It is constituted the Italian Charter of the Information Systems Forensics Association Inc., (Isfa) referred as “Chapter”. The Chapter has seat in Rome, Via Tibullo n. 11 Int. 15. For eventual following variations of the seat it is sufficient a deliberation of the Managing Board.

The main purpose of the Charter is to promote the study, the formulation of methods and of standards incident to the activities of Information Forensics, to promote the education of its members and to reinforce their professional skills in relation to the activities of the Information Forensics.

In a more specific way the purposes of the Charter are:

a) To promote the initiatives that can contribute to the development and increase of the formative levels of its members in the linked field of the Information Forensic and the cybercrime investigations, creating a place of free exchange of experiences and information also with the creation of courses, seminars, conferences, editing, translations and development of publications, as well as collaborations with the Universities;

b) To suggest recommendations in the Information Forensics field and to perform initiatives towards firms and competent authorities, with the purpose to coordinate on the national and international level, the evolution of the techniques and methods of the Information Forensics;

c) To cooperate with other Associations and Foundations that have for object analogous activities similar to the ones of the Association;

d) To promote the recognition in Italy of the professional qualification of CIFI (Certified International Information Systems Forensics Investigator) promoted by IISFA and all the other certifications that the international association IISFA will promote;

e) To represent the IISFA in the respect of the rules of membership to this Association.

They can be members of the Chapter all the ones who work, in the public or private field, in activities similar to the Information Forensics or Information Security, all the ones who are interested as staff members, scholars or experts of the linked fields or anyway to them referable.

A necessary condition to be a member of the Chapter is to comply with the Code of Ethics of IISFA.

The members are classified according to the following categories:

Charter members: the ones who have founded the Association. They can wield a power of liking on the registration of the new members. The liking is expressed by the will in agreement with the majority of charter members and it is prone to the Board endorsement.

Ordinary members:

i)   Professionals who have responsibilities in Information Forensic or Information Security in public or private fields; professionals who furnish services of consultancy in these fields; simple fans of the subject, regardless of professional and academic title held.

ii) Instructors, lawyers and the ones who have proper interests in the sphere of the Information/data security.

iii) Professionals of the field who furnish equipment and security products

iv) Firms of the field which furnish equipment and security products.

Institutional Members: belonging to the police forces, Judiciary Authorities and governmental system.

Honorary Members: the ones who have given services partially useful, for the reaching of the purposes of the association. The title of the Honorary Member is given, unanimously, by the Managing Board. The honorary members do not have the right of vote in the Assembly and cannot cover social offices.

Enterprise Members: are individual enterprises and in associative form (society of people, of capitals, coops and combines) who have expressed the interest on the purposes and interests of the Association. In case of collective “Enterprise member”, the prerogatives of the member are done by the nominated person inside of the collective “enterprise member”. The employees of the Enterprise Member can participate to the initiatives of IISFA under the responsibility of the “enterprise member” who has the right to vote and the administration of his/her active rule. To each member is given, on demand, a diploma of membership to the association.

The members list is in hand by the seat of the Association.

Art 5 THE DURATION OF THE ASSOCIATIVE BOND AND LOSS OF THE STATE OF

MEMBER

The associative bond is at indeterminate time.

It is possible to loose the state of member in case of recess, exclusion, or not payment of the annual fee when it is not paid within fifteen days after the formal invitation expressed by the Managing Board,.

For the admission as member is necessary:

1. the presentation of the demand of the interested who have to give the personal data, as well as, his/her professional curriculum, activities and eventual references.

2. the expressed acceptation of the associative purposes and all the rules present in the Statute and the Code of Ethics;

3. The payment of the associative fee.

The members have to contribute to the continuation of the purposes and objects of the art 2 of the Statute.

The members have to follow the rules of the Code of Ethics. The members, not allowed, cannot issue statements, interviews, opinions et similia in the name and on behalf of the Association. In order to contribute to the development of the Association, the members, when they participate, after the President’s authorisation, in quality of oratories or teachers, to courses and conferences organised by external organisations, have to qualify themselves as members of the Italian Chapter of IISFA.

