Advisory Council

8.1        An Advisory Council of no more than 21 members shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. The President, Senior Vice-President and the immediate Past President shall be ex-officio non-voting members of the Advisory Council. No member of the Board of Directors may be a voting member of the Advisory Council. An effort shall be made to include in the Advisory Council individuals of exceptional merit and contribution to the objectives of the Congress.

8.2        The Advisory Council shall help the Board of Directors in fund-raising and all other planning and development efforts.

8.3        The Advisory Council shall act as an advisory committee to the Board of Directors and to the Executive Committee.

8.4        The President shall designate or redesignate for a term of one year a member of the Advisory Council as its chairperson who shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors.

8.5        The term of membership of the Advisory Council shall be three years and each year seven members may be appointed by the Board of Directors.