The purpose for which the incorporated association is ;

2.1. To promote, maintain and improve welfare conditions in the Turkish Community in Victoria, and undertake all appropriate procedures in achieving this aim.

2.2. To promote action oriented research into the social conditions of the Turkish Community and to advise and report to Federal, State and Local governments, and other relevant bodies or individuals, and to make recommendations, and write submissions for the development of appropriate and relevant services and facilities.

2.3. To establish a forum in increasing the awareness and developing policies in health and welfare rights of the Turkish Community in the multicultural context e.g.. policy statements, newsletters, open public meetings or conferences.

2.4. To take action as an Association for or against any policies those are made or are going to be made about welfare needs of the Turkish Community.

2.5. To offer resources from our Association to assist Turkish organisations, where appropriate
e.g. in giving information about welfare services, in writing submissions, in approaching government agencies.

2.6. To provide information to Australian individuals, groups, and institutions who need to know more about the needs of he Turkish Community in Victoria.

2.7. To offer advice from our Association to organisations who are appointing Turkish welfare staff and who may benefit from our assistance in drafting job descriptions and selecting suitable applicants.

"Financial Year" means 1 July to 30 June.

"Member" means a member of the Association.

"Association" means the Turkish Speaking Community Workers Association of Victoria Incorporated, Formerly Turkish Welfare Workers Association of Victoria Incorporated.

"The Act" means the Associations Incorporation Act 1981.

"The Regulations" means regulations under the Act.

4.1. A natural person who is nominated and approved for membership as provided in these rules is eligible to be a member of the Association.

4.2. A person who applies to become a member of he Association shall be admitted to membership if

4.2.1. he/she declares support for the Association purposes and objectives.

4.2.2. he/she completes the Association's membership application form.

4.2.3. his/her membership is approved by the members.

4.3. Any person who was or is employed in the social and welfare field primarily with the Turkish Community in a paid capacity is eligible to become a member of the Association.

4.3.1. Voluntary workers, upon fulfilling (4.2.1.) , (4.2.2) and (4.2.3) of 4.2. shall be admitted as Honorary member if the Board of Management of the Association so approves.

5.1. The Secretary of the Management Board shall keep and maintain a register of members in which shall be entered the full name, address and date of entry of the name of each member. the register shall be available for inspection at the association's address.

5.2. Membership shall be subject to renewal annually by June 30, each year, failure to renew by August, 31 will be interpreted as resignation from the Association.

Membership shall be $20.00 per annum for those members employed in a paid capacity.

7.1. A member of the Association who has paid all moneys due and payable by him/her to the Association may resign from the Association by first giving one month notice in writing to the Secretary of his/her intention to resign and upon the expiration of that period of notice, the member shall cease to be member.

7.2. Upon the expiration of a notice given under sub clause ( 5), he secretary shall make in the register of members an entry recording he date on which he member by whom the notice was given, ceased to be a member.

7.3. Subject to these rules, the Board may by resolution:

7.3.1. expel a member from the Association;

7.3.2. suspend a member from membership of the Association for a specified period.

7.3.3. if the Board is of the opinion that the member -

(i.) has refused or neglected to comply with these rules; or

(ii.) has been guilty of conduct on becoming a member or prejudicial to the interests of the Association.

(iii.) A resolution of the Board under sub-clause (5) : -

(1) does no take effect unless he Board, at a meeting held not earlier ;than 14 and not later than 28 days after the service on the member of a notice under sub- clause (7) confirms the resolution in accordance with this clause; and

(2.) where the member exercises a right of appeal to the Association under this clause does not take effect unless the Association confirms the resolution in accordance with this clause.

7.3.4. Where the Board passes a resolution under sub-clause (5), the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable, cause to be served on the member a notice in writing : -

(i.) setting out the resolution of the Board and the grounds on which it is based;

(ii.) stating that the member may address the Board at a meeting to be held not earlier than 14 and not later than 28 days after service of the notice;

(iii.) stating the date, places and time of that meeting;

(iv.) informing the member that he/she may do one or more of the following -

(a.) Attend the meeting;

(b.) Give to the Board before the date of that meeting a written statement seeking the revocation of the resolution;

(c.) Not later than 24 hours before the date of the meeting, lodge with the Secretary a notice to the effect that he/she wishes to appeal to the Association in the General Meeting against the resolution.

