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Articles of Incorporation
Article One: Name of Society:
Its headquarters is in
Article Two: The following
terms and expressions appearing in these Articles of Incorporation shall have
meanings assigned to them hereinafter unless the context denotes otherwise:
Wildlife and Marine Life
and its habitat:
It includes all the flora and fauna including its entire species and some
natural habitats ascribed for its beauty.
Hunting Wealth:
All species of birds, wildlife animals and living ones targeted by hunters.
Wildlife Communities:
Living creatures including all flora and fauna and marine life.
Protected Reserves:
The places designated to enjoy protection against any human activity aiming at
bringing about any changes to its nature. These places house natural resources,
wildlife species, habitats, etc; this also applies to national parks.
Article Three:
Goals and Objectives
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To raise the level
of ecological awareness of all segments of the Palestinian society and all its
sectors( the public, students, media, economists, decision makers…etc)
·
To work on
protecting the natural ecology in Palestine against the hazards of air, food,
water, soil and noise or all kinds of destruction through available, valid and
legal procedures and approaches.
·
To contribute to
the maintenance and protection of wildlife in Palestine and to assist official
bodies in the National Authority in the field of protection, to provide opinion
and expertise in the field of nature protection to public, private, local and
international institutions.
·
To contribute to
the maintenance of natural sites and reserves by looking after their natural
components and saving them from harm and benefiting from them for purposes of
enlightenment, awareness, scientific research and ecotourism.
·
To introduce and
activate ecotourism concepts into the Palestinian society.
·
To contribute to
the implementation of ecological projects at the national level in coordination
with national, regional and international organizations active in the field
locally.
·
To attempt at
forming a local wildlife community in the
·
To establish
Ecological Teaching and Training Centers and wildlife Study Centers in the
different Palestinian districts in order to activate and stimulate students'
targeted activities relating to modern pedagogical methods on ecology protection
in addition to a study of different forms of wildlife in nature through
scientific field research.
·
To involve and
employ the expertise all Ecological Committees, volunteers who constitute a
percentage of the sector of the educated, the learned, and those interested in
these institutes within the scope of the society.
·
To introduce
concepts of ecological education in the syllabi and to cooperate with the
Ministry of Education and other specialized departments.
·
To attract those
interested individuals and specialists in the fields of ecology and its
protection, to prepare the appropriate conditions to enable them to participate
and carry out their roles in order to have a clean and protected environment and
to support all initiatives which aim
at fulfilling
these objectives
·
To strengthen the
nationalistic perception and to encourage interaction with ecology and nature to
positively use its elements in order to deepen the public ecological awareness
through disseminating objective and authentic knowledge and technology.
·
To contribute to
achieving a sustainable development through linking developmental projects with
ecological requirements.
Article Four:
The society has no goals or activities in political, religious and ethnic
fields. It provides its services to all citizens without any exception and in
all places.
Article Five: Membership
2.
Membership applications are submitted in accordance with what the
Administrative Board prepares and the Administrative Board shall have the
right to accept or turn in application without giving any reasons.
3.
The society's Administrative Board within the scope of the criteria and
laws it
sets, may accept honorary members and supporters in the
society as long as
they are not entitled to voting in elections or nomination to posts of
the Administrative Board in the society.
Article Six: Membership
and Annual Subscription Fees:
The value of the
Membership and Annual Subscription Fees is determined as follows:
Article Seven: Annulment
of Membership
2.
A member shall not have the right to reapply membership in the society
except when the General Assembly decided with an absolute majority that the
reasons which lead to the dismissal no longer exist; this may take place a year
after the date of dismissal.
Article Nine: Fiscal Year:
3.
Withdrawing any amount of money from the
society’s account requires the signatures of the Society Director or President
of the Adminstrative Board or their delegations with the signature of the
treasurer ( basic prerequisite)
4.
No money from the institute will be spent on any matter but that which serves a
purpose or as part of its proivate projects.
5.
The institute shall keep its financial records according to the standard
procedures of book keeping.
Article Ten: Society
Bodies
General Assembly: It
consists of all the members who completed payment of their subscriptions.
Administrative
Board: It consists of nine members elected from the General Assembly;
seven are elected in accordance with the second article paragraph 1 for four
years; they do not have any direct interest which contradicts or opposes the
goals and objectives of the society; the seven then appoint two other members
from the working members; A member of the Administrative Board may not hold a
position and renumerated work in the institute unless a decision is made by the
elected Adminstrative Board.
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The Administrative Board
appoints the members of committees on the condition that most of the committee
members are from the society. It is also allowed to appoint specialists in their
fields or by virtue of their positions they hold to serve the objectives of the
society; the committees are disolved when the term of office of the
Administrative Board ends, yet the latter has the right to reconsider the
formation of committee annually.
The committes are divided
into 1. Main Committees which are four:
2. Sub and Temporry
Committees: according to decisions of the Administrative Board on the spot.
Article Eleven: General
Assembly:
Following election by the
General Asembly, the Adminstrative Board meets and elects a President, vice
President, Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer, Deputy Secretary, Public Relations
supervisor, and Internal Membership Supervisor, they also appoint two more
members from the Administrative Board or from specialists to have nine members
in the Administrative Board.
Article Twelfth:
General Assembly Meetings:
1.
The General
Assembly holds an ordinary meeting during the first two months of every year by
a written invitation from the Adminstrative Board sent to all members at least
two weeks before the meeting date. They are announced in two daily newspapers in
accordance with the decision of the Adminstrative Board.
