Constitution & rules of The WVPA

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1 Constitution & ruls o Th WVPA 1. Nm o th Assoition Th Assoition shll ll "Th Worl Vtrinry Poultry Assoition" (WVPA). 2. Ojtivs Th ojtivs o th Assoition shll : To orgnis mtings or stuying isss n onitions rlting to th vin spis To nourg rsrh in this il To promot th xhng o inormtion n mtril or stuy twn iniviuls n orgnistions involv in th proution, hlth n wlling o vin spis n spilly omsti poultry, n th sty o prouts riv rom thm. To stlish n mintin liison with othr ois with rlt intrsts 3. Mmrship Th Assoition shll onsist o Honorry Li Mmrs n Orinry Mmrs. Honorry Li Mmrs: Orinry Mmrs who hv givn long n vlu srvi to th Assoition my lt s Honorry Li Mmrs with rtntion o ll xisting mmrship rights. Honorry Li Mmrship my lso onrr on mmrs n non-mmrs o th Assoition who hv m istinguish ontriutions to vin sin. Nomintions or Honorry Li Mmrship shll m to th Buru y ny mmr n i pprov shll put to Gnrl Businss Mting or ltion y mjority vot. Orinry Mmrs: Vtrinrins intrst in vin sin n rlt sujts shll ligil or Orinry mmrship. Non-vtrinrins holing rognis sintii quliition my pt into Orinry mmrship provi thy r irtly ngg in rsrh, visory work or thing onrn with vin sin. Any Orinry mmr my srv s ntionl rprsnttivs on th Buru n my hol oi. Applitions or mmrship shll m to th ntionl rnh o th Worl Vtrinry Poultry Assoition, or in its sn irt to th Srtry/Trsurr. Th ntionl rnh or th Srtry/Trsurr shll grnt mmrship. Th Srtry/Trsurr my lso pt mmrs who hoos not to join ntionl rnh. Whn prson hs n pt into mmrship o th Assoition, tht prson shll inorm in writing o thir mmrship y th ntionl Corrsponing Srtry or th Constitution & ruls o th WVPA Pg 1

2 Srtry/Trsurr, n snt Crtiit o Mmrship n opy o th Constitution n Ruls. Eh Orinry Mmr shll py n nnul susription, th mount o whih shll trmin y th Buru o th Assoition. Susriptions shll pi to ntionl Corrsponing Srtris ithr through ntionl orgnistion or irtly. For ountris without Corrsponing Srtry, susriptions my pi irtly to th Srtry/Trsurr. Th susription shll pyl in vn n shll riv y th Srtry/Trsurr y 1st Jun h yr. Th Corrsponing Srtry or th Srtry/Trsurr shll provi mmrs with ript or susriptions pi. I two yrs in rrrs with his or hr susription, mmr shll tr u notiition orit ll mmrship rights n privilgs. Mmrs wishing to rsign shll notiy th Corrsponing Srtry or th Srtry/Trsurr or th susription oms u. 4. Ntionl rnhs o th Assoition Ntionl rnhs shll normlly orm (i) rom n xisting ntionl oy rprsnting vtrinry poultry sin intrsts rqusting its rognition y th Buru, with mmrs joining th Worl Vtrinry Poultry Assoition, or (ii) y group o iniviul mmrs in ountry joining togthr with th pprovl o th Buru to orm ntionl rnh. Normlly rnh shoul onsist o t lst tn mmrs. On ntionl rnh or h ountry will rognis n ntitl to rprsnttion on th Buru whn th rnh onsists o t lst twnty mmrs. Rgionl su-rnhs my orm with th pprovl o th Buru. 5. Corrsponing Srtris o rnhs Any ntionl rnh shll ithr ppoint Corrsponing Srtry in mnnr o thir hoosing or rprsnt y Corrsponing Srtry slt y th Srtry/Trsurr