Art 8 EXCLUSION AND SUSPENCION OF THE MEMBER – CASES, MODALITY AND EFFECTS 
It is a right cause for the exclusion the behaviour of the member characterised by fraud and fault.

The fraudulent behaviour and with grave fault consists in creating prejudice, with awareness and wish or with grave negligence, to the aim and the object of IISFA of the art 2 of this Statute.

The violation of the Code of Ethics consists of fraudulent behaviour. The process of protest of the charge has beginning with the petition signed by the accuser and addressed to the Managing Board, that provides without delay to give communication to the President for the evaluations of the case in relation to the adoption of the measure of suspension of the title of member for grave reasons and with immediate effect. The Managing Board disciplines with its deliberation the modalities and the times for the follow of the process. The duration of the process of protest of the charge cannot exceed the ninety days starting from the date of the protocol of the petition received by the Managing Board. The measure of exclusion, within the ninety days, is adopted by the Managing Board with decision at majority of 2/3 of the components, valued the reasons expressed by the same interested member and at the end of a survey on the reasons that justify this exclusion.

The behaviour characterised by mild fault consists in giving limited prejudice to the purposes and the objects of IISFA of the art 2 of the present Statute.

This behaviour is object of formal warning with measure adopted at majority by the Managing Board, heard the interested member. In case of reiteration of the censured behaviour or of a new behaviour connoted by mild fault, the member is object of measure of exclusion from the Association, adopted by the Managing Board at majority of 2/3 of the members of the Managing Board, valued the reasons expressed from the same interested member and at the end of a survey on the reasons that justify this exclusion.

In any case the member object of measure of protest of charge for fraudulent behaviour is suspended from his/her quality of member with immediate effect after the charge.

The President is competent of the adoption of the measure of suspension, concomitant or immediately after the deliberation of the contestation of the Managing Board.

The measure of exclusion deletes all the rights and/or the privileges of the member excluded in the Association with immediate effect. The anonymous petitions will be not taken in consideration.

The organs of the Association are:

a) The Assembly

b) The Managing Board

c) The President

d) The Vice-President

e) The Secretary

f)   The Bursar

g) The Technical and Scientific Committee

h) The Auditor

The organs of the Association remains in charge for ten years, with silent renewal of the task.

The Assembly is constituted by all the members who are in order with the payment of the annual fee and meet normally once a year, within the 30^thMay. The Assembly can be convened also on demand of the three members of the Managing Board or at least a quarter of the members with the right to vote.

The Assembly is convened by the President of the Association

alternatively through the web site www.iisfa.it, or by proper

communication by email, or by affixing in the social seat, at least

fifteen days before the date of the meeting. In an emergency case the deadline can be reduce to seven days.

The verification of the numbers of the voters and the results of the elections will be done according to the decided modality in the letter of convocation.

The Assembly is effectively constituted at first convocation with the presence (also by proxy) of at least a third of the members having the right to vote; at second convocation, an other day, is effectively constituted with whatever number of members having the right to vote (each present member cannot have more than three proxies). The Assembly is chaired by the President. The verbal is subscribed by the Secretary and the President.

The Assembly:

a) nominates the members of the Managing Board and define the number of its effectively components;

b) approves the budget, within 30^thMay;

c) debates and deliberates the other program addresses of the Association.

Art 12 PARTECIPATION AND RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE ASSEMBLY All the effectively members, in order with the payment of the social fee at the moment of the convocation, have the right to vote personally or giving their own proxy to an other effectively member. None can have more than three proxies.

The Managing Board can decide the modality of participation at the meeting and at the vote in the distance through the network, whenever it retains appropriate.

The Assembly effectively constituted deliberates on each subject with the absolute majority of the votes of the attendee members.

The Managing Board consists of at least three and at most sixteen members. The members without offices do not have right to vote. When a member of the Managing Board does not work actively and continually to his/her assigned offices, the Managing Board, with the majority of 2/3 of the members having right to vote can give forth a formal warning against the interested, except for the valuation of fraudulent behaviour or grave fault: in this case it is applied the disposition of the art 8.

