National Board

7.1. Association’s National Board is a permanently active governing body of the Association. Members of the Association’s National Council are elected by the Council.

7.2. The Council is comprised of 7 members: the President (the President of the Association’s National Council); Secretary General; Treasurer; Vice-President for Marketing; Vice-President for Academic Activities; Vice-President for Seminars and Conferences; Vice-President for Students’ Trainee Exchange Programme.

7.3. Only members of local groups which are the part of Association’s members may be a member of the Council. In the absence of President, Secretary General presides at the Board Meetings.

7.4. Council is competent to decide in the following matters:

- exercising of the general direction of Association’s activities in the periods between the National Council Meeting.

- preparation and holding of the Meeting, calling upon an extraordinary Meeting;

- provision of implementation of Council’s decisions and control over their implementation;

- submission to the Council an annual report of Association’s activities for approval, other program and related documents;

- giving a recommendation to the Association’s Meeting on question of enrolment of new Association’s members;

- appointment and dismissal of Association’s Directors;

- imposition of certain tasks on the members of Council and the Association’s Directors;

- distribution of competence of lacking member of the Council or appointment of Directors and Assistants instead of withdrawn one, including cases of withdrawal of Council member from membership of local groups which are part of the Association;

- composition of the Supervisory Board and taking part there;

- taking other decisions which are necessary to reach the aims of the Association, provision its permanent functioning, including adoption of regulations not contrary to legislation in force, the Statute and decisions of the Meeting.

7.5 Meeting of the Council is legitimate, if 2/3 of its members including the President or the Secretary General are present.

7.6. Council takes decisions, if more than a half of present members voted in their favor. Meetings of the Council are called on initiative of the President or Secretary-General, but not less frequently than one time per 3 months.

7.7. Extraordinary Meeting of the Council may be called on initiative of one of its members.

7.8. President has competence in the following matters:

- leading of the Association, including acting in the name of the Association and in its interests without power of attorney.

- calling and presiding at Council Meetings, lead of its activities;

- representation of the Association in cooperation with other organizations, foundations and bodies, including state government bodies of Russia and other states with right to sign agreements by the Association’s seal;

- signing decisions of the Meeting and the Council (with seal of the Association, if necessary);

- signing financial documents, if the Council decides so, in the framework of the financial plan / budget of the Association.

7.9. Secretary-General has competence in the following matters:

- fulfilling the duties of the President in its absence, if there is a power of attorney given by the decision of the Council;

- presiding on the session of the Association’s Council in the absence of the President;

- keeping of Registry of members and Registry of Association observers;

- representing of Council and Association in interaction with the Association members;

- preparing the Meeting and informing members and observers of the Association of its holding;

- making agenda of Meeting in accordance with rules and regulations of the National Council;

- calling meetings of the Council and informing members of the Council of its holding;

- acting as a secretary of sessions of the National Board Meeting and sessions of National Council’s Meetings. Meeting in accordance with rules and regulations of the National Board or National Council in accordance with decision of the Council may impose a function of secretary upon another person.

- making Minutes of the Meeting of National Council Meetings in accordance with Rules and Regulations of National Council, and being signed by President, Secretary General and Treasurer. In absence of either one of three before mentioned officers, the right to sign can be conferred through proxy vote procedure (see 5.3) to one of the officers.

7.10 Treasurer has competence in the following matters:

- keeping financial documentation of the Association;

- signing financial documents, if there is such a decision of the Council, in the framework of financial plan / budget of the Association’s activities;

- submitting book-keeping, tax and other reporting documents in relevant state bodies;

- submitting reports to the Council and Meeting concerning financial situation of the Association.

7.11 Competence and fields of activities of the Vice-President for Marketing, Vice-President for Academic Activities, Vice-President for Seminars and Conferences and Vice-President for Students’ Trainee Exchange Programme is determined by the Meeting in the rules and regulations of the National Board.

7.12 Council may appoint Directors as officers of organization for the term of its functioning. Only members of non-commercial organizations who are members or observers of the Association may be appointed as directors. Directors conduct their activities in accordance with orders of the Council and accountable to the Council.

7.13. Council may form the Association’s Supervisory Board which is observant and consultative body consisting of persons who are not members of non-commercial organizations which are part of the Association. Supervisory Board acts on the basis of the rules and regulations adopted by the Council.

7.14. Auditor is elected by the Council from among the members of the non-governmental organization, which is part the Association on the rights of membership for one year and cannot be Council member.

7.15. Auditor shall conduct an annual audit of the financial activities of the Association a month before the Council, and may (not more than twice) conduct additional audits during the year. As a result of the annual audit Auditor provides Council with the annual report, on the results of additional sends a report to Members and Observers of the Association.

7.16. In case of violations of financial expenditures of the Association Auditor makes appropriate submission to the Council to correct violations and has the right to demand the convening of the Extraordinary Meeting.

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