BAH Design SL

The association shall conduct the sport of basketball, which shall be practiced in addition to the own association, in cooperation with cooperating associations.
The association's particular objective is to:
a) work for the good of the sport
b) adapt their activities to society's development and requirements,
c) promote cooperation and understanding between sports practitioners,
d) promote group feeling, cohesion and camaraderie, social education and taking responsibility

In its activities, the association must actively work for a drug- and doping-free environment sports.

The association is a member of the Sierra Leone Basketball Federation(SLBF) and is thereby affiliated with Sierra Leone's National Sports Confederation (SNC). The association also belongs to the Western Area Basketball Association (WABA) as well as Freetown Sports Association (FSA). The association is obliged to comply with the aforementioned organizations' statutes, competition regulations, other regulations and decisions made by superior sports body.

The association's company name is signed by the board or, if the board so decides, by the chairman or by two board members in association or by special appointed persons. The board decides on subscription rights in matters of checks and bank as well as appoints responsible Lottery Director. For allocation of funds shall the board establishes certification and allocation rules.

Letters of principle importance from the association to state and municipal authorities, SLBF, SNC, WABA and FSA must be established in consultation with the chairman and signed by him.

Doubt arises about the interpretation of these statutes, or if cases occur which are not foreseen in the statutes, the question is referred to the next annual meeting or decided in urgent cases by the board.
Member undertakes through his membership in the association that in regard to application of these statutes do not bring an action in general court.
Dispute on the application of statutes shall instead be decided in accordance with within sports specified order.

Dissolution of the association requires a decision of the annual meeting with at least 2/3rds of the number of votes cast.
In the decision to dissolve the association, it must be stated that the association's assets must be used for specific sports promotion purposes.

Decisions, together with certified copies of the minutes of the board and the annual meeting in the case, as well as the audit report together with balance sheets and profit and loss statements, must be immediately served to the relevant SLBF

Membership is granted by the board or by the person delegated by the board decision-making authority to. The application for membership may be refused only if it can be assumed that the person concerned will work against the association's objectives or interests.
The decision to reject the membership application must be made by the board.

In the decision, the reasons must be reported and what the applicant for membership must be stated must observe to appeal the decision. The decision must be made within three days from on the day of the decision, the person whose application was rejected is served in writing. Decisions on refused membership may be appealed by the person concerned according to the rules in the SLBF's statutes.

A member who wishes to withdraw from the association must notify this in writing to the board and is thus considered to have left the association immediately. Member who has not paid the membership fee for three in a row following business years may be considered to have requested their withdrawal from the association. Membership ends in such a case by the person being expelled from the membership list

A member may not be excluded from the association for any reason other than that he/she has neglected to pay the fees decided by the association, opposed the association's activities or purposes, or obviously damaged the association's interests.
Decisions on exclusion may be limited to a certain period of time.

Such time-limited exclusion may cover a maximum of six months from decision day. If there are no sufficient grounds for exclusion, the association will instead issue a warning to the member. Decision on exclusion or warning must not be taken until the member within a certain time but at least 14 days, had the opportunity to comment on the circumstances that led to membership is questioned. In the decision, the reasons for this must be reported as well as states what the member must observe for appeals. The decision must within three days from the date of the decision in writing is served on the person concerned.

Decisions on exclusion or warning must be made by the association's board and may be appealed by the person concerned according to the rules in the SLBF's statutes.

Member
- has the right to participate in meetings organized for the members,
- have the right to information about the association's affairs,
- must follow the association's statutes and decisions made by the association's bodies as well as comply with the statutes, regulations and decision,
- is not entitled to part of the association's holdings or property at dissolution of the association,
- shall pay the fees decided by Association,
- must work for good cohesion and exemplary camaraderie,
- must be loyal to the association and its representatives and represent the association in an exemplary manner.

A member who has fulfilled his obligations towards the association has the right to participate in the association's sporting activities in the forms that are accepted in sports and on the same terms as others members.

Member may not participate in competition or exhibition without consent of the board. If a competition or exhibition is arranged outside Sierra Leone, shall also the SLABA in question gives its consent, unless the SLABA in its statutes or competition regulations established a different order.

