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CONSTITUTION OF THE TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS ASSOCIATION (SINGAPORE)
1. NAME
The name of the Association shall be the "The Transactional Analysis Association".
"TAA" shall be the recognized abbreviation of the full name of the Association.
2. PLACES OF BUSINESS
Its place of business shall be at 24 Kew Crescent, Singapore 466364 or such other address as may subsequently be decided upon by the Committee and approved by the Registrar of Societies.
3. OBJECTS
The objectives of TAA shall be:
a) to promote excellence in the practice of Transactional Analysis;
b) to promote the growth of knowledge, understanding, and acceptance of TA;
c) to organize training courses in Transactional Analysis;
d) to encourage high standards of professional ethics, competence, conduct, education, qualifications and achievement in TA;
e) to further the contribution of TA to public welfare by encouraging the development of TA;
f) to advance the scientific study and professional practice of TA;
g) to share TA ideas and concepts with members and interested people;
h) to foster interdisciplinary co-operation through a multidisciplinary membership; and to share information and experience resulting from TA situations;
i) to liaise with TA Association overseas e.g. ITAA (The International Transactional Analysis Association) and WPATA (Western Pacific Association of Transactional Analysts) on mutual goals and area of interest; and
j) to establish study grants for the sponsorship of TAA members to attend TA training courses, seminars, workshops/conferences.
4. The activities of the Association shall include the following:
a) To organize, participate in conference, workshop, business and lectures and discussions on TA.
b) To circulate relevant written materials and accounts to members of the Association.
c) To invite donations to the funds of the Association by lawful means.
d) To act as trustee of any trusts established solely or principally for purposes similar or related to the aims of the Association.
e) To expend such sums of money as the Association may think fit in furtherance of the aims of the Association.
f) To consider and advise on any question of policy related to the practice of TA referred to it for consideration by any member of the Association or by any other body.
5. MEMBERSHIP
5.1 The Association shall consists of:
a) Full Members
b) Associate Members
c) Certified Transactional Analyst Members
d) Honorary Members
e) Overseas Members
f) Life Members
a) Full Members
Those eligible to be
a) Full Members:
(i) TA Trainees i.e. persons in the process of attaining competency-based certification from ITAA or WPATA and who have a valid and current training contract with either of these Associations, or with any TA Association recognized by ITAA.
(ii) Persons who have completed the basic TA #101 Course.
Full Members are entitled to vote and hold office in positions other than President and Vice President.
All applications for Full Membership must be endorsed/proposed by a PTM (Provisional Teaching Member) or a TM (Teaching Member) certified by ITAA or WPATA.
b) Associate Members
This is open to members from professional organizations related to TA and who support the goals of TAA.
Associate Members shall not vote or hold any office.
c) Certified Transactional Analyst Members
This competency-based membership is the result of serious study and close supervision under a certified Instructor or Supervisor.
Certified membership is open to those who have passed both and oral exams administered by the ITAA or WPATA or any other TA Association recognized by ITAA.
(i) Certified TA Members (CTA) may have a specialty such as Clinical, Organizational or Educational.
(ii) CTA Members are eligible to vote and hold office, CTA Member shall enjoy all benefits of a Full Member.
d) Honorary Members
Persons who, by reason of their eminence in the TA profession or their substantial contribution to the profession of TA or its practice, may be elected to Honorary Membership by the Annual General Meeting on the recommendation of the Executive Committee. An Honorary Member shall not be liable to pay a subscription but shall enjoy all other privileges of membership, except the right to vote and hold office.
e) Overseas Members
This is open to any person, not a resident in Singapore, but is interested in the goals of TAA.
Overseas Members shall not vote or hold office. They are entitled to receive all written materials/communications sent out by the Association.
f) Life Members
(i) This is open only to Certified Transactional Analysts with certification from ITAA, WPATA or any other TA Association recognized by ITAA. They are entitled to all the rights and benefits of a CTA member.
(ii) Only two (2) applications for Life membership will be approved each year.
