THE ASIA PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC ALLERGY,
RESPIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Article 1 General Rules
Section 1
(Name) The name of the Association shall
be "THE ASIA PACIFIC
ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC ALLERGY, RESPIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY",
hereinafter referred to as the "Association”
Section 2
(Objects) The objectives of this Association is to
understand the
characteristics of diseases of the pediatric allergy,
respirology and
immunology, and to cure and prevent their spread in the
Asia Pacific region.
Section 3
(Activities) The Association shall conduct the following
activities in accordance with the Association’s
objectives.
(a) Activities to promote interchange among medical
practitioners and professionals
related to pediatric allergy, respirology and immunology
in the Asia Pacific region.
(b) Activities to host the appropriate meetings, operate
website and publish materials
for the exchanging clinical and research information.
(c) Research Activities on pertinent diseases.
(d) Educational and training programs among members
Section 4
(Head Office) The head office shall be located at the
President’s residence.
Section 5
(Sections) The Association may organize research sections.
Article 2 Membership
Section 6
(Eligibility) Membership shall be the medical practitioners
or medical
professionals in the Asia-Pacific region who are pertinent
to objectives
of the Association. Members may participate in research
projects and
meetings hosted by the Associations, and gain access to
information
via website and published materials.
(a) Individual Membership: any interested individual
from Asia-Pacific countries
or autonomous regions. This member has voting right.
(b) Society Membership: any national associations or national
groups of pediatric allergy
or respirology or immunology
(c) Corporate Membership: any interested companies or
related industries.
(d) Associate Membership: any interested paramedical staff.
(e) Honorary Membership: any invited world-renowned clinicians
or scientists in the fields
of allergy or respirology or immunology.
Section 7
(Duty) Members of the Association shall abide by the
following duties.
(a) Members shall be required to pay membership and
annual dues.
(b) Members shall be required to state opinions by participating
in meetings hosted by the
Association or by logging onto the
Association's website
(c) Members shall not disgrace the Association or provide
medical treatment against
the objectives of the Association.
Section 8
(Officers) Officers include the President, the President-Elect,
and the
Director Officers are recommended by the President among
the
Members, and require approval by the Council.
(a) President: The President shall serve a three-year
single term; The Council
may amend the length of the term.
(b) President-Elect: The President-Elect is recommended
by the
President based on recommendations
from the Member of the
Standing Committee, and requires
approval by the Council.
The length of the President-Elect's
term shall conform to the
length of the President's term.
(c) Director: The Director is recommended by the President,
and
requires approval by the Council.
Section 9
(Loss of Membership) Membership shall be cancelled
upon the occurrence of following events.
(a) When a Member fails to pay membership due during
the
President's term
(b) When a Member had been warned in two consecutive years
for
not logging onto the Association's
website.
(c) When a Member's certification by the national or local
government
or professional organization
is cancelled.
(d) When a member disgraces the Association or provides
medical treatment against
the objectives of the Association.
Article 3 Governance and Meetings
Section 10
(Organization) The Association shall comprise as follows,
to conduct its activities.
(a) President: The President shall represent the Association,
and
preside at all meetings pertinent
to the operation of the
Association.
(b) President-Elect: The President-Elect shall do duty
for the
President in the absence or inability
to serve.
(c) Auditor: Two Auditors shall be appointed to audit
the operation
and finance of the Association.
(d) Director: The Director shall be responsible for working-level
operationof the Association,
and a number of Directors including
Director for Administration,
Director for Finance, Director for
Education & Training, Director
for Public Relations, Director for
Publishing and others may be
appointed as required by the
Association's operations.
(e) Council Member: The Council shall consist of national
representatives; The number of
representatives may range from
one to two, according to the
number of members in the country.
Nations that have more than 50
members in their society can
have the representative in the
council. The Council exercises
the final voting rights for the
Association's operations.
(f) Standing members of the Council: Among the Council
Members
who primarily participated in
the establishment of the Association
shall be standing members. The
numbers shall not be more
than ten. Standing members provide
general advices to the
President on the Association's
operations.
(g) General Member: General members shall have the membership
as documented in section
6. Members actively participate in the
Association's activity and state opinions for the management
of the Association at the
General membership Meeting.
Section 11
(Meetings) The following Meetings shall be held to
make decisions
on the operations of the Association.
The Meetings may be held via the Association's website.
(a) The Board of Directors Meeting: The Board of Directors
shall be
comprised of Directors who are
responsible for planning and
working-level operations of the
Association.
(b) The Council: The Council shall approve the project
or plans
prepared by the Board of Directors.
