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About RPA |
STATUS OF THE PSYCHOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION IN ROMANIA
Chapter I. General Provisions Art. 1 "The Psychologists' Association in Romania " is a professional, non-governmental, apolitical and non-profit organization, which displays its activity in conformity with the legislation in force, by will of association of the signing members. Art. 2 The purpose of The Psychologists' Association in Romania is that of supporting and promoting the development of psychology as a science and profession, aiming at the improvement of human life's quality and efficiency of social and economic activities. Art. 3 The goals of The Psychologists' Association in Romania are: promoting high competence and professional ethics standards, organizing scientific and professional manifestations, promoting fundamental and applicative scientific research, stimulating internal and international exchanges and contacts. Art. 4 The Association, once granted the general board's approval, will be able to found companies and initiate direct economic activities with an accessory character and tightly connected to the main goal of the association. Art. 5 The name of the association is "The Psychologists' Association in Romania ", further referred to as "Association". Art. 6 The headquarters of The Psychologists' Association in Romania is in Bucharest , 1-3, Iuliu Maniu Avenue , sector 6, Body A, 5 th floor, room 507B. Art. 7 The Association is set up for an undetermined period of time. Art. 8 The initial patrimony of the Association is that of 5.000.000 lei (the equivalent of two minimum wages)
Chapter II Members Art. 9 The Psychologists' Association in Romania consists of full members, associate members and honorary members. Art. 10 Becoming a full member, as well as an associate member, can be achieved by fulfilling the following conditions: laying down the registration documents in conformity with the registration set of rules, drawn up by the Boarding Council approval of the Boarding Council payment of the registration fee and the due for the year under way
Art. 11 Becoming an honorary member is the result of a Boarding Council's decision, which comes as an acknowledgement of the exceptional merits on both the professional and the scientifical levels, asserted nationally as well as internationally, but also of the distinguished contribution to the achievement of the APR goals. Art. 12 Losing one's status of a member occurs on the conditions of: written request addressed to the Boarding council's members failing to pay the due for two years in a row such a situation as causing the Association moral or material damage, by approval of the General Assembly, at the Boarding Council's suggestion
Art.13 Full members' rights: to choose and be chosen as members of the association's leading structures, right conditioned by paying the due in its right time to participate, no restrictions or discriminations applied, in the organized manifestations and to enjoy all the opportunities offered by the association to its members to bring any distressful situation (when deeming that their interests as association members have been in any way harmed) to the leading structures' attention
Art. 14 Associated members' rights: to participate, no restrictions or discriminations applied, in the organized manifestations and to enjoy all the opportunities offered by the association to its members to bring any distressful situation (when deeming that their interests as association members have been in any way harmed) to the leading structures' attention
Art. 15 Full and associated members' obligations: Art. 16 Honorary members pay no due, have the same rights as the full members, except for the right to vote, and cannot be chosen as members of the leading structures
Chapter III Categories of the association's patrimony resources: Art. 17 The association's incomes result of:
Chapter IV The association's organizing and functioning Art. 18 The association's structures are:
The General Assembly: Art. 19 The General Assembly is the leading structure that consists of the members' ensemble and reunites once a year, in ordinary session, or in extraordinary session whenever necessary Art. 20 In preparing for the General Assembly, the Boarding Council will send to all members, via post with acknowledgement, the agenda and issues subject to vote Art. 21 The General Assembly is considered to be reunited with the presence of at least half plus one association's members having the right to vote. Unless the quorum comes together at the date of the first convocation, the Boarding Council will reschedule the general assembly in a maximum of another 30 calendar days. Once this deadline met, the statutory quorum will represent a quarter of the members with the right to vote. By "presence" one should understand the physical presence or existence of a holograph document expressing the will to vote as related to the documents subject to approval. Art. 22 The vote in the general assembly is expressed individually. The non-participating members may express their vote in writing, via post. A decision is considered approved once the simple majority of the members present obtained. Art. 23 The general assembly's duties are the following:
The Boarding Council Art. 24 The board of directors consists of 15 members, elected for a four-year mandate, with the right to reelection for a second running mandate. The president, vice-president and general secretary are by right members of the Board of Directors. Art. 25 The Board of Directors' duties:
Art. 26 The president is elected by the General Assembly, by the simple majority's vote, for a four-year mandate, with the right to reelection for a second running mandate. His duties are:
Art. 27 The vice-president is elected by the General Assembly, by simple majority of votes, for a four-year mandate, with the right to reelection for a second running mandate, and has the following duties: • Takes over the president's tasks at the latter's request, or on condition that the president should be unavailable. If the position of president's interim exceeds six months/ a year, the vice-president becomes the association's president by right, until the mandate should expire. The transfer of mandate to the vice-president is made by decision of the Board of Directors, as a result of the president's written request or, in the case of his not being available, by finding of the statutory conditions' fulfillment. In this situation, one of the Board of Directors' members will assume the position of vice-president, after internal elections. • Has the right of vote over the Board of directors
Art. 28 The general secretary is elected by the General Assembly, by simple majority of votes, for a four-year mandate, with the right to reelection for a second running mandate. His duties are the following:
The Censors' Committee Art. 29 The Censors' Committee is elected by the General Assembly and has the following duties:
Art. 30 The treasurer is responsible with the financial administration of the association's funds and annually asserts a report in front of the General Assembly.
Art. 31 The election procedure for the association's structure:
Art. 32 The association can constitute some of its branches into territorial structures, with a number of at least three members, personal leading structures and a patrimony different from that of the association Art. 33 Organization on sections The association's sections are organized at the members' initiative and with the Board of Directors' approval, whenever they express a vivid interest that guarantees a constant activity of great use for its members Sections are organized in such a way to cover major domains of scientific and professional interests, observing exclusive specialization criteria In order for a section's setting up to be approved, it is required that a minimum 1% of the association's members make this request, also avoiding parallelism and overlapping other previously existent sections A section can also be set up having a previously existent association as groundwork, provided that the latter is already affiliated to the APR; in this case, it can keep its initial name as well, with the designation "APR Section" The section's dissolution can be made through auto-dissolution, or by decision of the Board of Directors, in such a situation when the absence of any significant activity for two running years' time should be detected, or if it should, by the nature of its own activity, run counter to the APR status. The sections will establish their own organizing and functioning status, without running counter to the APR status. Only aspects not settled by the APR status can be subject to settling by their own status. The Board of Directors will approve the sections' status and its modifications. A president and a secretary will be in charge of the section; other positions may be stipulated as well, according to one's own organization requirements. The president of the section will present the Board of Directors an annual activity report. The section can ask for funds from the APR budget for activities included on its own agenda, with the APR Board of Directors' approval. Any other funds secured by the section, in conformity with the APR status, will be completely at the section's disposal, by means of the APR budget, provided that these funds' destination should not run counter to the APR goals. The president of the section has the right to participate in the Board of Directors' meetings, with the right to consultative vote.
Chapter V. The disintegration and abolishment of the association Art. 34 The association disintegrates by vote of 2/3 of the members' number, who also decide over the transfer of the association's patrimony to another association sharing similar goals. |
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