TITLE I: PREAMBLE

Article 1

A non-profit “SUMUS” association is constituted, in accordance with the law of July 1, 1901.
Its duration is unlimited.

Article 2

The registered office of the association is fixed at: 19, bis rue des Poissonniers, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine . It can be transferred to any other place by simple decision of the Board of Directors.

Article 3

In a context where Humanity is facing major challenges, the association aims to initiate and co-construct, with as many people as possible, and to promote to all new behaviors that ultimately allow everyone to live by harmonious way with oneself, with others and more broadly with the planet, nature and animals.

The association will promote through its actions the emergence of a new human consciousness which will lead to the deployment of a new, more virtuous and sustainable paradigm.

This paradigm, deeply respectful of the living, will gradually induce ecological, technological, economic, financial, educational, media and artistic changes ... where each individual can be made aware of his singularity, his potential and his talents to find his right place in society and where legal entities and communities can work for general well-being, in a benevolent and responsible ecosystem.

Apolitical and ecumenical, the association is also part of the dynamic carried by the United Nations as part of the 2030 agenda of 17 sustainable development goals.

It will promote any action likely to strengthen gender parity in all areas.

Resolutely optimistic, positive and forward-looking, it will develop any intellectual, scientific, spiritual, artistic, cultural and educational initiative and, to this end, it will organize debates, conferences, seminars, receptions, ephemeral universities, in any form allowing the opening of hearts and consciences on major planetary issues.

It will support and participate in any experimental and innovative initiative and will support any project related to its purpose.

It authorizes itself to enter into any partnership contract with natural and legal persons allowing it to strengthen its action and its influence.

Article 4 

The association is made up of statutory members, honorary members and members.
Members can be natural or legal persons.

Are statutory members:

• the people who contributed to the drafting of the statutes and helped to develop the association's project.
• all persons who have been presented by two statutory members and approved by the board of directors.

The list of statutory members will be established and kept up to date in a special register signed by the president of the secretary.

Statutory members have voting rights at the general assembly.

Legal persons are represented by their legal representatives in office or by any other person whose authorization has been notified to the association.

The title of honorary member may be awarded by the board of directors to any person adhering to these statutes and showing a great interest in the activities of the association.

Article 5: Admissions

To be part of the association, membership must be presented by a statutory member.

Article 6 : Withdrawals

Membership is lost by:

• resignation sent by letter with acknowledgment of receipt to the President of the association or delivered by hand against discharge; it does not have to be motivated by the resigning member;
• striking off for non-compliance with the statutes, internal regulations, non-payment of contributions or for serious reasons causing moral or material damage to the association and its members.

Radiation is pronounced by the board of directors, the member concerned having been previously invited to present to the board his written observations on the alleged facts.

• the death of the member.

Article 7: Resources and Contributions

The resources of the association consist of:

• contributions from its members;
• activity income resulting from the exercise of its corporate purpose and resources resulting from its activity;
• public or private subsidies of any kind;
• proceeds donated to the benefit of the friends of SUMUS via the King Baudouin Foundation;
• income from goods and values ​​of any kind belonging to the association.

The amounts of the contributions are fixed each year, according to the category of the members and according to the legal personality of the members, by deliberation of the general assembly, on proposal of the board of directors.

TITLE II - Administration and operation 

Article 8: Board of Directors

A / Composition :

The association is administered by a board of directors composed of a minimum of 4 members and a maximum of 18 members.
It is made up of statutory members.
They are appointed and elected by the association's constituent assembly, then elected or reappointed every three years by the general assembly.

Optional members:

In addition to these members, the board of directors may include two additional members elected by the general assembly by majority vote as defined in article 13 below, upon presentation by the board of directors.

The persons appointed or elected to the board of directors become ipso facto statutory members of the association within the meaning of article 4 of the statutes for the duration of their mandate.

The board of directors sets up an office which includes: a president, a secretary general and a treasurer.