7.3.5. At a meeting of the Board held in accordance with sub-clause ( 7.1.), the Board : -

(i.) shall give to the member an opportunity to be heard;

(ii.) shall give due consideration to any written statement submitted by the member; and

(iii.) shall by resolution determine whether to confirm or to revoke the resolution.

7.3.6. Where the Secretary receives a notice under sub-clause ( 7.2. ) he/she shall notify the Board and the Board shall convene a general meeting of the Association to be held within 21 days after the date on which the Secretary received the notice.

7.3.7. At a general meeting of the Association convened under sub-clause ( 7.3.8. ) : -

(i.) no business other than the question of the appeal shall be transacted;

(ii.) the Board may place before the meeting details of the grounds for the resolution and reasons for the passing of the resolution;

(iii.) the member shall be given an opportunity to be heard; and

(iv.) the members present shall vote by secret ballot on the question whether the resolution should be confirmed or revoked.

7.3.8. If at the general meeting : -

(i.) two-thirds of the members vote in person in favour of the confirmation of the resolution, the resolution is confirmed; and,

(ii). in any other case, the resolution is revoked.

8.1. The affairs of the Association shall be managed by the members.

8.2. All members of the Association are eligible to be members of the Board of Management.

Each Board of Management member shall hold office until the annual general meeting next following the date of his/her appointment but is eligible for re-appointment.

8.3. Membership in the Board of Management is by nomination and through a selection process

(using a method agreed to by prior consensus). Sub-Boards will be called for special tasks using the same method.

8.4. There shall be five members in the Board of Management.

President

Vice-President

Secretary

Treasurer

Member

9.1 DUTIES OF OFFICE BEARERS

9.1.1. President

(i). To preside at meetings of the Association.

(ii). To conduct the meetings according to the procedure outlined in regulations.

9.1.2. Vice President

(i) As in 9.1.1 (i) and (ii) in the absence of President.

(ii). To assist the President

9.1.3. Secretary

(i) To keep the membership register.

(ii) To receive membership applications and resignations.

(iii) To be responsible of the correct minutes of meetings and to take responsibility for their distribution to members.

(iv) To circulate all notices to members including agenda of meetings.

(v) To keep all documents and papers belonging to the Association.

9.1.4. Treasurer

(i) To keep account of all monies received and all expenditure.

(ii) To receive and bank all monies collected by or on behalf of the Association.

(iii) to present statements of accounts at the end of the period of office at Annual General Meeting, and when required.

9.1.4. Member

(i) To assist the other members of the Management Board.

(ii) To perform the tasks allocated to him/her.

9.2. For the purposes of these rules, the position of a member of the Management Board becomes vacant if the resigns by notice in writing to the Secretary.

9.3. In the event of casual vacancy, the Management Board may appoint one of the members to the vacant position and the member so appointed may continue in office up to and including the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting next following the date of his/her appointment.

9.4. The Management Board shall meet at least 3 (Three) times in each year at such place and such times as the Board may determine.

9.5. Notice shall be given to members of the Management Board of any special meeting specifying the general nature of the business to be transacted and no other business shall be transacted at such meeting.

9.6. Any 50% + 1 members of the Management Board constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of a meeting of a said group.

9.7. No business shall be transacted unless a quorum is present and within half an hour of the time appointed for the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same place and the same time in the following week unless the meeting was a special meeting in which case it lapses.

9.8. The Management Board shall arrange for a roll listing all financial members of the Association to be kept and for that Roll to be available for the purpose of credentialing the attendance of members in accordance with sub-clause (1) one.

9.9. The Management Board shall enforce an Attendance Book to be kept which is to be signed by all financial members attending any Meeting of the Association.

50% +1 members personally present (being members entitles under these rules to vote at a general meeting) constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of a general meeting.

The Secretary of the Association shall, at least 14 days before the date fixed for holding a general meeting of the Association. The Cause of the General Meeting to be sent to each member of the Association at his/her address appearing in the register of members, a notice stating the place, date and time of the meeting and the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting.

