I Purposes

The primary purpose is to investigate the Karaite community in Crimea in order to promote the development of individual, social and biological models of the sustainable living and working, specially in the areas of:

• Housing, social processes and management;
• Protecting of the main Karaites national treasures in Juft-Kale (Chufut-Kale), Eupatoria, Theodosia (Kefe) and Stary Krym ( Solchat );
• Education of religious laws of Karaism (Karaimism);
• Protecting of Karaite kenassa’s activities;
• Support of the social activity of Karaite communities;
• Cooperation with the other Karaite communities at local, regional, national and religious level;

II Membership

Types of membership : there will be three types of members, each with corresponding rights and responsibilities:

Founders of the Institute shall have voting rights for electing members on the board of directors, may attend annual meetings, work on projects being eligible to hold positions on the Board of Directors and receive Home page of the Internet Files and all publications of the Institute. Their responsibilities include upholding the aims of Institute, making contributions in form of new projects, articles, books.

Regular members shall have voting rights, free admission to all lectures, meetings and workshops sponsored by Institute, participate in all working projects of the Institute

Student and young members may attend all functions and projects opened by Institute

Meetings: annual meetings will be held in the month of September at time and place determined by the Board of Directors

III Board of Directors

Powers

• Voting rights
• Committee membership
• Supervision of the standing Committees:
• Books publication and supervision of Karaiteica publishing House
• Monitoring the Karaite life in Crimea
• Topical social and biological issues of Karaite life in Crimea
• Karaite religion and calendar

Number: the Board shall be constituted of no less than 5 and no more than fifteen members

Term: each board shall serve a term of 3 years

IV Officers

1. The officers of the Institute shall be a President, a vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
   
2. Qualifications and term: officers shall be elected to the board once in 3 years at the annual meeting. Officers should be elected among the Founders and members of the Institute. Any officer may be removed from the office by the board when in its judgment the best interests of the Institute will be served.
   
3. Duties and powers: President is a chief executive officer, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, supervises and controls affairs of the Institute.
   
4. Vice president will perform all duties and exercise all powers of the president, when the president is out of duty or is unable to act. He will also perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Founders.
   
5. Secretary will keep minutes of all meetings, will keep the archive of the Institute, will perform all duties which may be assigned by the Board of Founders.
   
6. Treasurer will have charge and custody of all funds of the Institute, will deposit the funds as required by the Board of the Institute, will carry on all business transactions, will render reports.
   

V Operations

1. Fiscal Year: April 15 every year
   
2. Execution of documents. Checks, drafts and orders for payment of money will be signed by the treasurer and either president or Vice – President
   
3. Books and records. The Institute will keep correct and complete books and records of account and will keep minutes of all its proceedings
   
4. Non-profit operation. Institute will not have or issue shares of stock. No dividend will be paid and no part of the income of Institute will be distributed to members, founders or Officers. Institute may pay compensation in a reasonable amount for services rendered.
   
5. Institute will make no loans to any of Founders and officers or key personal.
   
6. Annual audit of the finance and account will be conduct by persons appointed by by the President, which shall be completed within 60 days
    
   

VI Dissolution
1. Voluntary dissolution of the institute by 2/3 of the Voting Stuff after 30 days of written notice of the dissolution.
2. Notice and filling requirements shall be met by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and US internal Revenue Code.
   

VII Bylaws amendments

The bylaws may be amended by 2/3 vote of the entire board of Founders and Members at special meeting following at least 15 days written notice of the meeting and of the proposed bylaw amendments.