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1. The name of the society is the Iboga Therapy Society.
a. To establish a non profit entity to support and foster research and disseminate knowledge pertaining to Tabernanthe Iboga and its principal alkaloid Ibogaine, its derivatives and their use for detoxification, addiction treatment and other therapeutic, spiritual, personal growth and scientific purposes;
b. To disseminate research and educate physicians, patients, politicians and the general public about the beneficial therapeutic, spiritual, personal growth and scientific uses of Tabernanthe Iboga, Ibogaine and its derivatives;
c. To foster the scientific exploration of all aspects of therapeutic, spiritual, personal growth and scientific uses of Iboga, Ibogaine and its derivatives, and other natural or complementary therapies;
d. To participate in the development of policies and standardized treatment protocols for the therapeutic uses of Tabernanthe Iboga, Ibogaine and its derivatives within a holistic, comprehensive and multidisciplinary model;
e. To situate the therapeutic uses of Tabernanthe Iboga, Ibogaine and its derivatives within the existing addictions services continuum of care provided by publicly run health services;
f. To participate in evidence-based best practices that are respectful of human rights and dignity.
g. To disseminate information as a result of these activities and to provide access to information regarding Tabernanthe Iboga, Ibogaine and its derivatives and other natural and complementary therapies to other organisations with similar or complementary goals;
h. To raise funds and accept donations to further the purposes of the society.
3. The purposes of the society shall be carried out without purpose of financial gain for its members and any profits or other accretions to the society shall be used for promoting its purposes.
4. On the winding up or dissolution of the society, funds or assets remaining after all debts have been paid shall be transferred to a society or charitable institution with purposes similar to those of this society or, if this cannot be done, to another charitable institution recognized by Revenue Canada as qualified under the provisions of the Income Tax Act of Canada.	Iboga Therapy Society - Bylaws
1.1 (1) In these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires:a) bylawsrefers to the bylaws of the Iboga Therapy Society;b) constitutionrefers to the constitution of the Iboga Therapy Society;c) Directorsmeans the Directors of the Society for the time being, as elected by the members at the Annual General Meeting or appointed pursuant to these bylaws;d) membersmeans members of the Society in good standing pursuant to these bylaws;e) registered addressof a member means the member's address as recorded in the Registry of Members.f) Societymeans the Iboga Therapy Society;g) Society Actmeans the Society Act of British Columbia from time to time in force and all amendments to it.
1.3 Words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa; and words importing a male person include a female person, a transgender person and a corporation.
1.4 Expressions referring to the writing shall be construed as including references to the printing, faxing, typewriting, emailing, photography and other physical or electronic modes of reproducing words in a visible form.
2.1 The members of the Society are:(a) the applicants for incorporation of the Society, and(b) those persons who subsequently become members, in accordance with these bylaws, and, in either case, have not ceased to be members.
2.2 (1) A person may apply to the Directors for membership in the Society and upon satisfaction of the guidelines for membership established by the Society and on acceptance by the Directors and, subject to section 2.5 (2), on payment of annual membership fees that person shall be a member.
(2) Any person applying for membership will specify the category of membership being applied for:a) Full membership is open to any individual who has demonstrated through his paid or volunteer work a significant commitment to advancing the purposes of the Society and who wishes to be actively involved in advancing the purposes of the Society. Full members are entitled to vote at general meetings of the membership.b) Associate membership is open to any person who supports the purposes of the Society and who wishes to be actively associated with the Society. Associate members are not entitled to vote at general meetings of the membership.c) Group membership is open to any corporate or other organization which supports the purposes of the Society and who wishes to be actively associated with the Society. Group members are not entitled to vote at general meetings of the membership.(d) All membership information shall be held in the strictest confidence by the Society's Board of Directors and the Membership Registrar. Membership information is not open for scrutiny by other members, nor other organizations, nor government representatives except by express written authorization of the member.
2.3 (1) Every person seeking to be a member shall agree to uphold the constitution, to adhere to the purposes of the Society, and to comply with these bylaws.
