WHO ARE WE ?
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Presentation
Hello and welcome to the website of the association Teckels Sans Doux Foyer (Teckels SDF).
The primary goal of our association, created in October 2007 and recognized as being of general interest in 2010, is to try to help as many dachshunds as possible and to promote this breed which is dear to us.
We we collect dogs from individuals, shelters, associations, in all regions of France, and of course those from dachshund breeders who want to retire or reform them. Of course, they are all NON LOF and STERILIZED. We do not have puppies, for that you have to contact excellent French breeders.
All this enormous work is carried out by a team of dedicated volunteers who can intervene quickly to get a SDF, welcome him for the necessary time, do first aid and monitor adoptions.
Not to mention our main link, the Relay Families, who welcome our little ones, observe them and re-educate them if necessary, make them treat with veterinarians who collaborate with our association. For homeless people who are too old and with serious pathologies who, we know, can never be adopted, we have Permanent Foster Families. All these people are volunteers entirely devoted to the Dachshund cause who are located in different regions of France and neighboring countries.
Enjoy your visit to the world of Dachshunds.
The Board of Directors.
Philosophy
Philosophy of our association
Our Association “Teckels Sans Doux Foyer” was created to help dachshunds in particular, and by extension to dachshund crosses and sometimes other animals, whatever their origin and without ever passing judgment. We also help their masters in difficulty, encountering a one-time or recurring behavior problem with their animal that they cannot solve on their own. Our Association was therefore created to help animals and the master who is at the end of each leash.
We are almost all lovers of these pretty sausages. But some like other breeds and they are also welcome in our Association.
Out of conviction, we almost never show mistreated or unclean animals. We prefer to treat them first, restore their dignity before showing them to you.
We take in young, old and sick dogs without any discrimination. We treat them, sterilize them, descale them, identify them, we give them all the medical care they need, including when they have serious pathologies, before offering them for adoption, we resociabilize them. Some are taken in by permanent host families.
We systematically sterilize all dogs of breeding age in order to regulate births, and leave reproduction only to breeders whose job it is.
Our dogs are primarily welcomed in relay families. This allows you to get to know the dog, see it evolve, be able to talk about it, better understand its character in order to better inform families and guide them as best as possible.
We are looking for the right dog for the right family… and vice versa. The purpose of the placements is to meet the expectations and constraints of the adopters, in relation to the character and the needs of the dog.
We are an independent Association that does not belong to any political or other current.
Our Association lives thanks to its volunteers, its members, donations and sponsorships.
OUR STATUS
TECKELS SANS DOUX FOYER
Animal protection association Law 1901 – Recognized as being of general interest
N°W69106922 – www.teckelsansdouxfoyer.fr
TITLE 1
FORM – DENOMINATION – HEADQUARTERS – DURATION – PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE
Article 1 – Form
It is founded between the members of the present statutes an Association governed by the law of July 1, 1901 and the decree of August 16, 1901.
Article 2 – Name
It takes the name of:
Association TECKELS SANS DOUX FOYER (TECKELS SDF)
Article 3 – Seat
Its registered office is located at the residence of the President.
Article 4 – Duration
The duration of the Association is unlimited.
Article 5 – Purpose and objective
This Association aims to
– collect in priority dachshunds given or abandoned on French territory or neighboring countries (long-haired, short-haired and rough-haired registered in the LOF or types or crosses) and other animals;
– identify dachshunds looking for a new home;
– help families who have to part with their dachshund to find him a new home;
if necessary, welcome them, identify them, vaccinate them and treat them, in a Relay Family as far as possible, and place them (under a placement contract) after rehabilitation if necessary;
– help with placement through the dissemination of advertisements by all possible means and mainly through its website;
– make masters or future owners of dachshunds aware of the basic needs of the breed;
– manage a reception structure for dogs. This structure will make it possible to cope with the arrival of dogs that do not have a place in a relay or foster family or whose particularities make it difficult to be cared for in a family. This structure may also temporarily house the dogs of members of the association as part of a canine pension, according to terms determined each year by the Board of Directors. This reception structure can also allow the establishment of a canine education club for the benefit of the members of the association.
– The Association’s main objective is to implement all actions that contribute to the protection of dachshunds, to raise people’s awareness of the cause of animal protection, and all other operations that contribute to the respect of these breeds.
– For each investment, a fixed financial contribution will be requested, in order to cover part of the costs of the Association. To be a candidate for placement, you must be a member of the Association.
