Membership

A member of the Society may become any professionally capable citizen of the Republic of Croatia and a legal entity based in the Republic of Croatia, who accepts the goals and activities of the Society.

Foreigner and a legal person with an office abroad (a foreign legal person) may also become a member of the Society in accordance with the Law. A member of the Society becomes by filling in and submitting the application form.
The Society keeps a list of its members.

Membership of the Society consists of:
– Regular members
– Honorary members
– Merited members

A regular member of the Society may become any professional citizen of the Republic of Croatia, a legal entity based in the Republic of Croatia, a foreigner and a legal person with an office abroad (a foreign legal person), who accepts the goals and activities of the Company.

An honorary or an honourable member may become a citizen of the Republic of Croatia and a foreigner who, by its actions, have contributed to the development or success of the Society.

A member can become a merited member. The decision on admission to honourable and meriting membership shall be made by the Council at the proposal of the Management Board of the Society.

The member is obliged to act according to the Statute and to abide by the usual standards of cooperation and communication with other members. In case the Board of Directors of the Society makes a decision on the payment of the membership fee, the member is obligated to pay the membership fee. From paying membership fee are exempted: regular students, honorary and honorary members.

Membership in the Society ceases:

– By departure according to the member's wishes
– By exclusion on the basis of a decision of the Management Board

A member may be excluded from the Society if he / she does not pay the membership fee. Except in the case of non-payment of the membership fee, HDST may expel its member due to improper action, or whose continued membership is considered harmful to HDST. At the proposal of the Management Board, the necessary majority of the votes at the Council shall be taken to decide on the exclusion from membership in the Society.

At the proposal of his three members, the Management Board has the right, by a three-fourths decision of all its members, to make a decision on suspension of membership, which may last until the next meeting of the Council, upon which a decision on eventual exclusion from membership of the Society must be made.

After the decision of the Council to exclude a member from the Society within seven (7) days, the President of the Society shall inform all the members of that decision. If the interested member whose exclusion is discussed does not appear personally at the Council or through an authorized representative, no vote on the proposal for his / her exclusion will be conducted at the Council. All other members of the Society are notified of any exclusion.

A member may be excluded from the Society after the termination of the process of liquidation / termination of a member who is a legal person or the finalization of criminal or administrative proceedings against a member before the competent court which has declared him guilty of crime or serious misconduct.

After the initiation of criminal proceedings against a member (a private person), the Management Board may, by a two-thirds decision of its members, "suspend the membership" of its member against whom criminal proceedings have been initiated until his final termination. In such cases, the process of suspending the membership may be initiated before the Management Board immediately upon knowledge of the facts.

Prior to making a decision to suspend membership, the Management Board is obliged to invite an interested member to comment on the allegations and reasons for these allegations. The final decision will be made by the Council of the Society at its next session.