(2) Every member must uphold the constitution, adhere to the purposes of the Society, and comply with these bylaws.
2.4 Subject to 2.5 (2), every member, to remain in good standing, shall pay an annual membership fee.
2.5 (1) The amount of the first annual membership fees for each category of membership, if any, shall be determined by the Directors, and after that the annual membership fees for each category of membership shall be determined by the Directors from time to time.(2) The annual membership fees(a) shall be waived for persons who are registered as active volunteers with the Society, including the Directors of the Society, and(b) upon application to the Directors and at the discretion of the Directors may be waived for members and applicants for membership who can demonstrate financial hardship.
2.6 All members are in good standing except a member who has failed to pay his current annual membership fee, if any, or any other subscription or debt due and owing by the member to the Society, and the member is not in good standing so long as the debt remains unpaid.
2.7 A person shall cease to be a member of the Society:(a) by delivering his resignation in writing to the Secretary of the Society or by mailing it or delivering it to the address of the Society, or(b) on his death or, in the case of a corporation or group, on dissolution, or(c) on being expelled, or(d) on having been a member not in good standing for a period of time prescribed by the Directors, provided such a period be not less than thirty (30) days, or(e) when such member no longer qualifies for membership in accordance with these bylaws.
2.8 (1) A member may be expelled by a special resolution of the voting members passed at a general meeting.
(2) The notice of special resolution for expulsion shall be accompanied by a brief statement of the reasons for the proposed expulsion.
(3) (a) In the case of a person, the person who is the subject of the proposed resolution for expulsion shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the general meeting before the special resolution is put to a vote.(b) In the case of a corporation or group, one member of the corporation or group which is the subject of the proposed resolution for expulsion shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the general meeting before the special resolution is put to a vote.
2.9 Membership in the Society shall not be transferable.
3.1 General meetings of the Society shall be held at such time and place, in accordance with the Society Act, that the Directors decide.
3.4 (1) Notice of a general meeting shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of special business, the general nature of that business.
(2) Notice of a general meeting may be provided to a member in printed or electronic form according to the members preference as recorded in the Registry of Members.
3.5 The first Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be held not more than fifteen (15) months after the date of incorporation and after that an Annual General Meeting shall be held at least once in every calendar year and not more than fifteen (15) months after the holding of the last preceding Annual General Meeting.
3.6 (1) Every member of the Society who is a member in good standing shall be entitled to attend a general meeting.
(2) In the case of a Group member entitled to attend a general meeting, up to three (3) members of that group shall be entitled to attend that general meeting on behalf of that Group member.
3.7 Every person who is a Full member of the Society and is a member in good standing is entitled to vote at a general meeting.
4.1 Special business as referred to in 3.4 (1) is(1) all business at an Extraordinary General Meeting except the adoption of rules of order; and
(2) all business conducted at an Annual General Meeting, except:(a) the adoption of rules of order;(b) the consideration of the financial statements;(c) the report of the Directors;(d) the report of the Auditor, if any;(e) the election of Directors;(f) the appointment of the Auditor, if required;(g) such other business that, under these bylaws, ought to be conducted at an Annual General Meeting, or any business that is brought under consideration by the report of the Directors issued with the notice convening the meeting.
4.2 (1) A quorum is three (3) voting members present or a greater number that the members may determine at a general meeting.
(2) Business, other than the election of a chair and the adjournment or termination of the meeting, shall not be conducted at a general meeting at a time when a quorum is not present.
(3) If at any time during a general meeting there ceases to be a quorum present, business then in progress shall be suspended until there is a quorum present or until the meeting is adjourned or terminated.
4.3 If within thirty (30) minutes from the time appointed for a general meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, shall be terminated, but in any other case, it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, and if, at the adjourned meeting, a quorum is not present within thirty (30) minutes from the time appointed for the meeting, the members present constitute a quorum, provided that there is at least one (1) voting member present.
4.4 Subject to bylaw 4.5, the Chairperson of the Society, the Vice Chairperson or, in the absence of both, one of the other Directors present, shall preside as chair of a general meeting.