5.2 Membership Procedures
a) Applications who have met the requirements for membership shall become members on receipt of written notification from the Association after payment of such dues or fees as shall be set from time to time by TAA.
b) Resignation by any member of TAA shall be subject to that person giving notice in and paying of all arrears of subscriptions, levies or other dues outstanding at and up to the date of that person notification.
c) Membership of TAA of any person may be terminated upon the Association being satisfied that such member is in any way in breach of any provision of this constitution/code of Ethics of this Association. The Association will give such member written notice to that effect within twenty-eight (28) days of such decision. Any member may appeal against such decision to the next Annual General Meeting after receipt of this notice.
6. ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS
6.1 A candidate for election to office shall be proposed by at least one Member who shall have personal knowledge of the candidate and be prepared to furnish information as to his qualifications.
6.2 Nomination for office bearers shall be lodged to the Executive Committee in the forms prescribed by the Association.
6.3 A candidate for office shall be decided elected if a simple majority of members at all Annual General Meeting registers a vote in his favor.
7. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
7.1 Every member shall be entitled to participate in all meetings pursuant to paragraph 3(a) herein and to receive all notices of such meetings, and to cast a vote where eligible and to receive publications issued pursuant to paragraph 3(b); and to have his name entered on the Register of Members.
7.2 Every Association Member shall be entitled to participate in meetings pursuant to paragraphs 3(a) herein unless it is decided by the Executive Committee that such meetings shall be for Members only. However, an Associate Member shall not be entitled to cast a vote in any meeting.
7.3 Every Associate Member shall be entitled to receive notices of al meetings in which he is entitled to participate, and publications issued pursuant to paragraph
7.4 The right and privileges of every Member and Associate Member shall be personal to himself/herself and shall not be transferable.
8. SUBSCRRIPTIONS
8.1 The subscription payable by Members may only be varied by a general meeting of the members. Any special subscription for particular purposes may only be raised from members with the consent of general meeting of the members.
8.2 Any Member whose subscription remains unpaid for two years after due notice has been sent to his address as shown in the Register of membership shall be removed by a resolution of the Executive Committee.
8.3 The election of a Member shall not become effective until the subscription due from him has been paid.
8.4 Any member may resign from the Association by informing the Honorary
Secretary in writing that he wishes to resign. He shall cease to be a Member upon expiry of his current subscription.
9. SUPREME AUTHORITY AND GENERAL MEETINGS
9.1 The General Meeting of the members presided over by the President shall be the supreme authority of the Association and its decision shall be final.
9.2 The powers and agenda of the Annual General Meeting shall include the following:
a) The determination of general policy and a programme of activity for the Association;
b) The election of Office Bearers of the Association;
c) Deciding the annual subscription payable by Members;
d) Receiving and accepting the Statement of Accounts: and
e) Considering any amendment to the Constitution of the Association.
9.3 The Annual General Meeting shall convene once a year at a time and place, designated at least two weeks in advance and held not later than 31 March.
9.4 The Extraordinary Annual General Meeting may be convened on the written request of at least 10 voting members. A minimum of two weeks advance notice for the meeting must be served and may be called at any time by order of the committee.
9.5 The Quorum for all General Meetings shall be one-quarter of the members of the Association eligible to vote.
9.6 In the event of a lack of quorum, thirty minutes after the General Meeting is due to begin, those present shall be considered a quorum but shall not have the power to alter or amend any of the existing rules.
10. MANAGEMENT AND COMMITTEE
10.1 The Executive Committee consisting of the following shall be elected at each Annual General Meeting:
a) The President
b) The Vice-President
c) The Honorary Secretary
d) The Assistant Honorary Secretary
e) The Honorary Treasurer
f) Five Committee Members
The term of office for the Executive Committee is for two consecutive years.
10.2 A committee meeting shall be held at least once a month after 7 days' notice to committee members. The President may call a committee meeting at any time by giving 3 days' notice. At least one half of the committee members must be present for its proceedings to be valid.
10.3 The duty of the committee is to organize and supervise the daily activities of the society and to make decisions on matters, affecting its running when the general meeting is not sitting. It may not act contrary to the expressed wishes of the general meeting without prior reference to it and always remains subordinate to the general meetings.
10.4 The Annual General Meeting shall be empowered to establish Standing Committees as it shall consider desirable, and to delegate to such Committees such power and duties as it shall consider appropriate.