12.1. The Association shall in each calendar year convene an Annual General Meeting of its members.

12.2. The Annual General Meeting shall be held on such day as the Management Board determines but no more than 13 (thirteen) months, not less than 11 (eleven) months after the previous Annual General Meeting.

12.3. The Annual General Meeting shall be specified as such in the notice convening it.

12.4. The ordinary business of the Annual General Meeting shall be: -

(i) to confirm the minutes of the last proceedings of the Annual General and of any general meeting held since that meeting.

(ii) to accept nominations and select Executive Board members, through a selection process (using a method agreed to by prior consensus).

12.5. All general meetings, other than the Annual General Meeting, shall be called special general meetings. There shall be at least 6 (six) Special General Meetings per year.

12.6. The Association, through the Management Board may convene a Special General Meeting of all its members.

12.7. The requisitions in writing of members representing not less than fifty percent plus one

(50% +1 of the total number of members, to the Management Board will cause a Special General Meeting to be called.

12.8. The Management Board may, whenever it thinks fit, or upon request from any other Board, convene a Special General Meeting.

12.9. The requisitions for the Special General Meeting shall state the objectives of the meeting and shall be signed by the members making the requisition and be sent to the address of the convenor and may consists of several documents in a like form, each signed by one or more of the members making the requisition.

The funds of the Association shall be derived from annual subscriptions, Federal, State and Local governments and private grants, donations and such other sources as the Board determines.

All cheques, drafts, bills of exchange, promissory notes and other negotiable instruments shall be signed by any two appointed members of the Association.

15.1. Election Procedures

All elections within the Association shall be by secret ballot. Simple majority voting shall be used; that is the candidate receiving the most number of votes shall be declared elected first the next most number of votes shall be declared second and so on until all vacant positions have been filled. All financial members of the Association shall be entitled to cast one vote for each position which is vacant. The method of voting shall be by placing a cross alongside the name of the preferred candidate.

15.2. Returning Officer

At each Annual General Meeting of the Association the first election shall be conducted by the Chairman and shall be for the position of Returning Officer. The returning Officer shall hold office for twelve months and shall conduct all other elections within the Association.

15.3. Nominations

Nominations for any vacant position within the Association must be made in writing and be received by the Returning Officer within seven clear days before scheduled date of the election.

15.4. Formal Ballots

Formal ballots shall be those where the Returning Officer judges that the intention of the election is clear.

15.5. Tied Ballots

In the event of a tied ballot the Returning Officer shall select the successful candidate.

15.6. Voting other than ballots

In all votes other than ballots the method of voting shall be by a show of hands. The President of the Association shall not exercise a deliberative vote but in the event of a tie shall exercise a casting vote.

16.1. The Common Seal of the Association shall be kept in the custody of the Secretary.

16.2 The Common Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of the Board and the affixing of the Common Seal shall be attested by the signatures either of two members of the Board or of one member of the Board and of the Public Officer of the Association.

The Rules and the Statement of purposes of the Association may be amended by 75% of the members at an Annual General Meeting of the Association provided that twenty-one days clear notice of the proposed constitutional amendments has been posted to all members.

Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, all resources, books, documents, securities and documentation of the Association shall be kept by the Management Board, and shall be available for inspection by members

In the event of the winding up or the cancellation of the Incorporation of the Association, the Assets of the Association shall go to the Charitable Institutions with similar objectives to those of the Association, provided that all assets which are acquired by the Association with funds derived from "The Commonwealth of Australia, State government or Local Government " which are in the possession of the Association, upon dissolution shall be returned to the respective bodies.

20.1. A notice may be served by or on behalf of the Association upon any member either personally or by sending it by post to the member at the address shown in the Register of Members.

20.2. Where a document is properly addressed pre-paid and posted to a person as a letter, the document shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been given to the person at the time at which the letter would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

The Management Board may promulgate regulations governing any activity of the Association, and it may vary and interpret such regulations, subject to ratification by a General Meeting of the Association.

The Management Board shall not make any regulation which is inconsistent with this charter or which seeks to override any part of this Constitution.

Any doubt or dispute arising as to the application or meaning of any clause of this Association shall be resolved by the decision of a General Meeting.