Chapter 1 General Provisions
Enactment: February 28, 2018
Article 1 (Title) The name of this forum is “Smart City Standardization Forum”(the “Forum”) and abbreviation is "SSF."
Article 2 (Purpose) The purpose of the Forum is to promote the dissemination and vitalization of the domestic and overseas smart city by leading the development and excavation of the Smart City related standards and actively participating in the international standardization.
Article 3 (Application Range) All the matters in relation to the operation of the Forum shall follow the articles provided hereinafter. However, if not indicated or there is an objection on its application, shall follow the decision of the Forum Steering Session.
Article 4 (Business) The Forum shall conduct the following business to accomplish the purpose provided in Article 2.
- 1. Collect, analyze and provide the information on latest technology related to Smart City Standardization
- 2. Consider and suggest the measures to improve the law, system and policy on Smart City Standardization
- 3. Develop and suggest Group Standard related to Smart City Standardization
- 4. Develop and suggest Technical Standard related to Smart City Standardization
- 5. Develop and suggest Certification Standard related to Smart City Standardization
- 6. Expansion and promotion activities through training, events, publicity of data package and others related to Smart City Standardization
- 7. Mutual exchange and build cooperative system with government, domestic and overseas related organizations in relation to Smart City Standardization
- 8. Overseas marketing, international cooperation and exchange activities related to Smart City Standardization
- 9. Other business needed to achieve the objective of the Forum
Chapter 2 Membership
Article 5 (Classification and qualification of the Membership)
- ① Membership in the Forum shall be divided into Regular Member, Associate Member, Special Member and Cooperating group.
- ② Regular Member : Member of Smart City Association who paid annual membership fee for pertinent year and agreed with the objective and business of the Forum
- ③ Associate Member: All members of Smart City Association
- ④ Special Member: Individual approved by Steering Committee and Technical Committee, expert who is knowledged and experienced in the field of Smart city who agree with the objective and business of the Forum
- ⑤ Cooperating group : organization and group such as public organization, research center and school who wish to participate in Standard General Assembly.
Article 6 (Joining of Membership) Organization corresponding to Article 5, who wish to join shall submit the Forum application form in the Annex 1 and 2.
Article 7 (Obligation of the Members) The obligation of the members are indicated below, the members:
- 1. shall comply with the Operation Provision and regulation of the Forum
- 2. shall comply with the decision of the Steering Committee
- 3. shall comply with and disseminate the decisions made in the General Assembly of the Forum(the "General Assembly").
- 4. shall be obligated to actively participate in various business of the Forum
Article 8 (Rights of the Members) Member of the Forum shall attend the Technical Committee and General Assembly meetings with vote.
Article 9 (The right to vote)
- ① Regular Member and Special Member of the Forum shall have the right to vote on the enactment, amendment, abolition and other important decision making process of the standard.
- ② Regular Member, Special Member and Cooperating group shall have one vote each for the General Assembly.
- ③ Other specifics not indicated in this regulation on the operation of the right to vote shall be decided at the Steering Committee.
Article 10 (Withdrawal and expulsion of the membership)
- ① Member shall be automatically withdraw from the membership if the member submitted the written notice of withdrawal.
- ② Member shall be expelled through the vote of Steering Committee if the member falls under one of the following items:
- 1. if obligation of the member was violated
- 2. if the reputation, rights and interests of the Forum was damaged
- 3. if the member is not corresponding to Article 4 or corporation was dispersed
- 4. if the information gained from the Forum was improperly used
- 5. Other reasons approved by Steering Committee to be expelled
Chapter 3 Board Member
Article 11 (Board Member)
- ① The Forum shall be comprised of following board members.
- 1. Not more than 2 chairpersons
- 2. Steering Committee Member: not more than 20 members (including a Steering Committee Chairperson, a Technical Committee Chairperson and a Secretary General)
- ② All board members excluding the Secretary General shall work based on part-time without compensation and their term shall be two years which may be recommissioned.