The Council is comprised of
Council Members and Standing
Members.
b-1) General Council
Meeting : The General Council Meeting
shall be held
once a year.
b-2) Extraordinary Council Meeting : The Extraordinary
Council
Meeting may
be called by the President, at the discretion
of the President
or bya petition of more than one-thirds
of the Council Members.
b-3) Resolution : A resolution shall be passed
by the consent of
majority.
For meeting via the website, announcement of
voting of
resolution shall be made twice in two-week
intervals,
one month prior to the voting of resolution; The
resolution
shall be passed by the consent of majority
of the respondents
on the website.
(c) General Meeting: The General Meeting shall be held
once during
a President's term, and performs
the following roles.
c-1) The President shall
report all activities approved by the
Council to
the Members, and Members shall state opinions
c-2) Decision on Dissolution of the Association:
The Decision on
the dissolution
of the Association may be made by a vote
of two-thirds
of the members present at a meeting or
on theAssociation's
website, provided that more than
one-half of
all members have participated. For the meeting,
announcement
of meeting shall be made twice in two-week
intervals, one month
prior to the meeting.
Section 12
(Financial Resources) The Association shall utilize
the following financial resources to conduct its operations.
(a) General Account: The Association shall utilize the
following financial
resources for basic operations
of the Association. The basic
operations include regular meetings
such as meetings of the
Directors, Council Meeting, and
General Meeting; Operation of the
Association's website; and publishing
and distribution of printed
materials.
a-1) Membership Due:
Membership and Annual Dues.
a-2) Revenue from Advertising: Advertising
on the Association's
website and
printed materials.
a-3) Contributions: Financial and material
contributions from
pertinent
organizations.
a-4) Operating Budget: Revenue from sales
of printed materials
and surplus
from the Special Account.
(b) Special Account: The Association shall utilize the
following financial resources
for special meetings including off-line Section Meetings,
academic seminars, and education
/ training sessions other
operations. Surplus shall be transferred to General Account
upon completion of operations.
b-1) Registration Fee
in Academic Seminars: Registration fee
charged to
participants when an academic seminar is
hosted by
the Association.
b-2) Revenue from Advertising: Advertising
in the printed
materials
and fee paid for participation in exhibitions
b-3) Contributions: Financial and material
contributions from
pertinent
organizations.
Section 13
(Administration) The Association's properties and assets
shall be
applied solely towards the promotion of the Association's
objectives
as set in forth in this Bylaw, and no part of the properties
shall inure,
directly or indirectly, to the benefit of any member of
the Association.
To this end, the following rules shall be observed.
(a) The Location of Property and Assets: The Properties
and Assets
of the Association shall be deposited
in a financial institution
located within the boundary of
the national or local government
of the President's affiliation.
International credit rating given to the
financial institution shall be
reviewed.
(b) Investment: Increasing the Association's properties
and assets
shall be limited to interest
payment from banks.
b-1) All investments
including real estate is prohibited, with the
exception
of electronic and telecommunications equipment
for the operation
of the Association's website.
b-2) Use of trust or other investment institution
is prohibited.
(c) Accounting Book: A detailed Accounting Book recording
all
transactions shall be maintained.
c-1) The General Account
and the Special Account shall be
recorded and
kept separately.
(d) Audit: Financial audit for the fiscal year and financial
audit for
period from the end of the fiscal
year to date of the Council
Meeting shall be conducted separately.
d-1) Auditing report
shall be submitted to the Association's
Auditor by
the last day of October each year.
d-2) Financial transactions that occurred
up to 21 days prior
to the regular
Council Meeting shall be audited by the
Association's
Auditor.
(e) In Event of Dissolution: In the event of the dissolution
of the Association, any
surplus property or assets as of the date of
dissolution shall be transferred
to an existing association with
similar goals selected by the
Council.
Section 14
(Fiscal Year) A Fiscal Year shall end at the end of
October, to be completed with auditing and reporting to
the General Meeting in the same month.
Article 5 Audit
Section 15
(Audit) The contents of the Audit on the operations
and finance of the Association shall be reported to the
annual Council Meeting according to the following criteria.
(a) Audit on operations and finance ending in October
once every three years.
(b) Audit on operations from the date of the audit to
the date of the Council
Meeting.
Article 6 Dissolution
Section 16
(Dissolution) The dissolution of the Association may
be proposed by the Council Meeting, and shall be determined
in the General Meeting.
Article 7 Additional Rules
Section 17
(Convention) Items not defined in this Bylaw shall conform
to bylaws of associations with similar goals, or resolutions
made by the Council according to the general convention
of international academic seminars.
Section 18
(Amendment) This Bylaw may be amended by the resolution
of the Council.
Section 19
(Other Provisions) The Association may set forth other
provisions for special operations, insofar as the provisions
do not violate this Bylaw.
Section 20
(Effectuation of Articles) This Bylaw shall be effective
upon the Council's approval.
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