Article 7 - LES Scandinavia

ARTICLE 7. THE BOARD

7.1
LES Scandinavia shall have a Board consisting of:

- a President
- a Vice President
- a President Elect to succeed the President
- a Secretary
- a Treasurer
- at least another three Members
- the immediate Past President

7.2 The General Meeting elects the President and the President Elect and the other Members except the immediate Past President. The Board Members appoint among themselves the Vice President, the Secretary and the Treasurer.
7.3 Board Members shall be elected for a two-year term, except when elected to fill a vacancy during a term.
7.4 At each Annual General Meeting at least three (3) Board Members shall retire by resignation or rotation in order of duration of their office (alternatively by lot). A retiring Member shall be elegible for reelection.

7.5 All Members of the Board must be residents of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden. Not counting the President, the President Elect and the
Past President no more than two (2) Board Members may be resident of the same country.
7.6 The Board shall manage LES Scandinavia and may exercise all powers of the society not specifically reserved for the General Meeting. Specifically the Board shall have a continuous contact with Licensing Executives Society International and other member societies thereof, arrange meetings for the Members of LES Scandinavia to deal with matters within the scope of its objects, arrange usually in connection with the Annual General Meeting at least one (1) Conference each year in one of the countries forming the constituency of LES Scandinavia.
7.7 The Board regulates its meetings and dispatches its business as it thinks fit. The President may, and the Secretary on requisition of three (3) Board Members shall, summon a meeting by at least fourteen days´ notice.
7.8 The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Board shall be six (6) Members, including the President or the Vice President, present in person. Questions shall be determined by a majority of votes and the President, or in his absence the Vice President, has a casting vote in case of equality of votes. A resolution signed by at least two thirds of all Board Members shall be as valid as if duly passed in a Meeting.

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