ANNUAL MEETING and EXTRA ANNUAL MEETING

§ 15 Time, summons

The annual meeting, which is the association's highest decision-making body, is held before the end of March at the same time and place as the board decides.

Notice of the annual meeting must be issued by the board no later than two weeks before the meeting is announced through grants on the association's website and through grants in WhatsAPP.

Has a proposal been raised regarding a change in the articles of association, closure or merger with another association or other matter of material importance to the association or its members, this must be stated in the notice.
Operations and administration report, auditors' reports and the board's proposal and received motions with the board's opinion shall be available to members no later than one week before the annual meeting.
IN the summons must indicate where these documents are available.

§ 17 Voting rights and the right to speak and make proposals at the annual meeting

Member who has paid due membership fees and during the meeting year turning 16 has the right to vote at the meeting. The right to vote is personal and may not exercised through proxy.
Members who do not have voting rights have the right to speak and make proposals at the meeting.

§ 19 Decisions and voting

Decisions are made with shouts of approval (acclamation) or if requested voting (voting). With the exception of those in section 8 first paragraph and section 9 the mentioned cases are decided by voting all questions by simple majority. Elections are decided by relative majority. By relative majority is meant that the (those) who received the highest number of votes are elected (elected) regardless of how these votes relate to the number of votes cast.

For decisions on matters other than elections, an absolute majority is required, which means more than half of the votes cast.
Voting takes place openly. However, if a voting member requests it, elections take place at the end.
In the case of a vote that does not concern the election of a board member, a tie applies vote the proposal seconded by the chairman at the meeting, if he is entitled to vote. If he is not entitled to vote, the lottery decides. When choosing board member, in the event of an equal number of votes, the election committee shall decide. Decisions are confirmed with club blows.

§ 21 Matters at the annual meeting

At the annual meeting, the following shall be dealt with and recorded:

1. Determining the voting list for the meeting.

2. Ask if the meeting has been called correctly.

3. Determination of the agenda.

4. Election of chairman for the meeting.

5. Election of secretary for the meeting.

6. Election of two adjusters, also vote counters if necessary, to assist the chairman adjusts the minutes of the annual meeting.

7. a) The board's report for the financial year.
b) Income statement and balance sheet for the financial year.

8. The auditors' report for the financial year.

9. Question about determining the balance sheet and discharge of liability for the board of directors for the financial year.

10. Choice of:
a) the chairman of the association for a period of one year,
b) three ordinary members for a period of two years,
c) a deputy for a period of two years,
d) audit firm/auditors for a period of one year ( Board members may not participate in this election. )
e) three members of the election committee for a period of one year, one of whom shall is appointed as chairman.
f) possibly filling choice.

11. The board's proposals and timely motions.

12. Other matters (decisions are submitted to the board for action).

Decisions in matters of greater financial importance for the association or the members may not be taken if it is not included in the notice to the meeting.

§ 22 Extra annual meeting

The board can call the members to an extra annual meeting.
The board is obliged to call an extraordinary annual meeting when the auditor or at least one one tenth of the association's voting members request it. Such the request must be made in writing and contain the reasons for the request.
When the board has received a request for an extra annual meeting, it must within 14 days call for such a meeting to be held within two months of the call.
Notice with a proposal for the agenda for the extraordinary annual meeting must be no later than ten days before the meeting is announced by means of a notice in the local newspaper and notices in Solna- or Vasalund Hall. At an extraordinary annual meeting, only those who occasioned by the meeting is taken up for consideration.
On voting rights at extraordinary annual meetings and on decision-making at such meetings applies to what is said in § 17 and § 18.

§ 23 The election committee

The nomination committee consists of the chairman and two other members elected by the annual meeting. Both sexes and different age groups should be represented.
The chairman is responsible for calling the meeting. The selection committee shall, no later than 4 weeks before the annual meeting, ask those whose term of office expires at the end of the meeting, if they want to run for the next mandate.

