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Article 10. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD)
- The Board of Directors, composed of full members, shall direct the Association.
- The Board shall consist of not less than five and not more than nine members and shall comprise a chairman (president), one ore two vice-chairmen (vice presidents), one treasurer and one secretary.
- Candidates will be accepted for their election, after their nomination has been received by the head office.
- Three weeks prior to the Annual General Assembly (together with the agenda) the names of the candidates will be disclosed to the members.
- Directors and the chairman shall be elected by the full members in Annual General Assembly.
- Out of the Board of Directors the chairman (president) will be elected by members out of the category full members during the Annual General Assembly.
- The Directors shall decide their responsibilities among themselves at the first meeting after they have been appointed to the Board.
- Directors shall be elected for a period of two years and may be re-elected. Anyone appointed to fill a temporary vacancy shall assume the position on the retirement schedule of the person retiring.
- The term of the chairmanship is a two years time and the chairman may be re-elected on expiry of this period for another two year time period. Following this period the chairman may be elected as member of the Board of Directors.
- When a member of the Board of Directors leaves before the 2 years time, the Board of Directors has the right to replace the leaving member with a candidate of their choice until the end of the 2 year term.
- Any Director can be dismissed at any time by a resolution of the Full members taken by a majority of not less than two thirds of the votes cast.
- Any Director can be suspended at any time by a joint resolution of the other Directors. A suspension that is not followed within three months by a decision to dismiss the Director shall terminate on expiry of this period.
- The first Board of Directors shall be nominated in this deed.