Articles of the Kaltenborn-Evjenth International
Constitution for the “Kaltenborn-Evjenth International” association
§ 1 NAME
The association’s name is: Kaltenborn-Evjenth International and was founded at the 1th. of October 2000, and registered in the Norwegian “enhetsregisteret” with reg. no 985 519 012 the 2th. of February 2001.
§ 2 FOUNDERS
The founders of the association were:Freddy Kaltenborn, Olaf Evjenth, Traudi B. Kaltenborn and Lasse Thue
§ 3 PURPOSE
Kaltenborn-Evjenth International is an association were the members shall promote and develop the Kaltenborn-Evjenth Concept.
The OMT Kaltenborn-Evjenth Concept is an assessment and treatment method based on methods and ideas developed by Freddy Kaltenborn and Olaf Evjenth. The association aims to spread health-focused treatment techniques trough the OMT Kaltenborn-Evjenth Concept world-wide. It aims to secure further techniques and further development of the OMT Kaltenborn-Evjenth Concept. It aims to assist countries all over the world with teachers and courses within the OMT Kaltenborn-Evjenth Concept.
§ 4 LEGAL IDENTITY
The association is a self-owned, none profit association and is an independent legal entity with no personal responsibility and with limited liability.
§ 5 MEMBERS
Full members should be instructors appointed by the K-E I and Instructors who have taught courses and post graduate programmes recognised by K-E I. New instructors have to be appointed by K-E I.
Associated members should be Physiotherapists/Physical Therapists with interest in OMT.or other specialists recognized by K-E I.
The full members in each country elect one national representative.
§ 6 VOTING RIGHTS
Each country has one vote at the general meeting through their national representative, see § 5.
§ 7 THE GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting is the association’s highest authority.
The general meeting is to be held between april and august every second year.
The board will announce the general meeting with at least four month’s notice, through the web site of the association, and by e-mail to the known national representative in each country. If the national representative in a country is not elected or his or her identity with email address is not known to the association, the information of the general meeting will only take place through the web site of the association (www.k-ei.org).
Proposals to be considered at the general meeting must be forwarded in writing to the board at least six weeks before the general meeting, while proposals for constitutional changes must be forwarded in writing at least eight weeks before the general meeting. A complete agenda will be available to members at least one week before the general meeting at the web site of the association.
All members may attend the general meeting. The general meeting can invite others and/or the media to be present. The general meeting shall be conducted by an elected Conductor. The Conductor does not need to be a member of the association.
The quorum of the general meeting is the number of voting members (national representatives) attending the general meeting. No single national representative has more than one vote and votes must be cast in person. The general meeting can not decide constitutional changes without votes from at least 2/3 of the votes from the present national representatives and not if less then 2/3 of the membership countries are represented with national representatives at the General meeting.
Unless otherwise decided, all other proposals is deemed passed by a majority of the votes cast Voting will take place in writing if there is more than one proposal. In the case of a single election in which one candidate does not gain more than half of the given votes, a tied re-vote will take place between the two candidates who have gained the most votes. In the event of a further tie the election will be decided by drawing lots.
§ 8 THE ROLE OF THE GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting shall:
- Consider the Kaltenborn-Evjenth International’s annual reports
- Consider the Kaltenborn-Evjenth International’s audited accounts
- Consider submitted proposals
- Decide the price of subscription
- Adopt the Kaltenborn-Evjenth International’s budget
- Elect:
a) Chairman
b) Deputy Chair
c) 3 Board members
d) Auditor and reserve auditor
e) 3 members of an election committee.
§ 9 EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
An extraordinary general meeting can be called by the board at any time or when at least one third of the voting members require it. It is called in the same way as the ordinary general meeting, with at least 21 days notice. The extraordinary general meeting can only consider and decide the proposals announced in the summons.
§ 10 THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
The association is led by an executive board of 5 members like this:The Chairman is elected for 4 yearsIn addition there shall be 4 Board members from at least 2 different continents elected for 4 years: 1 Deputy Chair and three other board members. One of these board members shall act as Secretary of the board and one of these board members shall be responsible for the next general meeting.
Both the chairman and the board members can be re-elected for one more period. The board is the highest authority of the organisation between the annual meetings.
§ 11 DISSOLVING
The dissolution of the Kaltenborn-Evjenth International can only be considered at an ordinary general meeting, following up with an extraordinary general meeting like this:
The decision of dissolution must be granted by at least 2/3 of the meeting national representatives at an ordinary general meeting where at least 2/3 of all national representatives of all membership countries are present. If such decision is made, the final conclusion of dissolute the association shall be made at an extraordinary annual meeting taking place three months later. The conclusion to dissolute the association at this following up extraordinary annual meeting will be final when at least 2/3 of the votes for dissolution is given.
All assets belonging to the association when the dissolution is made shall be given to an association with the same or nearly the same purpose as the Kaltenborn-Evjenth International, or to another non profit organisation with the same ideals and values as the Kaltenborn-Evjenth International.
Amalgamation with other associations is not considered to be dissolution of the Kaltenborn-Evjenth International. The decision to amalgamate and the necessary changes to the articles associated with this are taken in compliance with the regulations seth forth in this paragraph.
This paragraph can not be changed.
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Oslo 10.03.2010
| Lasse Thue | Olaf Evjenth | Bjoern Stoere |
Kate Haswell | John Krauss |