Middlesbrough Malayalee Association - Executive Committee

The affairs of the Association shall be carried out by an Executive Committee elected by the Meeting.The Executive Committee shall be made up of at least 5 (five) members to be elected by the AGM.The Executive Committee shall have right to invite any observers in any Committee Meeting, as it thinks fit.The Executive Committee shall have the power to appoint such Sub-Committees as may be deemed necessary and may determine their terms of reference, powers, duration and composition. All acts and proceedings of such Sub-Committee shall be reported back fully and promptly to the Executive Committee.The Executive Committee may appoint and dismiss such paid officers, not being members of the Executive Committee, as it considers necessary.

No person shall hold the same office whether on the Executive Committee or a Sub¬ Committee, for more than two terms. The immediate past President of the Association shall be ex-officio member of the Executive Committee for a period of two year or until the next AGM as the case may be, to ensure continuity.Unless otherwise stated, a decision of the Executive Committee shall be by way of simple majority of those present and voting.
The office of an Office Bearer shall be vacated as such:
The Office Bearer
i. Becomes of unsound mind
ii. Resigns his/her office by notice in writing
iii. is absent from three consecutive Meetings of the Executive Committee without good reason and/or for such reason or for any Other good and sufficient reason (subject to the person in question First having the right to be heard by the Executive Committee) and the other Committee Members pass a resolution by a two- third majority that the office of such Office Bearer or other Member of the Executive Committee shall be so vacated.

In the event there being a vacancy in the Executive Committee, any member of the Association over the age of eighteen may be co-opted onto the Executive Committee by a simple resolution of the executive Committee until approval by the next Annual General Meeting or Extraordinary General Meeting.