10.5 The Executive Committee shall be empowered to establish such ad-hoc
Committees as it considers desirable or as the Annual General Meeting may direct, and shall require such ad-hoc Committees to report by a specified date to the Executive Committee, for further report to the Annual General Meeting where appropriate.
10.6 Ad-hoc Committees of the Executive Committee shall be automatically dissolved after the purpose for which they have been formed is completed.
11. DUTIES OF OFFICE BEARERS
a) The President
The newly elected President shall take office after the declaration of the ballot at the Annual General Meeting and shall remain in office until the next election of new officers at the next Annual General Meeting. The President of the Association shall be the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting and of the Executive Committee. The President must be an Executive Committee member of the TA Association (Singapore) for a minimum period of 3 years.
b) The Vice-President
The Vice-President shall assist the President and will deputize for her/him in her/his absence. The Vice-President must be an Executive Committee member of the TAA for a minimum period of 2 years.
c) The Honorary Secretary
The Honorary Secretary shall be responsible for the following duties:
(i) Taking minutes of the General Meeting and of the Executive Committee Meetings;
(ii) Keeping a membership register: their qualifications and appointments, and other relevant information;
(iii) Issuing notices and convening the Annual General Meeting and Executive Committee Meetings;
(iv) Attending to all correspondences of the Association.
d) The Assistant Honorary Secretary
The Assistant Honorary Secretary shall be elected at the AGM and shall assist the Honorary Secretary and deputize for him in his absence.
e) The Honorary Treasurer
The Honorary Treasurer shall not hold office for more than two consecutive terms (i.e. 4 years) and his duties shall be:
(i) The maintenance of a record of payment of subscriptions;
(ii) The banking of moneys and the payment of accounts properly rendered to the Association;
(iii) The co-signing of cheques drawn on the bank account of the Association with either the President, Vice President, or the Honorary Secretary as the second signatory;
(iv) The advising of the Executive Committee on financial matters including the current financial position of the Association, its assets and its liabilities;
(v) The submission annually of a draft budget to the Executive Committee and the Presentation for its approval of duly Audited accounts for the preceding year; and
(vi) The presentation to the Annual General Meeting for its approval of duly Audited accounts for the preceding year.
f) Any member of the Committee who is absent for three meetings consecutively without satisfactory explanations shall be deemed to have resigned from the Committee, and a successor may be co-opted by the Committee to serve until the next general meeting.
g) Any changes in the Committee shall be notified to the Registrar of Societies within two weeks of the change.
12. ACCOUNTS
12.1 The Treasurer shall keep proper books or account of receipts and expenditures, assets, credits and liabilities of the Association and of all sales and purchases of goods by the Association.
12.2 The books and accounts kept by the Treasurer and, subject to any reasonable restrictions as to the time and manner of inspecting the same, shall be open to inspection by the Members.
12.3 A copy of every profit and loss account and balance sheet (including every document required by law to be annexed thereto) which is to be laid before that Annual General meeting, together with a copy of the Auditor's Report, shall, not less than 14days before the date of the Meeting, be sent to all persons entitled to receive notices of meetings of the Annual General Meeting of the Association.
13. AUDIT
13.1 Two voting members not members of the Committee will be elected as Honorary Auditors at each Annual General Meeting and will hold office for one term and shall not be re-elected for consecutive terms. They will be required to audit each year's accounts during their term and present a report upon them to the Annual General Meeting. They may be required by the President to audit the society's accounts for any period within their tenure of office at any date and make a report to the Committee.
13.2 The Financial Year shall commence from January 1st and end on December 31st.
14. LIABILITY
TAA is only liable to the extent of its assets, the members are not personally liable for its debts and liabilities.
15. TITLES
15.1 The only authorized abbreviation for persons belonging to the various classes of membership shall be:
Full Member (M.T.A.A), Certified Transactional Analyst Member (C.M.T.A.A.), Honorary Members (H.M.T.A.A.).
15.2 Associate Members and Overseas Members shall not be entitled to use any form of title or initials to indicate membership of the Association.
16. AMENDMENTS TO RULES
The Constitution may be amended by a two-third majority of the member eligible to vote and present at a General Meeting provided notice of the amendment has been given in writing to all Members at least one month before the meeting and they shall not come into force without the prior sanction of the Registrar of Societies.
