Statutes of AAD Switzerland

1. Name and registered office of the association, financial year

The association is named “Alopecia Areata Germany / Switzerland”, abbreviated “AAD / Switzerland”, and is based in Schönengrund, Canton of Schwellbrunn. The association was founded on 24.11.2016. The financial year is the calendar year.

2. Association Purpose and Objectives

The purpose of the association AAD / Switzerland is the promotion of physical and mental health for people affected by spot baldness disease (Alopecia Areata). The purpose of the Association is, in particular, to be achieved through: counseling and advising Alopecia-Areata patients whose interests are represented in other associations and institutions, promotion of Alopecia Areata research, informing the public about Alopecia Areata.

3. Non-profit

1. The association AAD / Switzerland pursues exclusively and directly non-profit purposes and does not seek profit. Its staff members are volunteers. The association is working on a non-profit basis.

2. Means of the association may only be used for the purposes of the statutes. The association AAD / Switzerland has the following means to pursue the purposes of the Association:

Membership fees per member: Fr. 69.00 p.a.
Membership fees per company or institution: Fr. 500.00 p.a.
Subsidies
Income from service agreements
Donations of all kinds

3. No person shall profit from any expenditure which is foreign to the purposes of the association or from a disproportionately high remuneration.

4. Membership fees are fixed annually by the General Meeting. Board members also have to pay the membership fees.

4. Membership

1. Members and membership acquisition:
The Association AAD / Switzerland takes on active (active) and supporting (passive) members. Active members with voting rights may be all natural persons who make the purpose of AAD / Switzerland their own and use its offers and facilities. Legal entities as well as natural persons who support AAD / Switzerland in non-material ways as well as financially can become passive members with voting rights. Sponsors with voting rights pay an annual membership fee no less than or equal to that of the active or passive members. Application for admission to the association must be made in writing. The Management Board decides on the acceptance of the application by written notice.

2. Membership List and Annual Membership Fee Payments Record:
The association maintains a membership list. These data may only be used for the Association’s own purposes. The minimal annual contribution is determined by the Annual General Meeting. The contributions are paid by the members of the AAD / Switzerland to the unified account. In the case of withdrawal from the Association and upon its dissolution, the fee paid will not be reimbursed. The minimal annual contribution can only be reduced, canceled or issued by the Board of the Association, on the basis of justified application and annual proof.

3. Termination of membership
The membership ends by withdrawal, exclusion or death. The membership is terminated by an exit declaration. The declaration of withdrawal must be addressed in writing to the office. The withdrawal takes place at the end of a calendar year. A period of three months must be observed. A member can be excluded from the association if the membership fee is not paid. The contribution must be submitted by 20 February of each calendar year (if the membership already exists at that time) to the Association’s bank account. A single, written request for payment is sufficient. If the member does not comply to this payment request, the club is entitled to inform the non-paying party from 20 April of the calendar year that the purchase of information, materials and other services will be terminated without further notice. In the case of a gross violation of the Association’s interests, the Executive Board may exclude the member without notice and without hearing.

5. The Governing Body of the association

The governing body of the association consists of: a) the executive committee b) the general aassembly c) the auditor d) the cashier

1.Executive Committee:
1. 1. The managing board consists of the chairman, the deputy chairman and the secretary. The Management Board is elected by the Annual General Meeting for a period of one year.

2. Annual General Assembly:

2.2 The Annual General Assembly takes place once a year. The meeting of the members of the General Assembly shall be deemed to be valid if a meeting of four weeks has been convened in writing, stating the agenda, irrespective of the number of members present. All members have the right to vote at the Annual General Assembly. Resolutions are passed by a simple majority. The General Meeting is held by the Chairman. If this is impossible, the General Assembly elects an assembly manager. By resolution of the Annual General Assembly, the agenda set by the Management Board may be amended or supplemented. The Annual General Assembly decides on the acceptance of resolutions by a majority of the valid votes cast; abstentions from voting are considered invalid votes. Applications must be submitted in writing to the Management Board two weeks before the Annual General Assembly Meeting.

The following shall be excluded from the agenda once the invitations to the General Assembly have been sent:

Election of the Management Board
Amendments
Membership fee payment matters

Extra General Assembly may be convened if the Management Board or at least 5% of the members so request. The Annual General Assembly has the following tasks and competences.
(A) Approval of the minutes of the last Annual Meeting
B) Approval of the annual report of the last Management Board
C) Acceptance of the audit report and approval of the financial statements
D) Discharge of the Management Board
E) Election of the President and the rest of the Management Board as well as the Control Body
(F) Determination of the membership fee
G) Amendments to the Statutes
(H) Decisions on the exclusion of members.

6. Minuting/protocoling of resolutions

The minutes of the general meeting shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary. The minutes shall be communicated to all members in an appropriate form.

7. Amendments to the Statutes

Amendments to the Statutes may be made at the General Meeting by two-thirds majority of the members present. The text of the proposed changes to the Statutes must be sent to all members together with an invitation to the Annual General Assembly.

8. Dissolution or merger of the association

A merger may only take place with another legal person exempt from taxation for non-profit or public purposes. In the case of a dissolution, the profit and capital is transferred to another non-profit-making or a public legal person to be used for their benefit. The distribution of the assets among members is excluded. This regulation is irrevocable.

9. Entry into force

These Statutes were adopted at the Founding Meeting of 24.11.16 and entered into force on that date.

24.11.16, Schoenengrund