§ 1
Name, place of administrative office, accounting year

(1) The name of the club is

Europäischer Halbmond Betta Besitzer Club e.V.

(2) The place of administration office is Dortmund, where it is registered in the register
of clubs at the local court.
(3) The accounting year of the club is from 01 January till 31.december.

§ 2
Intention

(1) The exclusive and directly intentions of the club are non-profit in terms of chapter
„Intentions for tax exemption“of German tax code.
The most exclusive intention of the club is the support and funding of domestic
betta splendens in its various forms. He mostly services the breeding and living of
these fish in our fish tanks, the supporting and consulting with specialist knowledge,
gives its members the opportunity of communications about their experiences and
organizes shows and events to pursue the target of breeding bettas as they are
described in our standard and also to improve the health and activity of these fish
strongly.
To introduce the youth to our hobby and to sensitize people for animal protection
and endangered species is a very extraordinary task of our club. In further times it
is an aim to work together in conservation associations.

(2) The club is acting selfless; he only has non-profit intensions.

(3) Receipts of the club are only allowed to be used to pursue the aims of these
statutes. None of the members will get any financial contribution from the receipts
of the club.

(4) It is not allowed to favour any person with expenditures, which are not confirmed
with the intensions of the club or with other disproportionate receipts.

§ 3
Membership

(1) We have in our club

1. Members of honour
members of honour are persons who are nominated by the general
meeting.

2. Founder members
founder members are the persons, listed below

1. Marion Schultheiss
Dortmund

2. Rajiv Masillamoni
Gals

3. Jan Saßmann
Kreuztal

4. Sascha Struss
Saarbrücken

5. Markus Gutzeit
Bodelshausen

6. Sven Hackenberg
Günzburg

7. Ewald Tuerk
Langen

The founder members are unexceptional members of the IBC (IBC = International Betta
Congress), with which we are in friendly contact.

3. Full member
from the beginning of their 18 year of life.

4. Youth member
Members from the beginning of their 12 until the end of their
17 year of life.

5. Special member
apprentices, students, university students, unemployed, those in
compulsory military service or voluntary social service, proved by
copy of their certificates.

6. Family members
The apply of admission has to be send to the executive board, who decides about it.
Every new member agrees to the statutes by becoming a member of the club.

Every member, who has deserved himself for the club, can be nominated to become a
member of honour. The finally decision about the nomination will take place in general
meeting.

The membership ends
a) by death of the member
b) by cancellation,
which has to be advised to the executive court in written form
c) by exclusion from the extended board
1) when denial of the bourgeois rights of honour,
2) in cause of dishonourable actions,
3) if membership fees or other payments are not paid in time for 6
months and then after overdue notice are again not paid within
14 days,
4) in cause of detrimental behaviour of a member for the club.
The decision about an exclusion of a member is made by a 2/3 majority
of the members of the extended board.
and future are lapsed.

§ 4
Rights and Duties of the members

The members can participate in the general meetings, can make motions and if they had
attained full age, have the right to vote. Each member, who is entitled to vote, can only
vote for himself for one time per election.
The membership fees, which were determinate by the general meeting and other
payable accounts, must be prepaid by the members. Members of honour have free
membership.

§ 5
Panels of the club

Panels of the club are

1. the general meeting
2. the executive board

The executive board is composed of the first chairman and the second
chairman.
The members can decide at the general meeting with a 2/3 majority to
increase the number of members of the executive board by adding some
assessors.
The club will be represented at functions and at legal matters by two
members of the executive board, one of whom should bet he chairman or
the vice chairman. As long as the executive board is composed only of the
chairman and the vice chairman, they will together represent the club.

3. The extended board
is composed of the executive board and
the President
the Treasurer
the warden and co-ordinator of breeding activity
the chairperson for literature, photography, youth affairs and website
the speaker/editor/secretary/website chairperson

The extended board is not part of the executive committee according § 26 BGB.

§ 6
General Meeting
The General Meeting takes place once a year. All members will be invited by the board
including the planned agenda in written form or by email arriving 3 weeks before date of
general meeting. The General Meeting has to take place each year within 5 months after
termination of the accounting year.

