Institutional Governance & Financial Stewardship
Operated strictly under democratic non-profit principles with an uncompensated voluntary Executive Board, full public audits, and rigorous civic oversight.
Statutory Integrity
Figure 4.1: General Assembly vote held in the Glay Salle Polyvalente, where members elect representatives and approve ecological action priorities.
Figure 4.2: Open ledger documentation and public grant audit summaries compiled for the Departmental Federation and the Regional Court of Accounts.
Figure 4.3: Bureau volunteers preparing field equipment and legal monitoring registers prior to seasonal river quality audits.
Figure 4.4: Certified accounting archives and prefectural compliance filings kept securely at the administrative seat in Glay.
Democratic Governance Grounded in Civil Transparency
AAPPMA Haute Vallée du Gland is governed in accordance with the French Non-Profit Act of 1 July 1901 and the specific regulatory framework established by the French Environmental Code for certified aquatic environment defense associations. Our institutional governance model ensures that every strategic decision, budgetary commitment, and environmental priority reflects the collective democratic will of our community members, completely insulated from private commercial influence or partisan interests.
The supreme decision-making authority of our association resides in the Annual General Assembly of Members. Every adult member possessing an active annual card holds one vote. The General Assembly reviews annual moral reports, approves detailed financial balance sheets audited by independent internal comptrollers, votes on statutory bylaws, and elects the Board of Directors for six-year mandates matching national fishery governance cycles.
Elected Executive Bureau & Technical Officers
The Board of Directors elects an Executive Bureau responsible for administering daily operations, executing ecological projects, and managing statutory liaisons with governmental bodies. In strict accordance with non-profit standards, all Bureau officers serve on a 100% voluntary, uncompensated basis. No officer receives attendance fees, commercial commissions, or financial remuneration of any kind.
President
Jean-Paul Vauthier
Elected 2021 • Civic Resident of Glay
Retired educator with 35 years of civic leadership in local environmental associations. Directs institutional liaisons with the Prefecture of Doubs, the Regional Water Agency, and municipal town councils across the Gland valley.
General Secretary
Marie-Christine Faivre
Elected 2021 • Resident of Meslières
Oversees administrative records, legal disclosures, annual general assembly convocations, volunteer registration logs, and institutional regulatory filings with the Prefecture.
General Treasurer
Alain Bouhelier
Elected 2021 • Certified Public Accountant (Ret.)
Manages non-profit bookkeeping, public grant reconciliations, bank accounts, and certified financial statements submitted annually to departmental oversight bodies.
Technical Environmental Advisor
Laurent Petitjean
Appointed 2022 • Freshwater Ecologist
Coordinates field restoration teams, coordinates volunteer riverbank work days, oversees biological surveys, and directs the certified sworn river wardens brigade.
Annual Operating Budget Allocation
Financial transparency is the cornerstone of public confidence. Our association operates on a strictly non-profit, balanced-budget principle where every euro received from public subsidies, environmental grants, or civic membership dues is committed exclusively to territorial conservation and education.
| Operational Category | Budget Share (%) | Specific Public Interest Allocations |
|---|---|---|
| Riverbank & Habitat Restoration | 44.5% | Willow and alder saplings, bioengineering brush mattresses, manual gravel bed washing equipment, and weir fishway maintenance. |
| Surveillance & Water Quality Testing | 22.0% | Equipment and training for sworn environmental wardens, digital water testing probes, chemical reagents, and emergency pollution kits. |
| Youth & Community Education | 16.5% | Educational nets, discovery field guides, public interpretive trail panels in Glay and Meslières, and school field workshop materials. |
| Statutory Contributions & Insurance | 12.0% | Mandatory redistribution to national aquatic biodiversity bodies (CPMA), volunteer public liability insurance, and legal registrations. |
| Administrative & Postal Overheads | 5.0% | Postal mailings for General Assembly convocations, civic website hosting, banking maintenance, and office stationery. |
Auditing Procedures & Statutory Oversight
To ensure total fiduciary integrity, our accounts are scrutinized through a three-tier oversight mechanism:
- Internal Supervisory Auditors (Censeurs aux Comptes): Two independent association members, elected by the General Assembly and holding no executive bureau office, conduct an unannounced audit of all financial books, receipts, and bank reconciliations prior to the annual meeting.
- Departmental Federation Verification: As an affiliated statutory body, our annual accounts are forwarded to the Departmental Fishing and Aquatic Protection Federation of Doubs for institutional compliance certification.
- Prefectural & Water Agency Filings: All grants received from the Water Agency Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse and local municipalities are subject to strict administrative voucher verification, ensuring that funds are utilized strictly for authorized ecological purposes.
Any community member, active partner, or public authority is entitled to inspect our audited financial statements and General Assembly minutes during regular office hours at the Glay Town Hall by prior arrangement with our civic secretariat.
Statutory Mandate of Disinterested Administration (Gestion Désintéressée)
In accordance with French fiscal jurisprudence, AAPPMA Haute Vallée du Gland strictly adheres to the principle of disinterested civil management. All elected directors, bureau officers, and committee chairs serve on an entirely voluntary and uncompensated basis. No officer receives direct or indirect remuneration, attendance fees, performance bonuses, or dividends of any nature.
Travel expenses incurred by volunteers during official prefectural hearings or regional scientific symposia are reimbursed solely upon production of authentic third-party receipts, in accordance with the official fiscal kilometer scales published by the French tax administration. Furthermore, our internal governance rules mandate immediate disclosure of any potential conflict of interest: any board member with personal, professional, or commercial ties to contractors bidding on riverbank bioengineering or hydraulic civil works is disqualified from deliberating or voting on tender allocations.