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Statute of the National Association of the Playing Cities (GioNa)
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Introduction
Playing is “an activity by itself very pleasant which does not need any other aim than itself”, in the words of Kant (from his Critique of Judgement).
Even if maybe it is not enough to define completely the thousands forms of playing, this sentence at least defines the necessary principle: which other characteristic to add in order to obtain even a sufficient principle. Since many decades the debate is serious, harsh, passionate, interminable.
An Association of “playing cities” was not born in order to close this debate, but – in the firm belief that “playing” is an extraordinary and splendid activity of human beings and other animals, which is both for men and women, since they are young, a basic experience of personal and cultural growth – it wants to work in order to allow to play more and in the best way, in many ways, ancient and modern.
For these reasons…
ARTICLE 1
The National Association of the Playing Cities (GioNa) has been constituted, with head offices in Gradara, it will be hereafter referred to as “the Association”.
The Association may have sections and addresses at a local level with the aim of carrying out in the best way all necessary activities for the achievement of its social goals.
ARTICLE 2
The duration of the Association is indefinite.
ARTICLE 3
The Association is no profit and pursues the following aims:
-it works in cooperation with expert public and instrumental authorities, with the associations and private persons for the development of playing activities addressed to free entertainment, to education and training, to the activities of tourist and local development;
-it commits itself to the protection of the quality of playing and of the game culture resources and to the free time, and also to the promotion and spreading of recreational plays, the preservation of games, toys and playing activities both ancient and modern;
-it creates the conditions for the permanent fruition of the games and toys in toy- libraries, libraries, game centres and other facilities in the territory;
-it coordinates promotional, technical and cultural events of the games and toys, it realizes popular works on different support and any other information, recreational and educational aid for the knowledge of the games and toys;
-it stimulates the diffusion of the knowledge, tradition and culture of the game even through graphic museums collections and permanent exhibitions of the history of the game;
-it promotes collective events in order to foster the exchange of experiences and mutual knowledge between the operators and visitors of the different members cities of the Association;
-it organizes and hosts training activities;
-it promotes and coordinate actions and initiatives in order to obtain funds, credits, supports and legal and normative measures from the EU, the State, the Regions, for pursuing the aims of the Association;
-it works for building the basis of cooperation with other European and International associations also with the aim of preparing concrete projects of transnational character.
ARTICLE 4
The Association will adopt its own emblematic logo with the writing “Città in Gioco”. The use of the logo is regulated and protected.
ARTICLE 5
The number of members is unlimited. The Municipalities, the mountain Communities, the Provinces may become GioNa members, that is to say all local Authorities, according to the provisions of the art. 2 of the law decree n. 267 of 18th August 2000, which have developed initiatives of relevant interest in the field of games, which have toy-libraries, game centres, specialized libraries or libraries with sections dedicated to playing, toy or game museums and those in which toys and games are produced or which may prove an appropriate playing tradition connected with values of social, historical and cultural character.
The regulation defines principles and procedures of admission, withdrawal and exclusion of the Members.
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