o th Assoition. Th nm o th mmr lt shll rport to th Srtry/Trsurr or nnounmnt to th Buru t its nxt mting n t th susqunt Gnrl Businss Mting. Th Corrsponing Srtry o ny rnh shll lso t s th Buru mmr or tht ountry i th rnh hs t lst twnty mmrs. This minimum numr shll sujt to hng y th Buru s irumstns rquir. Corrsponing Srtris shll rsponsil or ollting susriptions rom thir ntionl mmrs. Th susriptions, n nms n rsss, o mmrs shll snt to th Srtry/Trsurr or th 1st Jun in h yr. Corrsponing Srtris shll kp thir mmrs inorm o ll Assoition mttrs tht onrn thm. Anum (Dision t Gnrl Businss Mting on 11/11/2009): Corrsponing Srtris shll writ n nnul rport to pulish in th WVPA Nwslttr Arosols on th rnh tivitis n rlvnt nws n inormtion rom th ountry n livr it to th Eitor o Arosols. 6. Oirs o th Assoition. Th Oirs o th Assoition shll th Honorry Li Prsints (non-voting), Prsint, Junior Vi Prsint, Snior Vi Prsint (pst Prsint), Srtry/Trsurr, th Eitor o Arosols n th Eitor-in-Chi o Avin Pthology. Th othr Oirs xluing th Eitor-in- Chi o Avin Pthology shll orinry mmrs n shll nomint y th Buru rom mmrs o th Assoition n lt t Gnrl Businss Mting. Th Eitor-in-Chi o Avin Pthology shll nomint n lt y th Houghton Trust.. Th Oi o Honorry Li Prsint shll onrr on mmrs who hv srv th Assoition with grt istintion. Nomintions shll m y th Buru rom mmrs o th Assoition n lt t Gnrl Businss Mting y mjority vot.. Th Prsint n Srtry/Trsurr shll lt or prio o our yrs. Th Srtry/Trsurr shll ligil or r-ltion or urthr prios o our yrs. Constitution & ruls o th WVPA Pg 2

3 . Th Junior Vi Prsint n th Snior Vi Prsint shll hol oi or prio o our yrs.. Th Eitor o Arosols shll ppoint or prio trmin y th Buru n shll ligil or r-ltion.. Th Eitor-in-Chi o Avin Pthology shll ppoint or prio trmin y th Houghton Trust. g. Not lss thn six months or th xpiry o ny oi th Srtry/Trsurr shll sk mmrs o th Buru or nomintions or th oi onrn. Suh nomintions must propos n son y mmrs o th Buru rom two (2) irnt rnhs who must hv otin th onsnt o th nomins. All nomintions riv shll onsir y th Buru who shll slt on (1) nit tht will go orwr or rtiition t th Gnrl Businss Mting. h. I th Prsint is unl or unwilling to omplt his/hr trm o oi th Junior Vi Prsint will prorm th utis o th Prsint or th urtion o th trm. At whih tim th norml ltion pross ours. 7. Buru o th Assoition g h i Businss o th Assoition shll trnst y th Buru/Oirs o th Assoition who onsult n rport to th Buru. Th Buru shll onsist o th Oirs o th Assoition n th Corrsponing Srtris o Brnhs with miniml numr o mmrs s in in 7. In ny mttrs onrning th intrprttion o th Constitution n Ruls, th ision shll rst with th Buru. Th Buru shll i ny mttrs onrning th Assoition whih r not ovr xpliitly y th Constitution n Ruls. Any ountry with twnty or mor mmrs who hv pi us o th ssoition shll ntitl to on rprsnttiv on th Buru, who is normlly th Corrsponing Srtry o th rnh. This minimum numr shll sujt to hng y th Buru s irumstns rquir. Eh Buru mmr xpt Honorry Li Prsints hs on vot. Whn Buru mmr is lso n Oir tht mmr is ntitl to two vots. Buru mmrs shll srv or prio o our yrs strting