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[email protected] Website: www.fiba.com 1 2 central board of FIBA 2010-2014 President: Mr Yvan Mainini, France Vice – President: Mr Horacio Muratore, Argentina Secretary General: Mr Patrick Baumann, Switzerland Secretary General Emeritus: Mr Borislav Stankovic, Serbia Treasurer: Mr Manfred Ströher, Germany Members: Africa: Ms Maiga Salamatou, Mali Mr Alphonse Bile, Ivory Coast Mr Mabusa Eseka Dieudonne, Democratic Republic of Congo Americas : Ms Valerie Ackerman, USA Mr Alberto Garcia, Argentina Mr Horacio Muratore, Argentina Mr Usie Richards, US Virgin Islands Asia : Ms Xu Lan, China Sheik Saud Bin Ali Al-Thani, Qatar Dato’ Yeoh Choo Hock, Malaysia Europe: Ms Lena Wallin-Kantzy, Sweden Mr Olafur Rafnsson, Iceland Mr Jose Luis Saez Regalado, Spain Mr Nar Zanolin, Canada Oceania: Ms Barbara Wheadon, New Zealand Mr Bob Elphinston, Australia Mr Steve Smith, Australia Co-opted Members : Mr Richard Carrion, Puerto Rico Mr Sergey Chernov, Russia 3 table of contents Chapter 1 Composition, Purpose, Definition 7 Article 1 Name and Authority 7 Article 2 Headquarters and Place of Jurisdiction 7 Article 3 Non-Profit Organisation 7 Article 4 Mission and Role 7 Article 5 Rules and Regulations 8 Chapter 2 Membership of FIBA 9 Article 6 Members of FIBA 9 Article 7 Admission to Membership of FIBA 9 Article 8 Rights of Members 9 Article 9 Obligations of Members 10 Article 10 Suspension and Expulsion of Members 11 Article 11