SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT GREEK TECHNOLOGY
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
APPROVAL OF THE ATHENS COURT OF THE FIRST INSTANCE
No: 16.434/18.10.93
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
In Athens, on this day, the 29th April 1993, the undersigned agreed and acknowledged
the Articles of Association of the Civic Company under the organization name “THE
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT GREEK TECHNOLOGY (EMAET)”,
as well as the codification of the present Articles of Association.
Chapter A
NAME OF ORGANIZATION – REGISTERED OFFICE –
OBJECTIVE – MEANS
Article 1: NAME OF ORGANIZATION
The name of the Association is the Greek Society for the Study of Ancient Greek
Technology (EMAET) and has a round seal bearing the organization’s name in the
Greek and English language (The Society for the Study of Ancient Greek
Technology).
Article 2: REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of the Association is located in Athens and in particular in the
Laboratory of Reinforced Concrete of the National Technical University of Athens
(42, Patission St.) The Association, in order to better serve its objectives, can establish
local branches (departments) in Greece or abroad.
Article 3: OBJECTIVE
The objective of the association is:
a. to promote, develop and conduct scientific research on historical issues of
Greek Technology from prehistoric times up to the 19th century.
b. to contribute to the dissemination of relevant knowledge and its relative
education, as well as to submit proposals regarding the protection of the
relevant ancient technical objects.
Article 4: MEANS
For the optimum achievement of its objective, the association will be entitled to use
every legal mean that is relative:
a. The organization of co-ordinated researches, scientific symposiums, lectures,
seminars, publications and scientific trips on matters regarding the purposes of
the Association.
b. The facilitation of the partners and of the collective members for the search of
resources in order to carry out scientific researches, individual or collective
ones, which promote the objective of the Association. Furthermore, the
Association can grant assistance from its assets to its partners and/or other
competent and pertinent persons in order to carry out individual or collective
research relevant to the objectives of the Association.
c. The announcement of competitions and awarding of prizes to studies or
projects relevant to the objectives and the activities of the Association.
d. Co-operation in the establishment and operation of Technology Museums or
relevant departments of other Museums.
e. Co-operation with other national or international scientific associations,
organizations, committees or persons with relative interests.
f. Acquisition or transfer of movable or immovable rights, rights in rem, rights in
personam under the condition that the objective of the Association is
promoted.
g. Setting up of special Departments of the Association per particular sectors of
interest.
h. Setting up of a library relevant to the object of EMAET.
i. Financing for the collection and/or the maintenance of models of mechanisms.
Chapter B
DURATION – ASSETS – MEMBERS
Article 5: DURATION
The duration of the Association is defined for a period of 20 years from the date of its
establishment. Its operation can be prolonged upon a resolution of the General
Assembly with a ¾ majority.
Article 6: ASSETS
1. The Association’s assets are comprised of the contributions of the partners, the
dues and the donations that are made towards it, as well as the income from
the exploitation of its assets or its printed publications or from the
management of the financed research programs. A member that retires is
obliged to leave his or her contribution as a donation to the Association and in
case of a partner’s demise, the heirs can obtain their share only after the
Association is dissolved and the Association’s assets are liquidated.
2. The Association is a non-profit organization. Consequently, profit distribution
of any kind to its partners is not allowed during its operation or its dissolution.
During the dissolution of the Association, the transfer of its assets is
determined upon a resolution of the General Assembly under the condition
that they will devolve to a legal person that will pursue the same or a similar
purpose with that of the Association.
3. The eventual net capitals of the Association, apart from the contributions of its
partners-members, are never distributed to its members but instead are
allocated for the promotion of the objective of the Association.
4. Every member of the Association, upon the acceptance of membership is
obliged to contribute the sum of € 30,00. Consequently the initial corporate
capital amounts to … Euros.
5. After the establishment of the Association, the members are obliged to pay
annual dues that amount to € 15,00.
6. The collective members, as defined under article 8b, are obliged to pay to the
Association annual dues that are tenfold of the dues defined in the present
article paragraph 5 and are entitled to the following rights:
a. They have a right to vote at the General Assembly of EMAET.
b. They are entitled to participate in the scientific seminars and symposiums
of EMAET gratuitously.
c. They receive the EMAET’s releases and publications gratuitously.
7. The annual dues of paragraphs 5 and 6 can be modified after the proposal of
the Administrative Board and resolution of the General Assembly.
