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Nordic Competitive League – Statutes
§1 Name of the Association
The name of the association is Nordic Competitive League.
§2 Seat of the Association
The Board has its seat in Skövde.
§3 Form of the Association
The association is a non-profit association. The association is affiliated with Esport United.
§4 Purpose
The purpose of the association is mainly to organize esports competitions and the development and community of esports for playing members.
§5 Independence
The association is religiously and politically independent.
§6 Financial Year
The association’s financial year and accounting year is the calendar year.
§7 Members
Nordic Competitive League will take 50 SEK in membership fee annually for members who want to have voting rights. All persons who approve the association’s statutes have the right to become a member. A member who counteracts the purpose of the association or misbehaves can be suspended by the board. Suspended member must be discussed at the next annual meeting. Either the suspension is lifted or the member is excluded. The board and the annual meeting can lift suspension and exclusion. Members must actively make a choice to continue in the association.
§8 The Board
The board is responsible for the association’s membership list, applications for grants, recruitment of members, decisions taken at annual meetings and other activities. The association’s board consists of chairperson, treasurer and secretary. If needed, also vice chairperson and extra members can be elected. The same person may not have several posts in the board. The board is elected at annual meeting and enters office directly after the election. Eligible for election is member who has been actively engaged in NCL for at least 1 year as Moderator/staff.
§9 Auditors
For review of the association’s accounts and management, one or two auditors are elected at the annual meeting. Eligible is a person who is not part of the board. Auditor does not need to be member of the association.
§10 Nomination Committee
To put forward proposals for persons for the elections prescribed in the statutes, the annual meeting can elect one or more members of a nomination committee. Eligible is member of the association.
§11 Ordinary Annual Meeting
Ordinary annual meeting shall be held no later than 31 March each year. The board decides on time and place. To be valid the association’s members must be notified at least two weeks in advance. At the annual meeting the following shall be dealt with and recorded:
1. Opening of the meeting.
2. Election of chairperson and secretary for the meeting.
3. Question if the meeting has been announced in the right way.
4. Establishment of agenda.
5. Establishment of voting register for the meeting (who has voting rights).
6. Election of adjusters of the minutes and vote counters.
7. Election of
a) chairperson of the association for a period of 4 years.
b) treasurer of the association for a period of 3 years.
c) secretary of the association for a period of 2 years.
d) board member for a period of 1 year.
e) auditor for a period of 2 years. In this election board members may not participate.
f) one or two persons for the nomination committee for a period of 1 year, of which one shall be appointed convenor.
8. The board’s activity report for the last year of operation.
9. The board’s management report (balance sheet and income statement) for the last accounting year.
10. The auditors’ report over the board’s management during the last year of operation/accounting year.
11. Question of discharge from liability for the board for the time of the audit.
12. Decision of membership fees.
13. Decision of activity plan and consideration of budget for the coming year of operation/accounting year.
14. Consideration of the board’s proposals (propositions) and proposals from members (motions) received in time.
15. Possibly other questions reported under point 5. Decisions in matters of greater economic or other decisive importance for the association or the members may not be taken if they were not included in the notice to the meeting. Nothing beyond what is in the notice may be taken up and decided at the annual meeting.
16. Closing of the meeting.
§12 Extraordinary Annual Meeting
If the board so wishes, or auditor or at least half of the association’s members demand it, the board shall call for an extraordinary annual meeting. With valid demand for extraordinary annual meeting, the one who demanded it may manage the notice. To be valid the association’s members must be notified at least two weeks in advance. At extraordinary annual meeting only the matters mentioned in the notice can be dealt with.
§13 Signing Authority
The association’s firm is signed by the chairperson and the treasurer each individually. If special reasons exist, another person may be appointed to sign the association’s firm.
§14 Voting Rights
All members with paid membership fee have voting rights at annual meetings. At board meetings only board members present have voting rights.
§15 Voting
All questions dealt with at annual meeting or board meeting are decided by simple majority if nothing else is stated in the statutes. Abstentions are not counted. Each person with voting right has one vote. In case of equal number of votes, chance decides.
§16 Amendments of Statutes
These statutes can only be changed at annual meeting. To be valid the change must be adopted with two thirds of the votes. When statute amendment shall take place the proposal must be communicated to the members in the notice to the meeting. Otherwise the change must be adopted unanimously. Change of the association’s statutes regarding form of association (§3), purpose (§4), amendments of statutes (§16) and dissolution (§17) requires identical decisions at two consecutive ordinary annual meetings.
§17 Dissolution
Proposal for dissolution of the association may only be put forward at annual meeting. That dissolution shall be dealt with must be stated in the notice. The association cannot be dissolved as long as at least five members refuse to approve dissolution. At dissolution the association’s debts shall be paid. Thereafter the association’s assets shall go to activity in accordance with the association’s purpose. How this shall be done is decided at the last annual meeting.
§18 Withdrawal
Member who wishes to withdraw from the association shall notify this in writing.
