Association Agreement

All associates (Directors/Shareholders, Employees, Interns, Volunteers, Contractors and Alternates) of Notessity must agree to the following terms.

Definitions

  1. Notessity Charity Limited, hereby referred to as “the Company.”
  2. , hereby referred to as “the Associate.”
  3. “Payment” in the context of this agreement consists of wages or salary and does not include:
    1. reimbursement for expenses incurred when performing work;
    2. a koha or honoraria;
    3. personal skills, knowledge, experience and satisfaction gained from the work.

Association Type

The Associate agrees to the following type of association with the Company:

Volunteer

The provisions of this section apply only to volunteer associations with the Company.

Legal relationship with the Company

The Volunteer will only be associated with the Company in the capacity of a "volunteer" (unpaid intern), and therefore will be exempt from the Employment Relations Act of 2000, as provided by section 6(1)(c) of that Act. The Volunteer agrees that they will not be an employee for the Company until an offer of employment is made, which may never happen. If the Volunteer is ever invited to be an employee of the Company in the future, a written employment agreement must be signed by both parties in order terminate this volunteer agreement.

Payment

The Volunteer will not be paid for any services provided under this agreement. The Volunteer agrees that they do not expect payment or any other reward under this agreement. The Volunteer understands that payment is only required in the case of an employment agreement.

The Company acknowledges the enormous benefit the Volunteer may provide the company, and it will endeavour to similarly strive to enrich the life of the Volunteer over the period of time that this agreement is active.

Nature of work

Given this is a volunteering relationship, the Volunteer is completely free to put in as many or as few hours as they wish. The Company cannot compel the volunteer to work any specific amount of time because the relationship is completely voluntary.

Termination

Both the Company and the Volunteer are under no obligation to continue the volunteering relationship. Either party may terminate the volunteering relationship at any time they desire. Given the relationship is entirely voluntary, no notice is required from the Volunteer.

Shareholder

The provisions of the section apply only to shareholder associations with the Company.

Common

The following additional provisions apply to all association relationships with the Company.

Intellectual Property

All Intellectual Property which is owned by or licensed to a party at the date of this Agreement, or which is acquired or created by either party outside of the volunteer relationship, will remain owned by or licensed to that party exclusively. Any Intellectual Property created or developed by, on behalf of, or while assisting the volunteer pursuant to this agreement will be jointly owned by both parties to utilise in any manner according to their independent discretion. The volunteer grants the Company an irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide and perpetual licence to use any personal Intellectual Property that the volunteer incorporates into, forms part of, or is required to make use of the fruits of the volunteer work performed for the Company.

Acknowledgements

Both parties acknowledge that this is a full and complete account of their association relationship until such time that it is either terminated or replaced by a new written agreement.

In signing this agreement, both parties agree that:

  1. They have read, understood, and agreed upon the entire written agreement; and
  2. they are aware of their rights to get independent legal advice, and have been given time to take that advice; and
  3. they have raised any issues about any of the content prior to signing.