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International Child Neurology Association
International non-profit association

Avenue de la Couronne 20
1050 Brussels, Belgium
Enterprise number: 0414.433.983
RLE Brussels

Convening notice of the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of International Child Neurology Association to be held on May 8, 2024

7 February 2024

By e-mail

Dear Member,

Following the decision of the Executive Board of the International Child Neurology Association held on 5 February 2024, the Executive Board is pleased to invite you, as a Member, to attend the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of International Child Neurology Association, an international non-profit association under Belgian law with registered office located at Avenue de la Couronne 20, 1050 Ixelles (Belgium) and registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises of Brussels under number 0414.433.983 (RLE Brussels, French speaking division) (the “Association”) to be held:
May 8, 2024 at 12.30-13.30 hours in Cape Town (South Africa Standard Time, GMT+2 hours)
at Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

The Ordinary General Meeting shall deliberate on the following agenda:

  1. Presentation and approval of the financial statements for the financial years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
  2. Approval of the annual budget for the financial year 2024
  3. Discharge to the Members and Officers of the Executive Board for the exercise of their mandates during the financial years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
  4. Power of attorney
    1. Tetralaw, Avenue Louise 240/3 Louizalaan, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium, BE 0841.890.120, to provide legal services
    2. To B&C Associates, Av. Du Bourg. Etienne Demunter 23, 1090 Jette, Belgium, BE 0542.595.333, to provide accounting services including registration of the Association in the Belgian UBO register and filing statutory accounts with the National Bank of Belgium
    3. To Wathelet & Navez, Rue Saint-Roch 28, 1300 Wavre, Belgium, BE 0700.686.428, to provide notary public services including publication of the amended constitution
  5. Approval of the agenda of the meeting
  6. Reading of the minutes of the previous General Meeting (2022)
  7. Reports of Officers and Specialized Working Committees
  8. Endorsement of the administration of any retiring Executive Board Members and Officers
  9. Unfinished business (if any)
  10. New business (if any)
  11. Finances (other than in items 1 and 2)
  12. Results of elections (President-Elect election)


The Extraordinary General Meeting shall deliberate on the following agenda:

  1. Amendment of the constitution to render it compliant with the Companies and Association and other amendments;
  2. As a consequence of the above, adoption of a new coordinated text of the constitution of the Association as from 8 May 2024 in French and translated in English;
  3. Confirmation of the address of the registered office;
  4. Renewal of the term of office of the Executive Board Members and Officers for the remainder of their term of office expiring on the date of the 2026 Ordinary General Meeting;
  5. Ratification of the appointment of the President, Secretary and Treasurer;
  6. Power of attorney.

By way of preparation of these General Meetings, you will find enclosed to this convening notice the following zipdocuments582.86 KB:

Schedule 1: The financial statement for the financial years xlsx2020, xlsx2021, 2022 and 2023 in English & years  xlsx2020, xlsx2021, xlsx2022 and xlsx2023 in French
Schedule 2: xlsxThe budget for the financial year 2024
Schedule 3: The proposeddocx new coordinated Constitution of the Association, including the proposed amendments (docxFrench / docEnglish ) which will be submitted to the Extraordinary General Meeting for approval
Schedule 4: A docxproxy and voting form in French (for signing)
Schedule 5: The docxEnglish translation of the proxy and voting form

Concerning the Extraordinary General Meeting, the decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting to amend the Constitution must be adopted in the presence of a Belgian Notary public for it to be valid according to the Belgian Code on companies and associations. However, a Belgian Notary public cannot act outside the Belgian territory. Consequently, a second Extraordinary General Meeting with the same agenda will take place within three weeks following the initial Extraordinary General Meeting, physically in the presence of Belgian Notary public Edouard-Jean Navez, whose office is located at Rue Saint Roch 28, 1300 Wavre.

For this second Extraordinary General Meeting, we kindly request that you grant a proxy either to each employee of the firm of Notaries Jacques WATHELET and Edouard-Jean NAVEZ in Wavre, Rue Saint Roch, 28, each acting individually, who will be present before the Notary public to formalize the adoption of the amended Constitution. Enclosed, please find a template proxy and a voting form that the Secretary will request Members with voting authority to complete during the Extraordinary General Meeting on May 8, 2024.

Should you be unable to attend the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting on May 8, 2024, may we please ask that you send the original version of your duly completed and signed proxy and voting form to the Secretary at the latest by May 8, 2024 to the following address: Prof Lakshmi Nagarajan, Secretary, International Child Neurology Association, c/o Me Edouard-Jean Navez, Rue Saint Roch, 28, 1300 Wavre, Belgium. It is important to note that the proxy should be completed exclusively in French; failure to do so will result in your proxy being invalid. Furthermore, if you neglect to designate the proxy holders specified in this convening notice, your proxy will not be taken into consideration. Finally, if the proxy is completed but not the voting form, you will be presumed to vote in favor of all decisions.

Active members may, in accordance with article 12 of the Bylaws of the Association, submit items to be placed on the agenda of the Ordinary General Meeting providing notification to the Secretary three months prior to the Meeting.

Best regards,
Lakshmi Nagarajan
Secretary

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Cancellation
Notification of cancellation must be made in writing and sent via email to icnc2022@icnapedia.org.

  • In case of cancellation before or on Feb 01, 2024, 25% of the full registration costs (congress fee and any social activities booked) must be paid.
  • In case of cancellation between Feb 02, 2024 and April 1, 2024, 50% of the full registration costs (congress fee and any social activities booked) must be paid.
  • If the cancellation is received after April 2, 2024, 100% of the full registration costs are due.

Exception: after this date, if the participant is forbidden to travel by his/her institution or by travel regulations, he/she may transfer his/her registration to a colleague who is not registered yet. The organization will charge a name change fee of €50. The participant will be asked to send by email to icnc2024@icnapedia.org an official document stating his/her impossibility to travel (e.g. positive Covid test result, letter of the institution stating the internal statement).

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If, for reasons beyond the control of the organizers, the congress is cancelled, the registration fee will be refunded after deduction of expenses incurred by the congress.

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