ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

Article 1

Name

The name of the Association is the International Federation for Computational Logic (IFCoLog). The Association is a legal entity under Dutch law. It is a not-for-profit organisation having its seat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Article 2

Object

The Association has the object to advance and promote research and education in all areas of computational logic world-wide.

To this purpose, the Association:

(a)   seeks to bring together those working within different sub-areas of computational logic, and other logic communities, both those concerned with more recent advances in logic applications as well as those concerned with foundations of logic. To achieve this, the Association will help in the organisation of conferences, workshops and summer schools and will hold at regular intervals  to be decided upon an international joint conference on computational logic.

(b)   collects and disseminates relevant information. This may include involvement in the publishing of  newsletters, journals and books. Electronic mailing lists are maintained, together with a web-site carrying information on the member societies as well as on conferences, activities, events and teaching in the field of computational logic.

(c)   represents the community of scientists working in the field of computational logic at an international level. An ultimate goal is to gain representation within the International Council of Science (ICSU).

 

Article 3

Membership

Membership is open to recognised local, national or international scientific groups, societies or associations representing an appropriate sub-area or sub-community within the field of computational logic. Applications for membership will be decided upon by the Executive Council in accordance with the Bylaws. Each member group nominates a Contact Person to represent it in the Association. The Contact Person has voting rights in the General Assembly.

 

Article 4

Elected Representatives

1.      The elected representatives of the Association are the President and the Vice-Presidents. The term of office is three years. Officers may stand for election for at most one further term.

2.      The President and Vice-Presidents jointly represent the Association both in and out of court. This does not prejudice the authority of the Executive Council to make special representative provisions in certain cases.

 

Article 5

Executive Council

1.      The management of the affairs of the Association will be vested in the Board and carried out by the Executive Council.

2.      The Executive Council will consist of:

(a)   the elected representatives who will be appointed and dismissed by the Board by postal or electronic ballot.

(b)   the coordinator, the treasurer and the chief executive officer who will be appointed and dismissed by the elected representatives.

(c)   other official or "ex officio" representatives, chosen by the elected representatives or the Board to carry out specific duties concerned with the running of the association.

3.      The term of office of Council members under sections 2.(a) and 2.(b) will be three years. The length of other terms will be determined by the elected representatives.

4.      A majority of the voting members of the Executive Council will constitute a quorum for any scheduled meeting, postal or electronic voting procedures of the Council.

 

Article 6

The Board

1.       The board advises on all aspects of the management of the Association.

2.       Meetings of the Board and the Executive Council will be held at regular intervals, normally once per year during a major conference. Other Board discussions may take place via e-mail.

3.      The board has twenty members who are elected by the General Assembly by postal or electronic ballot. The term of office is five years. In the matter of election of members of the Board, efforts will be made to ensure an adequate and fair distribution among regions and sub-communities.

 

Article 7

General Assembly

1.      The General Assembly comprises all members of the Association, represented by their Contact Persons. The General Assembly is responsible for electing members of the Board. For voting purposes, members of the Board and the Executive Council are deemed to belong to the General Assembly.

2.      A general meeting of the Association will take the form of a meeting of the General Assembly together with members of the Executive Council and of the Board. It will take place during the main conference. The agenda contains at least the following subjects:

·        a report by the Executive Council on the preceding period;

·        approval of the accounts for the preceding period;

·        adoption of the budget for the period to come as proposed by the Executive Council;

·        confirmation and authentication of any resolutions adopted in the meantime which are void or defeasible because of conflict within the articles of association or the law or with the provisions of these articles of association regulating the procedure for adopting resolutions.

3.      Written notice of every general meeting will be given by the Executive Council to the members at least ninety days in advance of the meetings. The agenda for the general meeting is disclosed to the members electronically or in writing at least three weeks prior to the date at which the general meeting is to be held.

4.      One-tenth of the voting members of the Association will constitute a quorum at a general meeting of the Association in order to pass resolutions.

5.      Resolutions will be ratified by a full vote of the General Assembly.

6.      Unless provided otherwise by the articles of association or the law, all resolutions of the general meeting will be passed by an absolute majority of the votes cast. Blank votes will be considered votes not cast.

 

Article 8

Working Groups

The Executive Council may establish working groups charged with specific tasks. These working groups will be composed and organised as arranged in the Bylaws.

 

 

Article 9

Amendments of the articles of association

1.      For an initial adjustment period of two years, amendments of the articles of association may be allowed under the discretion of the Executive Council acting on recommendations put forward by members of the General Assembly and the Board.

2.      Following the initial adjustment period of two years, amendments of the articles of association can only be made by means of a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at a general meeting convened for the express purpose of amendment of the articles of association.

3.      Every proposed amendment of the articles of association shall be submitted in writing to the President and the Chief Executive Officer either by the Executive Council or by means of a petition.

4.      Those having convened the general meeting of members in order to discuss a proposed amendment of the articles of association shall deposit a copy of the said proposal, containing the verbatim text of the amendment for perusal by the members at a suitable place at least sixty days prior to the meeting until after the day of the meeting. In addition, such a copy will be sent to all the members.

 

 

Article 10

Dissolution

1.      The Association may be dissolved by a resolution of the General Assembly. The provisions of Article 10 are correspondingly applicable. The Executive Council is responsible for the settlement.

2.      After dissolution of the Association, the assets will go to organisations to be specified by the Executive Council, the objects of which are compatible with the objects of the Association.