In case of reiteration of the censured behaviour, the interested can be object of measure of exclusion, although the application of the art.8 in relation to the evaluation of the reiteration of the fraudulent behaviour.

The measure of exclusion is decided by the Managing Board, with the majority of the 2/3 of the members of the same Managing Board. After the exclusion, the Assembly nominates a new member of the Managing Board in substitution of the one excluded.

The Managing Board is an organ of government of the Association.

It decides the annual social fees at the beginning of each year. It examines the balance sheet to present to the Assembly and approves the budget prearranged by the Bursar and checked by the Secretary. With its own deliberations governs the life in detail of the Association where it is requested or necessary.

With its own deliberations gives authentic interpretation of the rules of the Code of Ethics in relation to the cases and the questions encouraged inside the same Board or presented to it by the President, the Assembly, the single members and by the Technical and Scientific Committee. With its own deliberations disciplines the relations with the outside with reference to the organisation and to the participation at free events or with amount due.

With its own deliberations disciplines the modalities to spend the name and the logo of the Association, as well as the modalities with which the members and the members of the Board can spend the name of the Association in free events or with amount due.

During the final balance, the Managing Board can decide the integration of the fees both in relation to eventual lapsed or receded members and in relation to other extraordinary causes, but in any case not more than the initial fee.

It nominates the President, the Vice-president, the Bursar, the Secretary and the Auditor.

The Managing Board has meeting on initiative of the President and of at least three members to deliberate on the questions connected to the activities of the association.

According to the previous paragraph of this article, the Managing Board is however effectively gathered when all the members of the Managing Board are present, provided that the same members do not raise oppositions to the validity of the meeting.

The Managing Board deliberates with the majority of 2/3of the members having the right of vote. In case of equality it prevails the vote of the President of the Managing Board.

The sessions of the Managing Board are chaired by the President, or if he/she is absent, by the Vice-President. It is written a verbal of the meetings by the Secretary.

A part from the issues foreseen by this Statute, the Managing Board can decide on every other matter of interest.

To contribute to the development of the Association, the components of the Managing Board, when they participate, as speaker or teachers, to courses and conferences organised by external organisations, have to defined themselves directly and indirectly as representatives of the Managing Board of the Italian Chapter of IISFA, according to the Code of Ethics.

All the ex Presidents and Vice-Presidents who have no more a specific

office and are in order with the payment of the social fees can

participate, as consultants and without right to vote, to the meetings of

the Managing Board, on demand of this one at least on majority

The President represents the Association in front of the third-party, even in case of trial.

He/she provides to the ordinary administration and the accomplishment of the deliberations of the Assembly of the members and of the Managing Board.

He/she can nominate people for specific offices (for example legal, webmaster, technical and in general can individualize professionalism functional to the Association).

The people nominated by the President can participate on demand to the meetings of the Managing Board but without right to vote. He/she examines all the demands of association in order to verify the qualification.

The President also, according to the art 8, in any case of proceeding of contestation of charge for fraudulent behaviour, assumes the measure of suspension of the member’s quality, with immediate effect after the charge.

The measure of the suspension has to be concomitant or immediately following to the deliberation of protest of the Managing Board. The President, independently to the deliberation of protest of charge for fraudulent behaviour, can also adopt the measure of suspension of the member’s quality for grave reasons and with immediate effect, both for effect of the presentation of the signed petition and for autonomous decision after the news and data of which he/she has become acquainted with.

In this case, he/she has to communicate the measure immediately and anyway within and no later three days to the Managing Board, that can deliberate the confirmation with the majority of 2/3, within 30 days since the communication.

The Vice-President is assistant of the President in doing the offices to him/her given.

In default of the President, his/her offices are done by the Vice-President.

The President can also delegate the Vice-President to do other offices.

The Secretary takes care of the legal and contractual affairs and he/she submits them to the President signature for the approval and execution; he/she takes the register of the members which is kept by the seat of the Association; he/she writes the verbal of the Managing Board and the Assembly. The Secretary assures that all the members of the Association, in order with the associative fees, receive the summoning for the foreseen meetings and all the other communications necessary for the management of the Chapter. The Secretary does all the executive activities according to the deliberation of the Managing Board. In default of the Secretary, his/her offices are done by the Bursar. The Secretary replaces the Bursar in case of his/her impossibility.

