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ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNORS


The Assembly of Governors is the supreme authority of WFA which ensures the implementation of the provisions of WFA Constitution and the Charter.


The Assembly of Governors has the following prerogatives;


  1. -upon recommendation of the World Fashion Council,

  2. -it approves the policy, strategy and program of action of WFA for achieving its objectives;

  3. -it establishes the necessary Committees and working bodies to achieve these objectives, approves and modifies their terms of reference, and terminates or merges their activities;

  4. -it elects the President & Chief Executive Officer

  5. -it elects the Chairman, Vice Chairmen, Regional Chairmen, and the members of the World Fashion Council titled as Executive Governor.

  6. -it confirms the nomination of the Chairmen of the Committees and the special divisions;

  7. -it confirms the nomination of Honorary Chairmen and Honorary Vice Chairmen;

  8. -it adopts annually the budget of WFA, including the establishment and variations of the scale and amounts of contributions of WFA National Chapters and contributions of Special Members, and, where appropriate, the budgets of the Committees, the Regional Chairmen’s Office and the specialized divisions;

  9. -it approves the annual accounts;

  10. -it amends the WFA Constitution and the Charter;

  11. -it approves the establishment of new WFA National Chapters;

  12. -in order to have on the World Fashion Council the voice of international fashion industry from worldwide associations, organizations, multinational corporations and legal entities at global scale in a various range of interests and of great importance in the international fashion, it may exceptionally appoint to the World Fashion Council from among the Special Members of the Assembly of Governors, however without any voting powers;

  13. -it chooses the theme, place and dates of each World Fashion Congress and World Fashion Conference;

  14. -it delegates the necessary powers to the World Fashion Council for the discharge of its overall duties:

  15. -it decides on the suspension of WFA services to the WFA National Chapter, the suspension of its voting rights, its dormant status for a temporary period or even the withdrawal of its recognition as WFA National Chapter including the prohibition to use the name and all distinctive signs of WFA, should a WFA National Chapter not fulfill its obligations towards WFA; it recognizes the dissolution of the WFA National Chapter;

  16. -it takes major decisions concerning WFA assets, in accordance with applicable law;

  17. -it reviews and, if necessary, revises any position already adopted by the World Fashion Council, whenever delegations entitled to cast at least one-fifths votes of the Assembly of Governors and representing at least ten WFA National Chapters so request.

   

The number of votes that may be cast by each delegation is fixed as follows:


  1. • five votes for each WFA National Chapter paying three per cent or more of the total amount of contributions from WFA National Chapters to WFA budget;

  2. • four votes for each WFA National Chapter paying two per cent or more but less than three per cent of the total amount of contributions from WFA National Chapters to WFA budget;

  3. • three votes for each WFA National Chapter paying one per cent or more but less than two per cent of the total amount of contributions

  4. • two votes for each WFA National Chapter paying three quarters of one per cent or more but less than one per cent of the total amount of contributions from WFA National Chapters to WFA budget;

  5. • one vote for each other WFA National Chapter;

  6. • No more than ten votes for all Special Members taken together.

  7. • Quorum shall be one third of the votes that may be cast by all delegations; however for decisions concerning any amendment of the Constitution or the dissolution of WFA, the quorum shall be one half.


The decisions of the Assembly of Governors shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast by the delegates present except with regard to the following matters which shall be decided by a majority of three quarters:


  1. • any change to the scale and amounts of the contributions of WFA National Chapters to the budget of WFA;

  2. • interpretation or amendment of the WFA Constitution and;

  3. • recognition or withdrawal of WFA National Chapters;


WFA National Chapters shall notify the World Headquarters of the name(s) of the selected delegate(s) within the limits of the number of votes to which each one is entitled; such notification shall avail for three-year renewable terms, each commencing on January 1st. WFA National Chapters shall inform the World Headquarters of changes in the composition of the delegation, which may occur during any three-year-term, at least three weeks prior to the Assembly of Governors’ meeting at which such change is to take effect. WFA National Chapters may appoint one or more deputies, within the same limits and in accordance with the same notification procedure.


The Assembly of Governors may establish, and amend from time to time, procedures for the use of correspondence for voting and transaction of business by mail or wire or otherwise provided that any such procedure and any amendment thereto, shall be effective only at the end of thirty days following written notice thereof to all members of the Assembly of Governors.


In addition to the delegates accredited by the WFA National Chapters and delegates of Special Members, the following persons attend ex-officio the meetings of the Assembly of Governors:


  1. • Founder

  2. • President & Chief Executive Officer

  3. • Chairman(men)/Founder-Chairman

  4. • Co-Chairmen

  5. • Vice Chairmen

  6. • Co-Vice Chairmen

  7. • Regional Chairmen

  8. • Chairmen of the Committees and Special Divisions

  9. • Honorary Chairmen

  10. • Honorary Vice Chairmen

     

The ex-officio members except for the Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Vice Chairmen have no voting rights, unless they are appointed as accredited delegates.

   

a. The Assembly of Governors shall be assembled on the occasion of general meetings such as World Fashion Congress and World Fashion Conference. It shall be convened by the President & Chief Executive Officer; or the Chairman if duly delegated and in case of the absence of the President & Chief Executive Officer. The President & Chief Executive Officer can also convene the Assembly of Governors for extraordinary meetings upon requests emanating from at least ten WFA National Chapters.

b. The President & Chief Executive Officer shall attend all meetings of the Assembly of Governors.

c. The extraordinary meetings of the Assembly of Governors are convened upon at least six weeks' notice by the President & Chief Executive Officer who shall establish its agenda. Notices of the meeting and the agenda are validly communicated when forwarded to WFA National Chapters and, as the case may be, to the Special Members concerned.

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