Hopi constitution
as agreed at our launch conference on December 8 2007
1. Aims
1:1 Hands Off the People of Iran (Hopi) is an anti-war campaign in solidarity with the Iranian people. It fights against the threat of military
attacks, economic sanctions or any other imperialist intervention in Iran. Hopi
is in active, practical solidarity with the grass-roots progressive and
democratic forces in Iran that are struggling against the Islamic regime - the
militant women’s, workers and students movements.
2. Affiliates and members
2:1 Hopi invites all organisations who accept our aims to join us in this fight
and affiliate to the campaign:
- local organisation £25
- small national/regional organisation £50
- large national/regional organisation £100
2:2 Hopi also encourages individuals to become members of
the campaign:
2:3 Hopi aspires to build a national network of autonomous, self-activated branches that can respond quickly to international political developments.
3.
Conferences and meetings
3:1 The steering committee
must call an annual HOPI conference with a minimum of one month’s notice;
emergency conferences require one week’s notice. Alternatively a conference can
be called at the request of a minimum of 25% of the membership.
3:2 All properly convened HOPI conferences can decide by a simple majority to:
- amend the constitution
- amend
the ‘founding statement’
- adopt
new policies or motions
- support
other campaigns
- elect
or recall the steering committee as a whole
- elect
individual members onto the steering committee or recall individuals from it
3:3 All individual Hopi
members and affiliated organisations have one vote at all Hopi conferences and
membership meetings.
4. Steering committee
4:1 The Hopi founding conference shall directly elect a recallable steering
committee.
4:2
All affiliated organisations have the right to send a representative with full speaking rights to steering committee meetings.
4:3 The steering committee has the right to co-opt individuals and
representatives of affiliates as full voting members. These voting additions to
the steering committee must be subsequently ratified by the Hopi conference.
4:4 This committee (made of
up the directly elected persons, voting and non-voting affiliates) shall decide
amongst itself how to divide up the work of the campaign, though as a minimum
the following posts should be considered: secretary, chair, press officer,
treasurer.
4:5 Meetings of the
steering committee shall be advertised in advance, are open to observers (who are members of Hopi) and
its minutes shall be circulated to all affiliates and supporters, as well as
published on the website. The committee should aim to meet every six weeks as a
minimum.
4:6 Subject to security
considerations, Hopi will publish its annual accounts and make these publicly
available via its website.
4:7 Amongst the
responsibilities of the SC are: steering HOPI, taking political decisions on
behalf of HOPI in consultation with the members whenever possible, devising a
timed workplan for HOPI’s campaigns and activities, broadening the support base
of HOPI, organising gatherings, rallies, demonstrations, seminars and
conferences, preparing leaflets and other publicity material for the Campaign,
planning and organising the AGMs, organisation and collection of affiliation
fees and financial supports.
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