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| TBOC Charter |
Effective as of March 24, 2000
As Amended as of
March 26, 2001, Addition of the associate member
April 2, 2002, Change of a secretary
April 1, 2005, Amended of the secretary office address
April 18, 2006, Addition of the private member
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1. Name
The name of the Consortium shall be Tera Byte Optical Memory Consortium
,whose abbreviated name shall be "TBOC".
2. Purpose
The purpose of the Consortium is to support R & D activities of basic
technologies for the tera byte optical memory and to collaborate between
the industrial people and the research people for the enhancement of optical
memory industry in Japan.
3. Activities
For such purposes, the Consortium shall conduct the following activities:
i) Promote “TBOC” to optical memory industries, and invite to the Consortium.
ii) Promote “TBOC” to researchers in Japanese universities and
research organizations, and invite to the Consortium.
iii) Hold seminars and workshops about the tera byte optical memory.
iv) Support the R&D activities in universities.
4. Membership
The Consortium shall have the following three (3) classes of membership:
i) Corporate membership: Corporate Members shall have their office in Japan
and shall pay the prescribed membership fees.
ii) Associate membership: Associate Members shall be researchers and/or
entities in the universities or the research organizations.
iii) Individual membership: Individual member shall be a person who pays
the event fees every time.
5. Board Members
The Consortium shall have the following three (3) classes of board member:
i) Chair: The chair shall be managing the Consortium.
ii) Vice-chair: The Vice-chair shall consist of several members and shall steer the Consortium.
iii) Auditor: The auditor shall audit the financial accounts of the Consortium
by reporting from the Vice-chairs
6. Steering Committee
The Steering committee shall consist of the Chair and the Vice-chairs. The committee shall manage the Consortium, such as calling the General meeting.
7. General meeting
All resolutions of a General Meeting shall be adopted by a majority of the voting rights of the General Members present in person or by proxy (including the power of attorney) at such General Meeting, provided that the Members representing a majority of the voting rights of all the General Members are present at such General Meeting. The carte blanche shall be count to majorities.
A General Meeting of the Consortium shall be convened once every fiscal year, and shall approve the following items:
i) Amendment of the charter
ii) Approval of new membership and withdrawal of membership
iii) Approval of the Consortium activities and plan
vi) Approval of the financial accounts.
v) Approval of Board Members
8. Accounting
i) Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Consortium shall be from the April 1 of each year through March 31 of the following year.
ii) Membership Fees
Annual membership fees are fescribed in the supplementary provisions.
9. Termination
The Consortium can be terminated by the decision of General meeting, achieving the purpose of the charter 2.
10. Supplementary Provisions
This Charter shall become effective as of March 24, 2000.
11. Supplementary Provisions
Annual membership fee for the Corporate Members shall be 200,000 Japanese
Yen.
The Secretary office:
Kiyoshi Yokomori
R & D Group, RICOH COMPANY LTD.
16-1 Shin-ei-cho, Tuzuki-ku,
Yokohama-shi, Kawagawa 224-0035, JAPAN
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| Tera Byte Optical Memory Consortium |
TBOC Chair: Youichi Tsuchiya (SANYO Electric)
TBOC Secretary : Kiyoshi Yokomori
RICOH R&D Group
16-1 Shin-ei-cho, Tuzuki-ku, Yokohama, JAPAN
TEL +81-45-590-1604
e-mail tboc@tboc.gr.jp
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