statute

 

§ 1 Name, Location and Buisness year

On January 27th, 2008 the founded society was given the name "art aspects kunstverein". The society will be certified in the register of societies and will therefore gain the addition "e.V.". Our societs is situated in Berlin and operates a business year equal to the civil year.

§ 2 Purpose of the Society, Assignment, Common Public Interest

1.The purpose of the society is to encourage the promotion of art and culture
2. The promotion of art education including help with tuition
3. The society works with an altruistic outlook and is focused directly on common public interst in keeping with the paragraph "steuerbegünstigte Zwecke" of the revenue code (§§ 51 et seq.) in the relative version. Funds of the association are therefore only allowed to be used for statutory interests. Members of the society in their capacity as members must not recieve benefits from the society’s funds. No person must benefit from the expenses of the fund in a way that disregards the purpose of the association. Members of the society will not recieve a share of the assets when leaving the society or in the case of liquidation.

The purpose of the statute is mainly realized through:

a) The conveyance of contemporary Fine Art

b) Planning and completing cultural and artistic events; including exhibitions to enrich the cultural scenery of Berlin and beyond.

c) The co-operation and completion of combined activities with visual European artists. There shall also be trips to European artistic organizations and partners, which will enable the discussion of artistic activities of all kinds. These trips are for cultural and educational purposes only. Touristic purposes are not included.

Mainly young, unknown artists and former students of the Von Erlenbach Kunstschule who are studying actively at art colleges or are moving on into further education, will be involved in this.

§ 3 Acquisition and Termination of the Membership

1. Members of the association can be any person above the age of 18 and any honorary member who has been nominated by the general meeting or the board of the association, and who supports the aims of the association.
2. The Membership has to be applied for in writing and under the acceptance of the statute of the association. The admission is considered by the board. In the case of a refusal of the application of admission the applicant has the right to appeal against the decision to the general meeting. In this case the decision of the general meeting is final.
3. Memberships will be terminated in the case of resignation, suspension or death.
4. The resignation has to be given in written form with at least one month’s notice.
5. If a member violates the aims and interests of the association or is, after an overdue notice, more then a year behind with the membership fee; the membership can be terminated by the board with immediate effect. The member must have the opportunity for a justification or a statement before a decision is made. The member can appeal against the suspension within a period of 2 weeks after the announcement which will be considered and decided over in the next general meeting.
6. Resigned or suspended members have no entitlements, neither financially or in any other way, to the shares of the assets of the association.

§ 4 Membership fee

The membership fee is payable at the beginning of the business year and has to be prepaid. The amount of contribution is set by the general meeting. There can be shares in the costs in case of financing special projects. The manner of the share in the costs will be applied for to the general meeting by the board. In suitable cases the board is able to fully or partly defer or waive fees, financial contributions or shares in the costs. § 5 Bodies of the Association Bodies of the association are the board and the general meeting. § 6 The Board The board of the association is formed by the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman, The association is represented judicial and extrajudicial by the chairman as well as by the Vice Chairman. They will be listed in the register of association. Either of them is authorized to represent the association. The Vice Chairman shall only take action if the Chairman is prevented for any reason. The general meeting elects the board of association for a period of 5 years. The re-election of the board is not possible. Until the new election the old board remains in office. The nominations shall be acquainted in the invitations for the general meeting. Only members of the association can become board members. The Chairman is elected by the general meeting in a special ballot. In the case of an elimination of a board member during the period of office the rest of the board appoints a temporary substitution until the next general meeting. The general meeting will then elect a new board member for the rest of the period of office. The board is responsible for the current affairs of the association. The particular tasks of the board are: The board works on a voluntary basis. The board is able to appoint an administrative manager for the current affairs. He or she has the right to take part in board meetings in a consultative capacity. Board meetings take place at least four times a year. The board meeting is invited by the Chairman of the Board in writing and with the abidance of an invitation period of at least 7 days. The board only has a quorum with at least half of the members present. The board passes resolutions with ordinary majority. In case of urgency; decisions can be made by letter or by phone but only if all board members accepted this process by letter or by phone. Decisions made by letter or by phone have to be put into writing and signed. A record is kept over all decisions by the secretary which has to be signed by the board.

§ 7 General Meeting

The general meeting takes place once a year. An exceptional meeting can be convened if it is in the interest of the association or if more then a third of the members of the association demand a meeting in writing; specifying the reasons for this. The calling of the general meeting happens at the board’s invitation which will be sent out with an invitation period of two weeks and will include the agenda. The invitation period starts with the date of the day following the dispatch of the invitations. The date of postmark applies. The invitation applies as delivered to the member if it is send to the last actual address noted by the association in writing. The general meeting is the supreme decision making body in the association for all basic tasks as long as special tasks haven’t been handed over to other bodies of the association in accordance with the statute. Especially the annual accounts and the annual reports about the approval and discharge of the board have to be presented to the general meeting in writing. The general meeting appoints two auditors, who mustn’t be board members or in any of the board’s panels and who aren’t allowed to be staff of the association, to audit books including the annual accounts. They will report back on the outcome to the general meeting.

The general meeting also decides on:

a) contribution exemptions,
b) tasks of the association,
c) buying and selling as well as charges on property,
d) interests in companies,
e) borrowing and arranging of loans,