The Board of Directors:

The Board of Directors consists of not more than 9 members (including the President) who will be elected the General Assembly of the SPA using secret ballots. Membership of the Board of Directors will be for two years which can be renewed. The Board of Directors will hold regular meetings. Emergency meetings(s) may be called upon request of half or more of the Board of Directors or on request of one-fifth of the General Assembly members or the President of the SPA to discuss the matter for which the emergency meeting was called for. No other business will be discussed during such a meeting. The Board of Directors will issue the decisions taken by a majority vote and in case of tie, the President has the right to cast his vote. The meetings of the Board of Directors will not be effective unless attendance by the majority. If a member of the Board fails to attend three meetings of the Board of Directors consecutively without any acceptable reason he is considered to have resigned from the membership. The Board of Directors shall issue the rules and regulations to excute these by-laws and in case of availability of position on the Board of Directors, a new member will be chosen by the Board of Directors subject to the approval by the general assembly in its next meeting.

 

Responsibilities of the Board of Directors:
a) make decisions and to take actions that would guarantee the proper performance of the SPA in its functions and

   achieving its objectives.
b) will suggest the annual budget of the SPA,
c) prepare the yearly activity, decide each membership dues, its failure functions and presenting it to the General Assembly at its ordinary meeting for approval.

 

President and Vice-President of the Board of Directors:
To be elected by the General Assembly for a period of two years renewable. The President will be the President of the SPA as well. The Vice-President will assist him in his duties and will act as President during his absence. The President will represent the SPA in all its formal communications with official and un-official authorities in the Kingdom and abroad.

 

The General Assembly:
The General Assembly shall comprise of all active members and hold a meeting year. The meeting's agenda shall be prepared by the Board of Directors. The General Assembly may call an emergency meeting upon a request by the Board of Directors or one-fifth of its members. The same principle will be followed in the emergency meeting as in the regular meetings for the Board of Directors.
The meeting of the General Assembly shall be in order and binding when it is attended by the majority of its members.

 

The duties of the General Assembly are as follows:
a) Issuing the by-laws to conduct the internal affairs of the SPA.
b) Approving the SPA's annual budget and its accounts.
c) Approving the annual report concerning its activities prepared by the Board of Directors.
d) Electing the members of the Board of Directors and the President.
e) Approving in the annual plan submitted by the Board of Directors.
f) Discussing all items in the agenda and additional items requested by the members within the field of the SPA

   interests and taking decisions on them.
g) Selecting an honorary President for the SPA if nominated by the Board of Directors.

 

The Honorary President:
The General Assembly may nominate an honorary President after nomination from the Board of Directors. The honorary President shall be a public figure known to have interests in the Pediatrics fields. The honorary president has the rights to attend the meetings as chairman .

 

Resources of the SPA and its Budget:
The SPA's main resources are as follows:
a) The yearly dues of each member.
b) The gains from its publications.
c) Registration fees for the courses and programs to be arranged by the SPA.
d) The grants and donations which the SPA will get from the Saudi Government or other governmental institutions or

    private organizations or individuals to the approval of the Board Directors.
e) The yearly grant to be given by the body supervising scientific associations. The Board of Directors will nominate

    from its members a Treasurer who will be responsible before the Board of Directors for different financial a fairs. The

    Treasurer of the SPA will prepare its Budget. The Treasurer will submit his report to the Board of Directors which will

    ultimately be submitted to the General Assembly for its approval.
    The financial year will start from the 1st of the month of Muharram. For control of every financial year and present it

     to the Board of Directors and ultimately to be presented to the General Assembly.