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Click the links for Membership forms of IUSC
and Pre-Registration forms for Second International
Conference for Science Communicators.
The Rules, Regulations and Bye-Laws of
IUSC.
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Name of the Society :
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International Union for
Science Communicators
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Address :
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C/o Marathi Vidnyan Parishad,Vidnyan
Bhavan,V.N.Purav Marg,Sion-Chunabhatti, Mumbai,400022.
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Phones :
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91-22-24054714,24057268.
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Fax :
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E-mail :
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IUSC@NCSC.in
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1.1
The International Union for Science Communicators
aims to bring into active co-operation and association,groups and
individuals through the world ( Developed as well as developing regions
thereof ) who are interested in promoting as a necessary part of
culture,the dissemination of science in the public and in particular
amongst children for furthering scientific tempre into society and
individuals and for eradication of fallacious resorts to irrational
beliefs.It will alert the society against misuses of science,which results
in threats to peace and to social and cultural diversities.It will also
help the society to make use of science in defence of
solidarity,tolerance,social justic and equality.These objects reflect the
culture of science .
1.2
The IUSC shall be duly incorporated in India
as per the laws of the country.
1.
Names,Addresses,designations,age and
Nationality of the members of Adhoc Managing Committee who will administer
the IUSC as per Rules and Bye-Laws of the society.
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S.N.
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Full Name
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Address
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Designation
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Age
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Nationality
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Profession
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1
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Prof.Ennio Candotti
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Physics
Dept. Universida de Federal do Espirito, Santo Vitoria,Brazil
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President
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60
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Brazilian
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Professor of Physics
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2
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Mr.Anant Pandurang
Deshpande
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B-5,Jalaram
Jyot, V.B.Lane, Ghatkopar (E), Mumbai, 400077.
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Gen.Secretary
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60
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Indian
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Engineer
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3
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Dr.Zafarullah Choudhuri
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Gonoshastalaya
Hospital,House 14/E, Rd.No.6 Dhanmondi R A, Dhaka 1205,Bangladesh
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Treasurer
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62
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Bangladeshi
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Medical Doctor
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4
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Dr.Jayant
Vishnu Narlikar
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1,Akashganga,Post Bag
No.4, IUCAA, Ganesh Khind Pune 411007.
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Member
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64
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Indian
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Research Scientist
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5
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Prof. Marian Addy
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Dept.of Biochemistry, University of Ghana,
Lagon, Ghana.
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Member
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60
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Ghanian
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Professor of Biochemistry
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6
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Prof.Jean Claude Pecker
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177,bis Rue,Saint
Jacques,F 75005, Paris,Cadex 05,France
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Member
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79
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French
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Professor of
Astrophysics
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7
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Dr.Pushpa Mitra
Bhargava
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Furqan
Cottage,12-13-100,Lane 1,Street No.3 Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500017
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Member
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74
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Indian
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Director, Anveshna
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8
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Prof.Emeritus Eijiro
Hiei
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National
Astronomical Observatory,NA OJ Osava,Mitaka,Tokyo, 181,Japan.
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Member
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71
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Japanese
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Professor
of Astrophysics
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Dr.Paul Kurtz
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President of the Academy of Humanism Centre for Inquiry,P.O. Box 664,Amherst, New York 14226
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Member
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76
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American
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Professor
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2.0 Membership:
2.1
Membership of the IUSC is open to national
or regional organisations as well as to individuals worldwide who are
interested in promotion of the culture of science
2.2
The IUSC shall have a General
Assembly (called GA hereafter) to decide issues like memberships of
organisations and individuals,a change in the membership status and
the cessation of membership under terms laid down by these Rules and
Bye-Laws (Section 3 and 5).Proposals may come via the Executive
Committee(called hereafter EC) set up under Rules and Bye-Laws 4.0.Every
organisation seeking membership must have a democratic way of
functioning.There are three categories of membership,as follows:
2.2.1
Full Member:Organisation whose purpose is
consistant with Rules and Bye-Law 1.1.They can choose to have category
1,2,3..... etc as per Rules and Bye-Law 9.3
2.2.2
Associate Member : Organisations whose
purpose is consistant with Bye-Law 1.1,but who do not have a voting right
at the GA
2.2.3
Individual Member:Individuals who are interested
in the promotion of the culture of science worldwide may become Individual
Members of the IUSC
2.3
The EC will accept or refuse any
application for any Annual Membership under any of these categories.
