STATUTES
Voted by General Constitutive
Assembly during its meeting dated 7th November 1992
INTERNATIONAL METALLIC SILHOUETTE SHOOTING UNION
I) PURPOSE AND COMPOSITION OF THE UNION
ARTICLE 1: DENOMINATION
The title of the Union is:
INTERNATIONAL METALLIC SILHOUETTE SHOOTING
UNION (IMSSU)
ARTICLE 2: PURPOSES
Preliminary note : the term
« continent » in the next text designates one of the following entities :
Africa, The Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania.
Promotes and guides the development of the
amateur metallic silhouette shooting sports and strengthens bonds of friendship between
metallic silhouette associations of all nations.
Strengthens contacts and collaboration
between other sport organizations and bodies.
For achievement of its purposes the Union:
ARTICLE 3: HEADQUARTERS
For its eight (8) first years of existence,
the Union's Headquarters will be located in Paris. During this period the Union is
governed by the French law of July 1st , 1901, the decree of August 16th, 1901 and any
French subsequent legislative provisions and rulings.
Thereafter, the Headquarters shall be in
the country of the President and of the Secretary General. If they have different
domiciles, the council shall decide the location.
The Union shall be registered under the law
of the country hosting the Headquarters.
ARTICLE 4: DURATION
The duration of the Union is unlimited.
ARTICLE 5: MEANS OF ACTION
The Union means of action are notably its
different publications and committees.
ARTICLE 6: MEMBERSHIP
I) At the Union's constitution:
The following can become member of the
Union:
Any National sporting shooting
Federation, Organization or Association recognized by the National authorities according
to the current rules.
Any Continental sporting shooting
Federation, Organization or Association recognized by the National authorities of its
continent according to the current rules. Only one Continental organization per Continent
can be member of the Union.
II) Thereafter:
a) Membership is open to one association
from each country excepted if several national associations govern different sections of
metallic silhouette shooting sport (e.g.:rifles, handguns,etc...). In this case, each
national association can apply for membership. Only one national association per section
will be accepted.
Any national association applying for
membership must be presented by an admission committee whose operating methods will be
dictated by the rules and regulations.
When a country is represented by several
national organizations, the Union recommends their unification into one central
organization.
b) Membership is limited to one continental
organization per continent.
c) Individuals may be awarded honorary
membership as the Union's highest honor. Formal proposal and election by the general
assembly is required. Honorary members may attend all meetings of the Union with voice but
without vote.
ARTICLE 7: RESOURCES
The resources of the Union are:
- 1) Membership fees.
- 2) Subsidies which could be granted by the
states, public communities and international organizations.
- 3) Incomes from its property.
- 4) Amounts received in return for the
services done in the organization of events.
- 5) All other resources authorized by the
legislative and statutory texts.
ARTICLE 8: RESIGNATION - STRIKING OFF
The quality of member of the Union is lost
by:
- 1) Resignation,
- 2) The pronounced striking off, for serious
motives, by a majority of two thirds of the General Assembly based on the report submitted
by the Council.
The member concerned will have been heard
previously.
II) ADMINISTRATION AND FUNCTIONING
ARTICLE 9: ADMINISTRATION
The Union is administered by a Council
comprising at the maximum twenty (20) members elected by secret ballot for four (4) years
by the General Assembly, except in the initial election.
Fifty percent of the Council shall retire
every two (2) years, the outgoing members are re-eligible.
One President, six (6) Vice Presidents and
one General Secretary are appointed internally by the Council.
In case of vacancy, the Council
provisionally provides replacement from IMSSU members. The final replacement happens at
the earliest next meeting of the General Assembly. The powers of those members elected in
this way ends when the mandate of the replaced member normally expires.
ARTICLE 10: COUNCIL MEETING
The Council meets at least once a year and
each time it is called by its President or on written request from two third (2/3) of its
members.
The presence of one third (1/3) of the
Council members is necessary for the proceedings to be valid.
The minutes of the meeting are signed by
the President and the General Secretary. They are written on numbered pages and kept in
the Association's headquarters.
ARTICLE 11: FREE MANDATE
The members of the Council cannot receive
any payment resulting from duties entrusted to them. Only expense refunds are possible.
Proof allowing verification must be produced.
ARTICLE 12: ROLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
PRESIDENT: The President calls the
General Assemblies and Council meetings.
He represents the Union in all its official
proceedings.
He can delegate certain duties should the
occasion arise in circumstances provided for by the rules and regulations.
He is especially empowered to go to court
on behalf of the Union both as a plaintiff and as a defendant.
In case of absence or illness, he is
replaced by the General Secretary.
GENERAL SECRETARY: The General
Secretary is invested with the most extensive powers to ensure the good organization and
running of the Union.
He manages the Union by carrying out
notably all purchases, alienation's or renting, borrowing and loans necessary for the
running of the Union.
