Board of Directors

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is the legislative institution of the organization with 3-7 members who are highly-educated, well-behaved and well-experienced. The members of the Board of Directors are selected both from outside of KAD.
The mandate of the Board of Directors is limited to two years. The Board of Directors can change its members at the request of its chairman through its meeting’s decision by the majority of 50 plus 1 or ordinary assembly.
The Board of Directors is led by 1 chairman elected from the members of the Board of Directors in the board meeting which two-third of the members attend by the decision of the majority of 50 plus 1.

Duties of the Board of Directors

The board of directors has the following duties:

To submit a request for an appointment and dismissal of Executive Committee to the ordinary or extraordinary assembly for examination and approval.
To decide on the guidelines, the major plans, the goals and the activities prior to submission to Executive Committee for implementation in line with the objectives of KAD.
To scrutinize and to propose a change of the members of Executive Committee and the Board of Directors to the assembly for approval. Two-third of the Board of Directors proposes the agenda to the assembly and decision, deprivation or change of any or all of the compositions of the Board of Directors or the membership of Executive Committee can be officially done by the two-third majority of the members of the assembly upwards.
To formulate the guidelines and policy of Khmer Association for Development and put forward to the assembly for scrutiny and for decision.
To monitor the activities and steer the Executive Committee towards their destination.
To draft and to adopt the by-laws for KAD.
To assist in finding funds for KAD in cooperation with KAD Director.
To consider every request raised by the Executive Committee.

Decision of the Board of Directors’ Meeting

All the decisions of the Board of Directors’ Meeting are considered to be legal, unless there is approval by the majority of 50% plus 1 of the meeting quorum at least two-third of the members of Board of Directors. In case, there is equal voice, the voice of the chairman of the Board of Directors is prominent in decision.

Meeting of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors meets twice per year. In emergency case, The Board of Directors can hold an extraordinary meeting two more times per year, no more than 4 times per year including ordinary and extraordinary meeting. Agenda and calendar of the meeting is requested by the Executive Committee or the Board of Directors. The essential and urgent performances in the interval between the assembly and the meeting of the Board of Directors can be decided by the Director of KAD together with the Executive Committee. Agenda and calendar of the meeting will be petitioned for by KAD Director.

Deprivation and change of Membership of the Board of Directors

Deprivation and change of membership of the Board of Directors can be done by decision of the meeting of the Board of Directors with the majority of meeting participants or by extraordinary assembly.