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Chapter
1 General Provisions
Article
1 (Name) The Incorporated Foundation
shall be named The American Chamber
of Commerce Community Fund (hereinafter
the “Foundation”).
Article
2 (Purpose) The purpose of the Foundation
is to enhance Korea-U.S. relations by
providing job-retraining opportunities
to the unemployed, promoting cultural
exchange between Korea and the U.S.
and supporting charities.
Article
3 (Location) The main office of the
Foundation shall be located in Seoul.
Article
4 (Business) The Foundation shall be
undertake the following activities aimed
to achieve the purposes aforementioned
in Article 2.
1.Re-training
programs, job placement and subsidies
for the unemployed and academic research
projects.
2.Various
cultural works, such as publishing and
exhibitions, to promote Korea-U.S. cultural
exchange and activities to support U.S.
citizens in Korea.
3.Charities.
4.Activities
similar to and related to the above
actives.
5.Profitable
businesses of which the proceeds shall
be used for the above activities.
Chapter
2 Property and Accounting
Article
5 (Property)
1.Property
of the Foundation shall be categorized
into basic property and ordinary property.
The property described in Attachment
#1, contributed with the basic property
at the time of incorporation, shall
be designated as the basic property.
2.Sale,
donation, ease and exchange of the basic
property of Clause 1, its offering as
collateral, assumption of obligation
and waiver of rights shall be approved
by the Minister of Labor through the
deliberation of the Board of Directors.
Article
6 (Accounting)
1.Surplus
of the budget, except for the amount
that is carried over to the next year,
shall be used for the activities aforementioned
in Chapter 1, Article 4 through the
deliberation of the Board of Directors.
2.The
fiscal year of the Foundation shall
be from January 1 to December 31.
3.Wages
of the officers shall set through the
deliberation of the Board of Directors.
Officers, in principle, shall not be
paid wages except for full-time officers
who take charge of the operation of
businesses aforementioned in Chapter
1, Article 4.
4.Property
of the Foundation shall not be loaned
or used by anyone of the following.
Loan or use of the property by other
persons shall not be permitted if the
loan or use is not in favor of the purposes
of the Foundation aforementioned in
Chapter 1, Article 2.
(1)Founder
of the incorporated Fund
(2)Officers
specified in the articles
(3 Persons
who have a kinship with the founder
or the officers
(4)Person
who have interest in the property of
the Foundation
Chapter
3 Officers
Article
7 (The Classification of Term of Officers)
1.The
Foundation shall have a Board of Directors
composed of one President, four to nine
Directors and one Auditor.
2.Each
officer shall serve a term of 2 years.
3.Full-time
officers, selected from one of the Directors,
may be appointed by the President of
the Foundation through the deliberation
of the Board of Directors in order to
take charge of the operation of businesses
of the Foundation. The full-time officer
shall assist the President and shall
act in his/her behalf in the even of
the President’s absence.
Article
8 (The Election of Officers)
1.Officers
shall be elected by the Board of Directors.
2.If
an officer is unable to serve his/her
full term, a successor who will serve
the remaining term shall be appointed
by the Board of Directors.
3.Any
direct relative of an officer or any
relative within third degree of the
officer’s spouse shall not be appointed
as the Auditor.
4.The
number of officers who have kinship,
as described in the above Clause 3,
with other officers shall not exceed
the majority of all officers.
Article
9 (Duties of the Officers)
1.The
President shall represent the Foundation,
oversee overall operation of the Foundation
and act as the Chairman of the Board.
2.The
Board of Directors shall be organized
by the President and shall deliberate
and vote on matters which require the
authorization of the Board.
3.Duties
of the Auditor shall be the following:
(1)the
audit of the property and accounting
of the Foundation,
(2)the
audit of matters relevant to the operation
and affairs of the Board of Directors,
(3)the
report to the Board of Directors on
irregularities and improprieties from
the audit described in the above subparagraphs
(1) and (2),
(4)the
request for convening the Board of Directors
when necessary for the report aforementioned
in the above subparagraph (3),
(5)the
participation in Board of Directors
meeting to state opinions on matters
relevant to the operation and affairs
of the Board.
Chapter
4 Board of Directors
Article
10 (The function of the Board of Directors)
The Board of Directors shall deal with
the following:
1.Matters
relevant to budget, settlement of accounts,
loans and acquisition or disposition
of property.
2.Matters
relevant to the amendment of the Articles
of the Incorporated Foundation.
3.Matters
relevant to the dissolution of the Foundation.
4.Matters
relevant to the appointment and removal
of officers.
5.Matters
that fall within its power under the
Articles of the Incorporated Foundation.
6.Other
matters that are important to the operation
of the Foundation as proposed by the
President.
Article
11 (The Opening of Meetings and Quorums
Required to Pass a Motion)
1.A
Motion shall be passed with more than
1/2 of the Directors present and with
the concurrence of more the half of
the directors present.
2.Regarding
Clause 1, written resolutions can be
made on urgent matters.
Article
12 (Convening of Board of Directors
Meetings) The Board of Directors meetings
shall convene on the request of the
President under the following situations,
and the purpose of the meeting shall
be notified to the officers before the
day of the meeting.
1.When
the President recognized the need for
a meeting or when an officer requests
that a meeting be held.
2.When
an Auditor requests that a meeting be
held.
Article
13 (The Exclusion of Officers from a
Deliberation) The President or directors
shall not be permitted to participate
in the deliberation of the Board of
Directors when they fall under the following.
1. When
the deliberation is on their appointment
or removal as officer.
2.When
their interest in the receipt and delivery
of money and property is in conflict
with that of the Foundation.
Chapter
5 Supplementary Provisions
Article
14 (Amendment of the Article of the
Incorporated Foundation and Dissolution
of the Foundation)
1.Amendment
of the Articles of the Incorporated
Foundation shall require the concurrence
of more the two-thirds of the directors
and the approval of the Minister of
Labor.
2.Dissolution
of the Foundation shall require the
concurrence of more than two-thirds
of the directors and the approval of
the Minister of Labor.
The
remaining property of the dissolved
Foundation shall be donated to non-profit-making
juristic persons through the deliberation
of the Board of Directors and the approval
of the Minister of Labor.
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