Article
17 - Composition The Executive Council shall consist
of:
| a) | The President, |
| b) | The Vice-Presidents, |
| c) | The Secretary-General, |
| d) | The Treasurer, |
| e) | The Administrator
(if an individual), | | f) |
The Executive Councillors, and | | g) | The
Immediate Past President. | Article
18 - Functions The functions of the
Executive Council are:
| a) |
To receive and review reports concerning contact with:
| (i) | The
Member Associations, | | (ii) | The
CMI Charitable Trust, and | | (iii) | International
organizations; | | | b) | To
review documents and/or studies intended for:
| (i) | The Assembly, |
| (ii) | The Member Associations,
relating to the work of the Comité Maritime International or otherwise
advising them of developments, and | | (iii) | International
organizations, informing them of the views of the Comité Maritime International
on relevant subjects; | | | c) | To
initiate new work within the object of the Comité Maritime International,
to establish Standing Committees, International Sub-Committees and Working Groups
to undertake such work, to appoint Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen and Rapporteurs for
such bodies, and to supervise their work; | | d) | To
initiate and to appoint persons to carry out by other methods any particular work
appropriate to further the object of the Comité Maritime International;
| | e) | To
encourage and facilitate the recruitment of new members of the Comité Maritime
International; | | f) |
To oversee the finances of the Comité Maritime International and to appoint
an Audit Committee; | | g) | g)
To make interim appointments, if necessary, to the offices of Secretary-General,
Treasurer and Administrator; | | h) |
To nominate, for election by the Assembly, independent auditors of the annual
financial statements prepared by the Treasurer and/or the accounts of the Comité
Maritime International, and to make interim appointments of such auditors if necessary; |
| i) |
To review and approve proposals for publications of the Comité Maritime
International; | | j) | To
set the dates and places of its own meetings and, subject to Article 5, of the
meetings of the Assembly, and of Seminars and Colloquia convened by the Comité
Maritime International; | | k) |
To propose the agenda of meetings of the Assembly and of International Conferences,
and to decide its own agenda and those of Seminars and Colloquia convened by the
Comité Maritime International; | | l) |
To carry into effect the decisions of the Assembly; | | m) |
To report to the Assembly on the work done and on the initiatives adopted. |
The Executive Council may establish its
own Committees and Working Groups, and delegate to them such portions of its work
as it deems suitable. Reports of such Committees and Working Groups shall be submitted
to the Executive Council and to no other body.
Article
19 - Meetings and Quorum necessary meet by electronic
means, but shall meet in person at least once annually unless prevented by circumstances
beyond its control. The Executive Council may, however, take decisions when circumstances
so require without a meeting having been convened, provided that all its members
are fully informed and a majority respond affirmatively in writing. Any actions
taken without a meeting shall be ratified when the Executive Council next meets
in person.
At any meeting of the Executive Council seven members, including
the President or a Vice-President and at least three Executive Councillors, shall
constitute a quorum. All decisions shall be taken by a simple majority vote. The
President or, in his absence, the senior Vice-President in attendance shall have
a casting vote where the votes are otherwise equally divided. |