Article 7: SPONSORS
Legal or natural persons that offer a gratuity for the purposes of the Association at
least equal to the 50fold of the annual dues of the Collective Members (as this is
amended each time, according to article 6 paragraph 7), are declared Sponsors of
EMAET and acquire the same rights as the Collective Members.
Article 8: PARTNERS – MEMBERS
(amended on 09.03.95)
Article 8 PARTNERS – MEMBERS
Members of the Association are natural persons and collective members.
For their admission into the Association the following are defined:
a. NATURAL PERSONS
Scientists or artists with a degree from Hellenic Universities equivalent to degrees
from abroad, who have published at least one scientific publication relevant to
EMAET’s interests.
As an exception, a bachelor degree is not required in cases of persons who have an
extensive background regarding the interests of the Association, such as publications
or relevant events.
Except for the above conditions, in order for a natural person to become a partner, a
written recommendation from at least three (3) partners- members is required.
b. COLLECTIVE MEMBERS
Professional Associations of Scientists, University Learning Centres and University or
Public Laboratories, Public Bodies or Local Authorities, commercial or industrial
enterprises, technical offices in design or construction, Schools of Archaeology of
abroad, etc., having interests and activities that at least partially coincide with the
activities of EMAET (article 3) can be accepted as collective members of the
Association.
These members are entitled to the rights provided in article 6, paragraph 6, and are
subject to the obligations mentioned within the same article and are represented in the
General Assembly by the vote of a university graduate.
Their admittance procedure is the same with that of the regular members.
c. EMERITUS MEMBERS
After the unanimous proposal of the Administrative Board and the positive vote of the
General Assembly, the Association can proceed to the awarding of the title of
EMAET’s Emeritus Member to eminent scientists who have presented a distinguished
work on ancient Greek technology abroad.
d. “FRIENDS of EMAET”
i) Natural persons who show a particular interest in the objectives of EMAET can be
elected as “Friends of the Association” after their relevant application subscribed by
at least three Members-Partners.
ii) Friends of EMAET are entitled to the same rights and obligations as the memberspartners, except for voting rights in the General Assembly.
Chapter C
BODIES OF EMAET
Article 9: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly is the supreme body of the Association. It is convened after a
notice-invitation of the Administrative Board, which sets the place, the day and the
time.
The invitations are sent to the members ten (10) days beforehand and are published in
the Newsletter of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE).
The General Assembly shall have a quorum if half plus one of the members, who
have settled their financial obligations, are present (including the proxies).
If a quorum is not reached during the first General Assembly, a second one is
convened with the same issues within eight (8) days, which validly deliberates
regardless of the number of the members present.
All the partners participate in the General Assembly in person or by authorizing
another partner in writing.
A partner can represent only one other partner.
The resolutions of the General Assembly are always reached by the majority vote,
which can be carried out either by the show of hands or with a nominal call of those
present, upon the discretion of the General Assembly. Resolutions regarding matters
of trust or personal issues, approval of a report rendering and elections of collective
bodies are reached via secret vote.
The General Assemblies are divided into ordinary and extraordinary ones.
ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Ordinary General Meeting is held once a year within the last trimester of the year.
During this meeting the balance sheet, the annual report and the report of the Auditing
Committee for the previous year are submitted for approval and a decision is taken
regarding the Annual Report submitted by the Administrative Board, as well as for the
activities program for the following year.
The General Assembly deliberates and decides upon every issue that is included in the
agenda.
Every issue that has been submitted in writing to the Administrative Board at least
twenty (20) days before the convocation of the General Assembly and that has been
signed by at least 1/10 of the members who have honoured their obligations, is
included in the agenda and is discussed.
The General Assembly elects the Administrative Board and the Auditing Committee
every three (3) years.
During the elections, the General Assembly elects a three member Returning
Committee, which substitutes the Presiding Committee and takes the required
measures for the conduction of the voting, which is a secret one.
Before the voting, the Returning Committee calls the members to submit their
candidature.
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Extraordinary General Assembly is convened upon the decision of the
Administrative Board in the following cases:
a. When the Administrative Board considers its convocation necessary.
b. When 1/10 of the members, who have settled their obligations, submit a
written request to the Administrative Board, listing the issues to be
deliberated.
c. When the Returning Committee submits a written request to the
Administrative Board, listing the issues to be deliberated.
In the above cases b. and c. the Administrative Board is obliged to convene the
General Assembly within a maximum of forty five (45) days from the submission
date of the request.
