協會章程 | ITM台灣創新科技管理發展協會

【Chapter 1 - General】

Article 1 The name of our association is Taiwan Innovation Technology Management Development Association (hereinafter the “Association”).

Article 2 The Association is organized in accordance with laws as a non-profit social community with the following objectives: to combine the academic field, the industrial field and the political field for the purpose of promoting the research, development and educational training of advance PCB design and to further promote the independence of the high technology industry of our country.

Article 3 The Association is organized in accordance with the administrative districts of the country and may establish branch organizations in accordance with laws.

Article 4 The address of the Association is at the region where the governing authority is located, and may establish branch organizations upon application with and approval from the governing authority. The organizational guidelines of such branch organizations should be prepared by the Management Board, submitted to the governing authority for approval, and then implemented. The establishment and any changes of the addresses of the Association and of the branch organizations should be notified to the governing authority for information.

Article 5 The Association has the following duties:

Establish the standard of advance PCB design for our country.
Hold related technology application, research and discussion meetings of advance PCB design among industries, product announcement and demonstration meetings, educational training research and study meetings,and matters with regard to qualification certifications, etc.
Publish information media such as Association newsletters, books, videotapes, global information network and electronic newsletters, etc.
Organize activities such as international academic seminars and competitions of advance PCB design.
Assist schools and job training institutions with the teaching of advance PCB design; organize advance PCB design communities.
Organize related activities for the research, development and education of advance PCB design.
Promote technology interchange and personnel communication between Mainland China and Taiwan in the field of advance PCB design.
Promote the entry point and status of our country in the international advance PCB design market.

Article 6 The governing authority of the Association is the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In accordance with the objectives and the duties set out by the Charter, the competent authority in charge of the industry is mainly the Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Education. Each industry in question should be guided and supervised by the competent authority in charge of the industry.

【Chapter 2 - Members】

Article 7 People with the following qualifications may apply to become a member of the Association:

Personal Member : All persons and teachers with related background in the field of electronics, electronic engineering, information and who approve of the objectives of the Association, or employees serving the related enterprise or related industry who has an interest in PCB design and layout work.
Group Member : Public and private organizations or groups who approve of the objectives of the Association.
Honorary Member : Persons or groups who have made contributions to the Association.

Article 8 All joining members should fill out a membership application form. Upon review and approval by the Management Board, the membership fee shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the Charter. Group members should appoint one representative for the purpose of exercising the rights of the members.
Branch organizations of the Association should be group members of the Association.

Article 9 Members (member representatives) enjoy voting rights, election rights, the rights to be elected, and dismissal rights. Each member (member representative) enjoys one vote. However, honorary members do not enjoy the above-mentioned rights.

Article 10 Members have an obligation to respect the Charter of the Association, participate in resolutions and pay membership fees.

Article 11 In case of any breach of laws, regulations, the Charter, or resolutions of the Members Meetings by any member (member representative), a warning or suspension of rights may be sanctioned through a resolution of the Management Board. In case of serious offenses causing damages to the Association, the membership may be cancelled through a resolution of the Members Meeting.

Article 12 A member who has lost membership qualification or whose membership has been canceled by resolution of the Members Meeting shall no longer be a member of the Association.

Article 13 Memberships may be withdrawn in accordance with the following:

Members may request to be withdrawn from the Association by presenting reasons in writing.
Members who have not paid membership fees in accordance with the Charter for a consecutive two years shall be deemed to have automatically withdrawn from the Association.

【Chapter 3 - Organization and Duties】

Article 14 The highest power organization of the Association is the Members Meeting. When the Members Meeting is in recession, the Supervisory Board shall exercise its duties on its behalf. The Supervisory Board is the supervising organization. If the number of members exceeds 300, member representatives may be elected in proportion from each region to convene the Member Representatives Meeting and to exercise the duties of the Members Meeting. Member representatives shall serve terms of 3 years. The quota, regional ratio and election procedures for member representatives shall be prepared by the Management Board, submitted to the governing authority, and then implemented.

Article 15 The Members Meeting has the following duties:

Establish and amend the Charter.
Elect and dismiss Directors and Supervisors.
Determine the amount and procedures of membership fees, long-term membership fees, operational fees and member donations.
Determine the annual work schedules, reports, budgets and closing.
Determine the cancellation sanctions of members (member representatives).
Determine the disposal of property.
Determine the dismissal of the Association.
Determine other important matters related to the rights and obligations of members.

The scope of important matters mentioned in sub-section 8 above shall be determined by the Management Board.

