Ars-Augusta e.V .: Association for the Promotion of Culture and International Understanding

No. 9835 Register of associations at the district court of Dresden

St. No. 207/140/09274 Finanzamt Görlitz

The association is non-profit.

 

Articles of Association from March 8th, 2017

 

§ 1 (name, registered office)

1. The association bears the name "Ars-Augusta". It should be entered in the register of associations and get a note "e.V."

2. The fiscal year is the calendar year.

3. The registered office of the association is Görlitz 02826, Augustastraße 6. 

 

§ 2 (purpose)

1. The purpose of the association is the promotion of art and culture as well as the promotion of international understanding.

2. Measures to achieve the intended purpose:

- Promotion and initiation of musical projects (e.g. founding of orchestras and ensembles) and events involving artists of different nationalities.

- Further education and promotion of young talents (exhibitions, competitions, readings and performances of music and theater plays).

- Research for forgotten musical works. Performance, archiving, recording and distribution of musical works.

- Bring music projects to places and to citizens who are not culturally considered, excluded or socially disadvantaged, e.g. concerts and lectures in schools, for groups of young people, in children's and old people's homes etc.

2. The association pursues exclusively and directly non-profit purposes in the sense of the section “Tax-privileged purposes” of the tax code.

3. The association is selflessly active; it does not primarily pursue commercial purposes. Funds from the association may only be used for the statutory purposes. The members do not receive payments from the association.

4. No person may benefit from expenses that are alien to the purpose of the corporation or from disproportionately high remuneration.

 

§ 3 (membership)

1. Any natural or legal person can become a member of the association.

2. The board decides on the admission after a written application. In the case of minors, the application for admission must be made by the legal representative.

3. Withdrawal from the association is permitted at any time. It must be declared to the board in writing.

4. A member can be excluded from the association if his behavior grossly violates the interests of the association. The general assembly decides on the exclusion.

5. Membership ends with the death of the member (in the case of legal entities when they expire).

6. The resigned or expelled member has no claim against the association's assets.

7. The members of the "Ars-Augusta" association do not have to pay any membership fees for the time being. Should it be necessary to collect contributions in the future, their amount and due date will be determined by the general assembly in a simple majority. For the financial year 2017, the association is provisionally financed from private funds of the association's chairmen.

 

Section 4 (Board of Directors)

1. The entire board of the association consists of the chairman and the second chairperson who is also the secretary.

2. The board within the meaning of § 26 BGB consists of the 1st chairman and the 2nd Chairman. Each of them represents the association individually.

3. The board is held by the general assembly for a period of one year selected; however, he remains in office until a new election has taken place.

 

§ 5 (general meeting)

1. The ordinary general meeting takes place once a year. In addition, must a general meeting is called if the interest of the association requires it or if at least one member requests the calling in writing, stating the purpose and the reasons.

2. Each general meeting is to be called in writing by the executive board with an invitation period of four weeks and the agenda.

The third chairman of the meeting is the first chairman and, if he is unable to attend, the second chairman. If both are not present, an assembly leader is elected by the general assembly. If the secretary is not present, this will also be determined by the general meeting.

4. Every duly convened general assembly is quorate regardless of the number of members present.

5. The decisions of the general assembly are made with a simple majority of the valid votes cast. However, a majority of 3⁄4 of the valid votes cast is required to change the articles of association and the purpose of the association.

6. A record of the decisions of the general assembly is to be recorded, which is to be signed by the chairman and the secretary.

 

§ 6 (dissolution, accumulation of the association's assets)

1. A majority of 4/5 of the valid votes cast is required to dissolve the association.

2. If the association is dissolved or tax-privileged purposes cease to exist, the assets of the association fall to the non-profit “Förderverein Stadthalle Görlitz e.V”, which has to use it exclusively and directly for non-profit purposes.

 

Görlitz, March 8, 2017

 

Signatures of at least seven members who took part in the foundation of the association:

Eleni Ioannidou / Augustastraße 6, 02826 Görlitz Heinz Müller / Augustastraße 6, 02826 Görlitz Renate Wiegand / Augustastraße 30, 02826 Görlitz Ulrich Wiegand / Augustastraße 30, 02826 Görlitz Dorothea Baumann, Augustastraße 31, 02826 Görlitz Gabriele Jokiel, James-von-Moltke-Straße 50, 02826 Gorlitz

Gabriele Schönfelder, Steinweg 40, 02826 Görlitz

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