The following items have to be placed in the agenda:

1. annual report of the board,
closing of accounts,
report of financial controller,

2. exoneration of the board,

3. estimate of budget fort he new accounting year,
electoral of the financial controller for the accounting year,

4. proposed alternations of the statutes of the club including the correct wording of the alternation.

a) The board has the right to invite the members for a not annual general
meeting every time. A general meeting must take place if it is proposed by 1/3 of the
members who are entitled to vote by informing about the reasons in written form.
In this case the general meeting must take place within 2 months after the proposal
has delivered. It is the same procedure for a non annual general meeting.

b) Proposals that shell be handled at the general meeting must be delivered by the
members who proposed them at the secretary 10 days before the date of the general
meeting at the latest.

c) The General Meeting is leaded by the first chairman and as his substitute the next
member of the board, who is present.

d) The leader of the General meeting decides about the way of voting. The voting by
ballot cards is necessary, if it is required by ¼ of the present members, who are
entitled to vote.

e) The General meeting resolves by 2/3 majority, as far as nothing else is stipulated
in these statutes or by law.

f) The electoral of the first chairman of the club and the passing of resolutions about
changing the statutes are necessary of 2/3 majority of all members, who are entitled
to vote. If there is no 2/3 majority in the first ballot, it can be done in a second ballot
by simple majority. Furthermore the consent of the founder members is necessary, if
the first chairman has top be elected or the content of these statutes shell be
changed.
The consent of the founder member should be consulted for the candidates or
changing of statutes in advance.

g) The minute about the decisions of the General Meeting, which is written by the
secretary, has to be signed by the leader of the General Meeting and a member of
board.

§ 7
Board
(1) The board is composed:

1. first chairman

2. second chairman or vice chairman

The first chairman is in charge of administration for the club.
The vice chairman supports/substitutes the first chairman.

3. members of board

(2) The club will be represented at functions and at legal matters by two members
of the executive board, one of whom should be the chairman or the vice chairman.
As long as the executive board is composed only of the chairman and the vice
chairman, they will represent the club together.

(3) The members of board are elected for a period of every three years and have
to exercise until the end of the general meeting, on which a new board will be
elected. The members of board can be re-elected without any restrictions.
The new elected first chairman has the right after getting the consent of the
founder members, to propose the candidates for the other members of the board
at first.

(4) If a member of boards exits the board, the board can decide to assign the resort
to another member of the board, up to the next annual General Meeting where a
new member can be elected. Otherwise they can decide to invite the members of
the club to a non annual general meeting and to elect a new member for the rest
of the current period.

(5) The board leads the club, executes the resolves of the general meeting and
manages the fund of the club. He practices honorary. The board can resolve
itself rules of procedure.

(6) The board can select members for committees to execute special tasks.

§ 8
Financial controller
The General Meeting elect two financial controllers for a period of every 2 years.
The financial controller had to control the accountancy of the club to guarantee
that it is according to the rules and that all proceeds and expenses that are
booked by following the intensions of the club.
The financial controllers have to report the results of their inspection at least
once in a year at the General Meeting.

§ 9
Amortization of the club
(1) The amortization of the club is decided by a General Meeting which is convened
especially for this intension. It is necessary to be competent to decide, that 2/3 of the
members of the club are present.

(2) The decision of breaking up the club is necessary of a majority of 4/5 of
the present members who are entitled to vote and the consents of the founder
members.

(3) In the case of amortization or rescission of the club or if the current intensions
are fundamentally changed the fund of the club will be transferred to
VDA (Verband Deutscher Vereine für Aquarien- und
Terrarienkunde e.V.)
Luxemburger Strasse 16
D - 44789 Bochum
who has to use it directly and exclusive for non-profit intensions in terms of aquaristic
and animal protection or endangered species.

§ 10
Arbitral tribunal
(1) All factionalism concerning the rights of members between the club and its members
according to civil law is only to be cleared by an arbitral court, if the cause is
schedule of member fees.

(2) The arbitral court is composed of a leader and two assessors.

(3) The arbitral court will be lead by a founder member which is chosen by the opposite
party. One of the assessors will also be chosen by the opposite party; the second
assessor will be elected by the board.

(4) The arbitral court decides with simple majority. After the hearing the arbitral award
has to be enacted within a period of a month.

Dortmund, the 05.10. 2003 the board