Articles of Association for the Friends of DR's Choirs and Orchestras
§1 Name, registered office, purpose and activities of the organisation
1.1 The name of the organisation is Venneforeningen for DRs Kor og Orkestre.
1.2 The registered office of the organisation is Copenhagen
1.3 The purpose of the association is to support DR's choirs and orchestras in their activities both financially and in terms of opinion. The association shall not engage in programme choices, artistic issues or anything else that may affect the freedom and integrity of the orchestras or choirs or the administrations of the orchestras and choirs.
1.4 In addition to membership fees, the association may receive gifts and inheritance to finance its activities.
§2 Members of the Association
2.1 Natural and legal persons may be admitted as members of the association if they support the association's purpose and pay the membership fee set by the general meeting.
2.2 Membership is cancelled if the membership fee is not paid within three months of the date of issue of the membership fee invoice.
§Section 3 Management of the organisation
3.1 The organisation is managed by a board of seven members.
3.2 The chairmen of the orchestra and choir associations, respectively, are born members of the board. The choir and orchestra director participates in the board meetings without voting rights.
3.3 The remaining 5 members are elected for one year at a time at the annual general meeting among the members of the association.
3.4 The board of directors shall elect a chairman and a deputy chairman among the board members elected by the general meeting.
3.5 Board meetings are convened by the Chairman as required. A brief record of the meetings shall be kept and signed by the members present. Each Board member shall have one vote at the meetings, with the Chairman - or in his absence the Vice Chairman - having the casting vote in the event of a tie. The Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum when at least half of its members, including the Chairman or Vice Chairman, are present.
3.6 The association is represented by the chairman or by the vice chairman together with another board member.
§Section 4 General Meeting
4.1 The annual general meeting shall be held in Copenhagen in October. The meeting shall be convened by the Board of Directors and in the manner decided by the Board of Directors with at least 30 days' notice.
4.2 At the annual general meeting, the following agenda must be observed:
- Election of chairman of the meeting
- The Board of Directors' report on the association's activities during the past year.
- Presentation of the annual report for approval and decision on the utilisation of profits or coverage of losses.
- Election of board members.
- Election of auditor.
- Determination of membership fees.
- Proposals from the board and from members.
- Possibly.
4.3 Proposals from members must be submitted in writing to the association's secretariat no later than two weeks before the general meeting.
4.4 Extraordinary general meetings may only be convened by decision of the Board of Directors.
§Section 5 Accounting and auditing.
5.1 The association's financial year runs from 1 July to 30 June.
5.2 The board of directors is responsible for the preparation of the accounts and their publication to the members. The financial statements, which must include the income statement and balance sheet as of 30 June, are audited by the auditor elected by the general meeting, who provides the financial statements with an auditor's report.
§6 Amendments to the articles of association, dissolution.
6.1 Amendments to these Articles of Association may only be made at a general meeting where at least 2/3 of the members present vote in favour of the proposal.
6.2 The association may only be dissolved after adoption by at least 2/3 majority of the members present at two consecutive extraordinary general meetings with dissolution of the association as the only item on the agenda, held 14 days apart.
6.3 In the event of the dissolution of the association, the association's assets shall accrue to DR's ensembles mentioned in section 1.3 at the board's discretion.
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As adopted at the association's annual general meeting on 10 October 2018
See minutes from the general meeting 10.10.16: https://www.dropbox.com/s/60hhlhy5077de6x/Venneforeningens%20generalforsamlingsreferat%2010.10.16.pdf?dl=0
See the Friends' accounts: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dq5cte7o2ylu8ux/Venneforeningens%20regnskab.pdf?dl=0