Article 12 (Appointment of the Board Member)
- ① Board member of the Forum shall be comprised of the board member of the Association. However, the Chairperson may appoint a few number of experts from industrial circles, academic, research field or related organization as a Steering Committee member if needed.
- ② If there is a vacancy in the board member due to resigning of the position from the organization, the replacement shall succeed.
Article 13 (Duties of Board Member)
- ① The chairperson shall represent the Forum, preside over the General Assembly as the chairperson.
- ② The chairperson of the Steering Committee shall support the Chairperson, operate the Steering Committee and report the results to Chairperson and General Assembly. The chairperson of the Steering Committee shall be appointed by the Chairperson within the Steering Committee Members.
- ③ The chairperson of the Steering Committee shall have the right to vote on the matters indicated in Article 20.
Chapter 4 Organization and Operation
Article 14 (Organization) The Forum shall install the General Assembly, Steering Committee, Technical Committee, Sub Committee, Working Group and Secretariat.
Article 15 (the General Assembly)
- ① The General Assembly is divided to Regular General Assembly, Standard General Assembly and Provisional General Assembly, where Regular General Assembly shall be called within 2 months after the end of fiscal year, and Standard General Assembly shall be held twice a year, and Provisional General Assembly shall be called by chairperson in the case of the following:
- 1. when requested by Steering Committee
- 2. when requested by majority of the Regular members
- 3. when Chairperson approves the need
- ② To call for the General Assembly, shall notify the members at least 7 days before the General Assembly with purpose, agenda, date and place.
- ③ If the Chairperson approves the need of written resolution on the matters of decision at the General Assembly, they may.
Article 16(Organization of the General Assembly) The General Assembly shall be comprised of the following:
- ① The General Assembly shall be comprised of Chairperson, Steering Committee Chairperson, Technical Committee Chairperson, Regular Members and Special Members.
- ② Members of the General Assembly may change according to the decision of the Steering Committee.
Article 17 (Matters for decision at the General Assembly)
- ① The Regular General Assembly is the highest decision making organization of the Forum, which shall decide on the following items:
- 1. Matters regarding enactment and amendment of the Operation Provision
- 2. Matters regarding the approval of the business plan
- 3. Matters regarding appointment and dismissal of the board member
- 4. Matters regarding the merger or disperse of the Forum
- 5. Other matters which require the decision from the General Assembly
- ② Standard General Assembly is the decision making organization for the Forum to enact the standards, where Standard General Assembly for the first half shall be hosted at the same time with Regular General Assembly, whereas the second half shall be hosted separately.
- ③ Standard General Assembly shall adopt the standard through deliberation and vote on the validity of the proposed Specification and standard enactment procedure.
Article 18 (Decision method of General Assembly)
- ① General Assembly takes the decisions by the majority of votes from majority attendees. However, Chairperson can make the decision if there is a tie.
- ② Decision shall be made by choosing one of the items indicated below.
- 1. Agree
- 2. Agree with reason
- 3. Oppose with reason
- 4. Abstain
- ③ Oppose shall give the reason for the oppose and also suggest the concrete alternative.
- ④ Regardless of the Item 3, the vote shall be considered Abstain if proper reason and concrete alternative were not given for oppose, and written vote submitted not within the given date also shall be considered as Abstain.
- ⑤ Entrust of the vote shall follow the below:
- 1. Board member who cannot participate shall send the decision in written form or send the deputy with power of attorney to vote.
- 2. It shall be considered attended for Item 1, and power of attorney is in the Annex 3.
Article 19 (Steering Committee)
- ① Steering Committee is in charge of matters on operation of the Forum.
- ② Steering Committee shall be called by the Chairperson of Steering Committee under the following condition:
- 1. Chairperson or Chairperson of Steering Committee approve the need
- 2. One third of the registered members require the need
- ③ To call for the Steering Committee, shall notify the members at least 7 days before the Steering Committee with purpose, agenda, date and place.