He makes out all payments and collects all
receipts under the supervision of a Vice-President specifically made responsible for
overlooking the treasury.
He is responsible for everything concerning
correspondence and records.
More generally he carries out all acts
corresponding to the aim of the Union and can therefore provide himself with all the means
required to defend, guarantee and protect both the national and international interests of
the Union to the same extent.
VICE-PRESIDENT: One of the six
Vice-Presidents, appointed for this purpose by the Council, monitors the financial
management practiced by the General Secretary.
One of the five others Vice-Presidents,
appointed for this purpose by the Council, assists the General Secretary in his role.
ARTICLE 13: ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly of the Union includes
active members.
Each member country will have the same
number of votes regardless of the country's members number.
Each member continent will have the same
number of votes regardless of the continent's members number.
It meets at least once a year and each time
it is called to meeting by the Council or following a written request from at least half
of its members.
Each member can be represented by another
member having only a single proxy vote.
The agenda is decided by the Council.
The members of the Council table the
Assembly.
The Assembly hears the President's report
on the management of the Council, the report from the General Secretary on the
administrative and general management and the report from the Vice-President responsible
for overlooking the financial management.
It can appoint any auditor and make him
responsible for producing a report on the book-keeping.
It approves the Union's accounts of the
passed by year, votes for the budget for the next financial year, deliberates on questions
put on the agenda and provides for, if needed, the renewal of Council members.
All the proceedings of the General Assembly
are decided on a majority show of hands from the members present or represented.
The secret ballot can be requested, either
by the Council or by a quarter of the members present or represented.
ARTICLE 14: EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly is deemed
extraordinary character when it is deciding on modifications to the statutes.
It can decide on the dissolution and the
distribution of the property belonging to the Union.
Such an Assembly should be composed of at
least half its members. It should be decreed by a majority of three quarters of votes from
the present members.
Members unable to attend can be represented
by another member of the Union by means of a single written proxy vote.
An attendance sheet will be signed and
certified by Council members.
If the quorum is not formed at the first
convening, the Assembly will be called again, by individual notification at an interval of
at least fourteen days. This second assembly will be able to deliberate validly,
irrespective of the number of members present.
The secret ballot can be requested, either
by the Council or by a quarter of the members present or represented.
ARTICLE 15: MINUTES
The minutes of the assemblies deliberations
are written by the General Secretary on a register and signed by the President and the
General Secretary.
The General Secretary will issue copies of
the minutes to each present member within the two months period following the assembly.
The said members have one month, starting from the receipt of the minutes, to make
observations. After this period, the minutes are considered approved and must be sent to
all members.
The General Secretary can issue any
certified copies, from both the Council and the assemblies, which acts as evidence for
third parties.
ARTICLE 16: DISSOLUTION
The dissolution of the Union can only be
pronounced by the General Assembly, convened specially for this purpose and regulated by
the conditions of quorum and majority vote as in the Extraordinary Assemblies.
The General Assembly appoints one or
several commissioners in charge of the liquidation of the property of the Union whose
powers it will determine.
It distributes the net asset to any
Associations declared having a similar object or to any public and private establishments
of its choice, recognized as a public utility service.
ARTICLE 17: RULES AND REGULATIONS
The Council will validate the rules and
regulations which will determine the execution of the current statutes.
The regulations come into being immediately
on application, on a temporary basis, until they have been submitted to the Assembly; they
will become definitive after their acceptance.
ARTICLE 18: FORMALITIES
The General Secretary and the President are
responsible for completing all declarations and publication formalities prescribed by the
current laws on behalf of the Council.
All powers are given to the bearer of the
documents for carrying out the formalities.
As many originals are made as there are
interested parties, plus an original for the Union and two intended for legal records.
Upon contestation, the French copy is the
authentic one.
Date: 7th November 1992
Nations:
A.E.T.S.M. |
M. MÄKIJÄRVI |
AUSTRALIA |
N. TAMBLYN |
R. ANDREWS |
AUSTRIA |
H. ELLER |
H. KRENN |
BELGIUM |
J. DIERCKSENS |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
P. BLAZEJOVSKI |
P. LISKA |
DENMARK |
T. ANDERSEN |
S. NITSCHKE |
FINLAND |
P. LIIMATTA |
FRANCE |
M. BOULANGER |
J.P. BEURTHERET |
GERMANY |
W. KEILEN |
F. GEPPERTH |
NETHERLANDS |
M. BOUTS |
W. VAN DORT |
NEW ZEALAND |
C. ROFE |
A. GRANT |
NORWAY |
E. LANGSETH |
L. VALLERY |
SOUTH AFRICA |
A. JONAK |
S. RALPH |
SWEDEN |
A. NORDENFELT |
T. KARLSSON |
SWITZERLAND |
B. PAOLINI |
G. WASSER |
U.S.A. |
B. DAVIS |
D. RAKESTRAW
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