Article 5. Governing Bodies

A. Council of National Delegates

Power to form the policies of the APPA shall be vested in a Council of National Delegates, consisting of one delegate from each Member-Society. Where there is more than one delegate from a country, each delegate may speak in the discussions, but only one shall have the right to vote. The President of APPA shall preside.

Other members of the Executive Committee, the members of the Advisory Board and one delegate from each affiliate society shall also attend the Council meetings and may participate in the discussions but may not vote (unless the same person is also the National Delegate).

The Council shall meet at the time of each APPA Congress.

The functions of the Council are:

1. To receive and consider the reports of the President and of the Secretary-General, and the financial statement prepared by the Treasurer

2. To determine the location of the next APPA Congress

3. To elect the President, the President-Elect, the Secretary-General and Treasurer

4. To appoint members of the Advisory Board from nominations by members and affiliations, and on termination of membership

5. To plan the basic program for the next period of APPA

6. To revise the Constitution and By-Laws of APPA, in accordance with Article 7.To deal with any matter which may properly be brought before the Council by a Member Society

B. Executive Board

There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of the following officers of the Association:

A President

A President-Elect (who shall be the person who is appointed as the President of the forthcoming Congress, and who shall act as Vice-President until the time of that Congress, when he will automatically become the President of the Association)

The Immediate Past President

A Secretary-General (who shall be the Executive Officer of the Association, and to whom the Executive Committee may delegate its functions to the extent necessary for the smooth running of the Association

A Treasurer (who shall be responsible for the finances of the Association, shall work in close cooperation with the Secretary-General, and who shall submit a triennial financial statement to the Council of National Delegates).

The functions of the Executive Committee shall be:

· To carry out the policies of APSSEAR

· To assist the President of the forthcoming international congress with its preparation

· To recommend the budget of APPA to the Advisory Board for approval

· To refer to the Council applications for membership from perspective Member Societies and Affiliate Societies; and

· To exercise such authority as may be delegated by the Council or Advisory Board

C. Advisory Board

There shall be an Advisory Board consisting of one person from each Member-Society, nominated by the National Delegates and approved at a meeting of the Council. The term of office shall be from the end of one congress to the end of the next.

No individual shall serve for more than two terms in succession.

The functions of the Advisory Board is:

To consider applications for membership of the Association and to make recommendation to the Council of National Delegates, regarding the admission of Member-Societies

To advise the Executive Committee on the policies of the Association and the general

planning for regional congresses; and

To scrutinise the budget and accounts of the Association and to appoint an auditor.

Announcement

APSSEAR (Association of Pediatric Societies of Southeast Asian Region) is now known as APPA (Asian Pacific Pediatric Association)!

This move was decided at the meeting of the Council in Bangkok, Thailand in November 2003. The change is to truly reflect the composition of the member societies.

With this, the webpage which was previously at apssear.com have now shifted to its current site http://www.appassoc.org

Updated July 2006

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