Antor board 2009

Chairman - Jeanette Johansson, France
Vice chairman - Agneta Åstrand, Denmark
Press- & PR manager - Henrik Göthlin, Estonia
Secretary - Ozury Feria, Mexico
Treasurer - Barbara Hartman, Czech
Board Member - Karl-Erik Strand, Finland




Antor statutes
§ 1 AIMS
ANTOR in Sweden is a voluntary Association of heads of foreign National Tourist Offices in Sweden and is established for the exchange of views on matters of mutual concern and interest within the Travel Industry and to further international tourism by those means, which are suitable within the framework of Swedish law and custom.

§ 2 MEMBERSHIP
Membership of ANTOR is limited to:
Managers of National Tourist Offices which maintain in Sweden a National Tourist Bureau, and is recognized as such by the Embassies of the respective country and confirmed as such by the highest Official Authority of these countries.
General Sales Agents (GSA) that has been directly appointed to officially represent and market a country in the Nordic countries.
Members of Diplomatic missions who work exclusively as Representatives of National Tourist Organisations.
When a new Manager is appointed he takes automatically over the membership of his predecessor in ANTOR. If the Manager during a longer period is prevented from taking part in ANTOR activities he can ask the Board to approve the presence of his deputy with high professional standard. If the Manager is placed under another Nordic capital, the head of the Stockholm Office has the right to attend the ANTOR-meeting. In these cases the area Manager has to inform the Board of ANTOR in writing.

§ 3 ASSOCIATED MEMBERS
The Managers of National Tourist Organisations which do not have a National Tourist Bureau in Sweden but in another Nordic country and which is also responsible for Sweden, may be accepted as Associated Member of ANTOR in Sweden at the half of the fee. These associated members have the right to attend the ANTOR-meeting, to get the minutes, but have no right to vote.

§ 4 THE COMMITTEE
The Committee shall consist of a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, a Treasurer, A PR Officer and a Secretary, who shall be elected at the General Assembly. The doyen shall be a permanent member of the Committee. If not even one non-European country is member of the Committee, then an additional member will be elected, chosen among the non-European countries.
The past President shall automatically be a member of the Committee for one year after his term.
The members of the Committee, once elected, will organize themselves as to Vice Chairman, Treasurer, IT/PR & Press Officer and Secretary.
The Committee has the right to invite professional assistance within the limits of the actual budget.
The Committee has the right to assign a highly distinguished member as an honorary Chairman.
The Committee shall prepare the General Assembly and other meetings, attend to the writing of minutes and their circulation, and execute other resolutions made by ANTOR.
In the event of vacancy occurring on the Committee during the term of Office, the Committee shall co-opt a member of ANTOR until the next General Assembly.

§5 CHAIRMAN
Suggestions for a new Chairman shall be sent to the Secretary no later than one month before the present Chairman's term of office expires. The Chairman’s term of office is one year and can at the general Assembly be not prolonged more than twice, with the exception if no other candidate is found.The Chairman shall preside over both the General Assembly and the other meetings, shall represent the ANTOR in its external relations and shall act in accordance with the resolutions made at the meetings. A Chairman cannot be re-elected sooner than 3 years after his last term of office has expired. Should the post of Chairman fall vacant, the Vice-Chairman shall become interim Chairman until the next General Assembly.

§ 6 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly shall consist of all members of the ANTOR. The General Assembly shall be led by the Chairman or in his absence by the Vice-Chairman. With exception of the votation procedure, which has to be led by the doyen.
Members shall be summoned to the general Assembly once a year at the beginning of December but the Chairman can also summon members to an extraordinary Assembly.
The General Assembly has also to elect two auditors, these not being members of the Board.
In order that a decision shall be valid an absolute majority of all members of the ANTOR must give their approval. Each member may hold a maximum of two written proxies for absent colleagues.

§ 7 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
The annual subscription shall be obligatory and shall in the case of new members be paid within one year of the registration (former: inscription) of the head as a member of ANTOR.
The membership fee includes an element which finances ANTOR's membership fee of RRF, part membership of ANTOR (that is: membership which excludes the RRF subscription is not possible).
The amount of the annual subscription shall be decided at the General Assembly. The annual subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer, shall cover a whole calendar year and in case of a new Representative shall be valid also for a member's successor.

§ 8 RESIGNATION
Resignation shall be sent by registered letter to the chairman.

§ 9 SUMMONS
The Secretary shall summon members to the General Assembly no later than 3 weeks before the date which has been decided at the previous General Assembly. The letter of summons shall also include the agenda. Each member can send the Committee suggestions for points on the agenda no later than one month before the General Assembly.
Other meetings shall take place at <timehour10minute30>10.30 a.m. usually on the first Wednesday of each month, with the exception of July and August, and may be followed by a luncheon according to the individual wish. To this luncheon the Committee shall have the power to invite, at the expense of the ANTOR, "guests of distinction within a field of mutual interest of all members".
A quorum of 50% of the membership plus one is required for decisions taken at the monthly meetings to be valid.
Monthly meeting decisions will be taken on a simple majority vote, including Representatives and proxy votes. However, members have the right to opt out of any common activity, which is outside of the common budget.
Those Offices that for any reason will opt out have to inform the Secretary by writing at least one week before the next meeting.
The Chairman has the duty to inform members of items of general interest.

§ 10 RESOLUTIONS
All resolutions shall be decide by an absolute majority of all present members. In connection with every suggestion which shall be decided by voting, consideration shall be taken of any member's special interests with regard to each Tourist Bureau's responsibilities, operational methods, directives from Head Offices or similar. The Chairman of ANTOR shall inform all members of suggestions of general interest, which are to be decided by voting at least one week before the voting. In the event of no reply being received from any member who is not present at the meeting, it will be considered as an abstention from voting.

§ 11 SUB-COMMITTEES
The ANTOR has the right to appoint Sub-Committees for preparation and elaboration of special tasks within the framework of its activity.

§ 12 SPECIAL STATUTES
For certain activities of the ANTOR special statutes can, if considered necessary, be determined by the General Assembly according to § 10 and can be included as an appendix to the statutes.

§ 13 ALTERATION TO STATUTES
The present statutes shall be valid after ratification at an extraordinary General Assembly by majority of present members. All alterations to the statutes shall be subject to the General Assembly's decision by a 2/3 majority of all members.

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