Statutes of Pirate Parties International (PPI) e.V.
§ 1 Name, Registered Office, Financial Year
- The name of the association shall be Pirate Parties International with the abbreviation “PPI”. It shall be entered in the register of associations and shall then bear the addition “e. V.”.
- The association shall have its registered office in Potsdam. The association was founded on 30.08.2024.
- The association is politically, ethnically and denominationally neutral.
- The financial year of the association is the calendar year.
§ 2 Purpose of the Association
- The purpose of the association is the promotion of business and science.The purpose of the Articles of Association is realized in particular through the implementation of training events and the establishment and/or provision of suitable facilities.
- The Association shall act selflessly; it shall not primarily pursue its own economic purposes.
- The Association’s funds may only be used for the purposes set out in the Articles of Association. Members shall not receive any benefits from the Association’s funds.
- No person may benefit from expenses that are alien to the purpose of the corporation or from disproportionately high remuneration.
- Persons working in an honorary capacity are only entitled to reimbursement of proven expenses. Members of the Board may receive (flat rate) remuneration for their work or time spent. The amount of remuneration may not be unreasonably high. The measure of appropriateness is the non-profit objective of the association.
§ 3 Acquisition of Membership
Any natural or legal person can become a member of the association. The Board shall make the final decision on the written application for membership.
§4 Termination of Membership
- membership ends
a) upon the death of the member,
b) by voluntary resignation,
c) by removal from the membership list,
d) by exclusion from the association,
e) in the case of legal entities, by their dissolution. - Voluntary resignation is effected by a written declaration to a member of the Board. It is only permitted at the end of a calendar year, subject to a notice period of three months. The Board may agree to a shortening of the notice period; contributions will not be refunded.
- A member may be removed from the membership list by resolution of the Board if he/she/it is in arrears with the payment of the membership fee despite two reminders. The member must be notified of the removal in writing to the last known address.It shall be deemed to be received by the member seven days after dispatch if it is sent to the last address provided to the association by the member. The member is responsible for providing the address.
- A member may be expelled from the association by resolution of the general meeting if it has grossly violated the interests of the association. Before the resolution is passed, the member must be given the opportunity to justify himself in person. Any written statement by the member concerned must be read out at the general meeting.
§5 Membership Fees
- Members are required to pay membership fees. The amount of the annual membership fee and its due date shall be determined by the General Meeting in the membership fee regulations.Honorary members are exempt from the obligation to pay contributions.
- The amount of the admission fee and its due date shall be determined by the General Meeting in the membership fee regulations.
§ 6 Bodies of the Association
- a) The Board,
- b) the general meeting of members.
§ 7 The Board
- The Board within the meaning of § 26 BGB consists of
- a) the Chairman,
- b) optionally 1 to 2 further 2nd chairpersons.If more than one member of the Board is appointed, the activities and responsibilities shall be regulated by the Board in rules of procedure.
- The association shall be represented in and out of court by one of the chairpersons.
§ 8 Term of Office of the Board
The Board shall be elected by the General Meeting for a term of two years, calculated from the day of the election. However, it shall remain in office until a new Board is elected.
§ 9 Resolutions of the Board
- The Board generally passes its resolutions in online Board meetings, which are convened by the Chairman in text form or by telephone. In any case, a notice period of two days must be observed. No notification of the agenda is required. The Board is quorate if at least one member of the Board is present.
- The resolutions of the Board must be recorded in the minutes for evidence purposes and signed by the chairperson of the meeting.
§ 10 The General Meeting
- Each member present at the General Meeting has one vote.The General Meeting is responsible for the following matters in particular:
a) acceptance of the annual report of the Board; discharge of the Board,
b) determining the amount and due date of the annual membership fee,
c) election and dismissal of members of the Board,
d) passing resolutions on amendments to the Articles of Association and on the dissolution of the Association,
e) appointment of honorary members.
