6. Management Committee

a) The maximum number of members of the management committee shall be 21 and the tenure of the committee shall be two years.

b) The management committee may at any time appoint maximum two members to be a member of the committee.

c) The management committee members shall elect from among themselves a Chairperson, a vice chairperson, a Treasurer, a Secretary, a joint secretary, a membership secretary and a public relation officer, and such other office bearers as they consider appropriate.

d) A member of the management committee must declare a personal interest in any transaction or other arrangement which the DRIP is proposing to enter into; he or she will be debarred from voting on the matter in question.

e) No member of the management committee may serve as an employee (full time or part time) of the DRIP, nor be given any remuneration by the DRIP for carrying out his or her duties as a committee member.

f) Members of the management committee may be paid all traveling and other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings, or in connection with the carrying-out of their duties.

g) Any three members of the management committee may call a committee meeting or request the Secretary to do so.

h) The management committee may, at its discretion, allow any person who they reasonably consider appropriate, to attend and speak at any committee meeting; any such person shall not be entitled to vote.

i) The management committee may delegate any of their powers to any sub-committee consisting of one or more committee members and other persons as it may determine; they may also delegate to the Chairperson of the DRIP (or the holder of any other post) such of their powers as they may consider appropriate.

j) The rules of procedure for any sub-committee shall be as prescribed by the management committee.

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