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Rules of procedure
These Articles of Association were unanimously approved by the active members present at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 22 January 2022.
Article 1 - Membership fees
The annual membership fee is 15 euros.
The annual membership fee for a Club is set at 50 euros.
The lifetime membership fee is set at 225 euros.
Paragraph 2 - Collection procedures
The membership fee can be paid :
By French cheque made payable to "AD€".
By money order payable to "AD€".
By species
By bank transfer
By credit card (via the association's website)
Paragraph 3 - Validity
The annual subscription is valid until 31 December of the year in which it is paid. However, access to the information sections of the website and to the forum is possible until 1 February of the following year. Loss of membership for non-payment of the subscription shall be effective from 1 February, without any notification being required.
Any contribution paid between 1 November and 31 December is valid until 31 December of the following year (the contribution for the period from 1 November to 31 December of the first year is considered free).
Life membership is valid for an unlimited period, except in the event of dissolution for a legal entity or death for an individual.
Membership fees are valid from the moment they are registered by the Association's Board of Directors and accepted by the latter. Registration is immediate if payment is made by credit card via the association's website; the Board of Directors then has one month to refuse the membership fee. If the membership fee is refused by the Board of Directors, the individual or legal entity loses its membership status for non-renewal of the membership fee.
Paragraph 4 - Refund
There will be no reimbursement of membership fees, including in the event of cancellation or resignation.
Article 2 - The Board of Directors
Paragraph 1 - Specific powers
The members of the Board of Directors include the officers and the other directors. Other members of the Board of Directors include :
A strategic advisor, who, together with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman(s), forms the association's strategic committee, meeting as necessary to propose strategic guidelines to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.
An Iconographic Manager, responsible for managing the images and photos in the association's catalogue.
A Director of the "Catalogue" section, responsible for managing the catalogue: circulating coins, BU and BE series, non-circulating commemoratives, varieties, artefacts, starterkits, Euro objects. He is assisted by volunteers.
A Director of the "Collection" section, in charge of the following activities: Group Orders, Classified Ads, AD€ Boxes and Tokens, Corporate Partnerships. He is assisted by volunteers.
A Communications Director, responsible for representing the association in dealings with monetary institutes, the media and press organisations.
An Accounts Manager, responsible for managing the association's accounts.
Paragraph 2 - Meetings
Meetings of the Board of Directors are convened by the Chairman or the General Secretary, who draw up the agenda.
An extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors may be convened within a maximum period of fifteen days at the written request of at least three members of the Board of Directors.
Proxies are authorised on the basis of one proxy received per member present. Proxies must be in writing and signed or sent by e-mail to the General Secretary no later than 48 hours before the start of the meeting.
Voting shall be by show of hands, unless specifically requested by at least one member present, in which case a secret ballot shall be organised by the General Secretary. Remote and postal votes are not permitted.
The Board of Directors may invite any person whose presence it considers useful to its work.
Meetings are chaired by the Chairman of the Association. In the event of absence, a Chairman will be elected at the beginning of the meeting. The Chairman of the meeting :
leads the debates
leads discussions
ensures compliance with regulations (Articles of Association, Internal Rules, etc.)
give the floor
coordinates voting and announces resolutions
announces the items to be dealt with, and may change the order of items if necessary
ensures that the time allowed for each point is respected
announces breaks and the end of the meeting
Meeting minutes are drawn up by the General Secretary, with the help of the Chairman and the various participants.
Paragraph 3 - Elections
Candidates for election to the Board of Directors are invited to make themselves known to the Chairman no later than 15 days before the Ordinary General Meeting.
The list of candidates is submitted to the Board of Directors, which issues a positive or negative opinion for each candidate, the number of positive opinions being limited to 12.
