7.2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 7.2.1 The Board of Directors shall comprise the following: i) One person from the public sector with voting powers, representing each Member State and nominated from national public sector organisations, having full membership of REfOSA. ii) One person from the private sector with voting powers, representing each Member State nominated from national private organisations having full membership of REfOSA. iii) One person with no voting powers, representing the SADC Tourism Sector. iv) A representative of the SADC Secretariat, who shall have no voting powers. v) The Executive Director who shall be an ex officio member with no voting powers. 7.3 Election of Office Bearers 7.3.1 Office bearers shall be elected for a period of one (1) year. 7.4 i) The Chairman shall be elected from either the public or private sector representative from any one Member State and, may not offer himself for reelection other than as Vice Chairman in accordance with the principle of rotation. ii) Vice-Chairman provided for herein shall be elected from whichever sector not represented by the Chairman and from any other Member State other than that of the Chairman and, may not offer himself for re-election other than in accordance with the principle of rotation. iii) The Executive Director shall be the Secretary of the Board of Directors of REfOSA and shall have permanent membership thereof. iv) In the absence of the Chairman the Vice-Chairman shall chair the meetings and, in the absence of both Chairman and Vice-Chairman, any other Board Member shall be elected as Chairman for that specific meeting. v) In the event that the office of Chairman becomes vacant for any reason, before the Annual General Meeting at which a new Chairman shall be elected, the Member State holding the Chairmanship shall appoint a substitute from the same sector for the remaining period of the Chairmanship. vi) Only members whose dues have been paid in full up to, and including the intended year of office for which elections are taking place, shall be eligible to stand and vote in elections. Terms of Office for Directors 7.4.1 Directors shall serve a term of office to be determined annually by their Governments and their national private sector umbrella organisations, respectively. 6