Statutes for the Holmestrand sauna association
Adopted at the annual meeting on 11 March 2025.
The association's first articles of association were adopted at the founding meeting on 14 September 2020
§1 Name
1.1 The association's name is Holmestrand Badstuforening with affiliation to Holmestrand Municipality.
§2 Purpose
2. 1 The association's purpose is to promote the sauna as a social and health-related activity, we will work to create an active environment that uses the sea and sauna all year round. The association is a non-profit organization and does not have acquisitions as its purpose.
Holmestrand Sauna Association's vision:
To promote good health through year-round bathing and sauna, as well as creating a sauna environment and activities that residents and visitors can enjoy.
§3 Membership
3.1 Membership is open to anyone over the age of 16.
3.2 You are a member when you have paid the Annual or Monthly membership.
3.3 Members are obliged to follow the guidelines for socializing. If this does not happen, the board can expel the member.
§4 Annual meeting (AGM)
4.1 AGM is the association's highest body and has decision-making power regardless of the number of attendees. Ordinary AGM is held once a year in the month of March.
4.2 Information about the time and place of the ÅM is published on the club's information channel no later than 1 month before the AGM.
4.3 Proposals for AGM are sent to post@holmestrandfjordbadstu.no no later than 2 weeks before the date of ÅM. The agenda must be published no later than 7 days before AGM.
4.4 The agenda for an ordinary AGM contains at least the following items:
The board's report
Presentation and approval of accounts
Incoming proposals
Presentation of the budget for the coming year
Choices:
Election of chairman for a period of 1 year
Election of 2 board members for a period of 1 year
Choice of product for a period of 1 year
Election of an internal finance officer for a period of 1 year
4.5 Voting rules
Everyone who has an active membership at the time of AGM or extraordinary AGM has the right to vote.
Election of the board takes place by a show of hands as long as not at least ¼ of those present require a written vote. Other voting takes place by a show of hands, unless 25 present require a written vote.
Amendments to the articles of association require a 2/3 majority.
All other votes are decided by simple majority.
Except for voting on the dissolution of the association, which is decided by a ¾ majority. Ref. §8.1
4.6 A report is drawn up from AGM which is signed by the board's chairman, secretary and two representatives among those present.
§ 5 The management
5.1 The board leads the association between 2 annual meetings
5.2 The board consists of a chairman and 4 board members. The board organizes itself.
5.3 Eligible as chairman, member of the board, deputy and finance officer are members who have paid the Annual Membership.
5.4 Vara takes effect in the event of a board member's long-term or permanent lapse.
5.5 If the chairman does not sit for his entire term, the board elects a chairman for the next ordinary ÅM. If a board member does not sit for his entire term, the replacement takes place until the next AGM.
5.6 The board can appoint committees itself.
5.7 The board decides and maintains the association's rules for getting together.
5.8 A paying member who takes up a position on the board or as a deputy to the board gets free use of the communal sauna during the period they sit on the board.
§6 Extraordinary AGM
6.1 An extraordinary general meeting can be held when the board deems it necessary or when at least 50% of the members demand it by written request.
6.2 Extraordinary AGM must be held no later than 1 month after the request and notified on the club's publication medium 3 weeks before it is held.
§7 Economy
7.1 AGM is the association's highest body and the board is appointed to manage the finances for the good of the association. There is no occasion to distribute dividends from profits to the board or other members.
7.2 Use of the association's funds must be approved by the financial officer and the chairman jointly.
The following decisions must be approved by AGM:
1. Borrowing.
2. Purchase, sale or mortgaging of real estate.
7.3 The financial year is from 1 January to 31 December.
7.4 For construction work with an expected expenditure of >1. NOK million approval is required from AGM.
7.5 The board determines monthly and annual quotas.
§8 Dissolution of the association
8.1 The decision to dissolve the association must be taken at 2 subsequent annual meetings, of which at least 1 must be an extraordinary AGM. At both annual meetings, a qualified majority is required, which for the Holmestrand sauna association is set at ¾ majority of the votes cast.
8.2 If the association is dissolved, the association's funds must be placed in a blocked account in a bank. AGM decides which non-profit or cultural purposes the association's funds are to be donated to.
§9 Ownership
9.1 The association owns itself.
Updated March 12, 2025