STATUTES OF THE PARENT–CHILD CENTER SCHWABING/MAXVORSTADT E.V.

§ 1 Name, Registered Office, Fiscal Year

(1) The asso­ci­ation is named “Eltern–Kind–Zentrum Schwabing/Maxvorstadt e.V.”
It shall be registered in the Register of Asso­ci­ations at the Loc­al Court (Amts­gericht) of Munich.

(2) The registered office of the asso­ci­ation is Munich.

(3) The fisc­al year cor­res­ponds to the cal­en­dar year.

§ 2 Purpose, Objectives, and Tasks of the Association

The pur­pose of the asso­ci­ation is the pro­mo­tion of edu­ca­tion and upbring­ing.

The asso­ci­ation aims to coun­ter­act the increas­ing isol­a­tion of par­ents that can arise in a big-city envir­on­ment, espe­cially when social con­tacts decrease due to reduced or inter­rup­ted employ­ment after the birth of a child.

The asso­ci­ation sup­ports fam­il­ies in Schwabing/Maxvorstadt in cop­ing with their life situ­ations and par­ent­ing respons­ib­il­it­ies.

The asso­ci­ation also provides advis­ory and sup­port­ive ser­vices in address­ing intra­fa­mili­al con­flicts, includ­ing gen­er­a­tion­al con­flicts, and fosters medi­ation between dif­fer­ent genders, social classes, and nation­al­it­ies.

Anoth­er goal of the asso­ci­ation is to pro­mote inter­cul­tur­al encoun­ters among Ger­man and inter­na­tion­al fam­il­ies and their chil­dren liv­ing in Schwabing.

To achieve its object­ives, the asso­ci­ation offers edu­ca­tion­al and coun­sel­ing ser­vices, as well as cul­tur­al pro­grams tailored to the needs and interests of Ger­man and inter­na­tion­al par­ents and their chil­dren, sup­port­ing the integ­ra­tion of for­eign fam­il­ies.

By cre­at­ing a self-organ­ized parent–child cen­ter, the asso­ci­ation provides a com­munity space for fam­il­ies in Schwabing/Maxvorstadt.

(1) The asso­ci­ation is polit­ic­ally and ideo­lo­gic­ally neut­ral.

(2) The asso­ci­ation serves the pur­pose of civic edu­ca­tion.

(3) The asso­ci­ation oper­ates and main­tains a parent–child cen­ter.

§ 3 Non-Profit Status

(1) The asso­ci­ation acts self­lessly and does not primar­ily pur­sue its own eco­nom­ic interests, but exclus­ively and dir­ectly serves non-profit pur­poses with­in the mean­ing of the Ger­man Fisc­al Code (Abgaben­ord­nung), §§ 51 ff. AO.

(2) Asso­ci­ation funds may only be used for pur­poses con­sist­ent with the stat­utes.
Mem­bers shall not receive fin­an­cial bene­fits from asso­ci­ation funds.
No per­son may be favored through expendit­ures that are unre­lated to the asso­ci­ation’s pur­pose or through dis­pro­por­tion­ately high com­pens­a­tion.

§ 4 Financial Resources

(1) The association’s fin­an­cial resources include mem­ber­ship fees, dona­tions, and grants.

(2) Mem­bers pay con­tri­bu­tions determ­ined by the Gen­er­al Assembly.
A 2/3 major­ity of mem­bers present is required to estab­lish or amend con­tri­bu­tion amounts.

(3) Mem­ber­ship fees are due annu­ally at the begin­ning of the year or, for new mem­bers, four weeks after the month of join­ing.

(4) Mem­bers remain liable for out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions even after leav­ing the asso­ci­ation.

(5) Mem­ber­ship fees already paid will not be refun­ded if a mem­ber leaves dur­ing the fisc­al year.

(6) In cases of social hard­ship, mem­ber­ship fees may be deferred, reduced, or waived. The board decides on such cases at its dis­cre­tion.

§ 5 Membership

(1) Any nat­ur­al or leg­al per­son who sup­ports the association’s object­ives may become a mem­ber.

(2) Mem­ber­ship must be reques­ted in writ­ing.

(3) The board decides on admis­sion at its dis­cre­tion.

(4) Mem­ber­ship ends through:

(a) Resig­na­tion:
Resig­na­tion must be sub­mit­ted in writ­ing or by email.
Notice must be giv­en with a four-week notice peri­od to Decem­ber 31 of any giv­en year.

(b) For leg­al entit­ies, mem­ber­ship ends upon dis­sol­u­tion or loss of leg­al capa­city.

© Mem­ber­ship ends upon the member’s death.

(d) Exclu­sion:
A mem­ber may be excluded with imme­di­ate effect by board decision for con­duct det­ri­ment­al to the asso­ci­ation, espe­cially con­duct that may give rise to liab­il­ity under the prin­ciples of pos­it­ive breach of oblig­a­tion.
The mem­ber must be giv­en the oppor­tun­ity to com­ment before the decision.
Upon request, the excluded mem­ber must be giv­en the oppor­tun­ity to present their case at the next Gen­er­al Assembly.