The board of directors takes its decisions by simple majority and, in the event of an equal vote, the president's vote is decisive.

B/ Term of office and renewal:

The members of the board of directors exercise their functions for a period of 3 years which ends at the end of the ordinary general meeting called to approve the accounts of the past financial year and which is held in the year of term of office expires.

Outgoing members are eligible for re-election.

In the event of a proven vacancy of one or more director positions, the board of directors may temporarily fill them by co-option.

The functions of the co-opted directors end on the date on which the functions of the directors they replaced should normally expire.

C / Meetings and votes:

The board of directors meets at least twice a year, and as often as the interests of the association so require, when convened by the president or at the request of at least half of the ex officio members of the board of directors. 'administration.

The board of directors can deliberate regardless of the number of directors present, provided that 3 ex-officio members are present.

Decisions are taken by majority vote of members present or represented.

Minutes are kept of the meetings of the board of directors, which are signed by the director appointed as rapporteur for the meeting and by the Chairman.

D/ M i ssions of the board of directors :

The board of directors is vested with the broadest powers to make all decisions in matters of management or administration of the association.

The board of directors elects the president of the association from among its members, proposes and validates the composition of the office which is responsible for the execution of the decisions taken by the board of directors.

The board of directors proposes to the general assembly which validates the cost of the memberships of the members and the internal regulations of the association.

It validates the memberships of the members and fixes the delegations given to the president, to the members of the office, as well as to any other member responsible for carrying out a specific action on behalf of the association.

The board of directors decides:

• the general policy of the association;
• the acquisition or alienation of any property of the association;
• to proceed with the loan;
• to stand surety for the operations necessary and useful to the association;
• the validation of the investment and operating budgets proposed by the office and following the commitment of expenditure and the execution of

The board of directors validates the financing of the projects.

The board of directors reports to the general assembly, just like its members who answer for their mandate to the general assembly.

The directors are not remunerated.

Article 9: Office

A/ Composition and duration :

The members of the office are appointed for a period of three years, on the proposal of the board of directors. The Bureau is made up of:

• a president ;
• a general secretary;
• a treasurer.

The president must be elected from among the statutory members of the board of directors. The general secretary and the treasurer are proposed and appointed by the board of directors.

The members of the board of directors can, on the proposal of the president, take part in the meetings of the office.

B / Powers:

The office is responsible for the execution of the decisions taken by the board of directors and the assembly.

It implements the major orientations decided by the Board of Directors and those voted in general assembly.

He manages the association on a daily basis, draws up the balance sheet, accounts and budgets which he presents to the board of directors to be then validated by the general assembly.

He is competent to administer the association and can take any decision that does not explicitly fall within the powers reserved for the board of directors or the general assembly.

The bureau meets at least 4 times a year, and whenever necessary, at the request of the president by simple letter or by any other means (electronic convocation, telephone, etc.).

Article 10 : the P resident

The president sees to the good functioning of the Association.

He represents it in all acts of civil life with all third parties and private or public organizations.

He has the capacity to sue for the association and represents it in court before courts of all kinds.

The president convenes the general assemblies, the board of directors and the office.

In the event of absence or illness, he is replaced by the secretary general and, in the event of his absence, by a member of the board of directors appointed by the latter.

The president presents a moral report to the ordinary general assembly.

He recruits and dismisses the employees and collaborators of the association and fixes their remuneration in agreement with the office and the board of directors.

The president may delegate to the secretary general some of his powers necessary for the proper functioning of the association, the secretary general then having to report to him, as well as to the board of directors.

Article 11: the general secretary

The general secretary assists the President in the acts of day-to-day management of the association.

He writes the minutes of the meetings of the general assembly and of the board of directors, as well as the minutes of the meetings of the office.

He is in charge of all the writings and correspondence concerning the functioning of the association, with the exception of those concerning the accounts.

