章程
组织章程
名称及注册办事处
条款1
目标
条款2
该学会目标:在全世界范围内推动新生儿疾病筛查的实施。
期限
条款3
学会创立运营的期限尚待确定。
会员资格
条款4
在执行委员会对会员资格予以回绝的情况下,会员代表大会仍然能够作出是否允许该会员取得入会资格的决定。
条款5
会员资格属于个人,不能转让或转移。
条款6
除了前面提及的,也会有会员突然终止会员资格的情况,如:
该通知由理事会至少提前四周以书面形式发出。基于公平合理原则,学会发出该通知后,学会不能要求继续保留会员资格。
理事会应尽早告知会员解雇通知并陈述原因。当事人有权在收到解雇通知后的一个月之内向会员代表大会提出上诉。
在上诉期间,以及等待上述期间,该会员被停职。会员代表大会可以通过表决发布解雇声明,此表决应有至少三分之二的成员投票通过。
资金来源
条款7
年费金额在三年之内是固定不变的,从下一个财年初生效。
理事会和执行委员会
条例8
若主席辞职,且该主席在岗两年以上,在遵循其意愿的情况下,该主席辞职后在本届剩余任期内可保留理事会普通会员资格。
条款9
条款10
理事会和执行委员会会议
条款11
会员代表大会
条款12
理事会负责召开会员代表大会,安排会议的时间和地点。
条款13
被停职的会员仅在会员代表大会将表决是否对该会员停职的情况下有资格参会,该会员被获准在大会上为自己辩护。
条款14
若主席和副主席均缺席,该会议应由会议推选的人来主持(称为代理主席)。
若投票表决一项提议,该提议未经书面形式记录,那么同样的 ,(代理)主席对于该投票结果的观点同样具有决定意义。
然而,若(代理)主席表达其观点之后,该观点的有效性具有争议,那么根据与会的绝大多数成员的期望,或者在原始表决尚未通过投票或未以书面形式进行投票且根据有投票权的成员的期望,可再一次进行投票。
条款15
每年至少召开一场会员代表大会,且在财年结束之后的六个月内举行该会议,除非会员代表大会延期。在会员代表大会中,理事会就学会的事务和实施的政策作年度报告,并提交带注释的资产负债表及收支报表,以供会议批准。
这些账目经理事会成员签字,若一个或多个签名或电子审批记录被删除,应注明理由。
财务审计委员会审查这些账目,并向会员代表大会报告结果。
条款16
若该申请在十四天内未能得到重视,申请者可自行决定召开会员代表大会。在此情况下,申请者能委派非理事会成员主持会议,起草会议记录。
会议日程上需列出待处理的事项。
若会员代表大会在规定的期限内召开,除非具有投票权的参会成员投十分之一的反对票,否则,该会议所通过的决议仍具有法律效力。
本条款第一句话的规定同样适用于会员代表大会就日程上未提及的议题做决议。
学会章程的修正提案
条款17
任何理事会的成员或者委派的代表都被授权表决通过学会章程修正提案。
清算和结算制度
条款18
学会发出的任一文件和通知均须在学会名称旁添加“清算中”。
会章
条款19
最后条款
在一定程度上,委员会章程提及的条款此刻并不存在,或尚未被建立,有关委员会的授权和任务由理事会执行。
会章
目标
条款1
地区
条款2
学会认可以下6个地理区域(分会)
理事会和执行委员会
条款3
1. The Council and Executive Board is composed of a maximum of twelve persons: President, Past-President plus ten persons, two each representing the five geographical Regions from Article 2.
2. The Executive Board is made up of the President, Vice- President, Past President, Secretary and Treasurer. They are indicated as “officers”. Two of three of the offices of
Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer may be performed by one person.
3. The geographic regions of President and Past President are not counted in the Council representation.
4. Council members are elected by the general membership for a period of 3 years.
One year is understood in this context as the period between two successive (de facto or virtual) Annual General Membership Meetings.
5. One Council Member position from each Region is renewed when Council elections take place, usually every three years. The Council Member can stand for re-election and the maximum tenure is two terms of three-years.
6. If a Council member leaves office before the end of his/her term, the seat is open for by-election.
7. The position of President is elected every three years by the ISNS Membership. The incumbent President may stand for re-election, if eligible. Any ISNS Member can be
elected President. Council Members are also eligible. The total maximum length of the President’s tenure is two terms of three years. At the end of the President’s term, he/she assumes the role of Past President.
8. The positions of Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer are elected from those in Council by the Council Members.
NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN OFFICE
Article 4
1. The nomination committee is chaired by a member of the Council, who is appointed to this post by the President and who does not hold any office and can recruit additional members as necessary. Members of the Nominations Committee (minimum of 3, including the Chair) are approved by the Council for one period of three years.
2. The Nominations Committee invites nominations from the Membership at least six months before the next General Membership Meeting. The Committee draws up the nomination list of Members for the expected vacancies on the Council. The nomination process is open for one month. The Nominations Chairman gives nominees two weeks to accept or decline the nomination. Nominees provide the Nominations Chairman with a 200 word biosketch within two weeks of accepting the nomination. Nominees are also advised of the opportunity to stand for a second term of three years if they are elected.
4. Each Member of the Society will receive an electronic ballot, with the names and biographies of the members nominated for the Council, from the ISNS Office Manager at least three months before the General Membership Meeting. Members of the Society may vote by email and send their ballot to the ISNS Office Manager. Members have one month to return their electronic ballot.
5. The President appoints two members of the Council, who are not being re-elected, as the Voting Committee. The Voting Committee checks and counts the ballots, reports the outcome to Council, and gives a verbal report at the General Membership Meeting.
ADVISORY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
Article 5
1. The Council may have advisory members who are also members of the Society, e.g. the
Chair of the local organising committee of the next ISNS international and/or regional meetings, and representatives of other professional societies.
2. The President may invite an individual person to become an advisory member of Council for a specific topic for a period of not more than three years with the possibility of one extension of three years.
STANDING COMMITTEES AND AD HOC COMMITTEES
Article 6
1. The Society has standing committees and ad hoc committees. Refer to the ISNS website for a current listing of committees.
2. The Council specifies the objectives and terms of reference of the standing committees in so far as these are not already stipulated in these Articles of Association. Council calls for nominations for standing committees from the membership via a newsletter. Council decides the designation of a Chairman and the composition of the committee.
3. Ad hoc committees may be set up by the Executive Board which also makes decisions concerning the designation of a Chairman and the composition of the committee as well as the objectives and terms of reference of the committee.
4. Committees submit plans for activities and a proposed budget to the Council for approval.
5. Standing and ad hoc committees submit annual reports of activities to the Council for approval. Reports are then included on the website for members to view.
6. The Executive Board may invite the chairman of each standing committee and ad hoc committee to attend meetings of the Council.
7. Council can disband a committee determined to have completed its mission or that has not performed its prescribed function.
8. The ISNS sponsors the International Journal of Neonatal Screening. The Editor-in-Chief is a Member of ISNS.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Article 7
1. The Society organises approximately every three years an international symposium at locations across the world; ideally the symposium will coincide with one of the regional screening meetings and preferably in varying regions. A detailed proposal, including budget, is required for any prospective meeting host, to be submitted prior to the international symposium preceding the symposium being proposed. The proposal is reviewed and accepted or rejected by the Council. The host and location is announced at the international symposium preceding the proposed symposium.
2. The Society signs a contract with the organising committee of the regional meeting in which mutual responsibilities concerning scientific content and finances are detailed.
3. A symposium committee oversees the scientific content of the symposium. The symposium committee is chaired by the chairman of the local organisation committee.
奖项
条款8
差旅补助
条款9
国际新生儿筛查学会办事处
条款10
1. The Society can have a (semi-)permanent Office managed by an individual appointed by the Council and who is a member of the Society. The function is called “ISNS Office manager”. The appointment is for one year and can be renewed annually. By agreement between the Council and the Office manager, this appointment can be terminated at any time.
2. The Council will instruct the ISNS Office Manager to perform tasks to maintain ISNS records that may include but not be limited to:
– keeping the membership directory up to date
– keeping the financial accounts up to date
– sending out notices to the membership
– preparing newsletters
– taking care of the Society’s website with direction from the designated webmaster
3. The ISNS Office manager participates in meetings of the Executive Board and Council as an observer
4. The ISNS Office manager will receive financial compensation from the ISNS Treasury for any costs for running the Office such as printing costs, telephone costs, mailing costs, mileage within the country of residence. The ISNS Office manager will keep receipts of these expenses and submit them for approval by the Treasurer.
5. The ISNS Office manager will not receive any compensation salary. The President may decide to allow the ISNS Office manager to travel annually to one or more neonatal screening meetings at the expense of ISNS.
DELEGATIONS
Article 11
1. The Treasurer is independently authorised to represent the Society in respect of legal acts, which do not exceed the limit of three thousand EUR (€3000).
2. The ISNS Office Manager is independently authorised to represent the Society in respect of legal acts which do not exceed the limit of five hundred EUR (€500) with retrospective approval of the Council.