Statut
of
the Home Town Association of
NEUPANAT
Extract Submitted to, and adopted by, the members
present at the regular meeting of 24. September 1994 in Rastatt
(Baden-Württemberg) Germany. These
by-laws are binding to the Members and the Board of Directors of the
Association.
§ 1
NAME and HEAD OFFICE
The registered name of the Organization is "Heimatortsgemeinschaft
NEUPANAT" (HOG) = "Home Town Association of Neupanat".
The Head Office is located at the town of residence of the Treasurer (today
Göppingen). The calendar year serves as the fiscal year.
§ 2
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Organization is
- to foster and promote the ties between former residents of Neupanat as well as their
descendants;
- to provide charitable aid to compatriots still living in Neupanat;
- to maintain and preserve the cultural and economic achievements, as well as the
customs and dialects of the Neupanat of yesteryear;
- to co-operate with other organisations of similar principles, especially the
Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben e.V. - (The Federation of Swabians of the
Banat);
- to
periodically publish a newsletter, or to support similar publications;
- to support the home town church and the cemeteries.
- stand
up for agreement between nations and peace (Bills of german expelle
organization)
- The
organisation serves only purposes of the common good and is a non-profit
organization.
All Directors serve without remuneration.
Any funds may only be disbursed as specified by the by-laws.
§ 3
The funds will be raised through
- donations,
- functions,
- municipal
or government grants.
§ 4
MEMBERSHIP
- Any person, who was born in Neupanat, lived there, or is a descendent thereof, may
claim membership in the Association.
- Others may become members by applying in writing to the Board of Directors.
- The members are requested to further the aims of the Association. There is no
membership fee, donations are on a free-will basis.
§ 5
MANAGEMENT, REPRESENTATION OF THE ASSOCIATION
The management of the Association is the responsibility of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors is made up of:
- the Chairman,
- the 2 Deputy Chairmen,
- the Treasurer,
- the Secretary,
- the Directors at Large,
- the Auditors,
- the Village Represents.
The Board Members are elected for four-year terms, and may be reelected. Any one
Board Member may represent the Association if so delegated by the Chairman, or
failing him/her, by the Deputy Chairman.
§ 6
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
- Membership meetings take place biannually.
- The
Notice of Meeting, as well as the agenda shall be in the hands of the members
at least two weeks prior to the meeting. The Notice of Meeting shall be in
writing or by publication in the “Neupanat Jahresheft” - Newsletter.
- The
Membership meeting elected the whole Board of Directors
- Amendments of the by-laws require a three-quarter majority of the members present at the
meeting.
- There
will be minutes taken at all Membership Meetings and Board of Directors
Meetings. These minutes will be signed by the Chairman.
§ 7
DISSOLUTION of the ASSOCIATION
- Dissolution
will be conditional to being an item on the Agenda of a General Membership
Meeting and is subject to a three-quarter majority of the members present. This
also applies to the liquidation of the assets of the Association. Priority
should be given to:
- Landsmannschaft
der Banater Schwaben e.V., (The Federation of Swabians of the Banat), with the
head office in Munich.
- Das Institut fuer donauschwaebische Geschichte und
Landeskunde, (The Institute for Danube-Swabian History and Heritage), 72074
Tuebingen, Mohlstr.
- Das
Hilfswerk der Banater Schwaben (The Aid Office of the Swabians of the Banat),
Head Office in Schwabach;
- The
dissolution must be reported to the Department of Revenue.
- In
case of dissolution, papers belonging to the HOG Neupanat shall be made
accessible to research.
- The
resolution of dissolution shall be recorded, and the records signed by the
Chairman, the Treasurer, and the Secretary.
§ 8
CONCLUSION
The articles of the Civil Code - Buergerliches
Gesetzbuch (BGB) will apply in addition to these By-laws.
Rastatt, 24.September 1994
(Stamp of the HOG Neupanat)
Signature:
Richard S. Jäger
Andreas Janson
Peter Repp
Josef Ruscher
Katharina Kolb
Jakob Render
Andreas Hoff
Barbara Buschmann
Johann Raber
Elisabeth Raber
Andreas Schan
Franz Wolf
Peter Wolf
Peter Mittermüller
Jakob Sachs
Hans Ruscher
Theresia Jäger
