The national Executive Committee (EXCO)
Establishment
There shall be a National Executive Committee, under the leadership of
the chief commissioner. The EXCO is the managing organ of the Association.
It takes care of the day to day management of the Association under the
leadership of the Chief Commissioner who is elected by the National Council.
Composition
The Executive Committee shall be composed of:
a) The Chief Commissioner as Chairperson, The Deputy Chief Commissioner
and the National Treasure, all three are elected directly by the Council
b) The National Executive Commissioner, appointed by the National Executive
Committee
c) Assistant Chief Commissioners, heading sub-communication such as youth
programmed, adult Resources, Finance, Communication International Commissioner.
d) The chief Commissioner can appoint as many assistant Chief commissioners
as deem ed necessary to carry out his/her mandate provided the total number
of such commissioners is not more than ten(10).
e) There shall be at least two female Assistant Chief commissioners in
this team.
Term
of Office:
The term office the chief commissioner, three (30 years which may be renewable
for not more than one further consecutive tem At the end of the 3 years
term, the appointed by him/her shall cease and the new chief commissioner
shall make new make new appointments or re-appointments.
Functions
The EXCO shall fulfill the following functions:-
(a) To manage the day to day affairs of the Association.
(b) Implementation of the council decisions under the supervision of the
Board.
(c) Prepare and submit reports during the meetings of The Board.
(d) Develop a youth Programme which answers the needs and aspirations
of the youth of Ethiopia.
(e) To develop growth strategy that will take scouting to many more young
people in Ethiopia
(f) To develop an national Adult management resources policy so as to
give the association the human and material resources it needs to become
an efficient instrument of the education of young people throughout the
country.
(g) In conjunction with the board, it will help to recruit, appoint, supervise
and terminate salaried staff,
(h) To agree with the treasurer on the annual budget and submit the audited
annual accounts to the board for submission to the council,
(i) To maintain international relations with WOSM member national Scout
organizations
(j) To deal with any other matter as directed by the Board
Meetings
a) Ordinary Meetings:
The Exco shall meet at least once every month, giving the agenda to members
in advance.
During such a meeting the Executive commissioner shall present a report
concerning the day to management of the Association.
The Treasurer shall attend these meetings and report on the financial
management of the association.
b)
Extraordinary Meetings;
Extraordinary meetings may be called by the chief commissioner who is
the chairperson or at the written and signed request of not less than
one third of the members, giving at least three (3 days notice and specifying
the nature of business to transacted.
c) Quorum
The quorum for an ordinary meeting shall be one half of the members plus
one same for an extraordinary meeting.
d) Voting
In case of voting, each member of the Exco shall have one vote. In the
event of a tie, the motion is defeated.
The Executive commissioner is a non-voting member of the Exco, if he/she
is a salaried staff of the Association.
e)
Decisions
Decisions shall be taken by consensus or a simple majority of the members
present and voting
Vacancies
The chief commissioner shall fill any vacancy occurring amongst the members
of the exco during the term.

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