Statutes

ART. 6 – The governing bodies of the Societât Sientifiche e Tecnologjiche Furlane are:

• the General Meeting;
• the Executive Committee;
• the Presidency Office;
• the President;
• the Board of Auditors;
• the Board of Arbiters.

General Meeting

ART. 7 – The Ordinary General Meeting must be held within the first three months of each year. The date of the meeting is set by the President, who gives notice to every member at least fifteen days before the appointed date. The Meeting is composed of the Founding Members and Ordinary Members who have paid their membership fees, and of the Honorary Members. The Meeting is deemed validly constituted at the first call if at least half plus one of all members are present; at the second call the Meeting is valid whatever the number of members present. It falls to the Meeting to approve the statement of the past year’s expenditure, the Society’s growth strategies, the financial report and the budget for the coming year; to elect the members of the Executive Committee; and to elect the Auditors and the Arbiters. Amendments to the Statutes may be made by an absolute majority of the members present, provided that at least one third of the members are present at the General Meeting. Each member may authorise another member by proxy to vote on his or her behalf at the Meeting. Each member may hold at most one written proxy.

ART. 8 – The Extraordinary General Meeting is convened by the President, either on his or her own initiative, or at the request of the Executive Committee, or upon a written and reasoned request by at least one tenth of the enrolled members, or by the Auditors on accounting grounds. The Extraordinary Meeting must be held within one month of the request for its convening. The rules of the Ordinary General Meeting apply to this form of Meeting.

Executive Committee

ART. 9 – The Executive Committee is composed of ten members. Six members must represent the principal scientific disciplinary fields:

• the exact sciences (mathematics, computer science, physics, statistics, etc.);
• the natural sciences (chemistry, biology, geology, psychology, etc.);
• the health sciences (medicine, veterinary science, pharmacy, etc.);
• the technological sciences (engineering, agri-food technologies, architecture, etc.);
• the economic, social and human sciences wherever the scientific method is employed (theoretical economics, business economics, management, sociology, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, the legal sciences, etc.);
• science journalism.

At its first meeting (which must be held within one month of the elections) the Committee elects from among its number:

• the President;
• the Vice-President.

Within two weeks the President appoints:

• the Secretary
• the Treasurer,

choosing them from among the duly enrolled members. The Executive Committee prepares the Society’s development plan; appoints the Honorary Members; entrusts particular tasks to members in pursuit of the Society’s aims (Art. 2); resolves upon the expulsion of members (under Art. 5); and deals with all matters pertaining to the ordinary activity of the Society. The Executive Committee is convened by the President at least three times a year in ordinary meetings; it may further meet in extraordinary session whenever more than one third of its members so request in writing, stating their reasons. The Executive Committee may call for an Extraordinary General Meeting provided that more than half of the Committee’s members are present at the meeting.

Presidency Office

ART. 10 – The Presidency Office is made up of the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary and the Treasurer. The Office works in the interests of the Society; it carries forward its organisation and administration and coordinates its various activities; it prepares the proposals to be laid before the Executive Committee; it removes from the register, under Art. 5, those members who fail to pay the membership fees. It meets whenever the President sees fit.

President

ART. 11 – The President is the legal representative of the Society; he or she oversees the progress of its affairs; convenes the General Meeting, the Executive Committee and the Presidency Office; launches the initiatives provided for in Art. 2; gives effect to resolutions and signs the minutes, the documents and the initiatives of the Society; ensures that the Statutes are observed; bears general responsibility for the publications, the various activities and the financial position, and authorises financial operations; presents the report on the Society’s affairs and finances and its growth strategies; and may on his or her own initiative convene the Extraordinary General Meeting. The Societât Sientifiche e Tecnologjiche Furlane is represented by its President.

Secretary

ART. 12 – The Secretary draws up and keeps in order the minutes of the meetings of the General Meetings, of the Executive Committee and of the Presidency Office. He or she keeps up to date the information concerning the members and the library, and looks after the Society’s archive.

Treasurer

ART. 13 – The Treasurer coordinates the accounts, collects the membership fees and monies due, receives funding and attends to payments, and prepares each year the accounts (the final statement of accounts and the budget).

Board of Auditors

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Board of Arbiters

ART. 15 – The Board of Arbiters is composed of five members elected by the Ordinary General Meeting. The Board decides finally, upon written application, on the expulsion of a member resolved by the Executive Committee. It gives its opinion, whenever at least one tenth of the members so request, on possible breaches of the Statutes by the governing bodies of the Association. The Board is convened and chaired by its eldest member. The youngest member acts as secretary and keeps the minutes of the meetings.

ART. 16 – All offices of the Society are held for two years and are unpaid. Elections to office are conducted by secret ballot.

ART. 17 – The activity of the Societât Sientifiche e Tecnologjiche Furlane is conducted in Friulian. This does not mean, however, that those who do not speak Friulian may not take part in the SSTeF.