– This participation is variable according to the age of the dog, and is acquired by the Association in the event of cancellation of the placement, under the conditions and limits provided for in the placement contract.
– Each placement or foster care contract will state any problems (behaviour, illness) of which the Association may become aware (if there is no mention on the foster or placement contract that means that no problem is known and not that no problem exists) so that the Families-Relays and the new masters are informed, without it being possible to subsequently file a complaint on this subject with the Association. If a dog is considered dangerous and after consulting a veterinarian, euthanasia may be pronounced, this remaining an exceptional case and decided by the Board of Directors.
– Dogs placed through the Association must be sterilized, either before being entrusted to the family offering a sweet home, or by the latter if the placement contract provides for it, in this case the sterilization will be at the responsibility of the adoptive family. The adoption becomes final upon receipt of the veterinary certificate attesting to the sterilization.
– They cannot be entrusted to a shelter or to any other association without the written agreement of the Association Teckels sans Doux Foyer (SDF). Only the members of the Board of Directors, the National Managers, the Regional Managers and Departmental Delegates have the power to sign the foster care contracts, placements, adoptions and transfer certificates. Written mandate can be given exceptionally to a member of the association to carry out these formalities.
Article 6 – Means
To achieve its objective, the Association Dachshunds Without Sweet Home (SDF) employs the following means of action:
– Publications in writing or by email or mailing lists;
– Articles inserted through the press or other media;
– The articles appearing on the website as well as on its forum;
– The organization of events of any kind as well as any initiative that can help achieve the objectives of the Association;
– The permanent or occasional sale of any products or services falling within the scope of its objectives, or likely to contribute to their achievement;
– The management of a reception structure for dogs for adoption or which cannot be welcomed as a family. This structure will also allow members to benefit from a canine boarding service, in order also to provide advice and allow a relay to fight against abandonment, according to methods determined each year by the Board of Directors.
TITLE 2
ADMISSION – CONTRIBUTION – RESIGNATION – EXCLUSION
MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 7 – Admission
The Association is made up of its members.
To be a member, you must be of legal age, be approved by the Board of Directors, which is not required to state the reasons for its decision, and pay the annual fee.
Is a member any natural or legal person, fully adhering to the objectives of the Association, having joined and up to date with his contributions.
Any member has the right to vote from two months of membership.
Article 8 – Contribution
The amount of the contribution is fixed annually by the Board of Directors, and adjustable by the members each calendar year. A specific amount is provided for the spouse or partner of a member, as well as for legal persons (associations, etc.).
Members who resign or are excluded under the conditions provided for in article 9 are required to pay the contributions for the current year upon resignation or exclusion, it being understood that no partial or total.
Article 9 – Resignation, exclusion and death
9.1. Resignation
Members may resign by sending their resignation to the President by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt or by email, or on the association’s website, in explicit terms. They then lose their status as members of the Association but remain liable to pay their full membership fee for the current year.
Non-payment of the annual membership fee one month after a warning will result in automatic cancellation without any other formality. But the re-registration of the member will always remain possible under the conditions provided for in article 7.
9.2 Disqualification
The Board of Directors has the ability to pronounce the exclusion of a member who does not comply with the clauses of these statutes or who prejudices by his actions, words or writings the interests of the Association or who fails to fulfill the obligation of courtesy and mutual aid which must preside over the relations of members with each other.
In this case the Board of Directors will ask the member to provide explanations, will study them and decide. Excluded members will not be entitled to re-membership under any circumstances.
9.3. Death
In the event of the death of a member, his heirs and assigns do not automatically acquire membership of the Association.
TITLE 3
ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 10 – Board of Directors
10.1. Composition
The Association is administered by a Board of Directors composed of a number of members between 3 and 9 members.
Among the members of the Board of Directors will be designated the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary and the Treasurer.
The term of office of a director is fixed at four years.
The Board of Directors is renewed every four years.
Outgoing members are eligible for re-election without limitation.
To be eligible for the Council, you must have been a member for at least two months and enjoy your civic rights.
The appointment of a Director is the sole responsibility of the members of the Board of Directors. His election is proposed by the president at the annual general meeting. The candidate presents a profession of faith.
The functions of member of the Board of Directors are free and cannot in any capacity whatsoever be appointed or remunerated by the Association.