17. PROHIBITIONS
a) Gambling of any kind and the playing of "paikow" or "mahjong", whether for stakes or not, is forbidden on the society's premises. The introduction of materials for gambling or drug taking and of bad characters into the premise is prohibited.
b) The funds of the society shall not be used to pay the fines of members who have been convicted in Court.
c) The society shall not engage in any Trade Union activity as defined in any written law relating to trade unions for the time being in force in Singapore.
d) The society shall not attempt to restrict or interfere with trade or make directly or indirectly any recommendation to, any arrangement with its members which has the purpose or is likely to have the effect of fixing or controlling the price or discount, allowance or rebate relating to any goods or services to be supplied by them.
e) The society shall not hold any lottery, whether confined to its members or not, in the name of society or its office-bearers, Committees or members.
f) The society shall not indulge in any political activity or allow its funds and/or premises to be used for political purposes.
g) The society shall not raise funds from the public for whatever purposes without the prior approval in writing of relevant authorities and giving notice to the Registrar of Societies.
18. INTERPRETATION
In the event of any question or matter arising out of or any point which is not expressly provided for in the rules, the Committee shall have power to use their own discretion. The decision of the Committee shall be final unless it is reversed at a general meeting of members.
19. DISSOLUTION
19.1 The Association may only be dissolved by the decision of two-thirds of the Members present and eligible to vote at an Annual General Meeting provided that notice of the Dissolution motion has been given in writing to all Members at least three months before the meeting.
19.2 In the event of Dissolution any fund or property of the Association shall, after discharge of all Debts and liabilities of the Association, be made over to any Society having similar aims, or failing that, shall be applied to some professional, educational or charitable purpose, in either case the decision lying with the Annual General Meeting at which the Association is dissolved.
19.3 Notice of dissolution shall be given within 7 days of the dissolution to the Registrar of Societies.
Abbreviations
ITAA - International Transactional Analysis Association
WPATA - Western Pacific Association of Transactional Analyst
TAA - The Transactional Analysis Association
1. NAME
The name of the Association shall be the "The Transactional Analysis Association".
"TAA" shall be the recognized abbreviation of the full name of the Association.
2. PLACES OF BUSINESS
Its place of business shall be at 24 Kew Crescent, Singapore 466364 or such other address as may subsequently be decided upon by the Committee and approved by the Registrar of Societies.
3. OBJECTS
The objectives of TAA shall be:
a) to promote excellence in the practice of Transactional Analysis;
b) to promote the growth of knowledge, understanding, and acceptance of TA;
c) to organize training courses in Transactional Analysis;
d) to encourage high standards of professional ethics, competence, conduct, education, qualifications and achievement in TA;
e) to further the contribution of TA to public welfare by encouraging the development of TA;
f) to advance the scientific study and professional practice of TA;
g) to share TA ideas and concepts with members and interested people;
h) to foster interdisciplinary co-operation through a multidisciplinary membership; and to share information and experience resulting from TA situations;
i) to liaise with TA Association overseas e.g. ITAA (The International Transactional Analysis Association) and WPATA (Western Pacific Association of Transactional Analysts) on mutual goals and area of interest; and
j) to establish study grants for the sponsorship of TAA members to attend TA training courses, seminars, workshops/conferences.
4. The activities of the Association shall include the following:
a) To organize, participate in conference, workshop, business and lectures and discussions on TA.
b) To circulate relevant written materials and accounts to members of the Association.
c) To invite donations to the funds of the Association by lawful means.
d) To act as trustee of any trusts established solely or principally for purposes similar or related to the aims of the Association.
e) To expend such sums of money as the Association may think fit in furtherance of the aims of the Association.
f) To consider and advise on any question of policy related to the practice of TA referred to it for consideration by any member of the Association or by any other body.
5. MEMBERSHIP
5.1 The Association shall consists of:
a) Full Members
b) Associate Members
c) Certified Transactional Analyst Members
d) Honorary Members
e) Overseas Members
f) Life Members
a) Full Members
Those eligible to be
a) Full Members:
(i) TA Trainees i.e. persons in the process of attaining competency-based certification from ITAA or WPATA and who have a valid and current training contract with either of these Associations, or with any TA Association recognized by ITAA.
