From c303ffa6a89251b0e0cc9cba5f80431acbaf7a19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: svilayphiou <stephanie@stdin.fr> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 12:30:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] First shot at English translation cleaning --- .../association-statutes-en.md | 308 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 308 insertions(+) create mode 100644 association-1-statutes/association-statutes-en.md diff --git a/association-1-statutes/association-statutes-en.md b/association-1-statutes/association-statutes-en.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b832b00 --- /dev/null +++ b/association-1-statutes/association-statutes-en.md @@ -0,0 +1,308 @@ +<!-- +- Loi ASBL : <http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&table_name=loi&cn=1921062701> +- <http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=nl&la=N&cn=1921062701&table_name=wet> +- Statuts ASBL Parlement Jeunesse : <http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/tsv_pdf/2011/11/23/11176583.pdf> +--> + + +# Open Source Publishing ASBL <br />Statutes + +The undersigned: + +- Gijs de Heij – NL – rue des Tanneurs 170, 1000 Bruxelles +- Pierre Huyghebaert – BE – rue Cervantes 6, 1190 Forest +- Alexandre Leray– FR – rue de l’Hôtel des Monnaies 27, 1060 Saint‑Gilles +- Ludivine Loiseau – FR – rue Defacqz 13, 1050 Ixelles +- Sarah Magnan – FR – rue Franz Merjay 93, 1050 Ixelles +- Colm O’Neill – IE – avenue Félix 6, 1330 Rixensart +- Eric Schrijver – NL – Alfred Cluysenaarstraat 12, 1060 Saint-Gilles +- Stéphanie Vilayphiou – FR – rue de l’Hôtel des Monnaies 27, 1060 Saint-Gilles + +have agreed on constituting a non-profit association in accordance with the law of the June 27, 1921, adapted and modified by the law of May 2, 2002, which statutes are as such: + + + + + +## Title I : Denomination, registered office, goal, period + + +### Article 1: Denomination + +The association is named “Open Source Publishingâ€, abbreviated into “OSPâ€. This name has to figure in all acts, bills, notices, publications, letters, order forms and all other documents coming from the association, and has to be immediately preceded or followed by the terms “non-profit association†or the abbreviation “asbl†or “vzwâ€, with the precise indication of the address of the registered office of the association. + + +### Article 2 : Registered office + +Its registered office is established at WTC, tour 1, Boulevard du Roi Albert II 30, 1000 Bruxelles in the judicial district of Brussels. + +Any modifications of the registered office is of the exclusive competence of the general assembly which will vote on this subject, in accordance with the law of June 27, 1921, adapted and modified by the law of May 2, 2002. + + +### Article 3 : Goal, social object, field of action + +The association OSP has as its main goal to propagate Free and Open Source culture in Brussels and internationally. More specifically, OSP asbl aims to stimulate the social movements of Free Culture and Free Software in the field of graphic design. + +Free Culture and Free Software challenge the excesses of copyright and one of the ideas which underly copyright: the ideas of originality and of artistic creation as a solitary act. Instead they propose a vision of artistic creation which includes collaboration, exchange and creative re-appropriation. + +Free Culture chooses not to reject copyright outright, but to appropriate and subvert it with its own means (also known as “copyfightâ€). Participants in Free Culture choose to distribute artistic works under a license which permits others many of the freedoms normally lacking in traditional copyright licenses: the freedom to freely use the works, modify them and redistribute the modified copies. + +Free Software as a concept applies to computer software; an example of a Free Software license is the GNU General Public License. Free Culture as a concept applies to other cultural works such as designs, drawings, compositions, texts. An example of a Free Culture license is the Free Art License and the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license. + +Free Culture and Free Software are part of what is more popularly known as “Open Sourceâ€. More specifically Free Culture and Free Software are “share-alikeâ€: that is to say, a work of Free Culture and of Free Software can only be used by others if the resulting work is also licensed as Free. They can thus be seen as to be concerned with creating an alternative ecology which features a different way of dealing with intellectual property; an ecosystem that can exist next to but cannot easily be fully appropriated by the existing privative regimes of intellectual property. + +While one can make Free Culture with proprietary software, and one can use Free Software to produce creative works under traditional copyright licenses, OSP asbl stimulates the use of Free Software to create Free Culture in order to develop a coherent ecosystem of freedom. Indeed Free Software, by its open nature, invites to understand the mechanisms of digital tools to then manipulate them in a critical and constructive way. Practices shape tools—tools shape practices. + +OSP asbl pursues the realization of its goal by all means but more specifically through three axis: pedagogy, research and graphic design. OSP asbl gives workshops in the frame of traditional educational institutions and organizes alternative events outside of that frame which further question how Free Culture can change existing pedagogy. In collaboration with cultural or educational institutions, OSP asbl is able both to develop a theoretical framework and the open tools which exemplify this position. By engaging in graphic design practice, both as part of its own projects and those of others, the hypotheses from the research are tested in practice, and new questions arise. Finally, editing and