2.4
A register of members will be maintained
categoriwise.
3.0
General Assembly (GA)
3.1
THe IUSC and its business shall be carried
out in English,the official language of IUSC.
3.2
Its GA shall be made up of members of the
EC and representatives of member organisations,chapters and Topical
Committees as well as Individual Members.
3.3
The GA shall be the policy making and
controlling body of the IUSC and its business may be transcated by the EC
through meetings as well as through correspondance.
3.4
The EC shall call a meeting of the GA
every three years through appropriate notices.
3.5
A special or emergency meeting of the GA
may be called by the EC at the request of members holding one third of the
GA votes,provided they come from at least three countries in at least two
continents.The notice of such a meeting must contain an explanation of the
emergency and the proposed agenda and resolution for the meeting.
3.6
At least 120 days notice of the meeting of
the GA shall be given to all the members of the IUSC (subject to para
3.5).Member organisations may submit items for discussion as well as
resolutions to the IUSC office,to be received 60 days before the date
of the meeting.The agenda together with all relevant papers shall be sent
to member organisations and to representatives nominated by the member
organisations and individual members.
3.7
The GA shall be chaired
by President.In the absence of President,the first Vice President or
in his absence,any of the three Vice Presidents can chair the meeting.
3.8
Voting
3.8.1
Full members shall be entitled to a number
of votes at the meeting of the GA equal to their category as defined below.
Number
of members
10-30
31-99 100-300
301-999
Category 1
2 3
4
(Number
of members =Total number of voting members of the organisation)
3.8.2
Full members who have negotiated a
restricted membership under para 5.3.1 shall have only one vote.
3.8.3
Full member organisations may appoint one
or more voting representatives to the GA up to their voting entitlement by
notifying the IUSC office in writing.When a full member is appointed fewer representatives
than their voting entitlement,representatives may have multiple
votes.The term of the office of each individual voting representative
shall be at the descrition of the member organisation and all members shall
name their representative(s) in writing at least one month in advance of
the meeting of the GA
3.8.4
Organisations may appoint proxies or
representatives from other organisations to vote or act as their
representative(s).However representatives of any member organisation shall not
carry more than four votes between them.
3.8.5
(see 2.2.2)Associate members do not have
voting rights but may attend GA as observers.
3.8.6
The quorum of any GA meeting shall be one
third of the GA votes for those present in person or by proxy,provided
those representatives are from at least three countries in at least two
continents.Votes shall only be taken when a quorum is present.
3.8.7
Decisions shall be carried out by a simple
majority of those entitled to vote.When a vote results in a tie,a second
ballot shall be taken at once.If the votes are again equally divided ,the
chair shall cast the deciding vote.
3.8.8
In no case shall a member organisation
from one country cast more than one third of the total votes available at
any GA.When this situation arises the votes from that country shall be
reduced to the nearest whole number below the one third threshold.Where
more than one member organisations represent that country,the chair
shall decide the division of the vote`s reduction.
3.8.9
Where a member organisation is
international in nature,it shall be regarded as representing the country in
which its largest individual membership is located.
3.8.10
Individual and Associate members of the
IUSC,members of member organisation,other than the representatives as well
as special invitees of the EC may attend the GA meeting as observers,but
may not vote and only speak with the permission of the chair.
3.9
The meeting of the GA shall elect the
Executive Committee(hereafter called EC) as described in section 4.
3.10
The EC shall submit to the meeting of the
GA an activity report of the activities of the IUSC's previous three years
for its approval.However the EC will issue a printed annual report every
year.
3.11
The EC shall submit to GA a statement of
accounts of the previous three years for its approval, however they will
keep their annual statement of accounts duly audited.The GA will have
appointed auditors at its previous meeting i.e. three years before the
meeting of the GA in question.The EC will also submit to the GA for its
approval,its budgetary provisions for the trinnum to come.