(ii) Persons who have completed the basic TA #101 Course.
Full Members are entitled to vote and hold office in positions other than President and Vice President.
All applications for Full Membership must be endorsed/proposed by a PTM (Provisional Teaching Member) or a TM (Teaching Member) certified by ITAA or WPATA.
b) Associate Members
This is open to members from professional organizations related to TA and who support the goals of TAA.
Associate Members shall not vote or hold any office.
c) Certified Transactional Analyst Members
This competency-based membership is the result of serious study and close supervision under a certified Instructor or Supervisor.
Certified membership is open to those who have passed both and oral exams administered by the ITAA or WPATA or any other TA Association recognized by ITAA.
(i) Certified TA Members (CTA) may have a specialty such as Clinical, Organizational or Educational.
(ii) CTA Members are eligible to vote and hold office, CTA Member shall enjoy all benefits of a Full Member.
d) Honorary Members
Persons who, by reason of their eminence in the TA profession or their substantial contribution to the profession of TA or its practice, may be elected to Honorary Membership by the Annual General Meeting on the recommendation of the Executive Committee. An Honorary Member shall not be liable to pay a subscription but shall enjoy all other privileges of membership, except the right to vote and hold office.
e) Overseas Members
This is open to any person, not a resident in Singapore, but is interested in the goals of TAA.
Overseas Members shall not vote or hold office. They are entitled to receive all written materials/communications sent out by the Association.
f) Life Members
(i) This is open only to Certified Transactional Analysts with certification from ITAA, WPATA or any other TA Association recognized by ITAA. They are entitled to all the rights and benefits of a CTA member.
(ii) Only two (2) applications for Life membership will be approved each year.
5.2 Membership Procedures
a) Applications who have met the requirements for membership shall become members on receipt of written notification from the Association after payment of such dues or fees as shall be set from time to time by TAA.
b) Resignation by any member of TAA shall be subject to that person giving notice in and paying of all arrears of subscriptions, levies or other dues outstanding at and up to the date of that person notification.
c) Membership of TAA of any person may be terminated upon the Association being satisfied that such member is in any way in breach of any provision of this constitution/code of Ethics of this Association. The Association will give such member written notice to that effect within twenty-eight (28) days of such decision. Any member may appeal against such decision to the next Annual General Meeting after receipt of this notice.
6. ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS
6.1 A candidate for election to office shall be proposed by at least one Member who shall have personal knowledge of the candidate and be prepared to furnish information as to his qualifications.
6.2 Nomination for office bearers shall be lodged to the Executive Committee in the forms prescribed by the Association.
6.3 A candidate for office shall be decided elected if a simple majority of members at all Annual General Meeting registers a vote in his favor.
7. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
7.1 Every member shall be entitled to participate in all meetings pursuant to paragraph 3(a) herein and to receive all notices of such meetings, and to cast a vote where eligible and to receive publications issued pursuant to paragraph 3(b); and to have his name entered on the Register of Members.
7.2 Every Association Member shall be entitled to participate in meetings pursuant to paragraphs 3(a) herein unless it is decided by the Executive Committee that such meetings shall be for Members only. However, an Associate Member shall not be entitled to cast a vote in any meeting.
7.3 Every Associate Member shall be entitled to receive notices of al meetings in which he is entitled to participate, and publications issued pursuant to paragraph
7.4 The right and privileges of every Member and Associate Member shall be personal to himself/herself and shall not be transferable.
8. SUBSCRRIPTIONS
8.1 The subscription payable by Members may only be varied by a general meeting of the members. Any special subscription for particular purposes may only be raised from members with the consent of general meeting of the members.
8.2 Any Member whose subscription remains unpaid for two years after due notice has been sent to his address as shown in the Register of membership shall be removed by a resolution of the Executive Committee.
8.3 The election of a Member shall not become effective until the subscription due from him has been paid.
8.4 Any member may resign from the Association by informing the Honorary
Secretary in writing that he wishes to resign. He shall cease to be a Member upon expiry of his current subscription.
