§ 1 name and registered office
The association's name is SDU Fitness. The association is established in the municipality of Odense.
§ 2 Purpose
The purpose of the association is to give members, cf. § 3, the opportunity to practice Fitness in their spare time.
Stk.2,
- To operate a fitness centre at SDU with a wide and varied range of activities in the fields of fitness and wellbeing,
- to disseminate and promote the desire for exercise and thus health by offering breadth in the exercise activities, and by ensuring the best possible conditions and frameworks for exercising,
- To support a good learning and study environment.
Paragraph 3. The purpose of the association is also to support the SDU's research and training in exercise and health. The association shall make available to this activity free of charge premises, fixtures, utensils and other equipment.
§ 3 Members
As a member of SDU Fitness can be recorded:
- All students who are educationally affiliated with SDU through an active enrolment.
- All permanent employees at SDU.
- All permanent employees at Odense University Hospital.
- The abovementioned members who are on leave are entitled to exercise at SDU Fitness.
Paragraph 2. All members must be registered and recorded in the Association and shall be obliged to pay the quota until withdrawal takes place in accordance with the second subparagraph. The applicable subscription agreement. In addition, the enrolment and withdrawal and the quota payment are made after SDU Fitness at any time laid down rules.
§ 4 Organisational conditions
SDU Fitness will be a member of Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations (DGI) or the Danish Gymnastics Federation (DGF). The association can enter into membership of the federations that support the association's activities, such as special federations under the Danish Sports Confederation (DIF), Dansk Firmaidræts Forbund (DFIF) and Danske Studenters Idrætsforbund (DSI).
Stk.2. SDU Fitness will follow a clear anti-doping policy, and SDU Fitness will be subject to anti-doping control from DGI or DGF. SDU Fitness will follow Anti-Doping Denmark (ADD) guidelines on equipment, layout, policy and culture.
Stk.3. Premises are made available by SDU against payment.
Stk.4. Inventory, tools and other equipment are SDU's property, which is made available to the association. SDU has the option to charge for the use.
§ 5 General Meeting
The General Assembly is the supreme authority of the association in all matters. The annual general meeting shall be held every year before 1. December and must be convened in writing within 3 weeks prior to the holding. The call is made by posting to the fitness centre and by e-mail to the members who have registered with a correct and applicable e-mail address as set out in the annex. § 13.
(2) Proposals to be considered at the general meeting must be received by the chairman in writing no later than 14 days before the general meeting and must be sent to the association's members no later than 8 days before the general meeting.
(3) Board members must be elected and appointed at the general meeting.
Up to 5 board members are elected to the board of the association as follows:
- Up to 4 students and these are selected for 1 year at a time.
The Board of the Association shall also be elected :
- Up to 2 alternates, who will be students. They are selected for 1 year at a time.
To the Board of the Association appointed by SDU:
- Up to 2 full-time employees from SDU for a two-year period. SDU itself appoints a new representative for apostasy.
The board members shall take office immediately after the general meeting, cf. § 6.
Stk.4. 1 auditor shall be elected at the general meeting for 1 year at a time. All registered paying members and the association's voluntary employees are eligible for election to the board. All full-time employees at SDU can be appointed to the board. Candidates can be nominated up to and including the general meeting and via proxy.
Stk.5. The agenda must contain at least the following:
- Choice of conductor.
- The Board's report on the association's activities over the past year.
- The audited accounts shall be submitted for approval
- Presentation of the budget for the coming year.
- Processing of incoming proposals.
- Election of members to the board of directors and alternates.
- Appointment of members to the board of directors.
- Choice of 1 auditor.
- Possibly.
(6) The general meeting is quorate regardless of the number of members present.
(7) All members are entitled to vote. Members must attend the general meeting in person in order to cast a valid vote. It is not possible to vote by proxy.
Stk.8. The general meeting elects a chairperson to lead the meeting. The chairperson may not be a member of any committee or board of the association.
PCS.9. The general meeting's decision is recorded in minutes, where minutes of the proceedings are also recorded to the extent determined by the chairperson or the general meeting.
PCS.10. The general meeting makes decisions by ordinary majority vote. If a person requests a written vote, the chairperson must accommodate this.
Stk.11. All members have the right to speak. All personal elections are decided by a simple majority of votes.
PCS.12. An extraordinary general meeting may be convened by the board or when at least 1/3 of the association's members submit a written request and reasons to the board. The extraordinary general meeting must be held within four weeks of the decision. With regard to requirements for the convening, management of the meeting, voting, etc. the same provisions apply as for the ordinary general meeting.
§ 6 Board of Directors
The association is managed by a board of up to 7 members and 2 alternates, who are elected and appointed in accordance with § 5. The board constitutes itself with a chairman and vice chairman immediately after the general meeting.
Stk.2. The board is responsible for the daily operations and must run the association financially soundly, including taking out the necessary insurance.
Stk.3. The board is responsible for ensuring that premises, equipment and tools are at all times used appropriately for the purpose, maintained and kept in proper condition.
Stk.4. Board meetings are mandatory. The chairman convenes board meetings by sending an agenda. Meetings are held according to a predetermined schedule. However, at least 4 meetings must be held per year.
(5) In order for the board to constitute a quorum, at least 4 board members must be present. The board makes decisions by a simple majority of votes. In the event of a tie, the chairman's vote is decisive.
(6) The employee representative is elected among SDU Fitness' employees. The employee representative must be found among employed receptionists/instructors. If the employee representative is dismissed or resigns from his/her position at SDU Fitness, the employees must elect a new representative within 14 days. The employee representative cannot be elected chairman or vice-chairman.
§ 7 Drawing Rights
The association is drawn by the Chairman and one of the board members. However, the association shall be subscribed by the purchase, sale or mortgaging of movable or immovable property and by the acquisition of loans over a total value of DKK 10,000.00 by the signature of at least 2/3 of the total board under the responsibility of the general meeting.
§ 8 Liabilities
The Association is solely responsible for its assets for its obligations. Members are not personally liable for the association's obligations and cannot claim any part of the association's assets or dividends.
§ 9 Financial statements
The year of the association follows the calendar year.
§ 10 Revision
The elected auditor may not have any other functions in the association's management.
Stk.2. The auditor must review and endorse the accounts and, upon request, be presented with attachments to the accounts.
§ 11 Amendment of Statutes
Changes to the association's articles of association can be made at any general meeting, ordinary or extraordinary, when at least 2/3 of the attending voting members vote for the changes.
However, it is possible to change the articles of association by a simple majority of votes at 2 consecutive general meetings at least 14 days apart.
§ 12 resolution and withdrawal
The association can only be dissolved when it is adopted at 2 consecutive general meetings 3 weeks apart and when at least 2/3 of the attending voting members vote in favor.
In the event of dissolution, the association's funds will accrue to the University of Southern Denmark for use for study-related activities.
§ 13 Communication
The association's communication is primarily based on electronic media, such as e-mail, website, Facebook etc. This means that notices and minutes are communicated via one or more of these media.
(2) It is the responsibility of the members to ensure that the association is updated with regard to e.g. address and e-mail address.
Adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2018.