immitly tr Gnrl Businss Mting. Mmrs shll ligil or r-ltion. I nssry Buru mmr my nomint sustitut to ttn Buru mting n vot in thir sn. Th Buru my i nssry o-opt nw mmr i vny ours. Th Buru shll mt t lst vry two yrs usully uring Congrss or trnstion o th Assoition s usinss. Noti o suh mtings shll snt to ll Oirs n Buru mmrs t lst six months or th mting. A quorum or ll Buru mtings shll th prsn o rprsnttivs o 25% o th rnhs n rsolutions shll pprov y mjority vot o thos prsnt. Th Buru shll mpowr to mploy, on th rommntion o th Prsint n Srtry/Trsurr, ny st or rsour nssry or th trnstion o th Assoition s usinss. Th innil yr shll strt on th 1st Jnury. Th uit ln sht shll irult to ll Corrsponing Srtris within thr months o th n o th innil yr. Th Oirs my o-opt ommitt mmr rom rgion not rprsnt on th xutiv ommitt. Th xutiv ommitt shll inlu th Prsint, th Junior n Snior Vi Prsints, th Srtry/Trsurr, th Eitor o Arosol n th Eitor-in-Chi o Avin Pthology. Th rgions rprsnt r Europ, Ari/Mil Est, Asi/Austrli, n th Amris. 8. Mtings o th Assoition Th Assoition shll hol Sintii Congrsss n othr Sintii Mtings t whih sintii pprs shll ommunit n th orinry usinss o th Assoition trnst. Sintii Congrsss shll hl vry two yrs. Th vnus shll hosn y th Buru our yrs in vn rom omptitiv is prsnt y ntionl rnhs tht hv Constitution & ruls o th WVPA Pg 3

4 rprsnttiv on th Buru. Th prour or iing to orgnis Congrsss shll trmin y th Buru n shll provi in writtn orm to ll ntionl rnhs (s Appnix to th Constitution n Ruls). Orgnistionl n innil liility shll th rsponsiility o th hosting rnh. Th rprsnttiv on th Buru or puty shll tk n tiv prt in th lol orgnising ommitt n shll rport on yr to th Prsint n th Srtry/Trsurr o th Assoition on th rrngmnts ing m or th Congrss. Thr shll Gnrl Businss Mting o ll Mmrs hl on vry two yrs uring th Congrss t whih th Srtry/Trsurr shll prsnt rport, th Eitor-in-Chi o Avin Pthology shll prsnt rport, n oirs shll lt. A quorum or ll Gnrl Businss Mtings shll itn n rsolutions shll pprov y mjority vot o thos prsnt unlss stt othrwis. Proings o mtings r privt n shll not ommunit to th Prss without th prmission o th Buru. 9. Rsolutions Rsolutions shll onsir y th mmrship only t Gnrl Businss Mtings n shll sumitt with th nm o th proposr n sonr to th Srtry/Trsurr t lst two months or th si mting. 10. Pulitions Arosols shll th Nwslttr o th Assoition. Avin Pthology, own y th Houghton Trust, shll rognis s th oiil journl o th Assoition. An Avisory Bor shll ppoint y th Buru to or vi to th Houghton Trust on th itoril poliy o Avin Pthology. Th Avisory Bor shll onsist o th Prsint o th Assoition, six mmrs o th Assoition ppoint y th Buru, th Eitor-in-Chi o Avin Pthology, n on othr mmr o th Houghton Trust. Mtings o th Avisory Bor will normlly tk pl vry two yrs t th tim o Sintii Congrss. Th Prsint o th Assoition shll t s th Chirprson t ths mtings n th Eitor-in-Chi shll t s Co-Chirprson. Th trm o oi o th Assoition s mmrs o th Avisory Bor shll six yrs, not rnwl or t lst two yrs. Two Assoition mmrs will rpl vry two yrs. A quorum or mtings o th Avisory Bor shll iv. 11. Awrs Th WVPA onrs th ollowing sponsor wrs: WVPA trvl grnts, Brt Rispns Rsrh Awr, WVPA Young Poultry Vtrinrin Awr, WVPA Innovtion in Vin Awr. In ition th WVPA innil ongrsss host th Avin Pthology Ltur n th Asin Avin Pthology Ltur, whih r sponsor y th Houghton Trust. 