Article 29
The Extraordinary General Assembly shall have the power to consider the following matters:
- Amendment of the Society’s Constitution.
- Merger of the Society with other societies promoting similar objectives, dividing it or establishing branches therefor.
Article 30
The Board of Directors is the executive authority of the Society and shall implement the policies drawn up by the General Assembly and the resolutions adopted by it in furtherance of the Society’s lawful objectives.
The Board of Directors shall run the affairs of the Society and in this connection, the Board may carry out any acts except for those provided for in the Society’s Constitution that they shall only be done after securing the General Assembly’s approval thereof.
In particular, the Board of Directors shall perform the following duties:
- Prepare the framework of the Society’s general policy.
- Draw up the guidelines and programmes, which are conducive to the attainment of the Society’s objectives.
- Lay down the Society’s rules and regulations in the light of the Society’s Constitution.
- Review the reports received from the Society’s committees and the suggestions of the Society’s members and take the appropriate action thereon.
- Prepare the Society’s annual budget and final accounts.
- Prepare the Society’s annual report.
- Decide on accepting or rejecting membership applications and taking the necessary action in connection therewith.
- Set up the committees required for the realisation of the Society’s objectives and encourage members to join such committees.
- Prepare and distribute newsletters, booklets and the necessary studies that are conducive to the realisation of the Society’s objectives.
Article 31
The Board of Directors shall comprise nine members to be elected by the General Assembly by secret ballot from among the Society’s members for a term of two years, which can be extended, as follows:
1.The Chairman: to be elected directly by the General Assembly.
2.Eight other members to be elected for the same term and the membership of half of them shall lapse every year. Those members shall be replaced by way of election.
The Chairman or the eight members of the Board of Directors may not be elected for more than three successive terms for the same position.