10.2. Replacement of a member of the Board of Directors during their mandate
If a member’s seat on the Board of Directors becomes vacant between two Ordinary General Meetings, the Board of Directors may provide for its replacement. If he does not do so, his decisions are nevertheless valid. The director appointed to replace another will remain in office only for the remaining time of the term of his predecessor.
In the event of the absence of a director, without excuse deemed valid, at three consecutive meetings of the Board of Directors, the director to whom all latitude of explanation must be given, may be excluded from the Board of Directors by registered letter. addressed by the President with the responsibility of reporting to the next General Assembly which will decide definitively.
The exclusion of a member of the Board of Directors for any other reason can only be pronounced during a General Assembly by a simple majority of the members present.
All members of the Board of Directors having in their possession documents, equipment belonging to the Association, must return them to the registered office upon termination of their function, and at their expense.
10.3. – Meeting and deliberation of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors uses modern means to manage the Association, namely its website www.teckelsansdouxfoyer.fr. For any decision impacting the life of the Association, the President can organize a vote on the site.
The Board of Directors must meet physically at least once a year. It meets when convened by simple mail or email from its President, or at the request of one third of its members with a proposal for a specific agenda.
The presence of at least three members of the Board of Directors is necessary for the validity of all deliberations.
All decisions are taken by an absolute majority of the members present. In the event of a tie, the vote of the president is preponderant.
The deliberations of the Board of Directors are recorded in the minutes which are submitted for its approval.
10.4.- Power of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors decides on all requests for admission and on the exclusion of members as indicated in articles 6 and 9 above
It is the court of first instance for disciplinary decisions for breaches of the statutes and regulations committed by its members.
It authorizes the President and the Treasurer to make all purchases, disposals or rentals necessary for the functioning of the Association.
Article 11 – President and Vice-President
The President is responsible for executing the decisions of the Board of Directors and ensuring the proper functioning of the Association which he represents in court and in all acts of civil life.
In the event of death, resignation or long-term absence, the Vice-President replaces the President and must convene an extraordinary Board of Directors within one month to elect a new President.
Article 12 – Secretary
The Secretary is in charge of all the administrative work necessary for the proper functioning of the Association.
Article 13 – Treasurer
The Treasurer is responsible for all matters relating to the management of the Association’s assets and finances. He makes all payments and receives all sums due to the Association. It ensures the collection of donations.
He can only alienate the securities constituting the reserve funds with the authorization of the Board of Directors.
He keeps regular accounts of all the operations he carries out and reports to the Board of Directors on any request from the latter and to the Ordinary General Meeting which approves, if necessary, his management.
Article 14 – National Officials
In order to organize its work, the Board of Directors may appoint National Managers. After deliberation by the Board of Directors, a mission order is signed between them and the Chairman.
National Officers are appointed for one calendar year. The first Board of Directors of the following year decides whether or not to renew their mandate. They may be struck off during the year by decision of the Board of Directors.
All National Officials having in their possession documents, equipment, belonging to the Association, must return them to the headquarters of the association upon termination of their function, and at their expense.
Article 15 – Regional Managers and Departmental Delegates
To relay its activity, the Board of Directors may appoint Regional Managers and Departmental Delegates. A charter concerning their rights and duties is signed by each of them and by the Chairman. Regional Managers and Departmental Delegates are appointed for one calendar year. The first Board of Directors of the following year decides whether or not to renew their mandate. They may be struck off during the year by decision of the Board of Directors.
All Regional Managers or Departmental Delegates having in their possession documents, equipment, belonging to the Association, must return them to the headquarters of the association upon termination of their function, and at their expense.
Article 16 – Relay Families and Permanent Foster Families
To accommodate the homeless, the Association needs to appoint Relay Families, for temporary accommodation, and Permanent Host Families, for homeless people who can never be placed.
A moral contract concerning their rights and duties is signed by each of them and by the President. The Relay Families are appointed for one calendar year. The first Board of Directors of the following year decides whether or not to renew their mandate. They can be canceled during the year.
All Relay Families and Permanent Host Families in possession of documents and equipment belonging to the Association must return them to the Association’s headquarters upon termination of their function, and at their own expense.
Article 17 – Confidentiality
The Administrators and National Managers undertake to keep the most absolute secrecy on the information and documents to which they have access in the context of their activities and responsibilities within the Association (members, files, contacts, suppliers, dogs. ..). This obligation applies in particular to personal data relating to members, donors, customers of the Boutique Teckels SDF.
