|
Last revision: Annual Meeting, 2004
§1
Union of Norwegian Basketball Referees, NBU,
was founded on May 5 1975.
§2
NBU is a union of Norwegian basketball
referees, who's purpose is to attend to the professional and economical
interests of the basketball referees, especially towards the Norwegian
Basketball Association and it's subordinate organizations.
§3
Anyone with an authorization as a
basketball referee under Norwegian Basketball Association can be admitted
as a member.
The Board can invite as members people with
authorization as a basketball referee under other national federations,
that operate as a basketball referee in Norway.
The Annual Meeting can nominate equivalent
persons as Honorary Members.
The Board can expel members who has not
fulfilled their obligations towards NBU, or who from other reasons are not
considered suitable for further membership.
§4
Applications for membership is sent in
writing to the Board. Applications is to be noted in the member register immediately.
Withdrawals must be done in writing and must be in the hands of the Board
no later than December 31. If later, the member will owe the membership
fee for the next season.
Expulsions are sent in writing to the
member.
§5
The membership fee are determined by the
Annual Meeting and applies for the basketball season.
§6
The Annual Meeting is held every year in
the autumn in connection to the clinic for elite referees. Proposals to
the agenda must be in the possession of the Board no later than 1 - one -
week before the Annual Meeting.
§7
All ordinary and
honorary members can attend the Annual Meeting
with full rights. Honorary members are not up for elections.
§8
The Annual Meeting have presence of a quorum
with the number of members present.
The Annual Meeting must:
 | Elect chairman and reporter. |
| Determine the agenda. |
| Consider the report from the Board and
Executive Committee. |
| Consider the revised annual accounts
for the working year. |
| Determine the membership fee for the
period. |
| Consider the received motions. |
| Carry out the elections according to
these regulations. |
§9
The Annual Meeting must elect:
| 1. President. |
| 2. Two members of the Board. |
| 3. When the Annual Meeting finds it
suitable, based on the number of members, representative(s) in the Board
for regions corresponding to the local districts of the Norwegian
Basketball Association. |
| 4. Accountant. |
| 5. When the Annual Meeting finds it
suitable, Vice President, Cashier, Secretary and a member in addition to
the President. If this does not happen, the President and the to members
of the Board constitute themselves. |
| 6. Election Committe
with two members. |
The
President and the two board members are elected for 2 years in such a way
that all of them are not up for election at the same Annual Meeting. When
a President is to be elected, the two members are not up for election. The
Accountant and the Election Committe are eleceted for 1 year.
§10
Voting take place in writing when at least
two members demands it. A motion is considered carried when it receives a
majority of the votes, that is more than half of the given votes.
Elections is carried out individually and in writing.
A candidate is considered elected when he
receives a majority of the votes. If no candidate receives such majority,
there will be a re-election between the two candidates who got the highest
number of votes in the first election. If the re-elections results in a
voting tie, the election is to be done by drawing lots. Blank votes is
considered not polled.
§11
An Extraordinary Annual Meeting is held
after the Boards decision or when 1/3 of the members demands it.
Extraordinary Annual Meetings can only consider those motions given in the
summons. These regulations §6, §7 and §10 applies analogously.
§12
The Board consists of the persons mentioned
in §9 no. 1-2. The Board have a quorum when a majority of it's members
are present after a summon.
The Board conduct the main daily management
of NBU's operations. The Board can delegate competence to subordinate
parts of the organization or to single members of the Board.
§13
When an election is held in accordance to
§9 no. 3 and 5, the persons mentioned in §9 no.5 acts as the Executive
Committee of NBU. The Executive Committee have a quorum when a majority of
it's members are present after a summon. The executive Committee conduct
the daily administration in accordance to the power of attorney given by
the Board.
§14
The Board can decide to appoint committees
to take care of limited tasks.
§15
Members in regions corresponding to the
local districts of the Norwegian Basketball Association can merge into
Departments. The purpose of a NBU department shall be to look after the
interests of the members towards Norwegian Basketball Association's
subordinate organization in the region concerned. Wherever a department of
NBU is established, all members of NBU in the region concerned is
considered to be members of that department. Membership in a department
can not imply distinct economical obligations for the member.
The by-laws of the department is
established by the NBU Board. NBU will as far as possible allocate the
necessary means to the departments management.
§16
Disorganization of NBU can only be approved
by the Extraordinary Annual Meeting after the Annual Meeting has agreed to
disorganize according to motions put forward to the members together with
the summons for the Annual Meeting. Approval of disorganization demands in
both cases a 2/3 majority of the members present.
In case of disorganization, all NBU funds
fall to purposes approved by the Extraordinary Annual meeting who decide
upon the disorganization.
§ 17
The legally elected Board of NBU is excused
from paying the membership fee to NBU in the period their are elected for.
|