At the Ordinary General Meeting, the Chairman presents the candidates one by one, together with the opinion of the Board of Directors for each candidate. A vote is then taken:
person by person if the number of candidates is less than or equal to 12 and the opinion of the Board of Directors is negative for at least one of them; only the candidates obtaining the majority of votes will then be elected
the full list if the number of candidates is less than or equal to 12 and the Board of Directors' opinion is positive for all of them; if the list does not receive a majority of votes, then a person-by-person election will be held under the conditions specified above
by list with names to be crossed out if the number of candidates is strictly greater than 12; each voter may then indicate a maximum of 12 names on his list and only the candidates obtaining the majority of votes will then be elected
Article 3 - The Bureau
Paragraph 1 - Specific powers
The Treasurer is authorised to issue payments, under the necessary supervision of the Chairman.
Paragraph 2 - Meetings
Meetings of the Executive Committee are convened by the Chairman, who sets the agenda.
An extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee may be convened within a maximum of fifteen days at the written request of at least two members of the Executive Committee.
Proxies are authorised on the basis of one proxy per member present. Proxies must be in writing and signed or sent by e-mail to the Chairman no later than 48 hours before the start of the meeting.
Voting shall be by show of hands, unless specifically requested by at least one member present, in which case a secret ballot shall be organised by the Chairman. Remote and postal votes are not permitted.
The Executive Committee may invite any person whose presence it considers useful to its work.
Meetings are chaired by the Chairman of the Association. In the event of absence, a Chairman will be elected at the beginning of the meeting. The Chairman of the meeting :
leads the debates
leads discussions
ensures compliance with regulations (Articles of Association, Internal Rules, etc.)
give the floor
coordinates voting and announces resolutions
announces the items to be dealt with, and may change the order of items if necessary
ensures that the time allowed for each point is respected
announces breaks and the end of the meeting
Paragraph 3 - Elections
The members of the Executive Committee are elected from among the members of the Board of Directors.
If the members standing for election to the Board of Directors are nominated as part of a list (case 2 of paragraph 3 of article 2), it is recommended that the members of the Executive Committee nominate themselves from within the list. If the list is elected to the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee is de facto constituted.
In other cases, the members of the Executive Committee are elected by the Board of Directors no later than one month after the Ordinary General Meeting.
In the event of a tie in the vote for Chairman, the most senior director is elected Chairman. Once the Chairman has been elected, the other members are elected one after the other, with the Chairman having the casting vote in the event of a tie, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 8 of the Articles of Association.
Article 4 - The General Meeting
Meetings of the General Meeting are convened by the General Secretary, who draws up the agenda in cooperation with the Chairman.
An extraordinary meeting of the General Meeting may be called at the written request of half of its members.
Proxies are authorised on the basis of one proxy received per active member present. Proxies must be in writing and signed or sent by e-mail to the General Secretary no later than 72 hours before the start of the meeting.
Voting shall be by show of hands, unless specifically requested by at least one active member present, in which case a secret ballot shall be organised by the General Secretary. Remote and postal votes are not permitted.
The Board of Directors may invite any person it deems appropriate to attend.
Meetings are chaired by the Chairman of the Association. In the event of absence, a Chairman will be elected at the beginning of the meeting.
Chairman of the meeting :
- leads the debates
- leads discussions
- ensures compliance with regulations (Articles of Association, Internal Rules, etc.)
- give the floor
- coordinates voting and announces resolutions
- announces the items to be dealt with, and may change the order of items if necessary
- ensures that the time allowed for each point is respected
- announces breaks and the end of the meeting
Meeting minutes are drawn up by the General Secretary, with the help of the Chairman and the various participants.
Article 5 - Volunteers
The association is managed and run by six types of volunteer:
- The members of the Board of Directors (as described in the Articles of Association and these Internal Regulations ;
- Assistants, who are responsible for one of the association's activities, act under the responsibility of the Section Director to whom they are attached, or under the responsibility of a member of the Executive Committee; they are appointed by the Board of Directors;
- Project managers, who work on a one-off project or a longer-term assignment. Working with one (or more) assistants (or directors), they contribute to the successful development of an activity or project; they are appointed by the Chairman;
- Consignors of Grouped Orders, who act on a Grouped Order on an ad hoc basis, under the responsibility of the Director of the "Collection" section; they are appointed by the Director of the "Collection" section;
- Language coordinators, who are responsible for the gradual adaptation of the association into a given language, in particular by contributing to the translation of the website and association documents into a given language. They work under the responsibility of the Chairman, the Director of the Information Section and, if necessary, an Assistant dedicated to European development; they are appointed by the Chairman;
- The Regional Delegates (Regional Delegates and National Delegates), who coordinate the association's activities at regional level, in particular by organising events designed to bring together members from the same region, in accordance with Article 6 of the Internal Regulations; they are appointed by the Board of Directors.