The obligation of confidentiality persists after the expiry of the mandate of the Administrator or the National Responsible, including when the person concerned ceases to be a member of the Association.
Any breach of the confidentiality clause by an Administrator or a National Manager may be subject to expulsion from the Association.
Any breach of this obligation by these same people or by a person who is no longer a member of the Association may give rise to legal action.
In general, all members of the Association are required not to harm the interests of the Association in their relations with the outside world.
TITLE 4
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Article 18 – Composition and dress
The General Assembly is made up of members of the Association, up to date with their subscription for the current financial year and registered for two months.
The Ordinary General Assembly meets at least once every two years when convened by the President.
The members meet in a General Assembly which is qualified as Extraordinary when its decisions relate to a modification of the statutes and as Ordinary in other cases.
Article 19 – Convocation, agenda, votes
Notices are sent at least one month in advance by simple letter containing the agenda determined by the Board of Directors.
Each member of the Association is entitled to one vote.
A member who cannot attend the Meeting may give Power to other members to represent him. Each member present can carry a maximum of five proxies for the calculation of the quorum.
Article 20 – Office of the General Assembly
The General Meeting is chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, failing that, by the Vice-Chairman or by a member of the Board of Directors delegated for this purpose by him.
The functions of Secretary are fulfilled by the Secretary of the Board of Directors or in his/her absence by a member of the Board of Directors.
An attendance sheet is drawn up signed by the members of the Association during the meeting and certified by the President and the Secretary.
Article 21- Ordinary General Assembly
The President, assisted by the members of the Board of Directors, chairs the meeting. The moral report of the association is mentioned.
The treasurer reports on his management. The Ordinary General Meeting approves or rectifies the accounts for the closed financial year, votes the budget for the following financial year.
It ratifies the appointment of the provisionally appointed directors, deliberates on all the questions put on the agenda.
To deliberate validly, the Ordinary General Assembly must be composed of at least one fifth of the members, present or represented.
If this condition is not met, the Meeting is reconvened on the same day. Its deliberations are then valid, regardless of the number of those present.
Decisions are taken by a simple majority of the votes of the members present.
Article 22- Extraordinary General Assembly
The Extraordinary General Assembly can modify the statutes.
It decides on all urgent matters submitted to it. It may in particular decide on the dissolution of the Association.
To deliberate validly, the Extraordinary General Meeting must be composed of at least one third of the members, present or represented.
The dissolution of the Association can only be pronounced by an Extraordinary General Meeting convened for this purpose.
Article 23 – Minutes
The deliberations of the General Assembly are recorded in the minutes.
These minutes are drawn up in a special register and signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the General Assembly. These will be posted on the Association forum.
TITLE 5
ASSOCIATION RESOURCES
Article 24- The resources of the Association
Association resources include:
– The amount of contributions, sponsorships, donations from individuals or legal entities wishing to support its action, legacies;
– Contributions paid by families when adopting dogs;
– Subsidies from the State, local authorities, the European Union;
– The product of the events it organizes as well as the permanent or occasional sale of all products or services falling within the scope of its objective, or likely to contribute to its achievement;
– The interests and royalties of the goods and securities that it may possess;
– Payments for products sold or services rendered or services provided by the Association, in particular boarding and dog training, according to terms determined each year by the Board of Directors;
– All other resources authorized by law, in particular, recourse, if necessary, to one or more bank or private loans.
Only members can benefit from the services offered by the Association (care, carpooling, etc.) subject, where applicable, to financial participation.
All payments made within the framework of the Association must be received by the Treasurer, no payment is possible directly to a member without the express written authorization of the Treasurer.
TITLE 6
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
Article 25 – Dissolution
In the event of voluntary, statutory or forced dissolution of the Association, the Extraordinary General Meeting appoints one or more liquidators who will have the broadest powers to realize the assets and discharge the liabilities.
The net proceeds of the liquidation will be devolved to an association for the protection of animals and which will be designated by the Extraordinary General Meeting, in no case for the benefit of the Association Sosteckel and other animals.
TITLE 7
FORMALITIES
Article 26- Declaration and publication
The Board of Directors will fulfill the declaration and publication formalities prescribed by law.
All powers are conferred for this purpose on the bearer of an original of these statutes.
These statutes were approved by the Constitutive Assembly of October 2, 2007, modified by the Extraordinary General Meetings of November 8, 2008, November 7, 2009, November 3, 2012, October 18, 2014.
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