4.5 If at a general meeting(a) there is no Chairperson, Vice Chairperson or other Director present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or(b) the Chairperson and all the other Directors present are unwilling to preside as the chair, the members present shall choose one of their number to preside as the chair.
(2) When a meeting is adjourned for ten (10) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of the original meeting.
4.7 (1) A resolution proposed at a meeting need not be seconded, and the chair of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.
4.8 (1) A Full member in good standing present at a meeting of members is entitled to one vote.
(2) Voting is by show of hands, unless the members decide otherwise.
(3) Voting by proxy is permitted as provided in Part 5.
5.1 (1) Every member entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Society may, by proxy, appoint an individual (who must also be a member entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Society) as such members nominee to attend, speak, act and vote for such member and on such members behalf at the meeting in the manner, to the extent and with the power conferred by the proxy.
(2) A members proxy shall be in writing, dated as of the date on which it is executed, and shall be executed by such member.
5.2 Unless the Directors otherwise determine, the instrument appointing a proxy holder, and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof shall be deposited at a place specified for that purpose in that notice convening the meeting not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time for holding the meeting at which the proxy holder proposes to vote, or shall be deposited with the Chair of the meeting prior to the commencement of the meeting.
5.3 (1) A members proxy is valid only for the general meeting for which it is deposited and for any adjournment of that meeting.
(2) A members proxy shall, to the extent that it is inconsistent with a proxy of a prior date, be deemed to revoke such prior proxy.
5.4 A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy is valid notwithstanding the previous death or incapacity of the member(s) or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, provided no intimation in writing of the death, incapability, or revocation has been received at the registered office of the Society or by the chair of the meeting before the vote was given.
5.5 Unless, in the circumstances, the Society Act requires any other form of proxy, an instrument appointing a proxyholder, whether for a specified meeting or otherwise, shall be substantially in the form following, or in any other form that the Directors approve:
The undersigned hereby appoints ___________________________________ of _____________________________________ (or failing him or her or hir ______________________________ of ____________________________) as proxy for the undersigned to attend, speak, act at and vote for and on behalf of the undersigned at the general meeting of the Society to be held on the ___________ day of ____________, 20___, and at any adjournment of that meeting. Signed this ___________ day of ____________, 20___. (Signature of Member)
Part 6 Directors and Officers
6.1 (1) The Directors may exercise all the powers and do all the acts and things that the Society may exercise and do, and that are not by these bylaws or by statute or otherwise lawfully directed or required to be exercised or done by the Society in a general meeting, but subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of(a) all laws affecting the Society,(b) these bylaws, and(c) any rules, not being inconsistent with these bylaws, that are made from time to time by the Society in a general meeting.
6.2 The Board of Directors of the Society shall consist of five (5) Directors or a greater number determined from time to time at a general meeting.
6.3 (1) The Officers of the Society shall be the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and such other Officers as the Directors shall determine from time to time.
(2) An Officer must be a Director and ceases to be an Officer when s/he ceases to be a Director.
6.4 (1) The Directors shall retire from office at each Annual General Meeting, when their successors shall be elected.
(2) A Director shall be elected at an Annual General Meeting for one (1) term.
(3) Any Director retiring from office at an Annual General Meeting shall be eligible to stand for re-election at that Annual General Meeting.
(4) Any Full member is eligible to stand for election as a Director.
6.5 (1) The Officers of the Society shall be elected by the Directors at the first meeting of the Directors following the Annual General Meeting and in the manner approved by the Directors.
(2) The Officers of the Society may at any time and from time to time be changed by the Directors and in the manner approved by the Directors.
6.6 (1) The Directors may at any time and from time to time appoint a Full member as a Director to fill a vacancy in the Directors.
6.7 (1) If a Director resigns his office or otherwise ceases to hold office, the remaining Directors shall appoint a member to take the place of the former Director.
6.8 (1) The members may, by special resolution, remove a Director, before the expiration of his term of office, and may elect a successor to complete the term of office.