publishing are a means to serve OSP asbl goal, as are public events: print parties, workshops, performances, exhibitions and lectures. + + +###Article 4 : Duration of the association + +The association is constituted for an undetermined period. It can be dissolved at any time. + + + + + +## Titre II - Members + + +### Article 5 : Members + +Different categories of members are defined in the Recipe of Interior Order (ROI), with different voting rights. + + +### Article 6 : Role of the steward and reports + +A steward role is established. The steward makes the connection between the members and board. He/she is elected from the effective members following a rhythm and criterias precised in the Recipe of Interior Order. The steward is responsible to report effective members activities at least once a quarter. This report can be sent via mail or be a meeting with one or more board members. + + +### Article 7 Admission – departure – suspension – exclusion of members and members deemed to have resigned + +Any candidate to the different statutes of members, described in the ROI, has to follow the according procedure. + +Any member is free to disengage with the association by writing the dismissal by email to the administrative board. + +Is deemed to have resigned the member who doesn’t assist or does not get represented to three consecutive general assemblies if his/her presence is inquired by the ROI. + +The exclusion of a member can be pronounced only by the general assembly to the majority of two thirds of the present or represented voices. The administrative board can suspend, until the decision of the general assembly, the members who would be guilty of a serious violation of the statutes or of the laws. + +The exclusion of a member requires the following conditions: +1. The mention in the general assembly agenda of the exclusion proposal mentioning, even briefly, the reason of such a proposal. +2. The regular meeting of a general assembly where all the effective members should be called. +3. The decision of the general assembly has to be validated on the 2/3 of the voices of the voting members present or represented. +4. The respect of the defense rights, meaning the hearing of the member whose exclusion is asked, if the latter is willing to. +5. The mention in the register of the exclusion of the member. + +Being a decision concerning a person, this should necessarily be taken through secret vote. + +The quality of member is automatically lost with the death of the member or, if it concerns a moral person, with its dissolution, its fusion, its split, its nullity or its bankruptcy. + +The resigning member, suspended or excluded, together with his/her heirs or right-holders of the passed member, have no right on the social fund of the association. They cannot claim or require nor bank statements or yielding, nor the apposition of seals, nor inventories, nor the refund of paid membership fees if any. + + +### Article 8 : Register of members + +The association has to maintain a register of members under the responsability of the administrative board. + +Any decision of admission, departure or exclusion of members is inscribed into the register at the instance of the administrative board maximum fifteen days after when the board has known of the changes made. + +Any member can consult the register of members, together with all the minutes and decisions of the general assembly, the administrative board, and also any accounting document of the association, upon request by email, motivated and addressed to all the members of the administrative board. The members must precise which documents they want to consult. The administrative board must send the asked documents within a month. + + + + + +## Titre III - Membership fees + +### Article 9 : Membership fees + +Members can be submitted to an entrance fee and/or a subscription fee. The amount for each type of member is precised in the ROI. + + + + + +## Titre IV - General Assembly + +### Article 10 : Composition + +The general assembly is composed of all effective members, source members and board members. Only these categories have a voting right. The adherent members can take part in the general assemblies but have no voting right. + +The board designates one of his members to preside each general assembly. + + +### Article 11 : Admission + +Can become effective members the adherent members showing an active and regular practice within the association. They can then apply or be invited by one or several effective members. Their entrance as an effective member is voted by the effective members during one of their regular meetings and is approved by a majority of 3/4 of effective or source members present or represented. The admission or the rejection is definitive and has not to be motivated by the effective members. It is communicated to the candidate by email. + + +### Article 12 : Powers + +<!-- The General Assembly is the sovereign power of the association. It is in particular responsible for: --> + +- Amendment of the statutes; +- The exclusion of members; +- Appointment and removal of administrators, the auditors and the liquidator; +- The fixing of the remuneration of auditors in cases where compensation is allocated; +- The approval of accounts and budgets; +- Discharge to annual awards to administrators, to auditors, to liquidators; +- The voluntary dissolution of the association; +- The possible transformation into a social purpose company; +- The decision of the destination of the assets upon dissolution of the association; +- All cases required in the articles; +- Decide to take legal action for damages against any member of the association, any administrator, any auditor, any person authorized to represent the association or any agent appointed by the general assembly. + +<!