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Membership is comprised of regular, affiliated
and honorary.
a) Regular member: is the member who participated in
the establishment of the Association since its
incorporation, or who applied for membership
satisfying all conditions of membership and his
application was accepted by the Board of Directors
and has the right to attend the general assembly and
election for his membership to the Board of
Directors. It is not allowed to accept membership of
more than five regular members working for the same
place. He shall be recommended by three regular
members of the Association.
b) Affiliated member: is the member who does not
satisfy all the conditions of full membership, and
the board accepts him as an affiliated member. He
enjoys all the rights and obligations of the regular
member, except for the right to attend the general
assembly or be elected for membership of the board
of directors.
c) Honorary member: is the person who presents
favorable services to the Association, whether
financial or intangible. He does not have the right
to attend the general assembly or be elected for
membership of the board of directors.
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The annul membership subscription for the regular
member is EGP 250 payable annually, according to the
request of the member. The subscription of the
affiliated member is EGP 125 and that of the
affiliated member of the researchers in the field of
intellectual property and employees of the
governmental entities working in the field of
intellectual property is EGP 50 and honorable
membership shall have no subscription. In all cases
the annual subscription shall be paid before the end
of the fiscal year of the Association. In case a
member joins the Association during the fiscal year,
he shall not pay except for the dues corresponding
to the remaining period of the fiscal year.
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Membership is dropped in the following cases:
1. Withdrawal or resignation, and the member shall
notify the assembly by a registered letter with
acknowledgment receipt. This shall not prevent the
Association from requesting any due amounts or debt
of the member.
2. Death.
3. Loss of a condition of membership.
4. Dismissal or dropping from the membership of the
Association:
a) if he acts in a way unfavorable to the Association
financially or morally.
b) if he uses his membership of the Association for personal
reasons.
5. Failure of payment of membership subscription for
a whole year, provided that he is informed with a
registered letter with acknowledgment receipt during
four months following the payment date.
Loss of membership shall occur pursuant to a
decision of the board of directors, including the
name of the member, reason of losing the membership
and the date of losing the membership.
The one whose membership was dropped shall be
informed within fifteen days starting from the date
of issue of the decree of dropping the membership by
a registered mail, attaching a copy of the above
mentioned decree of the board.
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Re-establishment of membership status may be granted
to members who lost their membership due to failure
of payment of their dues in a particular year if
they pay such dues.
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Neither the member, whoever lost his membership for
any reason nor heirs of a deceased member shall have
the right to refund membership fees, subscription,
gifts, donations paid to the Association and shall
have no rights in the Association monies. |
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