IRISH ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
STATUTES
(As amended: May 2006)
ARTICLE 1
The Irish Economic Association, a national scientific body, is
hereby established. It shall have its legal seat in Dublin Ireland
at present at University College Dublin.
ARTICLE 2
The aims of the Association shall be:
- at the request of the
member;
- if for one year membership
dues are unpaid or the material support has effectively
stopped;
- by the decision of the General
Assembly on the recommendation of the Council of the
Association;
- by the death of the
member.
(b) Members of the
Association shall enjoy direct access to members of the Bar, and in
consequence they shall agree, as a condition of continuing
membership, to pay all duly agreed fees arising form such access
which may be owed by them to members of the Bar
ARTICLE 5
The General Assembly consists of
all individual members and is the basic legislative entity of the
Association. In particular it has the power to:
- amend the statutes;
- approve and amend the
bye-laws;
- terminate membership according
to Article 4;
- elect members of the Council
of the Association from members of the Association;
- elect the Vice-President of
the Association from members of the Association;
- dissolve the Association in
accordance with Article 18.
ARTICLE 6
- A meeting
of the General Assembly is convened once a year by the President of
the Association at a time and place which together with the agenda
of the meeting is made public at least one month before the date
set for the meeting. The President will include in the agenda any
item on the written request of at least twenty-five members. A
resolution can only be validly adopted at the meeting if at least
one-third of the membership has voted thereon and a majority of the
votes, including duly delivered proxy votes, approves
it.
- The
election of the Vice-President and of elected members of the
Council of the Association shall be determined by votes cast at the
General Assembly and by proxy votes delivered to the Council not
less than 7 days prior to the general Assembly Meeting.
ARTICLE 7
The Council of the Association,
henceforth called the Council, is responsible, subject to the
general control of the General Assembly, for the wellbeing of the
Association. It is composed of five ex officio members and of 6
other members. The ex officio members are the President, the
Vice-President, the Past President, the Secretary and the
Treasurer. The other members are Elected members. In addition, the
Council shall have power to co-opt the person, who, for the time
being, is editor of any Journal which publishes papers and
proceedings of the Association.s annual conference. The Council.s
particular duties are:
- the general policy of the
Association;
- organisation of its
activities;
- approval of the budget and
accounts;
- according status of individual
or institutional member;
- preparation of annual report
to the membership about the state of the Association;
- appointment of the executive
officers of the Association;
- determination of membership
dues.
ARTICLE 8
The Council shall convene at
least twice a year. At least one-half of its members must be
present for decisions passed to be valid. Decisions shall be taken
by the majority of votes of members present. The President has the
casting vote in case of equality of votes of members in favour or
against.
ARTICLE 9
The Elected Members of the
Council are elected for a term of six years. Every year nominations
will be sought for replacements for those Elected Members whose
term of office is due to expire.
ARTICLE 10
The Council implements the
decisions of the General Assembly. It is responsible for the
administration of the Association.
ARTICLE 11
The President of the
Association shall preside over the Council and the meeting of the
General Assembly, and shall represent the Association on general
and in particular in legal matters. The term of office is for a
period of not less then 98 weeks and not more than 110 weeks,
starting immediately after the annual meeting of the annual General
Assembly and ending at the conclusion of the second following
annual meeting of the General Assembly.
ARTICLE 12
The President is assisted by
the Vice-President. If for any reason the President is unable to
exercise the duties of President these devolve upon the
Vice-President. The Vice-President succeeds the President when the
latter vacates that office. Th Voce-President is elected at the
General Assembly for a term of office of between 98 and 110 weeks,
and assumes office immediately after the meeting.
ARTICLE 13
After completion of a full term
of office the President becomes Past President until succeeded in
that position. The Past President assumes the duties of President
if neither the latter nor the Vice-President is able to execute
these. If also the Past President is unavailable these duties shall
devolve upon a member of the Council as agreed by the
Council.
ARTICLE 14
The Secretary shall be in
charge of the secretariat, draft a list of members once a year and
keep the records of the Association. The Council appoints the
Secretary from amongst the members of the Association and
stipulates the term of office of the Secretary.
ARTICLE 15
The Treasurer is in charge of
the finances of the Association and shall report about these at
least once a year to the Council, which appoints the Treasurer from
amongst the members of the Association and stipulates the term of
office of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 16
Six months prior to the next
General Assembly meeting at which the current Vice-President's term
of office is due to expire, the President appoints a nominating
Committee for the preparation of the election of the Vice-President
and Elected Members of the Council. The Nominating Committee
consists of at least three members. The Nominating Committee shall
invite nominations for the position of Vice-President and, subject
to the availability of Candidates, propose at least two names of
members in good standing for the position. The bye-laws shall
provide further rules for the nomination of Elected Members of the
Council. The names of the candidates with the corresponding
position shall appear on the ballot mailed out to members at least
30 days prior to the general Assembly Meeting. Only postal proxy
votes returned 7 days before the general Assembly meeting and votes
cast by members at the General Assembly meeting are valid. The
candidate with the highest number of votes is elected for the
position. In the case of candidates obtaining an equal number of
votes, a ballot amongst the members of the Council will be held to
resolve the matter.
ARTICLE 17
The Council shall appoint for
each past budget period an Auditor who is not a member of the
Council, to report on the correctness of the accounts and on the
conformity of expenditures to law and prevailing customs and
usages. the Auditor reports the findings to the Council, which on
this basis decides whether or not to approve the accounts. The
President shall allow the Auditor to address the general membership
if the Auditor is convinced that the Council is seriously failing
in its financial responsibility.
ARTICLE 18
Within 120 days following the
acceptance of a resolution by the membership to dissolve the
Association, the President shall organise a new postal ballot, by
registered mail. the resolution becomes definitive if at least two
thirds are cast in favour of it. the assets of the Association
shall then be turned over to a recognised charity, on the decision
of the Council.
ARTICLE 19
All matters not mentioned in
the present statutes shall be specified in the bye-laws and if not
be regulated in accordance with the provisions of the law or with
current usage for such matters.
I.E.A. Bye-Laws on Membership
(as amended)
