The Council of Members delegates responsibility to the Board
of Trustees to run the Agency's functions, with periodic reporting to the Council,
at least on an annual basis.
2.
Election
The Council of Members shall elect the Board of Trustees
every 4 years (at the time of the General Assembly). Members shall serve for a
maximum of 4 years when they retire but may be re-elected.
3.
Composition
The Board of Trustees will consist of the following:
President
Senior Vice- President
Immediate Past President
Secretary General
Treasurer
Representative of ICO/IFOS
Representative of WBU
2 Representatives
from among 7 Regional Chairs
6 Representatives from Category A membership
1 Representative from the Category B Membership
1 representative of Council
of Members (Categories A, B or C) nominated as Chair of Partnership group.
1
Representative from category D Membership
Vacancies
Between Council of Members meetings, any member of the Board of Trustees
from the categories shown above who vacates office shall be succeeded by the alternate
and the Council of members shall thereupon appoint another suitable person to
serve as an alternate.
4.
Powers
The Board of Trustees shall: a) be responsible for interpreting
the decisions and polices adopted by the Council of members. b) be authorized
to take any action not specifically reserved for the Council of Members. c)
supervise the activities of the Officers and employees of the Agency and shall
have the right at all times to receive reports on their activities. d) determine
the annual contribution appropriate to each category of membership. e) ensure
the maintenance of an efficient system of accounting and financial control and
shall regulate expenditures within the income and resources of the Agency.
5.
Meetings
The Board of Trustees shall meet at least twice during a
year, once at the time of the annual meeting of the Council of Members.
6.
Quorum
A Quorum shall consist of not less than fifty per cent of
the Board of Trustees membership (9 members) at the time of the meeting: an alternate
attending a meeting on behalf of a member shall count as a member for this purpose.
7.
Voting
The Board may decide on any matter within its competence by:-
(a) The agreement of a majority of members present at a meeting at which there
is a quorum as defined in Section 5 of this Article. (b) The agreement of
a majority of members voting by postal ballot or electronic means, at least six
weeks before the votes are counted and in which votes are recorded by not fewer
than fifty per cent of members of the Board.
8.
Annual Report
The Board shall report annually to the Members of the
Agency either by mail or through the medium of one of the Agencies publications
sent to members or the website.
9.
Annual Budget
Each year the Board shall adopt an annual budget for
the guidance of the fiscal affairs of the Agency for the following fiscal year.
10.
IAPB Code of Professional Ethics
The Board of Trustees shall adopt,
maintain, enforce and conspicuously publish and display to all Members and the
public, a code of professional ethics, which shall be binding on all Members of
the Agency.
ARTICLE
VIII - COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
The
Council of Members shall constitute any committees as deemed necessary and passed
by Resolution of the Board of Trustees.
ARTICLE
IX - REGIONAL ACTIVITY
The
Agency shall promote regional activity in furtherance of its purpose and in accordance
with the following structure.
1.
Geographic Regions
These shall be contiguous with those of the WHO
structure, namely, Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, South
East Asia and the Western Pacific with the exception of the Americas where there
would be two (North America and Latin America).
2.
Regional Officers
(a) A Regional Chair shall be appointed by the
Board of Trustees for each of the above regions. (7 Regional Chairs). 2 Regional
Chairs, on a rotational basis shall be ex-officio members of the Board of Trustees.
(b) Regional Co-Chairs shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for each
region, as appropriate to its countries and demography, in consultation with the
respective Regional Chairs.
3.
Regional IAPB Committee
In each region, the Regional Chair and Co-Chairs
shall form a Regional Committee to be responsible for the promotion of regional
and national activities and to include the following in accordance with the Agency's
purpose and functions:-
(a) Organisation of regional conference or workshops
as deemed appropriate between each General Assembly.
(b) Support to the
activities of the Agency's member organisations.
(c) The exchange of
information regionally among all organisation and professional groups whose purposes
and activities are concerned with prevention of blindness.
(d) Advocacy
and technical support in collaboration with the WHO Regional Offices, for the
development and strengthening of national VISION 2020 related activities in countries
of the region.
4.
Financial Support The Regional Committee shall be expected to generate
local funding for their general expenses. A subsidy may be provided from the Agency's
funds to assist the expenses of regional conferences as determined by the Board
of Trustees.