(2) The Directors of the Society may remove a Director before the expiration of his term of office if(a) the Director, by word or deed, violates the objectives, constitution or bylaws of the Society; or(b) the Director misses three (3) consecutive meetings of the Board of Directors without good and sufficient reason.
6.9 No Director shall receive any remuneration from the Society for services rendered as a Director of the Society, provided that any Director may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with the business of the Society, and that any Director may act by themselves or by their firm in a professional capacity for the Society and s/he or their firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if s/he were not a Director.
6.10 It shall be the duty of every Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction with the Society to fully and promptly disclose such interest to the extent, in the manner, and at the time required by the applicable provisions of the Society Act and to abstain from voting in respect of the contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction as and when prohibited by the Society Act. Any such Director shall not be counted in the quorum at a meeting of the Directors at which the proposed contract or transaction is approved.
6.11 Subject to the Society Act, every Director and every Officer or member of each committee of the Board of Directors and their heirs, executors and administrators, and estates of those Directors, Officers and members shall, from time to time and at all times, be indemnified and saved harmless out of the funds of the Society from and against all costs, charges and expenses whatsoever, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, actually or reasonably incurred by them, in a civil, criminal or administrative action proceeding to which they are Officer, or member of a committee, including an action bought by the Society, if:(a) they acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Society, and;(b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding, they had reasonable grounds for believing that their actions were lawful.
6.12 No Director or Officer shall be liable for the acts, receipts, neglects, or defaults of any other Director, Officer, or member or for joining in any loss or expense happening to the Society through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired by order of a Director, Officer, or member for or on behalf of the Society, or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious act of any person with whom any of the monies, securities, or effects of the Society have been deposited or for any loss, damage or misfortune whatever which may happen in the execution thereof unless the liability arises through the willful neglect, default or dishonesty of the Director or Officer.
Part 7 Proceedings of Directors
7.1 (1) The Directors may meet in the manner and at the places they think fit to conduct business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings, as they see fit.
(3) The Chairperson is the chair of all meetings of the Directors, but if at a meeting the Chairperson is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Vice-Chairperson shall act as chair, but if neither is present the Directors present shall choose one of their numbers to be the chair at that meeting.
(4) A Director may at any time, and the Secretary or Secretary Treasurer, on the request of a Director, shall, convene a meeting of the Directors.
7.2 For a first meeting of Directors held immediately following the appointment or election of a Director or Directors at an Annual or other general meeting of members, or for a meeting of the Directors at which a Director is appointed to fill a vacancy in the Directors, it is not necessary to give notice of the meeting to the newly elected or appointed Director or Directors for the meeting to be constituted, if a quorum of the Directors is present.
7.3 A Director who may be absent temporarily from British Columbia may send or deliver to the address of the Society a waiver of notice, which shall be in writing, of any meeting of the Directors and may at any time withdraw the waiver, and until the waiver is withdrawn,(a) a notice of meeting of Directors is not required to be sent to that Director, and(b) any and all meetings of the Directors of the Society, notice of which has not been given to that Director, if a quorum of the Directors is present, are valid and effective.
7.4 (1) The Directors may delegate any, but not all, of their powers to committees as they think fit.
(2) Such committees shall consist of one (1) or more Directors and any such other Full or Associate members as the Board of Directors think fit.
(3) The Directors shall appoint one of the Directors on such a committee as the chair of that committee.
(4) A committee so formed in the exercise of the powers so delegated shall conform to any rules imposed on it by the Directors, and shall report every act or thing done in exercise of those powers to the earliest meeting of the Directors held after the act or thing has been done.
(5) The members of a committee may meet and adjourn as they think proper.
(6) If at a committee meeting the chair is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Directors present who are members of the committee shall choose one of their numbers to be the chair of the meeting.
7.5 A resolution proposed at a meeting of Directors or committee of Directors need not be seconded, and the chair of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.
7.6 (1) Questions arising at a meeting of the Directors and committee of Directors shall be decided by a majority of votes.
(2) In the case of a tie vote, the chair does not have a second or casting vote and the resolution does not pass.
