Board of Directors

9 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

9.1 The administration of the SFD shall be entrusted to a Board of Directors consisting of the following to be elected at alternate Annual General Meetings:
a) an Executive-Director;
b) a Deputy Executive-Director;
c) an Executive Secretary;
d) a Deputy Executive Secretary;
e) a Communications Director;
f) a Financial Director; and
g) a Deputy Financial Director.

9.2 The Board of Directors may also co-opt up to six (6) Ordinary Directors from among the Ordinary membership.

9.3 A Board of Directors meeting shall be held (using a mixture of physical and online participation) at least once a month after giving seven (7) days' notice to the Board of Directors. At least half (1/2) of the members of the Board of Directors must participate a Board of Directors meeting for its proceedings to be valid.

9.4 Any member of the Board of Directors absenting himself or herself for three (3) meetings consecutively without satisfactory explanations shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Board of Directors and a successor may be co-opted by the Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual General Meeting. Any changes to the Board of Directors shall be notified to the Registrar of Societies within two (2) weeks of the change.

9.5 The duty of the Board of Directors is to organise and supervise the daily activities of the SFD. The Board of Directors may not act contrary to the expressed wishes of the General Meeting without prior reference to it and always remains subordinate to the General Meetings.

9.6 The Board of Directors has the power to adopt and/or amend a set of Bylaws of the SFD.