has all other rights, which may be
derived from the statutes and which have not been expressly
transferred to another authority. |
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Article 13 |
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The Assembly meets at least every second (2nd) year.
It is convened by the president as an ordinary meeting, as
an extraordinary General Assembly also by the president upon
request of a fifth part of the members of the WCF. |
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Article 14 |
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The members are obliged to announce their participation in
writing to the secretary general at least 30 days prior to the
begin of the General Assembly.
The General Assembly can take place with the actual number
of members present. |
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Article 15 |
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A simple majority of members present is needed to set the
decisions of the General Assembly into legal force, except in
case of an expulsion and changes of the statutes, where a
three quarter majority is needed.
The members of the General Assembly vote by a show of
hands, unless a member requests voting by secret ballot. |
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Article 16 |
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The president of the WCF presides over the General Assembly.
He may entitle a chairman of the day.
The minutes of the meeting are made by the secretary
general or by his substitute. He submits the minutes to at
least two persons for their statement, who attended the
meeting, and will have signed it by the president. |
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Article 17 |
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The members of the WCF are convened at least 90 days before
the date set for the General Assembly in WCF-actual or by
letter, preferably by e-mail or as download from a password
protected member-area.
They are requested to submit their proposals to the
secretary general 60 days before the General Assembly.
30 days before the set up date they will receive the agenda
together with the proposals of the various members,
preferably by e-Mail or as download from a password protected
member-area.
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Article 18 |
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No decision can be made upon items not listed in the agenda
unless the General Assembly decides otherwise by vote upon a
written proposal which is presented by the president.
Proposals and questions must be written in German and
English, if necessary in French or Spanish, if a
member-organization has this language as its mother tongue. |
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Article 19 |
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The meetings of the General Assembly are open to the members
of the organizations of the WCF. The General Assembly may,
however, exclude the public from certain items to be treated.
The WCF has the domestic authority in these General
Assemblies and may thus exclude persons/clubs from the General
Assembly. |
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