The society shall be named as the FINNISH BUSINESS COUNCIL SHANGHAI and hereafter referred to as ”FBCS”.
FBCS will promote co-operation between Finnish companies in areas of trade and industry related issues within the greater Shanghai area.
Key activities of FBCS are:
The following are the categories of membership:
Corporate membership is open to all Finnish organisations that are either incorporated, registered or represented in the area. Corporate members will be nominated and membership granted automatically by the executive board.
Honorary members shall be granted in the annual general FBCS meeting based on nomination by the executive board.
Individual membership can be applied by any Finnish citizen working for a foreign company in Shanghai or nearby area. The executive board will grant membership.
Membership applications should be sent to the secretary of FBCS. The secretary shall keep the register, and the mailing list of FBCS.
Corporate members may have one or more appointed executives participating in all FBCS meetings. Visiting business may participate in the general meetings as visitors.
The executive board can suggest fundraisers for various specific purposes.
A member may resign at any time by giving notice to the secretary.
The annual general meeting shall elect a 5-member executive board to plan and direct the activities of FBCS.
The executive board elects the treasurer from within its members.
Subcommittees may be nominated as they may be deemed necessary.
It is recommended that the chairman and three other board members be chosen from the private sector. The fifth member should be the Commercial Counselor of the Finnish Consulate, acting at the same time as the secretary for the board and the council.
The annual general meeting shall be held by the end of March of each year upon a date and time convened by the chairman, but no later than two weeks prior to the meeting.
In the annual general meeting FBCS shall:
A member who wants to make any changes to the minutes of the AGM shall notify the chairman or any other member of the board no later than two weeks before the scheduled date of the meeting.
In general meetings the chairman, and in his absence the deputy chairman shall take the chair. In the event of a vote, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. The executive board shall convene prior to each FBCS meeting.
Any general meeting requires a quorum of no less the chairman and five registered members. The quorum can be formed by contacting all the members by email.
No alterations or additions to the covenants shall be made except at the annual general meetings, or at the meetings specifically convened for that purpose.
The FBCS shall be dissolved with the consent of three-quarters (3/4) of the members present at a general meeting convened for the said purpose.
In the event of the FBCS being dissolved, all debts and liabilities shall be fully discharged, and the disposal of the remaining funds shall either go to an appropriate way to promote Finnish trade, or to be donated to charitable institutions as decided by the general meeting.
(Approved by FBCS’s Annual General Meeting on Feb.28th, 2002)