Article 6 - Territorial organisation
Paragraph 1 - Presentation of the Regional Delegates
The association's Board of Directors is supported by two types of regional Delegates: the Regional Delegates and the National Delegates.
The Regional Delegates coordinate the association's activities at regional level, in particular by organising events to bring together members from the same region. In France, the perimeter is the administrative region.
The National Delegates coordinate the association's activities at national level in countries other than France, in particular by organising events to bring together members from the same country. If the number of members in a country allows it and/or if the size of the country requires it, it may be envisaged to divide the country into regions according to perimeters to be defined, then regional Delegates are appointed for each region; this country will then not have a national Delegate.
Paragraph 2 - Tasks delegated to the Territorial Delegate
The Territorial Delegate works in a given territory.
The main tasks of the Territorial Delegate are as follows:
organise regional meetings between members, at a frequency defined after consultation with the members in the region;
reference numismatic events taking place in the region, in particular numismatic fairs (possibly multi-collections);
to organise and/or run any type of event in line with the aims of the association and/or to promote cohesion between members of the association;
to publicise the association to the local population by any means it deems appropriate;
to encourage the association's members to get involved as volunteers, particularly insofar as their availability and skills allow;
relay members' questions, comments and queries to the Board of Directors and/or the relevant volunteer;
to represent the Board of Directors on its territory for specific missions that may be entrusted to it, according to its availability.
The Territorial Delegate may also, on a secondary basis :
organise or take part in exhibitions open to the public, within its territory, in order to inform the general public about Euro numismatics;
organise events in educational establishments (schools, colleges, secondary schools, etc.) to introduce young people to Euro numismatics;
to organise exceptional events in line with the association's aims, whether or not they are open to the public.
The missions described above are exclusive. If the Managing Director wishes to carry out another assignment/project, he will inform the Board of Directors, which will decide whether or not to authorise the volunteer to carry out this assignment/project.
Paragraph 3 - Responsibilities
The commitments of the Territorial Delegate and the association are described in the Territorial Delegate Charter. It states in particular that the Territorial Delegate :
undertakes not to take any financial decisions, not to sign any contracts on behalf of the association (unless specifically delegated by the Chairman), and not to commit the association legally;
undertakes not to derive any personal profit from its mission;
undertakes not to receive any sum of money from members in the course of its work.
In order to carry out his duties, the Chief Executive may recruit deputies. The deputies are placed under his full responsibility and act under his control. The Local Delegate must be able to answer to the Board of Directors for the actions carried out by his deputies.
Article 7 - Status of professional numismatic members
Employees or managers of a numismatic company (defined as those selling numismatic products) may join the association. However, this category of members :
- Is not authorised to place orders as part of Group Orders organised by the association
- Is not authorised to place classified ads on the dedicated module of the association's website
- Is not authorised to use the members' directory to contact members with a view to offering them numismatic products for sale.
Any breach of these rules may result in expulsion, in accordance with Article 6 of the Association's Articles of Association, for damage caused to the Association.
Article 8 - Grouped orders (GC)
Payment for a grouped order must be made within 7 days of the order date. Failure to pay within this period may result in cancellation of the order without notice.
Collective purchase orders (CG) balance
- If a member does not renew their membership and their GCC balance is positive, an email will be sent to them after one year of non-membership.
- The member will then have 30 days to :
- Renewing your membership and disposing of your balance
- Donate the balance to the association
- Request reimbursement of the balance after deduction of any administration costs
- If no reply is received from the member within 30 days, the account will be cleared and automatically reinstated in the form of a donation to the association.
These rules were unanimously approved by the members of the Board of Directors.
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