-- +- Approval of the rules of recipe and amendments; +--> + + +### Article 13 : Convocation – Ordinary general assembly + +Les membres effectifs et les membres source sont convoqués à l’assemblée générale ordinaire, qui aura lieu au moins une fois par an. +The effective and source members are invited to the ordinary general assembly which happens at least once a year. + +The general meeting is convened by the administrator appointed by the board via email at least fifteen days before the date. The notice shall specify the date, time, place and agenda. + + +### Article 14 : Délibération + +The general assembly can take place when half of its members with voting power are present or represented, except in cases where the law requires attendance quorum and a quorum of the vote, the statutory modification, exclusion of a member, the dissolution of the association or the transformation into a company with social purpose. + +The general assembly can only may validly deliberate on the items on the agenda. + +The general meeting shall be called by the board when fifth of the members on the written request. Similarly, any proposal signed by three effective or source members must be brought to the agenda of the next general meeting. + +Decisions are made by simple majority of the votes of present members, except in the case where it is decided otherwise by the law or by these statutes. +In the case of equal amount of votes for and against, the vote from the president of the general assembly is overriding. + + +### Article 15 : Representation + +Any member can be represented by another member as long as the former gives procuration either written or by email. One member can hold only one procuration. + + +### Article 16 : Statutes Modifications and dissolutions + +L'assemblée générale ne peut valablement délibérer sur les modifications aux statuts que si les modifications sont explicitement indiquées dans la convocation et si l'assemblée réunit au moins les deux tiers des membres effectifs, qu'ils soient présents ou représentés. + Aucune modification ne peut être adoptée qu'à la majorité des deux tiers des voix des membres présents ou représentés. + Toutefois, la modification qui porte sur le ou les buts en vue desquels l'association est constituée, ne peut être adoptée qu'à la majorité des quatre cinquièmes des voix des membres présents ou représentés. + Si les deux tiers des membres effectifs ne sont pas présents ou représentés à la première réunion, il peut être convoqué une seconde réunion qui pourra délibérer valablement, quel que soit le nombre des membres présents ou représentés, et adopter les modifications aux majorités prévues à l'alinéa 2 ou à l'alinéa 3. La seconde réunion ne peut être tenue moins de quinze jours après la première réunion. +Toute modification aux statuts ou décision relative à la dissolution doit être déposée, dans le mois de sa date, au greffe du tribunal de commerce pour publication aux Annexes du Moniteur belge. Il en est de même pour toute nomination ou cessation de fonction d’un administrateur, d’une personne habilitée à représenter l’association, d’une personne déléguée à la gestion journalière ou d’un vérificateur aux comptes. + +<!-- The general assembly can only discuss the dissulution of the association validly by respecting the law of the 27th june 1921, adapted and modified by the law of the 2nd may 2002. + +Any modification of the statutes or decision relative to the dissulution must be deposited, whithin a month, to the greffe du tribunal of commerce for publication as an annexes to the Moniteur belge. Similarly for any nomination or cessation of activity for an administrator, a person able to represent the association, a daily management delegate or a financial delegate. + +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! art. 8 Loi ASBL to translate--> + + +### Article 17 : Publication of the decisions voted by the general assembly + +Summons and minutes that contain general assembly decisions, along with accounting documents, must be signed by an administrator. They are to be kept in a registrer and can be viewed by any member or third party as long a valid reason is provided, and approved by the board. + + + + + +## Titre V - Board + + +### Article 18 : Mandate + +The board of the organization is compound of 3 members at least and 5 at most, nominated and revocable by the general assembly. + +The duration of the mandate is illimited. The mandate expires by death, resignation or revocation. + + +### Article 19 : Election of the board + +Une élection à un poste d'administrateur non attribué a lieu sur proposition du conseil d'administration, ou lorsqu'un tiers des membres en fait la demande. + +Toute personne est éligible au poste d'administrateur de l'asbl. Les administrateurs sortants sont rééligibles. + +Les candidatures comme administrateur devront parvenir par courriel et être signées par au moins trois membres effectifs après leur rencontre physique, téléphonique, télématique ou par un moyen approprié pour ressentir la tessiture de la voix du candidat, ceci 7 jours au moins avant l’assemblée générale. Le nombre d’administrateurs sera toujours inférieur au nombre de membres effectifs de l’assemblée générale. + +L'élection au Conseil d'administration se fait poste par poste. + +L'élection est acquise à la majorité absolue des suffrages exprimés. Si aucun candidat n'obtient la majorité absolue, un tour additionnel de scrutin est organisé entre les deux candidats ayant obtenu le plus de voix au premier tour. Les candidats en situation d'égalité des voix pour la deuxième place se représentent tous au tour additionnel, et on procède à un nouveau tour de vote jusqu'à ce qu'une majorité absolue se dégage. + +<!-- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! check : The association is administered by a board of at least three and at most five, named and revocable by the general assembly. The applications for the board must arrive by email and be signed by at least five effective members after having physically met or by phone or other telematic means or any way of getting a feel for the texture of the voice of the candidate. This must be done at least thirty days before the general assembly. The sum of administrators will always remain inferior to the amount of effective members of the general assembly. + +- The lenght of the mandate is illimited +- The mandate expires only by resignation, revocation or death. +- Ex administators are elligible for reelection. +- In case of a sabatical of mandate, a temporary adminstator can be named by the general assembly. --> + + +### Article 20 : Resignation + +Any administrator who wishes to resign must make his decision known by email to the board. + + +### Article 21 : Frequency of board meetings + +Le conseil d’administration se réunit dès que les besoins s’en font sentir. Il est convoqué à la demande de trois administrateurs au moins. Il est présidé par un administrateur désigné en préambule à chaque réunion. + +The board meets whenever there is a need for a meeting. It is summoned when at least three administrators make the request. Board meetings are presided by one administrator appointed before each meeting. + + +### Article 22 : Deliberation + +The board deliberates validly as long as at least half of its members are present or have correct representation. Their decisions are made by simple majority of the present or represented votes. + +In the case of equal amount of votes for and against, the point is carried over to the next board meeting. + + +### Article 23 : Powers + +Le conseil d’administration a les pouvoirs les plus étendus pour l’administration et la gestion de l’association. Le conseil d’administration fonctionne sur un mode collégial. Toutes les attributions qui ne sont pas expressément réservées par la loi ou les statuts à l’assemblée générale seront exercées par le conseil d’administration. + +Il peut notamment, sans que cette énumération soit limitative, faire et passer tous les actes et contrats, ouvrir et gérer tout compte bancaire, transiger, compromettre, acquérir, échanger, vendre tout bien, meuble ou immeuble, hypothéquer, emprunter, conclure des baux, accepter tout leg, subside, donation et transfert, renoncer à tout droit, représenter l’association en justice, tant en défendant qu’en demandant. Il peut aussi nommer et révoquer le personnel de l’association. + +Le conseil d’administration contrôle les modifications de la Recette d’Ordre Intérieur effectuées par les membres effectifs. + +<!-- The board has the most extended powers for the administration and general managing of the association. The board works upon a collegiate principal. All attributions that are not expressively reserved by law or by these statutes to the general assembly are exercised by the board. + +It can, non exclusively, approve contracts, open and manage bank accounts, deal, compromise, acquire, exchange or sell any goods, material or immaterial, mortgage, borrow, deal leases, accept legacy, subsidy, donation and transfer, refuse any rights to represent the association in court, both as defendant or prosecutor. It can also name and refuse the staff of the association.--> + + +### Article 24 : Delegation to the day-to-day management + +Le conseil d’administration peut déléguer certains pouvoirs à plusieurs personnes, administrateurs ou non, agissant conjointement. + +Les pouvoirs de l’organe de gestion journalière sont limités aux actes de gestion quotidienne de l’association qui permet d’accomplir les actes d’administration : + +- qui ne dépassent pas les besoins de la vie quotidienne de l’asbl; +- qui, en raison de leur peu d’importance et de la nécessité d’une prompte solution, ne justifient pas l’intervention du conseil d’administration. +- La durée du mandat des délégués à la gestion journalière, éventuellement renouvelable, est fixée par le conseil d’administration. Quand le délégué à la gestion journalière exerce également la fonction d’administrateur, la fin du mandat d’administrateur entraîne automatiquement la fin du mandat du délégué à la gestion journalière. + +Le conseil d’administration peut, à tout moment et sans qu’il doive se justifier, mettre fin à la fonction exercée par la personne chargée de la gestion journalière. + +<!-- The board can delegate some of its powers to one or more people, administrators or not, acting collaboratively. + +The powers of the daily management body are limited to daily management tasks which involve: + +- no task going beyond the needs of the daily activities of the association +- no task which, with regards to their low level of importance and the necessity of a promt solution do not justify the intervetion of the board. +- The lenght of the mandate of these management delegations, eventually renewable, is to be determined by the board. When the management delegate also holds an administrative role, the end of the administators mandate directly includes the end of the management delegation. + +The board can, at any moment and without necessary justification, end the functions of a management delegate. --> + + +### Article 25 : Representation + +The association can validly be represented in court by at least two administrators, appointed by the board, acting collaboratively and who, as a body, will not be required to justify to a third-party any earlier decision and any procuration of the board. + + +## General assembly of founding members + +The founding members, reunited as a general assembly on February, 23rd of 2015, have designated as their first board members: + +- Bram Crevits – BE – Paul Frederiqstraat 80, 9000 Gent +- Nik Gaffney – AU – rue des Minimes 60, 1000 Bruxelles +- Catherine Lenoble – FR – rue de Savoie 85, 1060 Saint-Gilles +- Femke Snelting – NL – avenue Julien Hanssens 42, 1080 Molenbeek‑Saint‑Jean +- Maxime Lambrecht – BE – avenue de la Couronne 271, bte 2, 1050 Ixelles + -- GitLab