9. SUPREME AUTHORITY AND GENERAL MEETINGS
9.1 The General Meeting of the members presided over by the President shall be the supreme authority of the Association and its decision shall be final.
9.2 The powers and agenda of the Annual General Meeting shall include the following:
a) The determination of general policy and a programme of activity for the Association;
b) The election of Office Bearers of the Association;
c) Deciding the annual subscription payable by Members;
d) Receiving and accepting the Statement of Accounts: and
e) Considering any amendment to the Constitution of the Association.
9.3 The Annual General Meeting shall convene once a year at a time and place, designated at least two weeks in advance and held not later than 31 March.
9.4 The Extraordinary Annual General Meeting may be convened on the written request of at least 10 voting members. A minimum of two weeks advance notice for the meeting must be served and may be called at any time by order of the committee.
9.5 The Quorum for all General Meetings shall be one-quarter of the members of the Association eligible to vote.
9.6 In the event of a lack of quorum, thirty minutes after the General Meeting is due to begin, those present shall be considered a quorum but shall not have the power to alter or amend any of the existing rules.
10. MANAGEMENT AND COMMITTEE
10.1 The Executive Committee consisting of the following shall be elected at each Annual General Meeting:
a) The President
b) The Vice-President
c) The Honorary Secretary
d) The Assistant Honorary Secretary
e) The Honorary Treasurer
f) Five Committee Members
The term of office for the Executive Committee is for two consecutive years.
10.2 A committee meeting shall be held at least once a month after 7 days' notice to committee members. The President may call a committee meeting at any time by giving 3 days' notice. At least one half of the committee members must be present for its proceedings to be valid.
10.3 The duty of the committee is to organize and supervise the daily activities of the society and to make decisions on matters, affecting its running when the general meeting is not sitting. It may not act contrary to the expressed wishes of the general meeting without prior reference to it and always remains subordinate to the general meetings.
10.4 The Annual General Meeting shall be empowered to establish Standing Committees as it shall consider desirable, and to delegate to such Committees such power and duties as it shall consider appropriate.
10.5 The Executive Committee shall be empowered to establish such ad-hoc
Committees as it considers desirable or as the Annual General Meeting may direct, and shall require such ad-hoc Committees to report by a specified date to the Executive Committee, for further report to the Annual General Meeting where appropriate.
10.6 Ad-hoc Committees of the Executive Committee shall be automatically dissolved after the purpose for which they have been formed is completed.
11. DUTIES OF OFFICE BEARERS
a) The President
The newly elected President shall take office after the declaration of the ballot at the Annual General Meeting and shall remain in office until the next election of new officers at the next Annual General Meeting. The President of the Association shall be the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting and of the Executive Committee. The President must be an Executive Committee member of the TA Association (Singapore) for a minimum period of 3 years.
b) The Vice-President
The Vice-President shall assist the President and will deputize for her/him in her/his absence. The Vice-President must be an Executive Committee member of the TAA for a minimum period of 2 years.
c) The Honorary Secretary
The Honorary Secretary shall be responsible for the following duties:
(i) Taking minutes of the General Meeting and of the Executive Committee Meetings;
(ii) Keeping a membership register: their qualifications and appointments, and other relevant information;
(iii) Issuing notices and convening the Annual General Meeting and Executive Committee Meetings;
(iv) Attending to all correspondences of the Association.
d) The Assistant Honorary Secretary
The Assistant Honorary Secretary shall be elected at the AGM and shall assist the Honorary Secretary and deputize for him in his absence.
e) The Honorary Treasurer
The Honorary Treasurer shall not hold office for more than two consecutive terms (i.e. 4 years) and his duties shall be:
(i) The maintenance of a record of payment of subscriptions;
(ii) The banking of moneys and the payment of accounts properly rendered to the Association;
(iii) The co-signing of cheques drawn on the bank account of the Association with either the President, Vice President, or the Honorary Secretary as the second signatory;
(iv) The advising of the Executive Committee on financial matters including the current financial position of the Association, its assets and its liabilities;
(v) The submission annually of a draft budget to the Executive Committee and the Presentation for its approval of duly Audited accounts for the preceding year; and
(vi) The presentation to the Annual General Meeting for its approval of duly Audited accounts for the preceding year.
f) Any member of the Committee who is absent for three meetings consecutively without satisfactory explanations shall be deemed to have resigned from the Committee, and a successor may be co-opted by the Committee to serve until the next general meeting.
g) Any changes in the Committee shall be notified to the Registrar of Societies within two weeks of the change.