7.7 (1) A resolution in writing, signed by all the Directors and placed with the minutes of the Directors, is as valid and effective as if regularly passed at a meeting of Directors.
(2) A resolution consented to in writing pursuant to Article 7.7(1) may be in one or more counterparts, each of which may be signed by one or more Directors and which together shall be deemed to constitute a resolution in writing.
Part 8 Duties of Officers
8.1 (1) The Chairperson presides at all meetings of the Society and of the Directors.
(2) The Chairperson is the chief executive officer of the society and shall supervise the other officers in the execution of their duties.
8.2 The Vice-Chairperson shall carry out the duties of the Chairperson during the Chairperson's absence.
8.3 The Secretary shall do the following:(a) conduct the correspondence of the Society; Society Act of British Columbia FORM 3 Incorporation of Iboga Therapy Society(b) issue notices of meetings of the Society and Directors;(c) keep minutes of all meetings of the Society and Directors;(d) have custody of all records and documents of the Society except those required to be kept by the Treasurer;(e) have custody of the common seal of the Society;(f) maintain the Registry of Members.
8.4 The Treasurer shall(a) keep the financial records, including books of account, necessary to comply with the Society Act, and(b) render financial statements to the Directors, members and others when required.
8.5 (1) The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by one person who is to be known as the Secretary Treasurer.
(2) If a Secretary Treasurer holds office, the total number of Directors shall not be less than five (5) or the greater number that may have been determined under bylaw 6.2.
8.6 In the absence of the Secretary from a meeting, the Directors shall appoint another person to act as Secretary at the meeting.
Part 9 Seal
9.1 The directors may provide a common seal for the Society and may destroy a seal and substitute a new seal in its place.
9.2 The common seal shall be affixed only when authorized by a resolution of the Directors and then only in the presence of the persons specified in the resolution, or if no persons are specified, in the presence of the Chairperson and Secretary, or Chairperson and Secretary Treasurer.
Part 10 Borrowing
10.1 In order to carry out the purposes of the Society the Directors may, on behalf of and in the name of the Society, raise or secure the payment or repayment of money in the manner they decide, and, in particular but without limiting that power, by the issue of debentures.
10.2 A debenture shall not be issued without the authorization of a special resolution.
10.3 The members may, by special resolution, restrict the borrowing powers of the Directors, but a restriction imposed expires at the next Annual General Meeting.
Part 11 Auditor
11.2 The first Auditor shall be appointed by the Directors who shall also fill all vacancies occurring in the office of Auditor.
11.3 At each Annual General Meeting the Society shall appoint an Auditor to hold office until the Auditor is re-elected or a successor is elected at the next Annual General Meeting.
11.4 An Auditor may be removed by ordinary resolution.
11.5 An Auditor shall be informed forthwith in writing of appointment or removal.
11.6 No Director and no employee of the Society shall be its Auditor.
11.7 The Auditor may attend general meetings.
Part 12 Notices to Members
12.1 It is the responsibility of each member to notify the Society forthwith in writing of any change to such member's registered address.
12.2 (1) A notice may be given to a member, either personally or by mail to the member at the member's registered address.
(2) A notice may be given to a member in printed or electronic form according to the member's preference as recorded in the Registry of Members.
12.3 (1) A notice sent by mail is deemed to have been given on the second day following the day on which the notice is posted, and in proving that notice has been given, it is sufficient to prove the notice was properly addressed and put in a Canadian post office receptacle.
(2) A notice sent in electronic form is deemed to have been given on the second day following the day on which the notice is sent, and in proving that notice has been given, it is sufficient to prove the notice was properly addressed and transmitted.
12.4 (1) Notice of a general meeting shall be given to(a) every member shown on the Registry of Members on the day notice is given, and(b) the Auditor, if Part 10 applies.
Part 13 Bylaws
13.1 After being admitted to membership, a member is entitled to a copy of the constitution and bylaws of the Society upon paying the sum of $1.00 (one dollar).
13.2 These bylaws must not be altered or added to except by special resolution.