Statute

AISSI

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ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN SCHOLARS AND SCIENTISTS IN ISRAEL 

 

Statute

 

Article 1. The Association shall be hereby known as the Association of Italian   Scholars and Scientists in Israel (AISSI).

Article 2.AISSI is a not-for-profit association operating according to the laws of the State of Israel

Article 3. The primary purpose of the AISSI will be to mediate between the Italian scholarly and scientific community in Israel and the local Italian diplomatic representatives, and the Italian Ministry for University and Research Italian (MIUR)

Article 4. AISSI will apply for and accept funding from the private sector (Israeli and Italian companies interested in investing money in research) for scholarly and scientific activities in Israel on the behalf of junior and senior academics.

Article 5. The secondary purpose of the AISSI will be to mediate between the Italian scientific and scholarly community in Israel and the local Israeli academic community.

Article 6. The tertiary purpose of the AISSI will be to provide Italian scholars studying and/or working in Israel with a local networking framework.

Article 7. The AISSI is also conceived as a support and mentoring network for Italian graduate and post-graduate students in Israeli universities.

Article 8. As part of its networking and mediating duties, the AISSI will organize seminars, workshops, and conferences with Italian scholars in Israel, in order to increase awareness in Italy and Israel of the work carried out by the AISSI members.

     Article 9. The AISSI will publicize a newsletter bi-annually focusing on fellowships and research initiatives in the different fields of interest of its members.

     Article 10.  The AISSI will elect a President and a vice-President, whose duty will be to represent the association in its relations with academic institutions and diplomatic representatives. Both will serve a two-year term, renewable to a second two-year term. No President or Vice-President will serve more than four years[1].

     Article 11. All academic activities of the AISSI will be evaluated and administered by a Scientific Committee.

     Article 11.1 The AISSI will elect a Chair of the Scientific Committee and Co-Chair, whose terms will be of two years. Both Chair and Co-Chair will serve a two-year term, which will be renewable to a supplementary second two-year term. No Chair or Co-Chair will serve more than four years[2].

     Article 12. Honorary Members of the AISSI will not have the right to vote on its activities or any other decision within the framework of the association’s works.

 

Membership Regulations:

Rule 1. AISSI membership will be given to scholars that own an Italian passport and are affiliated with an Israeli University.

Rule 2.AISSI membership will be granted to Italian scholars according to the following categories:

1. Doctoral student

2. Post-Doctoral Student

3. Adjunct Faculty

4. Tenure-tracked and Tenured Faculty

5. Emeritus (retired) Scholars.

6. Researcher (parallel track)

 

Rule 3.       The founding members of the association are granted membership on the day of registration and are listed in the association registry. They shall serve as committee members permanently or until they decide to resign.

 

Rule 4.        The founding members shall serve as permanent members of the scientific committee.

 

Rule 5.        The association will elect and Chairman and vice-Chairman for a time frame of two years each. Both the Chairman and vice-Chairman shall serve their role for two years, with a possibility of renewal for two more years. No president or vice-President shall serve more than four years.

 

Rule 6.        Honorary members of AISSI shall not have voting rights on the association’s activities or any other decision within the working capacity of the association.

 

Rule 7.        A person wishing to join the association shall submit an application to the committee in the following manner:

 

“I (name, residence, ID number) request to be a member of AISSI. The goals of the association and its statute are known to me. If accepted as a member, I commit to reading the statutory instructions and the decisions of the association’s general assembly.”

 

Rule 8.        The decision regarding the acceptance or refusal of an applicant is reserved for the committee; Having refused an applicant, he or she is entitled to appeal the refusal before the next general assembly.

 

1. AISSI Members are entitled to participate and vote in every general assembly and shall have one vote for each item; Members are entitled to elect or be elected to the committee or to the audit committee.

2. AISSI Members are entitled to participate in the association’s activities and enjoy its services.

3. The committee, with the approval of the general assembly, is entitled to determine membership fees which shall be mandatory for all members.

4. Termination of membership does not exempt payment settlement of payments made to the association from the member on the eve of his or her membership termination, up until his or her membership is terminated.