12. Altrtions to th onstitution n ruls Th Constitution n Ruls n ltr only t Gnrl Businss Mting n only tr noti hs n givn to mmrs t lst thr months prviously. Propos ltrtions rquir proposr n sonr. No ltrtion shll m unlss t lst two-thirs o thos prsnt n voting r in its vor Constitution & ruls o th WVPA Pg 4

5 APPENDIX: Biing prour or hosting WVPA Congrss 1 Any ntionl rnh tht hs rprsnttiv on th Buru (> 20 mmrs) or t lst our yrs n tht hs xprin in th orgnistion o sintii mtings my i to host WVPA Congrss. I in th ountry o th iing rnh nothr ntionl poultry vtrinrin ssoition xists, th iing rnh shll inorm this ssoition on th i n sk or ooprtion or th prsnttion o th i t th Buru Mting. (ltr oring ision t th Gnrl Businss Mting on 11/11/2009) 2 Biing ountris shll inorm th Srtry/Trsurr o WVPA o thir intntion to i t lst 2 months or th rlvnt Buru mting. 3 Expnss o prsnting i shll orn y th iing ountry. 4 All spts o th orgnistion o Congrss, inluing progrmm sltion, vrtismnt, lgt rgistrtion, pulitions, ommril isplys, ommotion rrngmnts, n inning, r th rsponsiility o th ntionl orgnising ommitt. Th WVPA os not unrtk to provi uning or th osts o orgnising Congrss nor to unrwrit ny innil loss tht might our. Any rit ln rmins th proprty o th ntionl orgnising ommitt. (Not howvr tht it is not th wish o WVPA tht ntionl orgnising ommitts mk high proits). 5 Th ntionl orgnising ommitt must inlu th ntionl WVPA Corrsponing Srtry. Th ntionl orgnising ommitt o sussul ountry must kp th WVPA Prsint n Srtry/Trsurr inorm o th progrss ing m uring th orgnistion o Congrss. 6 Th ntionl orgnising ommitt my nlist th hlp o prossionl onrn orgnisrs, ut th ost o this is th rsponsiility o th ntionl orgnising ommitt. 7 Th ntionl orgnising ommitt o h iing ountry shll mk prsnttion o thir i to th Oirs n Buru mmrs t th WVPA Buru mting hl 4 yrs or th propos Congrss. Prossionl onrn orgnisrs my ontriut to th prsnttion. Doumnts n othr prsnttionl mi in support o h i must m vill y th tim o th prsnttion. Th ntionl orgnising ommitt must lso prirult WVPA Oirs n Buru mmrs with oumnts in support o thir i. 8 Eh iing ountry shll provi proposls or th t, progrmm, pr or post ongrss tours or othr tivitis, n rgistrtion s. Th orml prsnttion, n tim or isussion o th i, will not x 30 minuts. 9 Vots o Oirs n Buru mmrs shll st y srt llot. Eh voting mmr shll hv on non-trnsrl vot or h oi hl y th iniviul. Proxis my ttn th Buru mting in th sn o n Oir or Buru mmr. Th winning i shll th on riving th mjority o vots. In th s o ti, son llot shll hl or th purpos o ounting th vots. Th nm o th winning i only will nnoun. 10 Th WVPA my ln th orgnising ommitt o th sussul ountry sum not xing US$ 1000 to hlp with initil orgnistionl osts. Th sum lnt must rpi to WVPA tr th Congrss. Constitution & ruls o th WVPA Pg 5

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