§ 6 Governing Bodies

The gov­ern­ing bod­ies of the asso­ci­ation are:

(1) The Gen­er­al Assembly
(2) The Board

§ 7 General Assembly

(1) The Gen­er­al Assembly is the supreme body of the asso­ci­ation and super­vises the board.
It is respons­ible for all asso­ci­ation mat­ters not assigned to the board by law or by these stat­utes.
Its respons­ib­il­it­ies include:

(a) Elec­tion and dis­missal of board mem­bers
(b) Approv­al of annu­al fin­an­cial state­ments and budget, and dis­charge of the board
© Set­ting mem­ber­ship fees
(d) Amend­ments to the stat­utes
(e) Dis­sol­u­tion of the asso­ci­ation

(2) The Gen­er­al Assembly dis­cusses the annu­al report sub­mit­ted by the board and determ­ines the association’s gen­er­al pro­gram.

(3) The Gen­er­al Assembly must con­vene at least once per year.
It must also be con­vened if 1/10 of the mem­bers sub­mit a writ­ten request stat­ing pur­pose and reas­ons.

(4) Invit­a­tions must be sent at least four weeks in advance by post or email, includ­ing the agenda.
The noti­fic­a­tion is con­sidered delivered if sent to the last address provided by the mem­ber.
Addi­tion­ally, the invit­a­tion must be pos­ted vis­ibly in the association’s premises.

(5) Mem­bers may request addi­tions to the agenda in writ­ing up to two weeks before the meet­ing.

(6) The Gen­er­al Assembly has a quor­um if at least 10% of the mem­bers, but at least three per­sons, are present.
If no quor­um is reached, a second meet­ing with the same agenda must be called no earli­er than four weeks later. This meet­ing is quor­ate regard­less of attend­ance.

(7) Decisions require a simple major­ity.
In case of a tie, the motion is deemed rejec­ted.
Amend­ments to the stat­utes require a 2/3 major­ity.

(8) Two aud­it­ors shall be appoin­ted by the Gen­er­al Assembly to review the annu­al accounts and assess the budget.

§ 8 Board

(1) The board con­sists of at least two asso­ci­ation mem­bers. The num­ber of board mem­bers is not lim­ited. Respons­ib­il­it­ies are assigned intern­ally.

(2) The board is elec­ted by the Gen­er­al Assembly for a two-year term and remains in office until a new board is elec­ted.
Elec­tions are con­duc­ted openly unless a secret bal­lot is reques­ted.
A simple major­ity is suf­fi­cient.
Re-elec­tion is pos­sible.

(3) The board man­ages the daily busi­ness of the asso­ci­ation and is account­able to the Gen­er­al Assembly. Its key tasks include:

(a) Pre­par­ing the Gen­er­al Assembly
(b) Pre­par­ing the annu­al budget
© Pre­par­ing the annu­al report

The board is bound by res­ol­u­tions of the Gen­er­al Assembly.

(4) The asso­ci­ation is rep­res­en­ted by two board mem­bers jointly.

(5) Board decisions require a simple major­ity. In the event of a tie, the motion fails.

(6) All board res­ol­u­tions must be recor­ded in writ­ing and signed by a board mem­ber.

(7) In urgent cases, res­ol­u­tions may be passed in writ­ing or by tele­phone if all board mem­bers agree to the pro­ced­ure.

(8) Board mem­bers may receive appro­pri­ate com­pens­a­tion for their work.

(9) Board mem­bers may also be employed by the asso­ci­ation as part of the admin­is­trat­ive staff.

§ 9 Minutes and Regulations

(1) Minutes must be taken for every Gen­er­al Assembly. Res­ol­u­tions must be recor­ded in writ­ing and signed by the Chair­per­son and the Sec­ret­ary.

(2) The asso­ci­ation may adopt intern­al reg­u­la­tions. These are not part of the stat­utes.
The board is respons­ible for issu­ing, amend­ing, or revok­ing reg­u­la­tions.

§ 10 Dissolution

(1) The dis­sol­u­tion of the asso­ci­ation must fol­low leg­al require­ments.

(2) Upon dis­sol­u­tion or loss of non-profit status, the association’s assets shall be trans­ferred to Müt­terzen­trum Send­ling e.V., Bruder­mühl­str. 42, 81371 Munich, to be used exclus­ively for char­it­able, bene­vol­ent, or reli­gious pur­poses.

§ 11 Liability

The association’s liab­il­ity is lim­ited to inten­tion­al and grossly neg­li­gent breaches of duty by board mem­bers.
Liab­il­ity for simple neg­li­gence by asso­ci­ation bod­ies or aux­il­i­ary per­sons toward mem­bers is excluded.
Mem­bers assert­ing claims must prove fault and caus­a­tion.
Dir­ect per­son­al liab­il­ity of mem­bers, includ­ing board mem­bers, toward the asso­ci­ation or third parties is excluded.

§ 12 Final Provision

These stat­utes were adop­ted by the found­ing assembly on April 23, 2002, in Munich.
Amend­ments from the Gen­er­al Assem­blies on Novem­ber 28, 2003; May 10, 2004; Novem­ber 18, 2015; Feb­ru­ary 11, 2020; and July 15, 2025 have been incor­por­ated.