Statutes of the Association of the Progressive Friends of Dimitsana (1911)
Summary
The text preserves the original statute and internal regulation of the Progressive Association in Dimitsana. Although the beginning of the copy is incomplete, most of the document gives detailed rules for the association’s organization. It provides for regular, corresponding, honorary, and assisting members, as well as dues, donations, bequests, and other financial contributions. Administration is assigned to a nine-member board consisting of a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and councillors, elected by secret ballot. The regulation defines ordinary meetings, quorum, voting, annual reporting, an audit committee, and the duties of the president, secretary, and treasurer. It also covers the seal, resignations, expulsions, transfer of records and property, and financial deposits. The ending includes board names and patriotic excerpts about Gortynia and Gortynians.
Key Points
- Concerns the original Progressive Association in Dimitsana.
- The surviving copy begins after the first articles.
- Regulates members, dues, donations, and bequests.
- Provides for a nine-member administrative board.
- Defines meetings, quorum, audits, and accountability.
- Includes board names and patriotic Gortynian excerpts.