The name of the association is West Australian-German Business Association Incorporated, referred below as "WAGBA" or "the Association".
The Associations Incorporations Act 2015 (WA), as amended from time to time, is referred to in these rules as "the Act."
The Association fosters bi-lateral business relations between German and West Australian enterprises.
It also provides a platform to promote social and cultural ties between Germany and Western Australia.
5 different levels of voting membership are available to enterprises and individuals with a business background at the discretion of the WAGBA Executive Committee:
Ordinary-, Bronze-, Silver-, Gold- and Platinum-Members ("Voting Members") have voting rights at general meetings (1 vote per enterprise) and pay Membership Subscription Fees in accordance with rule 5. Representatives of these Members are eligible to hold office on the Executive Committee.
Voting Members have the right to receive notices of General Meetings, attend, and vote and be heard at a General Meeting and receive a copy of the annual financial report (if any) of the Association in accordance with the any time limit prescribed in the Act
The Executive Committee may at its discretion also grant non-voting memberships as follows:
Honorary-, Associated-, Life- and Sponsored Members have the right to attend general meetings but do not have voting rights, cannot hold office and do not pay Membership Subscription Fees.
A member register will be maintained in accordance with the Act by the Executive Committee on behalf of the Association.
A member must not use or disclose the information on the Register of Members:
The Executive Committee has the following duties, which it may delegate to an Executive Committee Member, office-bearer or other person appointed by the Executive Committee:
All acts done at any Executive Committee Meeting, or by the Executive Committee, will, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Executive Committee Member or that any Executive Committee Member was disqualified, be valid as if such defect did not in fact exist or such Executive Committee Member was not disqualified, as the case may be.
The Executive Committee:
When a Special General Meeting is convened under rule 14.1.(c):
A notice of every General Meeting must:
The auditor (if any) is entitled to attend and be heard at a General Meeting on any part of the business of that meeting that concerns the auditor (if any) in their professional capacity.
Each Annual General Meeting must consider the following business in the following order:
In accordance with the requirements of the Act, a member may inspect:
A person ceases to be a member when any of the following takes place
The secretary must keep a record, for at least one year after a person ceases to be a member, of —
A member may resign from the Association by giving written notice of their resignation to the Association. The Member’s resignation will be effective at the time the Association receives the notice of resignation.
The property and income of the Association shall be applied solely toward the promotion of the objects or purposes of the Association and no part of that property or income may be paid or otherwise distributed, directly or indirectly, to members of the Association, except in good faith in the promotion of those objects or purposes.
The Association may execute a document if the document is signed by 2 Executive Committee Members, or an Executive Committee Member and a person authorised by the Executive Committee. The Association does not have a common seal.