The goal of ARIS members Society

The goals of ARIS members Society as described in article 2 of the statute are:

1) The promotion of the contribution of ARIS in the sports and cultural history of the country.

2) The strengthening of the bonds between ARIS, the fans and the local community.

3) The development of volunteerism and the creation of working groups to serve the interests of ARIS.

4) The connection, by any legal way, of the Society with the ownership of any ARIS department, a connection that does not aim in money profit for the Society or any of its members.

The connetion of ARIS members Society with ARIS FC includes the ownership of a significant share percentage of the club. Today (June 2010) ARIS members Society owns 29,181% of the club shares, a percentage that allows ARIS members Society to be the major shareholder of ARIS FC.

ARIS members Society participates in every share capital increase of ARIS FC, using the money coming from members subscriptions. Therefore, it is of critical importance the registration of every ARIS fan in ARIS members Society and the consistency in the yearly membership.

All members who have paid their yearly subscription can elect, by secret vote, the Board of Directors of ARIS FC and the Administration Board of ARIS members Society. (Operational Structure).

However, the actions of ARIS members Society also extend to the promotion and protection of ARIS as well as to a social level.

The history of ARIS members Society

July 2004: The dawn of the idea. After 83% of the shares was transfered from the major shareholding company to 9 people, well-known ARIS fans by court decision, the idea of fan ownership begins to develop.

January 2006: The beginning. This idea was expressed by ARIS members Society, a one-member-one-vote trust created to own the shares of ARIS FC and contribute to the club through membership, on 25 January 2006 at the moment the club experienced the worst days of its history.
June 2006, Legalization. On 16/6/2006 ARIS members Society was recognized by the Court of Thessaloniki and was registered as number 8049 in the Book of Recognized Societies. The first President of ARIS members Society was Nikolaos Valergakis (AMN 017).

December 2006-January 2007: The first procedures. The first General Meeting was held on December 2006 and the present members nominated the presidency to Charalambos Skordas (AMN 001) who also had in his Board of Director Nikolaos Vogiatzis (AMN 003), Athanasios Athanasiadis (AMN 004), Stefanos Gioris (AMN 007). In January 2007, the first elections for the Administration Board took place and Nikos Papadopoulos (AMN 002) was the first elected President of ARIS members Society.

May 2007: The big step. In May 2007 the 9 people holding the shares transfered to ARIS members Society the right to represent them  with 83% of the share capital to the Shareholder Meeting of ARIS members Society. A month later the AGM of ARIS members Society and the elections for the Administration Board took place.

July 2007: the deal. A General Meeting is held, for the third time in history, so that the members can approve or turn down the proposal of the ONCE company that wanted to take over the management of ARIS FC. The members voted for the agreement, yet it was never signed by ONCE.

June 2008: standard procedure. The fourth AGM and the elections took place in June.

July 2008: efforts deliver fruit. On 25 July 2008, the Sports Committee granted to ARIS members Society the right to hold shares of up to 28,738% of the ARIS FC share capital.

May 2009: Pioneers. For the first time in ARIS and in Greece, we have elections between more than one candidates for the Presidency of the club. In the elections participate 2.564 members. The second President elected by the fans is Athanasios Athanasiadis (AMN 004) having as board members Agapitos Valogiorgis (AMN 031), Themistoklis Bekiaris (AMN 006), Antonios Zampetas (012), Dimitrios Sarris (AMN 019) and Diamantis Tzampatzis (AMN 1170).

June 2009: steps forward. The decision of the Sports Committee allowed ARIS members Society to complete, on 15 June 2009, the transfer of a share package from the 9 holders so it can reach 26,096% of the ARIS FC share capital. ARIS members Society is still the major shareholder, voting with 57,904% of the shares (but affecting more than 90%). Elections for the Administration Board on 30 June 2009.

The 2009-2010 season was the most active, so far and was based on the action plan the Administration Board made at its beginning. Moments to remember gave the actions of the Legal Department, the presence in the 74th International Helexpo and the established contacts with national and international institutions. The review for the year 2009-2010 can be found -> here <-.