Internal Rules
These Internal Rules are supplementary and subordinate to the Articles of Association of the OpenWIS AISBL, an International Non-Profit Organisation (Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif) registered under Belgian law on 23 August 2015.
The purpose of these Internal Rules is to implement the provisions Articles of Association and to regulate the day-to-day activities of the Association. They establish administrative rules and set down the financial commitments of the Members, without violating either the spirit or the letter of the Articles of Association.
In the case of any contradiction between these Internal Rules and the Articles of Association, the latter shall prevail.
The current version of the Internal Rules are provided below.
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TITLE 1: NAME, LEGAL STATUS AND TRADEMARKS
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TITLE 2: PURPOSE
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TITLE 3: REGISTERED OFFICE
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TITLE 4: ADMISSION, RESIGNATION, EXCLUSION AND READMISSION OF MEMBERS
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TITLE 5: RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
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TITLE 6: MEMBERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP FEES, RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND OBLIGATIONS
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TITLE 7: MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND QUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
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TITLE 8: MEETINGS
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TITLE 9: SOFTWARE LICENSING
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TITLE 10: SOFTWARE SUPPORT
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TITLE 11: TECHNICAL RULES
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TITLE 12: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND ORGANISATIONAL EXPENSES
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TITLE 13: CHANGING THESE RULES
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ANNEX A - CONTRIBUTOR LICENSE AGREEMENT
As stated in Rule 13.1, these Internal Rules may be changed by decision of the Board. Approved versions of the Internal Rules are listed below, most recent first:
- version 1.4 (PDF), as adopted by the Board Meeting of 6 February 2015 in Melbourne, Australia