7.4.2 Functions of the Board of Directors
7.4.2.1 The Board of Directors shall be the governing body of RETOSA, responsible for
the overall direction of the activities and programmes of the Organisation. The
Board shall seek to ensure that the policy and decisions of the Committee of
SADC Tourism Ministers are carried out. The powers and functions of the
Board of Directors shall be to:
i)
Take any appropriate action to implement decisions and recommendations of the
Annual General Meeting (AGM) and report to it;
ii)
Receive, consider, and approve before submission to the AGM or the Committee
of SADC Tourism Ministers, reports from the Secretariat;
iii)
Examine and endorse the annual budget and audited financial statements of
RETOSA prepared by the Secretariat and make any recommendations on
financial matters;
iv)
Determine in what proportion members of RETOSA shall bear the expenses of
the Organisation;
v)
Select, recruit, appoint and discipline the Executive Director;
vi)
Establish any ad hoc or project committees of RETOSA and any such other
technical committees as shall be necessary for the conduct of the work of
RETOSA;
vii)
Co-opt any person to assist in the work of the Board of Directors as it deems fit
from time to time;
viii)
7.5
Perform all such other functions as may be deemed necessary to fulfil the
objectives of RETOSA.
SECRETARIAT
7.5.1 The Secretariat of RETOSA shall be headed by an Executive Director appointed by, and
reporting to the Board and shall include any support staff permanently or temporarily
employed by RETOSA.
7.5.2 The Secretariat shall have functional representation at any subsidiary RETOSA office.
7.5.3 The Executive Director shall operate from the location most suitable at any given time to
RETOSA's operations, but shall ordinarily be based at RETOSA's principal office.
7.5.4 The functions of the Executive Director shall be:
i)
To implement resolutions of the Board and decisions of SADC Tourism
Ministers;
ii)
To manage the affairs of REfOSA in terms of this Charter, including the
preparation of documentation for meetings and the control of all approved bank
accounts of REfOSA;
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