3.12
The GA may appoint Honorary Associates of
the IUSC notably Kalinga Awardees.
3.13
A meeting of the GA may be accompanied by
topical colloquia,international conferences or symposia,the organisation of
which will be decided by the EC.
4.0
Executive Committee
4.1
The EC shall comprise of the President,a
President-elect,three Vice Presidents,the General Secretary and the General
Secretary-elect,the Tresurer and the Tresurer-elect.The EC will be
responsible for managing the IUSC in accordance with the policy and
directive of the GA.All the 9 members shall work in honorary capacity.
4.2
The term of office in this capacity of
President,General Secretary and Tresurer shall be three years and not
renewable.The term of office of the three further Vice Presidents shall be
of three years,renewable twice.
4.3
The President-elect will normally succeed
the President,the General Secretary-elect will normally succeed the General
Secretary,the Tresurer-elect will normally succeed the Tresurer.These six
persons will normally attend EC for 9 years either as members or as
advisers.
4.4
All members have the right to nominate
individuals to the EC.Such individuals shall either be Individual Members
of the IUSC or members of a member organisation.A call for nomination shall
be sent with the notice of the meeting.Nominations must be received in
writing by the IUSC office 30 days before the meeting and be accompanied by
some clear statement from the nominee including his or her Curriculum Vitae
and motivations.
4.5
The EC being elected by the GA,notably on
the basis of the nominations defined in 4.7,to the GA,keeping in mind the
rule that no more than two voting officers should come from the same
country,the new members of the EC are proposed to the GA by a Nominating
Committee,composed of 5 persons including the past-President and the
past-General Secretary and three persons designated by the GA on proposals
of the EC amongst persons not seeking a responsibility within the EC.
4.6
The EC will meet at least once a year to
deal with the current business.The quorum shall be six members.Business may
also be transacted by postal correspondance,faxes or by e-mail.
4.7
The EC may co-opt members to fill
vacancies on the committee until the next meeting of the GA,when they must
be formally nominated and elected if they want to continue.The EC may invite
any persons as observer or participant to their meeting,but such a person
shall not have a voting right.
4.8
A member of the EC shall not act as a
representative(or proxy) of member organisations at a meeting of the GA and
therefore shall not vote except as the chair of the meeting under the para
3.8.7
4.9
The EC shall appoint IUSC representative
to any appropriate international or ganisation in particular to UNESCO and
written reports of their activities shall be in the annual report submitted
to the GA.
4.10
The EC will be complemented by 4 non
voting advisers,the Executive Director as defined in section 8,the
past-President,the past-General Secretary and the past-Tresurer.
4.11
The EC defines its own rules of working every
three years at its first meeting right after the meeting of the GA.
5.0
Rules of Membership of the IUSC
5.1
Organisations applying for membership
shall do so on the prescribed application form.They shall have objectives
consistent with Rules and Bye-Laws 1.1,and shall agree with the statement
of aims and objectives therein.
5.2
Member organisations shall also be subject
to sustained commitment to the Aims and Objectives of IUSC.
5.2.1
A member of IUSC may be expelled on recommendations
of EC.A proposal to expel a member organisation must be supported by
at least three full member organisations and submitted to the EC.
5.2.2
The member organisation concerned shall
have three months to prepare a written response to the proposal and has the
right to attend and speak at the EC meeting which considers the explusion
proposal.
5.2.3
If the explusion is agreed to,there is a
right of appeal to the next scheduled meeting of the GA,with a right to
present that appeal.
5.2.4
If the explusion proposal is not agreed
to,the EC shall inform the submitting member organisation and shall report
back to the next meeting of the GA.
5.3
All member organisations shall pay annual
dues(due each year from 1st April since the accounting year being 1st April
to 31st March) by the end of April of that year.The dues are determined by
the contribution regulations contained in Rules and Bye-Law 9.0.These
contribution regulations shall be reviewed at any meeting of the GA.
5.3.1
The EC has the descretion to negotiate
different,restricted arrangements for dues payment with organisations
facing particular difficulties but will report such matters to next meeting
of the GA.