 

Rule 9.         Membership in the association is terminated upon –

 

1. The death of a member, and or liquidation of the association[3] [4].

2. The resignation of a member; Written resignation notice shall be submitted to the committee thirty days in advance.

3. The expulsion of a member.

 

Rule 10.        The general assembly is authorized, in accordance with the committee’s consultation, to decide on the expulsion of an association member for the following counts:

 

1. The member has failed to pay his or her membership fees.

2. The member has failed to follow the association’s statute or general assembly decision.

3. The member is acting against the association’s goals.

4. The member has been convicted of a transgression, which in its nature, severity, and circumstances deem him or her unsuitable for membership in the association.

 

Rule 11.        The committee shall not recommend the general assembly on the termination of membership without having given a proper audience for the member to voice his or her claims before it. The committee shall not recommend termination on accounts of rule 10, without having given the member the appropriate time to correct the transgression.

 

Rule 12.        Invitation, demand, notice, or other correspondence of the association to the member shall be given in writing and received by hand or mail to the address listed in the member registry; In accordance with a member’s request in writing, the association shall change its registered address in the member registry.

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General Assembly

 

Rule 13.        The day, hour, and location of the general assembly shall be determined by the committee.

 

Rule 14.         General assemblance notice will be given at least ten days prior to the venue and shall consist of date, hour, location, and daily agenda.

 

Rule 15.         An ordinary General assembly shall hear --- an account of the committee’s activities, and the activities of the audit committee, it shall discuss them and decide upon approval of monetary reports, it shall also elect committee and audit committee members.

 

1. The general assembly shall not commence if less than a quarter of the members are attending.

2. If the number of members listed above does not convene within an hour of the before-mentioned time of assembly, it shall be postponed without the need of further invitation to the following week, at the same hour and place. In this postponed general assembly, attending members shall be entitled to deliberate and decide on issues, regardless of the number of attending members.

 

Rule 16.          The general assembly shall elect, out of the association’s members, an assembly Chairman, and secretary.

 

Rule 17.          Decisions made by the general assembly shall be approved by majority vote unless said law or protocol requires a higher majority of vote; on a tie, the general assembly Chairman is authorized to determine the issue at hand.

 

Rule 18.          The general assembly secretary shall manage the assembly protocol.

 

The Committee

 

Rule 19.          The number of committee members shall be decided by the general assembly and shall be no less than two.

 

Rule 20.        Members of the committee shall rotate every three years with different committee members.

 

Rule 21.        The founders of the association shall serve as committee members indefinitely or until having decided to resign on their own behalf.

 

Rule 22.         The committee shall serve from the time of the election in the general assembly and until a different general assembly elects a new committee; Former committee members are entitled to apply again.

 

Rule 23.         Committee members are entitled to resign at any time by written notice to the committee; Committee members shall cease to serve as committee members if found to be bankrupt.

 

Rule 24.         Upon the vacating of a committee seat, the remaining committee members are entitled to elect or appoint a different association member to serve as part of the committee until the next general assembly; Until such appointment is made, the remaining committee members are entitled to continue to act as the reigning committee.

 

Rule 25.        If a committee member is unable to fulfill his or her responsibilities, the remaining committee members are entitled to elect a different association member to serve in his or her place until he or she regained working capacity.

 

Rule 26.        The committee is entitled to determine its meetings schedule, the number of members required, and the manner of management of said meetings.

 

Rule 27.        Committee decisions shall be determined by a majority vote of its members; Upon a tie, decisions do not pass; Unanimous committee decisions can be made outside of scheduled meetings.

 

Rule 28.         The committee shall keep a protocol of its meetings and decisions.

 

Rule 29.          The committee is entitled to appoint two or more members as authorized signatures on behalf of the association for binding documents and perform actions within its responsibility range on the association’s behalf.

 

The Audit Committee

 

Rule 30.          Regulation instructions 24 through 33 shall apply, with modifications, to the audit committee as well.

 

Branches

 

Rule 31.         The association is entitled to establish new branches and determine their location, organizational construct, and management of affairs, in the general assembly.

 

Assets after Liquidation

 

Rule 32.         In case of liquidation of the association, and after its debts are settled in full, left assets shall be moved to a different association or company working for similar goals, or public good, registered in the Israeli Companies Act from 1999.

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