- ④ If the Chairperson of the Steering Committee approves the need of written resolution on the matters of decision at the Steering Committee, they may.
Article 20 (Matters for decision at Steering Committee) Steering Committee shall decide on the following items.
- 1. Matters regarding the approval of the business plan
- 2. Matters regarding the approval of the business execution and results
- 3. Matters regarding the approval of the items to be discussed at the General Assembly
- 4. Matters regarding the opening, closing and operation of the Technical Committee.
- 5. Matters regarding the membership joining and dismissal
- 6. Other matters regarding the operation of the Forum and the matters entrusted by the General Assembly.
Article 21 (Decision method of Steering Committee)
- ① Steering Committee takes the decisions by the majority of votes from majority attendees.
- ② Chairperson of the Steering Committee have the vote and can make the decision if there is a tie.
- ③ If the Chairperson of the Steering Committee approves the need of written resolution on the matters of decision at the Steering Committee, they may.
Article 22 (Technical Committee)
- ① Technical Committee shall be install or dismissed through the vote of Steering Committee.
- ② Technical Committee shall comprise and operate the Sub Committee and Working Group with approval of Steering Committee when needed, and specifications on the operation shall follow the vote of Technical Committee.
- ③ Technical Committee shall be comprised of the following members:
- 1. Chairperson of Sub committee and working group of Technical committee
- 2. Person with knowledge and experience related to Smart City who were recommended by Chairperson of Technical Committee consulted with Secretariat and appointed by the Chairperson
- 3. Employee of Smart City Association appointed by the Chairperson
- ④ Chairperson shall dismiss the board member if the member did not participate the meeting for 4 consecutive times according to Article 3 item 2
- ⑤ The term for the Committee member shall be two years which may be recommissioned.
Article 23 (Matters for decision at Technical Committee) Technical Committee shall make the decision on the following items.
- 1. Matters to be submitted to the Steering Committee regarding the enactment and amendment of the Forum Standard
- 2. Other matters that meets the objective of the Forum and entrust by the General Assembly.
Article 24(Decision method of Technical Committee)
- ① Technical Committee takes the decisions by the majority of votes from majority attendees. However, Chairperson can make the decision if there is a tie.
- ② If the Chairperson of Technical Committee approves the need of written resolution on the matters of decision at the Technical Committee, they may.
Article 25 (Chairperson of Technical Committee) Chairperson of Technical Committee shall operate the activities of Technical Committee and shall report the results to Steering Committee and General Assembly, and election and terms of the Chairperson shall follow the items indicated below.
- ① Chairperson of the Technical Committee shall be appointed by the Chairperson of Steering Committee. recommended by Technical Committee.
- ② The term for Chairperson of Technical Committee shall be two years which may be recommissioned.
Article 26 (Secretariat)
- ① Forum shall support the promotion of the business operation and shall place the Secretariat to proceed the following items indicated below:
- 1. Support the operation of the General Assembly, Steering Committee and Technical Committee of the Forum
- 2. Office work related to Membership of Forum
- 3. Office work related to budget and financial of the Forum
- 4. Support hosting of events such as seminar, workshop and others
- 5. Support promotion of standard expansion such as training, publishing of source book and others
- 6. Other office works needed for the operation of the Forum
- ② Secretariat shall be installed at the Smart City Association.
Chapter 5 Management of Finance and Accounting
Article 27(Finance for Operation) Expenses needed for operation of the Forum shall be covered through government expenditure, commission, subsidiary, business revenue and others.
Article 28(Accounting and Management) Accounting of Forum shall be operated independently, the office work shall be done by Secretariat, and its procedure and methods shall follow the Regulation on accounting management of the Association unless separately indicated.
Article 29(Provision of Travel Expenses) Forum shall provide the travel expense, activity cost and other expenses for the Forum activities of the member according to the Steering Committee.
Supplementary Provision
Article 1 (Effectiveness of the Regulation) This regulation shall be enacted from the date decided from the General Assembly of the Forum.
Annex