5.3.2
Annual Dues for Member Organisations(MO`s)
shall be calculated by The Treasurer under the responsibility of EC once in
three years and the Dues will remain valid till the year following the next
tri-annual review of the contribution regulations.
5.3.3
Member organisations who have not paid their
annual dues shall not have the right to vote at the GA meeting.Member
organisations who have not paid their annual dues for three years
consecutively shall be placed on an inactive list and shall have to
negotiate suitable fee payments to reactive membership of the IUSC.
5.3.4
Member organisations shall submit their
annual report to the IUSCand notify IUSC of any changes in their
constitution.
6.0
Chapters
6.1
Members can make a proposal to the GA to
organise IUSC`s regional chapter that can be formed into an independent
legal body.
6.2
The GA may delegate regional policy and
representation to the regional chapter by protocol agreement between IUSC
and the regional chapter.
6.3
A regional chapter may appoint one non-voting
representative to the GA.
6.4
The EC may recognise secretariates and
networks as chapters of IUSC with defined terms of reference to tackle a
specialist area of concern to IUSC.A chapter may propose to appoint a
non-voting representative to the meeting of GA,shall provide an annual
report of its activities which the EC will include in its annual report to
the GA.
6.5
GA may expel any of the chapters who acts
contrary to the aims and objectives mentioned in section 1
7.0
Co-operating Organisations
7.1
A co-operating organisation is one which
has aims and objevtives not in conflict with those of the IUSC but it is
not sufficiently close for it to apply for membership under Rules and
Bye-Law 2.The GA may decide to form a link with a co-operating organisation
to provide mutual support in the pursuit of common goals.The link will
normally be one whereby either side may wish to declare a co-operating
relationship in public.Such a relationship does not carry with it any
voting rights or attendance at the GA meeting except by specific
invitation.
8.0
Staff
8.1
The EC will appoint an Executive Director
who shall take executive decisions on behalf of the EC and shall generally
assist the EC in managing the organisation.
8.2
Other personnel may be appointed to work
in the Executive Director`s office or elsewhere in the world but under the
close supervision of the Executive Director to further the aims and
objectives of the organisation.Members shall be informed of all such
appointments.
8.3
Appointed persons do not have voting
rights at any meeting of the IUSC.However they must attend all the GA and
EC meetings.
9.0
Budgets and Dues of Members
9.1
The resources of IUSC are made:
9.1.1
By contributions from its members
according to the rules determined by Rules and Bye-Laws 9.2 and 9.3
9.1.2
By Liabilities,gifts and bequests from
national or international,private or public organisations or individuals
possibly under contract.
9.1.3
In the country where the GA meeting is
held,by grants from local,regional or national authorities for the purpose
of that particular GA meeting.
9.1.4
By contracts for determined purposes,with
the UNESCO or with bodies of the UN family.
9.2
The basis of annual dues paid by Members
is the unit of contribution fixed by the GA once in three years.The first
value of the unit of contribution is 200 USDollars.This may be modified by
the GA at its first meeting or subsequent meetings.
9.3
Each full member pays annually to IUSC a
number of units of contributions according to its category as follows:
Category
as defined by rules and Bye-Law
2.2.1
1
2 3
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No.of
units of
contribution 1
3 7 15
9.4
Each Associate member pays annually one
half of contribution.
9.5
Each Individual member pays annually a
minimum contribution of one tenth of the unit contribution.
9.6
The legal domicile of the IUSC is in
Mumbai,India.Liabilities,gifts or bequests are received and administered in
accordance with Indian legislation and Bank account will be maintained in
Mumbai.operated by Gen.Secretary.
9.7
GA shall appoint the Auditor independent
of Association to check officially accounts as permitted by Indian and
International laws.
9.8
Norms for spending money on different
objects will be decided by EC time to time.
10.0
Topical Committees
10.1
On the proposals of the EC,the GA may
appoint ad-hoc committees for a duration determined in each case by the
GA,in order to study some particular items well defined and determined by
the EC.The Presidents of such committees shall attend the GA meeting as
special invitees,according to the conditions written in Rules and Bye-Law
3.8 10 and report such activities to the GA.