The Bursar takes care of the financial relationships and submits them to the President signature for the approval and execution; he/she arranges the estimate and the report and he/she submits them to the Secretary for the control and to the Managing Board for the control and the approval. The Bursar checks the incomes and takes cure of the receipts through the Institute of Credit; he/she decides the bills authorised by the President and check that the authorisations will be released by the President within the limits of the budget approved by the Managing Board.

The Technical Scientific Committee is constituted by nominated people from the Managing Board.

It is the organ which suggests activities and initiatives that can be carry on by the members of the Association.

The components of Technical Scientific Committee are chosen among the ones that occupy public roles, cover important responsibilities in their field or in their university or academic environment in general. The Technical Scientific Committee is confirmed every year “in toto” with secret vote by the Managing Board, which can consolidate or modify the list with new names. The vote is at majority of 2/3 of the components of the Managing Board.

The Auditor is nominated by the Managing Board among its members or among the members with attested accounting experience. In default of human resources inside the Association, the assignment is done using a professional external to the Association. The assignment is annual, without automatic renewal.

The Auditor effects the verify of the legitimacy, regularity and correctness of the administrative action and the Auditor’s activity. He/she presents a cover report of the budget on the occasion of annual approval.

The Auditor executes the following offices:

a) to give an opinion of the accounting regularity on demand of the Auditor, President and Managing Board.

b) To do a preventive count: to check coherence of the using of the resources in relation to the objects of the Association.

c) To do a final count: to give an opinion of regularity of the financial and capital management and to put in evidence the results.

d) To verify the cash

The Managing Board is elected by the Assembly, with the exception of the nomination in action of organisation. The members of the Managing Board are in office for 10 years, that is till the election or the settlement of the respective successors, or till the resignation or the dismissal of the post.

The posts of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Bursar are given by the new Managing Board during the first meeting and are deliberated with the councillors’ secret vote at majority.

The election will be done in November. The results will be announced in December.

A different date can be decided during the plenary meeting by the

Assembly

The annual fees have to be given and paid within the date of the foreseen date of renewal.

The Managing Board can deliberate about the payment of the fees or supplementary contributions.

The bank current accounts registered in the name of the Association will be managed by the Bursar. The President, the Bursar and the Vice-President, in office, have the power of signature on the opened bank current accounts.

The property of the Association is constituted by the money given by the members, by the supporters’ donations and by the other proceeds coming from the associative activities net the managing expenses. It is managed by the President according to the deliberations decided by the Managing Board.

To the Association is forbidden to give, even in indirect way, profits and residues of management anyhow nominated, as well as funds or capitals during the life of the same Association, unless the destination or the distribution are not imposed by law.

The costs that exceeds the budget cannot be arranged without the approval of the majority of the Managing Board included the President.

Every year are edited the balance and the economical financial report. The balance is closed 31^stDecember of each year. The Balance is approved by the Assembly within 30^thMay.

The report and the program of the foreseen activities are subjected to the deliberation of the Assembly of the members.

Art 29 THE DURATION

The duration of the Association is unlimited.

The dissolution of the Association is deliberated by the Association unanimously. With the same deliberation the Assembly will provide to the nomination of one or more liquidators and will decide in case of dissolution of the property to give it to an other association with the same purposes and with public utility, heard the organism of control of the art 3 c.190 of the law of 23^rdDecember 1996 n. 662, with the exception of different destination imposed by law; the assembly will give preliminary indications to the liquidator or liquidators about the things previously said.

For all the things not mentioned in this Statute, it is applied the law of the in force code of the civil right.

In case of controversy according to the application of this statute will be nominated an Arbitral College formed by three arbiters, one of this is nominated by each parts and the third one nominated by the first two arbiters or, in case of disagreement, by the President of the Court where the Association has seat. The College decides in non standard way and according to equity.

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