A resolution regarding the dissolution of the Association, the amendment of the
Articles of Association or the deregistering of a member is not valid unless it is taken
with a majority of three fourths (¾) of those present in the specially convened General
Assembly, which has a quorum of half plus one of members who have honoured their
obligations.
Article 10: ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
1. The Association is governed by the Administrative Board.
The Administrative Board is comprised of seven (7) full members and two (2)
alternate members. In case of a tie in voting during the elections, the alternate
members can be three (3).
2. The term of the Administrative Board is biennial. The Administrative Board is
convened regularly four (4) times per year or extraordinarily upon the request of four
(4) members or if the President deems it necessary.
3. After the elections the Administrative Board convenes in a body. The members
vote on and define the offices, which are honorary and unsalaried and are the
following:
President
Secretary
Vice President
Treasurer
Consultants
4. The Administrative Board meets in a quorum once four (4) of its members are
present. The alternative members participate in the Administrative Board without the
right to vote. The absent full members are substituted by the alternate members in
order of their rank. In case of a full member substitution, the alternate member has
voting rights.
The Administrative Board governs the Association responsibly on the basis of the
Laws and of the Articles of Association.
The Administrative Board prepares the activities of the General Assemblies, executes
their decisions, manages the assets of the Association, draws up the annual report, the
balance sheet of the previous financial year, as well as the budget of the following
financial year and takes every necessary measure for the promotion of the objectives
of the Association. The members of the Administrative Board are individually and
jointly responsible for the achievement of the objectives of the Association, as well as
the resolutions of the General Assemblies. Every disagreement must be recorded in
the proceedings of the Administrative Board.
In case a member of the Administrative Board withdraws (demise, resignation, etc) or
in case of legal impediment for more than one semester and in case of unjustified
abstention for three (3) consecutive ordinary sessions, when it is considered that the
member has submitted his resignation, the alternative members are called upon by the
Administrative Board in order of rank.
5. The President of the Administrative Board represents the Association before any
Public, Administrative or Judicial Authority or against any third party and cosigns
with the Treasurer any document of collection or payment. For an amount up to €
150, the President has the right to manage it directly himself by submitting the
relevant voucher each time. This amount can vary each time after a decision of the
General Assembly. The President convenes the Administrative Board, as well as the
General Assembly and manages the activities of both.
The Vice President of the Administrative Board substitutes for the President in case of
any impediment.
6. The Secretary General conducts and countersigns the correspondence of the
Association.
He keeps the seal of the Association as well as the Records. He oversees the keeping
of books and proceedings of the General Assemblies, as well as that of the
Administrative Board meetings and of the Members’ Register.
The Treasurer alternates for him in the completion of his duties.
7. The Treasurer sees to the collection of the resources of the Association, carries out
the payments through vouchers signed by the President or his alternate –keeps the
Cash Receipts-Payments journal as well as the Assets Register of the Association. He
draws up the balance-sheet and in co-operation with the President of the
Administrative Board draws up the budget and submits them to the Administrative
Board and the Auditing Committee.
He deposits the Fund of the Association in a Bank of Athens and is responsible for the
assets of the Association.
The President alternates for him in the completion of his duties.
8. The first Administrative Board has been appointed by the founding members as
follows:
Full members: Kakavogiannis Evagellos, Korres Manolis, Lazos Christos, Sakas
Ioannis, Tanoulas Anastassios, Tassios Theodossios, Varoufakis Georgios.
Alternate members:
Palyvou Kleri, Touliatos Panagiotis.
Article 11: AUDITING COMMITTEE
The Auditing Committee is a three member committee. It is elected for a term of two
(2) years. The member who receives the majority of votes is named as President.
The Auditing Committee audits and supervises the financial management of the
Administrative Board. The first Auditing Committee has been appointed by the
founding members as follows:
Maniatis Ioannis
Tzahili Iris
Tzamtzis Anastassios
The Auditing Committee draws up an auditing report every year in November after
the submission of the balance-sheet and submits it to the Administrative Board and
the General Assembly for approval.
It examines the books kept and the other vouchers of the Association whenever it is
deemed as appropriate.
It has the right to convene the General Assembly so that decisions are taken in case of
administrative irregularities. The Administrative Board is obliged to call a General
Meeting within forty-five (45) days from the application of the Auditing Committee.