11.0
International Conferences
11.1
At the occasion of each triennial General
Assembly an International Conference shall be conveyed by the GA not less
than once in three years.Notice of such a conference shall be given one
year in advance informing date and place of the Conference to all member
organisations and individual members.
11.2
The EC shall make the necessary arrangements
of the conference with the host organisation.
11.3
Resolutions of the Conference
11.3.1
The EC will appoint a conference
Resolutions Committee at their meeting a year prior to the Conference.The
Committee shall include individuals from at least three countries and a
member of the EC.
11.3.2
Resolutions to the Conference may be
proposed by member organisations and shall be clearly identified as to
their source and shall be accompanied by a statement of the President/Chair
of the member organisations or other authorised persons certifying that the
resolution(s) have been duly agreed to by the management/executive
committee/general body of the member organisations for presentation to the
Conference.
11.3.3 Such
resolutions must be submitted to IUSC`s office 90 days prior to the opening
date of the Conference and shall be distributed to member organisations and
those attending Conference 30 days before the opening of the Conference.
11.3.4
The Resolutions Committee shall decide
which resolutions shall be presented to the Plenum of Conference.They may
refuse to refer a resolution in whole or in part to the Conference or may
recompose the submitted resolution.They shall communicate their decision
with explanation to the member organisations who submitted such a
resolution,30 days before the opening of Conference.
11.3.5
Workshops and symposia held at the
conference may also present resolutions to the Plenum provided they are
approved by the Resolutions Committee.
11.3.6
Resolutions passed by the Plenum of
Conference shall bind the IUSC only when and if adopted by the GA at a
regularly held meeting.
11.3.7
A motion to amend a resolution shall state
precisely which part(s) of a resolution are to be amended and it shall be
deposited with the IUSC`s office or with the Conference office(During
Conference) at least 24 hours before the Plenum.The Resolutions Committee
shall decide whether such amendments shall be put on to the
Plenum.Resolutions or motions to amend resolutions shall not be proposed
from the Plenum.
12.0
Amendments and Dissolutions
12.1
At the initiative of one tenth of its
membership counted in votes of voting members,the GA can lay down changes
and/or revoke Rules and Bye-Laws consistent with the provisions of the Certificate
of Incorporation by two third majority on the condition that two months
notice of the proposed decision has been given to all member organisations
and also can change the name of society or amend the aims and objectives.
12.2
At the initiative of one tenth of its
membership counted in votes of voting members,a decision to liquidate the
corporation may be carried out by a two third majorityof the GA on
condition that no less than six months notice has been given to all the
member organisations together with the reasons for such a proposal and
recommendations on the disposal of the assets remaining upon liquidation
being in accordance with the purpose of the corporation,and any other
consideration arising from the Certificate of Incorporation,and subject to
the approval of the Supreme Court of the State of India.
13.0
Investment of Funds
13.1
The money which is not required for
immediate use shall be invested in the manner as approved under the Bombay
Public Trust Act,1950 and/or Income Tax Act,1961.
14.0
Sale of Property
14.1
The EC is empowered to sell/purchase/to
acquire/lease out/taken to lease/to take on hire/to give on hire/to
exchange/to give as gift or to accept as a gift any immovable or movable
property as required in furtherance of the object of the IUSC,with prior
approval of the GA.However the permission of the Charity
Commissioner,Maharashtra State,Mumbai,India shall be obtained
wherever it is necessary
15.0
To Raise Loans/Deposits
15.1
The EC is also empowered to raise
loan,accept deposits with or without interest and/or by mortgaging
proporty,for carrying out the objects of the Society.However approval of GA
and prior sanction of the Charity Commissioner,Mumbai,India shall be
obtained.
16.0
Bank Accounts
16.1
The Bank account shall be opened in any
one or more scheduled Bank(s),Post Office Bank or the Co-operative Banks
approved under sec 35 of the Bombay Public Trust Act,1950,in the name of
the IUSCand shall be operated jointly by a Treasurer and any one out of
General Secretary and President.
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