Article 16 When the number of members exceeds 300, this Article shall apply. The Association shall have 15 Directors and 6 Supervisors, to be elected by members (member representatives) and to form the Management Board and the Supervisory Board respectively. During the election of the above-mentioned Directors and Supervisors, in accordance with the vote calculations, 5 Backup Directors and 1 Backup Supervisor may also be elected, so that they could serve in accordance with their orders when there are vacancies for Directors or Supervisors. The Management Board of the current term may propose the suggested list of candidates for the Directors and Supervisors for the following term. Directors and Supervisors may be elected through communication without meetings, provided that such method of election may not be repeated consecutively. Procedures for elections by communication without meetings shall be implemented after submission to the governing authority by the Management Board.

Article 17 The Management Board has the following duties:

Review and determine the qualifications of members (member representatives).
Elect and dismiss Executive Directors and Chairman of the ManagementBoard.
Determine the resignations of the Directors, the Executive Directorsand the Chairman of the Management Board.
Hire and dismiss working staff.
Prepare annual work schedules, reports, budgets and closings.
Other matters to be executed.

Article 18 The Management Board shall have 5 Executive Directors, to be elected among the Directors. A Chairman shall also be elected among the Executive Directors by the Directors. The Chairman shall centralize and supervisor the internal matters of the Association, shall represent the Association, and shall serve as the chairman of the Members Meetings and Meetings of the Management Board. If the Chairman cannot exercise his duty for any reason, one Executive Director shall be appointed to serve on his behalf. If the appointment was not made or cannot be made, the Executive Directors shall elect one person among themselves to serve the duties on the Chairman’s behalf. Vacancies for the Chairman and the Executive Directors shall be filled within one month.

Article 19 The Supervisory Board has the following duties:

Supervise the executive of work by the Management Board.
Review and approve annual budgets.
Elect and dismiss Executive Supervisors.
Determine the resignations of Supervisors and Executive Supervisors.
Other matters which should be supervised.

Article 20 The Supervisory Board shall have 1 Executive Supervisor, to be elected among the Supervisors, to supervise the day-to-day affairs of the Association and to serve as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. If the Executive Supervisor cannot exercise his duties due to any reason, a Supervisor shall be appointed to exercise his duties on his behalf. If the appointment is not made or cannot be made, the Supervisors shall elect one person among themselves to exercise the duties.
Vacancy for the Chairman of the Supervisory Board (Executive Supervisor) should be filled within one month.

Article 21 The Directors and Supervisors serve their functions without remuneration, for a term of 3 years, which may be renewed if elected again. The same person may only renew his title as Chairman of the Management Board once.

Article 22 The Executive Management Board and the Executive Supervisory Board of the Association shall review the work schedules and guidelines for the Association.

Article 23 The Management Board may be divided into several committees in accordance with needs of the Association, the responsible persons for each committee to be hired by the Management Board. One Director-General and two Deputy Director-General shall be appointed to supervise each committee and promote the affairs of the Associations in accordance with the objectives of the Management Board.

Article 24 The Members Meetings of the Association shall be convened once a year. Special Members Meetings may be convened in case of needs.

Article 25 All members of the Association should attend the Members Meetings in principle, but may also delegate other members to attend on their behalf.

Article 26 Meetings of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board shall be convened once every 4 months. Backup Directors and Supervisors may be invited to the meetings. Directors and Supervisors should attend the meetings in person and may not delegate other persons to attend on their behalf. In case of absence for a consecutive two meetings, they shall be deemed to have resigned and shall be replaced by the Backup Directors and Supervisors in accordance with their orders. Meetings of Executive Directors and Executive Supervisors shall be convened at least every 2 months. Special meetings may be convened in case of needs.

【Chapter 4 - Funding】

Article 27 The funding of the Association comes from the following:

Personal member membership fees: NTD100 (document processing fee), to be paid by members upon joining the Association.
Group member membership fees: NTD1,000 (certification processing fee), to be paid by members upon joining the Association.
Long-term membership fees: divided into “personal members” and “group members”, to be paid by members upon joining the Association.
Note: When the Association has the ability to provide relevant resources to service its members, fees will be charged after being approved by the Members Meeting.
Permanent membership fees: “Personal members” and “group members” may pay in a single payment 10 times the amount of basic membership fees in order to obtain permanent memberships.
Subsidies and donations.
Other income.

【Chapter 5 - Miscellaneous】

Article 28 Detailed rules for various matters shall be established separately.

Article 29 Upon termination of the affairs of the Association, the property of the Association may not be given to any private person or any private enterprise under any title. It shall be transferred to self-governing organizations of the same level and the same nature or to the government.

Article 30 The Charter of the Association shall be approved by the Members Meeting and shall be submitted to the governing authority before being implemented.
The same procedures shall apply for all amendments.