§ 24 Audit

The auditors have the right to continuously review the association's accounts, annual meeting and board minutes and other documents.
The association's accounts must be available to the audit firm no later than month before the annual meeting. The auditors must review the board's administration and accounts for the operating and financial year and to the board submit the audit report no later than 14 days before the annual meeting.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

§ 25 Composition

The board consists of the chairman, 3-8 other members and two deputies.
The board appoints the vice chairman and the other executives from among themselves that is needed.
When a member expires, the deputy with the longest term of office takes over. Departs member before the end of the term, the deputy with the longest takes office term of office in his place for the time up to next annual meeting. At resignation of the chairman replaces the deputy chairman. The board may appoint a person as an adjunct member. Such member has not voting rights but can be given opinion and after decision of the board right of proposal. This person may be appointed to a position within the board

§ 26 Duties of the board and the chairman

When the annual meeting is not convened, the board is the association's decision-making body and is responsible for the association's affairs. The board shall - within the framework of SLABA's, relevant SLBF's and these statutes - answer for the association's activities according to established plans and safeguarded members' interests.

It is the responsibility of the board in particular to:

a) within the framework of the association's statutes, work for the association's progress and development as well as looking after the members' interests,

b) decide on policy issues and on issues of a general nature,

c) prepare questions to be dealt with by the association's annual meeting or at association meetings in general,

d) execute the annual meeting and the association meeting decision,

e) plan, lead and distribute the work in the association

f) determine the budget for the association's activities

g) be responsible for the association's funds

h) submit to the annual meeting a business report, results and balance calculation

i) appoint representatives in organizations where the association has shares, shares or other interests

j) determine agreements with active members, sponsors and others concerned

k) draw up organizational plans and job descriptions for employees as well as to answer for salary, employment and work issues within association office

l) decide on matters of representation during discussions with authorities, organizations etc.

The chairman is the association's official representative. This one shall lead the board's negotiations and work as well as overseeing the association's statutes and other binding rules and decisions for the association are complied with.
If the chairman is absent, the vice-chairman must take his place.

The board must decide on the distribution of duties in general.

§ 27 Executive management

The association's ongoing operations and administration are handled by the association's Club Director according to the guidelines and instructions which the board announces.
Unless otherwise decided, the information specified below will arrive at the club director, who also serves as the secretary of the board:

a) prepare the meetings of the board and the association's meetings,

b) keep minutes of the board's meetings,

c) ensure that the association's documents are kept in order and stored in one reassuring way,

d) ensure that decisions taken are implemented,

e) unless the chairman decides otherwise, sign outgoing actions,

f) annually draw up proposals for an activity report for the association,

g) as well as otherwise be responsible for the association's ongoing operations and thereby in particular answer to: Chairman

h) the members pay fixed fees to the association,

i) the association seeks grants from the state, municipality and organisations,

j) the association's accounting is taken care of,

k) annual profit and loss statements and balance sheets are drawn up,

l) basis for budget budget follow-up is prepared,

m) the association's taxes, fees and debts are paid on time,

n) where applicable, self-declaration, control information, collection declarations and other information within tax and the fee area is established and issued,

o) a list of members is kept,

p) inventory list is kept,

q) both the association's members within the business and the association's property is adequately insured,

r) the association's documents of importance, both regarding it administrative such as the sporting activities, are archived on reassuring way.

§ 28 Summons, quorum and voting

The board meets at the call of the chairman, or at least half of them the number of members so requests.
The board is decision-making when all members have been called and then at least half the number of members are present. For all decisions it is required to at least half of all members of the board agree on the decision. At equal number of votes, the chairman has the casting vote.

Voting may not take place by proxy.
In urgent cases, the chairman may decide that the matter shall be settled by written vote or during a telephone meeting. Such a decision shall reported at the meeting immediately following.
Minutes must be taken at the meeting. Minutes must be adjusted by the chairman of the meeting and by a specially appointed protocol adjuster. Deviant sentence must be recorded in the minutes.

§ 29 Transfer of decision-making rights

The board may delegate its decision-making right in individual cases or in certain cases groups of cases to committee, other body, to individual member or employee.
The person who made the decision with the support of authorization according to the preceding paragraph must continuously inform the board of this.