PSL association

Article 1

Puplinge sports et loisirs is a non-profit association governed by these statutes and, subsidiarily, by articles 60 and following of the Swiss Civil Code. It is politically neutral and confessionally independent.

Article 2

The registered office of the association is located in the Canton of Geneva, in the municipality of Puplinge.

Its duration is indefinite.

Article 3

The association pursues the following purpose(s):

Develop sporting activities, events and infrastructure in the municipality of Puplinge.

It aims in particular to:

• –Manage the inter-sport refreshment area made available by the municipality of Puplinge
• –Develop sporting activities, promote the diversity of the sports offer and of the public, encourage access to sport for all and the discovery of new sporting activities.
• –Manage part of the municipal sports infrastructure placed under the association’s responsibility and expressly mentioned in the agreement linking the association to the municipality of Puplinge.
• –Organise public sporting events (tournaments, demonstrations) for the inhabitants of the municipality, in collaboration with the municipal authorities.
• –Bring together the sports associations using municipal infrastructure (pitches, halls, refreshment areas, changing rooms) to enable the defence of their mutual interests and better collaboration with the municipal authorities.

Article 4

The association’s resources come, as needed, from:

• Donations and bequests
• Public and private subsidies
• Any other resource authorised by law.

The funds are used in accordance with the association’s purpose.

Article 5

Natural or legal persons (associations) who have demonstrated their attachment to the aims of the Association may apply to become members.

Applications for admission are addressed to the Committee.

The Committee admits new members and informs the general meeting.

Membership is lost:

• By death
• By written resignation addressed to the Committee
• By exclusion pronounced by the Committee, for “just cause”, with a right of appeal before the general meeting. The time limit for appeal is thirty days from notification of the Committee’s decision.

Resigning or excluded members have no right to the association’s assets.

Article 6

The association is liable only to the extent of its assets.

Any additional personal liability of its members is excluded.

The personal liability of committee members cannot be engaged in respect of decisions taken within the committee or relating to the management of the association.

Article 7

The bodies of the association are:

• The ordinary or extraordinary general meeting,
• The committee,
• The accounts auditing body

Article 8

• The general meeting is the supreme authority of the association. It is composed of all members (representatives of associations and/or natural persons).
• It meets once a year in ordinary session. It may also meet in extraordinary session whenever necessary at the request of the Committee or of 1/5 of the members.
• The general meeting is validly constituted regardless of the number of members present.
• The Committee notifies members in writing of the date of the general meeting at least 3 weeks in advance. The notice of meeting stating the agenda is sent by the Committee to each member at least 10 days in advance.

Article 9

The general meeting has in particular the following functions:

• Elects the members of the Committee and appoints at least one Chair, one Secretary and one Treasurer
• Takes note of the reports and accounts of the financial year and votes on their approval
• Approves the annual budget
• Supervises the activity of the other bodies, which it may dismiss for just cause
• Appoints one or more auditors
• Sets the amount of the annual subscriptions
• Decides on any amendment of the statutes
• Decides on the dissolution of the association
• Rules on appeals against the exclusion of members
• Grants subsidies to associations and users of the premises on a proposal from the committee

Article 10

• Decisions of the general meeting are taken by a simple majority of the votes of the members present. In the event of a tie, the chair’s vote counts double.
• Decisions relating to the amendment of the statutes and to the dissolution of the association may only be taken by a two-thirds majority of the members present.

Article 11

Voting takes place by show of hands. At the request of at least five members, it shall take place by secret ballot.

Article 12

The agenda of the annual general meeting, known as the ordinary meeting, necessarily includes:

• Approval of the minutes of the last general meeting
• The Committee’s report on the association’s activity during the past period
• The treasury reports and those of the accounts auditing body
• Setting of the subscriptions
• Adoption of the budget
• Approval of the reports and accounts
• Election of the members of the Committee and of the accounts auditing body
• Individual proposals.

Article 13

The Committee is authorised to perform all acts relating to the purpose of the association. It has the widest powers for the management of day-to-day business.

The Committee is composed of a minimum of 3 members elected by the general meeting.

The committee freely allocates the tasks.

The term of office is 1 year, renewable.

It meets as often as the association’s business requires.

The Committee is responsible for:

• Taking the appropriate measures to achieve the stated purpose
• Convening ordinary and extraordinary general meetings
• Taking decisions relating to the admission and resignation of members, as well as their possible exclusion
• Hiring the staff that the association may need
• Ensuring the application of the statutes, drafting regulations and administering the association’s assets.

The association is validly bound by the joint signature of two persons, the chair and another member of the committee.

The committee members allocate the functions among themselves, in particular Chair, Vice-Chair and treasurer; they act on a voluntary basis and may claim only reimbursement of their actual expenses and travel expenses. For activities that go beyond the usual scope of the function, each committee member may receive appropriate compensation.

Paid employees of the association may sit on the committee only with a consultative vote.

Article 14

The General Meeting appoints each year two auditors, chosen from outside the committee members. They are responsible for auditing the association’s accounts and present a written report to the ordinary annual general meeting.

Article 15

The financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December of each year.

Article 16

In the event of dissolution of the association, the available assets shall be entirely allocated to an institution pursuing a public-interest purpose analogous to that of the association and benefiting from tax exemption. In no case may the assets revert to the natural-person founders or to the members, nor be used for their benefit in whole or in part and in any manner whatsoever.