He keeps the special register provided for by article 5 of the law of July 1, 1901 and articles 6 and 31 of the decree of August 16, 1901 and ensures the execution of the formalities prescribed by said articles.

Article 12: the treasurer

In agreement with the President, the treasurer can open any bank account and can do any job.

short-term funds available under applicable laws and regulations.

The treasurer is responsible for keeping the association's accounts properly.

He organizes budget control and ensures regular monitoring of the association's cash flow.

He prepares plans and budgets with the secretary general and submits them to the office for presentation to the board of directors.

All expenses greater than 5,000 euros must be authorized by the board of directors and validated by the President.

Article 13 : the college of major partners

It is made up of contributing and driving physical or moral personalities, bringing substantial help and creative richness to the association through their support.

He advises the association on its main orientations and on its projects.

It is invited to meet at the request of the board of directors or the Chairman.

These personalities are appointed by the board of directors on the proposal of the Chairman and on free candidacy.

Article 14 : honorary members

They are proposed by the President to the board of directors because of the contributions, aid and support provided to the association.

Their status does not entitle them to participate in the association's bodies, but they are invited to the various events organized by the latter.

Article 15 : the ordinary general meeting

A / Composition, convocation, operation:

The general meeting is held at least once a year on the date set by the board of directors upon individual convocation by the chairman, sent fifteen days before the set date.

It can also be convened on request addressed to the president and signed at least, either by a third of the members of the association, or by a majority of the members of the board of directors.

The convocation is accompanied by the agenda accepted by the bureau on the proposal of the president or, where applicable, of the group which requested the convening of the general assembly according to the previous paragraph.

Only items on the agenda can be discussed.

The convocation is made by the president or by the secretary mandated by the president, by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, or be sent by an electronic means of telecommunication implemented under the conditions mentioned in article 120-1 of the decree of March 23, 1967, to the email address specified by the member.

To validly deliberate, the ordinary assembly must bring together at least half of the members present or represented.

If this condition is not fulfilled, the meeting is convened again in the forms and deadlines provided above.

During this second meeting, the assembly validly deliberates regardless of the number of members present or represented.

The meeting can be held by video conference.

Decisions are taken by majority vote of members present or represented.

A member has the possibility of being represented by another member of his choice having himself the right to vote, but no member can hold the mandates of more than 3 members in addition to his own mandate.

B / powers :

The ordinary general meeting has the following common law powers:

• it approves the annual operating and investment budgets;
• it sets the general orientations of the association and adopts the internal regulations;
• it proceeds to the election and the renewal of the directors, the candidates having to make known their candidature at least 8 days before the convocation of the general meeting addressed by the president;
• it rules on the activity report of the board of directors, on the income statements, on the balance sheet and on the allocation of the results for the year;
• it gives discharge of their management to the directors.

Article 15: Extraordinary General Meeting

The sole competence of the extraordinary general assembly is to modify the statutes, modify the internal regulations, decide on the dissolution of the association and the attribution of the association's assets, to decide on its merger with any other association, or also of its affiliation to a union of associations, on proposal of the board of directors.

It is convened according to the same procedures as the ordinary general meeting.

To validly deliberate, the extraordinary general assembly must bring together at least two-thirds of members present or represented.

If this quorum is not reached, the meeting is reconvened in the same forms as provided for in article 12 and it can then deliberate regardless of the number of members present or represented.

The decisions of the extraordinary general assembly are taken by a two-thirds majority.

Article 16: donations

By agreement of the board of directors, the association may be required to give to a non-profit association or to receive donations or bequests in accordance with the objectives defined in article 3 of these statutes.

Article 17: dissolution

In the event of dissolution pronounced in accordance with the provisions of article 16, the board of directors will appoint one or more auditors responsible, under its control, with the liquidation and use of the company assets for a purpose in accordance with that from the Association.

Done in Neuilly, February 20, 2020

Madame Hélène MOLINARI President