12. ACCOUNTS
12.1 The Treasurer shall keep proper books or account of receipts and expenditures, assets, credits and liabilities of the Association and of all sales and purchases of goods by the Association.
12.2 The books and accounts kept by the Treasurer and, subject to any reasonable restrictions as to the time and manner of inspecting the same, shall be open to inspection by the Members.
12.3 A copy of every profit and loss account and balance sheet (including every document required by law to be annexed thereto) which is to be laid before that Annual General meeting, together with a copy of the Auditor's Report, shall, not less than 14days before the date of the Meeting, be sent to all persons entitled to receive notices of meetings of the Annual General Meeting of the Association.
13. AUDIT
13.1 Two voting members not members of the Committee will be elected as Honorary Auditors at each Annual General Meeting and will hold office for one term and shall not be re-elected for consecutive terms. They will be required to audit each year's accounts during their term and present a report upon them to the Annual General Meeting. They may be required by the President to audit the society's accounts for any period within their tenure of office at any date and make a report to the Committee.
13.2 The Financial Year shall commence from January 1st and end on December 31st.
14. LIABILITY
TAA is only liable to the extent of its assets, the members are not personally liable for its debts and liabilities.
15. TITLES
15.1 The only authorized abbreviation for persons belonging to the various classes of membership shall be:
Full Member (M.T.A.A), Certified Transactional Analyst Member (C.M.T.A.A.), Honorary Members (H.M.T.A.A.).
15.2 Associate Members and Overseas Members shall not be entitled to use any form of title or initials to indicate membership of the Association.
16. AMENDMENTS TO RULES
The Constitution may be amended by a two-third majority of the member eligible to vote and present at a General Meeting provided notice of the amendment has been given in writing to all Members at least one month before the meeting and they shall not come into force without the prior sanction of the Registrar of Societies.
17. PROHIBITIONS
a) Gambling of any kind and the playing of "paikow" or "mahjong", whether for stakes or not, is forbidden on the society's premises. The introduction of materials for gambling or drug taking and of bad characters into the premise is prohibited.
b) The funds of the society shall not be used to pay the fines of members who have been convicted in Court.
c) The society shall not engage in any Trade Union activity as defined in any written law relating to trade unions for the time being in force in Singapore.
d) The society shall not attempt to restrict or interfere with trade or make directly or indirectly any recommendation to, any arrangement with its members which has the purpose or is likely to have the effect of fixing or controlling the price or discount, allowance or rebate relating to any goods or services to be supplied by them.
e) The society shall not hold any lottery, whether confined to its members or not, in the name of society or its office-bearers, Committees or members.
f) The society shall not indulge in any political activity or allow its funds and/or premises to be used for political purposes.
g) The society shall not raise funds from the public for whatever purposes without the prior approval in writing of relevant authorities and giving notice to the Registrar of Societies.
18. INTERPRETATION
In the event of any question or matter arising out of or any point which is not expressly provided for in the rules, the Committee shall have power to use their own discretion. The decision of the Committee shall be final unless it is reversed at a general meeting of members.
19. DISSOLUTION
19.1 The Association may only be dissolved by the decision of two-thirds of the Members present and eligible to vote at an Annual General Meeting provided that notice of the Dissolution motion has been given in writing to all Members at least three months before the meeting.
19.2 In the event of Dissolution any fund or property of the Association shall, after discharge of all Debts and liabilities of the Association, be made over to any Society having similar aims, or failing that, shall be applied to some professional, educational or charitable purpose, in either case the decision lying with the Annual General Meeting at which the Association is dissolved.
19.3 Notice of dissolution shall be given within 7 days of the dissolution to the Registrar of Societies.
Abbreviations
ITAA - International Transactional Analysis Association
WPATA - Western Pacific Association of Transactional Analyst
TAA - The Transactional Analysis Association