2.
The General
Assembly holds an extraordinary meeting upon a request
from the Adminstrative Board or upon a written request submitted to the
Adminstrative Board and signed by no less than a quarter of the number of the
General Assembly members. Extraordinary meetings of the General Assembly are
convened the same way as ordinary meetings of the General Assembly are convened.
3.
The meeting of the
General Assembly is considered legal when more than half of the General Assembly
members who paid their annual subscriptions are presen.
If this quorum is not met, a new call for
a meeting is conducetd within two weeks, in which case the meeting is considered
legal regardless of the number of attenddees.
Article Thirteen:
Responsibilities of the General Assembly:
The ordinary General Assmbly has th following responsibilities and tasks:
1.
Electing the
members of the Administartive Board by secret ballot or any other agreed upon
way .
2.
Reviewing the
General Annual report and approving it.
3.
Discussing and
approving the Finanacial Report including the balance of the closing financial
year and the closing account of the society.
4.
Discussing and
approving the estimated budget for the coming year.
5.
Appointing an
auditor.
6.
Any other issues
proposed by the Administartive Board including amendements of the Articles of
Incorporation as the need arises.
Article Fourteen:
Electoral System
The electoral system takes
place publicly; decsions are made by a majority of votes except regarding the
election of the Administrative Board which is held through a secret ballot
or any other agreed upon way .
Article Fifteen:
Responsibilites of the Extra ordinary General Assembly:
The Extra Ordinary General Assembly has the following tasks:
1.
Ammendment of the
Articles of Incorporation.
2.
Termination of the
delegation of the Adminstrative Board before its due date and election of a new
one for the remaining period.
3.
Any other arising
matters
4.
Decisions in
the Extra Ordinary General Assembly are
taken by a majority of at least two thirds of the attenddees.
Article Sixteen:
Administrative Board
The Administrative Board supervises, backs up, monitors and follows up the
finaincial affairs and activities of the society; it also gives advice and
guidance to the Management Board to keep the society going and to fullfil its
objectives.
Article Seventeen:
Authorities of the Administrative Board
First: The authorities of the Administrative Board include all what is related
to the running the affairs of the society and represent her before all official
and non official bodies and before the the law; they are in particular as
follows:
1.
Preparation of
the society annual paln ( program) of action.
2.
Preparation of the
Annual report on the activities of the society.
3.
Running the
administrative and finincial affairs of the society including hiring and
dismissing personnel.
4.
Preparation of the
necessary administrative and finincial guidelines in running
the society.
5.
Naming the members
of main , sub, specialized committees and appointing the executive departments
of the society.
6.
Delegation of the
President of the Administrative Board to represent the society before others,
and he has the right to deputize any of the society members to this purpose.
7.
Documenting and
executing all decisions of the General Assemby.
Second: Making
Decisions
1.
The decisions of
the adminstrative Board are made by a majority vote, in the event of a tie,
the vote of the head of the session will be the decisive one.
2.
A member of the
Administrative Board looses his/her
membership if he/she fails to attend meetings of the Administrative Board for
three consecutive times times without any excuse.
3.
Whenever a seat in
the Administartive Board becomes vacant prior to ending
of its term in office, the person who
came next in the number of votes
becomes a member; If there is not some one to replace him in this way, the
Administrative Board
would choose a member for the remaining time in office as long as this
procedure does not exceed three members.
4.
The Society
President is named as one of the members of the Administrative Board but without
having the right to vote on the decisions which are made by the Administrative
Board as (an observer).
Article Eighteen: Authorites of the President, Secretary and Treasurer:
The authorities include the following:
1.
To represent the
society before others, and
has the right to deputize any of the society members to this purpose, to
represent it before law and to delegate an attorney or more to this effect.
2.
To convene for the
meetings of the Administrative Board and the General Assembly and to preside
over them
3.
To supervise the
work of the society and that of its committees.
The Secretary's work is:
1.
To supervise the
correspondence of the society and to keep it for record.
2.
To take minutes and
proceedings of the the meetings of the Administrative Board and the General
Assembly.
3.
To carry out other
matters designated to him/her by the Society Administrative Board.
The Treasurer's work is:
1.
To receive in
coming funds to the society in sealed receipts and signed by him and to deposit
these sums in the bank assigned by the Administrative Board.
2.
To sign checks in
addition to the signature of the Society President or its Executive Drector.
3.
To implement
Administrative Board decisions regarding society financial transactions.
4.
Ensuring sound
bookkeeping and financial records in the society to be at the disposal of the
specialized departments.
The deputy treasurer
carries out the reponsibilites of the Treasure in case of his/her absence.
Article Nineteen:
Affiliation to Arab and International Organizations
The society may be
affiliated to Arab and International Unions and Organizations involved in the
field of nature and protection in general; it shall have the right to
consolidate or unite with another society or more ot to act as an umbrella for
other institutes and societies.
ArticleTwenty: Real estate
Ownership
The society shall have the
right to own estates, lands and other movable and immovable assets. Moreover, it
has the right to sell, pawn and rent any of it by decision of the Administrative
Board and approval of the official specialized depoartmets.
Article Twenty One:
Dissolution of Society
1.
The society may be
dissolved by a decision of the General Assembly only if the number of votes
supporting such a move is not less than two
thirds of the General Assembly eligible voters.
2.
If the society is
dissolved, for any reason whatsoever, all movable and immovable assets will be
transferred to a legitimate body which supports the activities of nature
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