Chapter D
LIQUIDATION – RETIREMENT OF A MEMBER – BY-LAW
Article 12: LIQUIDATION
When the duration of the Association terminates, the Association is under liquidation
ipso jure. Furthermore, the tasks of the liquidator are undertaken by the
Administrative Board unless the General Assembly has decided otherwise.
Article 13: RETIREMENT OF A MEMBER
In case of a member’s demise, retirement, exclusion or bankruptcy, the Association is
not dissolved, but continues among the other partners.
Article 14: BY-LAW
The Association, in order to achieve the better co-ordination of its operation, is
entitled to draw up a by-law with simple majority of the total number of its partners.
Article 15
Everything that is not provided by the present Articles of Association is governed by
the Civil Code.
Article 16
The present Articles of Association, comprised of 15 Articles, was read, voted by
article and as a whole by the General Assembly held on 29.04.93 and has been signed
as stated below. It is put into effect upon its promulgation from the competent Court
of the First Instance.
EMAET’s FOUNDING MEMBERS
Bakirtzis Haralambos
Assistant Professor of Byzantine
Archeology AUTH
Banteka Eleni
Associate Professor NTUA
Bantekas Ioannis
Professor NTUA
Christopoulou Alexandra
Archaeologist, Acropolis
Faklaris Panagiotis
Assistant Professor of Classical
Archaeology
Archaeology Department AUTH
Hatzianastassiou Olga
Archeologist
Dr. Iatridis Manos
Antiquities Curator
UOA
Dr. Kakavogiannis Evagellos
Antiquities Curator UOA
Kamilaki Ekaterini
Assistance Professor UOTH
Karakalos Haralambos
Nuclear Physicist of Dimokritos
Korres Manolis
Architect, Acropolis
Korres Theodore
Byzantine History Associate Professor
AUTH
Koufopoulos Petros
Architect
Lazos Christos
Writer
Louvi Aspassia
Alternate Director of the Cultural and
Technological Foundation of the Hellenic
Industrial Development Bank
(ΠΤΙ-ΕΤΒΑ)
Maniatis Georgios
N.C.S.R. “DIMOKRITOS”
Palyvou Kleri
Dr. Architect Engineer
Papadopoulos Stelios
Archeologist
Publisher of the magazine “Technology”
ΠΤΙ-ΕΤΒΑ
Papastamataki Artemis
Chemist UOA
Psoinos Dimitrios
Polytechnic School
Engineers Department
Industrial Administration Sector
Sakas Giannis
Engineer Professor at Icarus School, HAF
(Hellenic Air Force Academy)
Simopoulos Sakis
Astrophysicist, Planitario’s Director,
Institute of Evgenidion
Spyratou Memi
TV Documentaries Stage Director
Spyropoulos Theodore
Archaeologist, Tripolis Museum Curator
Tanoulas Anastassios
Architect, Acropolis
Tassios Theodossios
Professor NTUA
Tempelis I.D.
Civil Engineer
Theoharidou Kalliopi
Architect
Triantis Stelios
Sculptor
Tsaimou Constantina
Lecturer NTUA
Touliatos Panagiotis
Assistant Professor NTUA
Tsaravopoulos Aris
Archaeologist
2nd Antiquities Conservancy of Attica
Tzahili Iris
Archeologist
Tzalas Haris
President of the Hellenic Institute for the
Protection of Nautical Tradition
Papadimitriou Georgios
Professor NTUA
Tzamtzis Tassos
Commander of Greek Navy
Hellenic Maritime Museum
Varoufakis Georgios
Assistant Professor UOA
Vintzileou Elisabeth
Assistant Professor NTUA
CONTENTS
Chapter A
NAME OF ORGANIZATION – REGISTERED OFFICE –
OBJECTIVE – MEANS
Article 1: Name of Organization
Article 2: Registered office
Article 3: Objective
Article 4: Means
Chapter B
DURATION – ASSETS – MEMBERS
Article 5: Duration
Article 6: Assets
Article 7: Sponsors
Article 8: Partners – Members
a. Natural Persons
b. Collective Members
c. Honorary Members
Chapter C
BODIES OF EMAET
Article 9: General Assembly
Ordinary General Assembly
Extraordinary General Assembly
Article 10: Administrative Board
Article 11: Auditing Committee
Chapter D
LIQUIDATION – RETIREMENT OF A MEMBER – BY-LAW
Article 12: Liquidation
Article 13: Retirement of a Member
Article 14: By-law
Article 15: Civil Code implementation
Article 16: Last Article