§ 11 Convening the General Meeting
- The ordinary general meeting shall take place at least once a year. It shall be convened by the Board with two weeks’ notice by publication on the Association’s website, stating the agenda. If possible, notification shall also be sent in text form to a communication address of the member.If notification on the association’s website is not possible, the invitation shall be made in text form and shall be deemed to have been received by the member if it is sent to the last communication address (e.g. email) provided to the association by the member.
- The period begins with the announcement on the association’s website or, if the member is unable to attend, one day after the invitation is sent to the member in text form.
- The agenda is set by the Board.
§12 Resolutions of the General Meeting
- The General Meeting is chaired by the Chairman or, if he is unable to attend, by another member of the Board. If no member of the Board is present, the meeting shall appoint a chairperson.
- The minutes shall be taken by the secretary, who shall be appointed by the chairman of the meeting.
- The chairman of the meeting shall determine the type of voting. Voting must be conducted in writing if one third of the voting members are present at the vote so request.Votes may be cast in whole or in part by means of electronic communication in the case of resolutions and elections, while safeguarding the rights of all those entitled to vote, provided that state-of-the-art security, including regarding the protection of personal data, is guaranteed.The Board decides which means of communication are to be used
- The General Meeting is not open to the public. The chairman of the meeting may admit guests.
- Every duly convened general meeting has a quorum regardless of the number of members present.
- The General Meeting generally passes resolutions by a simple majority of the valid votes cast; abstentions are therefore not taken into account. However, a majority of three quarters of the valid votes cast is required to amend the Articles of Association (including the purpose of the Association) and a majority of four fifths are required to dissolve the Association.
- The following applies to elections:If no candidate has achieved a majority of the valid votes cast in the first ballot, a run-off election shall take place between the candidates who have achieved the two highest numbers of votes.
- Minutes shall be taken of the resolutions of the General Meeting, which shall be signed by the respective chairperson of the meeting and the keeper of the minutes. The minutes should contain the following information:a) place and time of the meeting,
b) the person chairing the meeting and taking the minutes,
c) the number of members present,
d) the agenda,
e) the individual voting results and the type of vote.In the case of amendments to the Articles of Association, the provision to be amended must be stated.
§ 13 Subsequent Motions to the agenda
- Any member may submit a request in text form to the Board no later than one week before the date of the General Meeting to add further items to the agenda.
- The chairperson of the meeting must supplement the agenda accordingly at the beginning of the general meeting. The General Meeting shall decide on requests for additions to the agenda that are not made until the General Meeting.A majority of two thirds of the valid votes cast is required to accept the motion. Amendments to the Articles of Association, the dissolution of the Association and the election and dismissal of members of the Board can only be resolved if the motions have been announced to the members with the agenda.
§ 14 Extraordinary General Meetings
The Board may arrange an extraordinary general meeting at any time.
This must be convened if the interests of the association require so much or if one tenth of all members request it in writing from the Board, stating the purpose and reasons.
§§ 10, 11, 12 and 13 apply accordingly to the extraordinary general meeting.
§ 15 Dissolution of the Association and Right of Succession (§ 45 BGB)
- The dissolution of the association can only be decided in a general meeting with the majority of votes specified in § 12.Unless the General Meeting decides otherwise, the Chairman shall be the liquidator authorized to represent the Association in accordance with §7 of the Articles of Association.The above provisions shall apply accordingly in the event that the association is dissolved for any other reason or loses its legal capacity.
- In the event of dissolution of the association, the assets of the association shall be transferred to “Mehr Demokratie e.V., Berlin” (VR 5707 AG Bonn), which must use them directly and exclusively for charitable, benevolent or ecclesiastical purposes.
§ 16 Final Provisions
Should individually provisions of these Articles of Association be invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remainder of these Articles of Association. The invalid clause shall be replaced by a provision that comes as close as possible in a legally permissible manner to the economic purpose of the invalid provision.
The above Articles of Association were established (adopted) at the founding meeting (general meeting) on 30.08.2024.