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  1. II. VICE PRESIDENT :-
        a)	He is the second highest official member coming next 
            after the chairman.

    b) The following functions are attached to the post of the vice chairman
    i. He is to act as an ex-office chairman with in the association
    ii. He is however, empowered, to carry out the duties of chairman in
    an eventuality of: -
    1. Reason of this death
    2. Resignation
    3. Absence
    4. He becomes incapacitated either by
    i. Illness
    ii. Unsoundness of mind
    5. He is jailed or deported as a result of such, he is unable to continue serving the members, the vice president also shall act as a chairman until a new chairman is elected and takes oath as the new chairman
    6. He is ejected from office by the members through a motion of no confidence in leadership abilities and capabilities.

    III. SECRETARY:- 1) He/she is to be charged with the responsibility with dealing with correspondences of .

    and records of the organization. .

    2) He /she is to be the chief communiqu� officer of the organization to their specific .

    areas of dispatch. 3) He /she will be charged with responsibility of taking minutes during an official .
    meeting or a meeting of the general body, whenever a meeting is in process..
    4) He/she is to remind the members of the previous meeting/minute before the minute .
    proceeds. 5) He/she is to get the presdant signature in accordance by the approval of the members to carry out the previous minutes and agenda of the so said minutes. 6) He/she is to handle all forms of official letter and correspondence the Ethiopian Embassy and to the Embassy. 7) He/she is to be charged with the assurance of circular and distribution of like wise with in the members. 8) He is to receive application from new comers and issue Identity cards. 9) He is to work in liaison with the other officials of the association in handling the above duties. ORGANIZING SECRETARY AND CULTURAL INCHARGE 1) He/she shall be in charge of the organization activities of the organization. 2) He/she shall also be in charge of counseling of new students. 3) He shall be in charge of organization of educational tips, picnics recreational activation for the members and forms. 4) He/shall will have the duty of organizing meeting venues and making all the prior arrangements for the so said meeting. 5) He/she is to work in liaison with the secretary and the vice president of the association in handling organizational activities. 6) He/she is to handle matters elected to cultural activities. iv. TREASURER OR FINANCE IN CHARGE:- 1) He/She is to be charged with the responsibility of holding the financial affairs of the association. 2) He/she is to maintain up-to-date financial records of the association. 3) He is to produce the financial accounts and records to the members on demand for secretary. 4) He/she is to read the financial position association at any of the time where a general body meeting is convened. 5) He/She is to collect the annual or monthly subscription fee, from the members and issue a receipt and prove there of. 6) He/she is to be charged with the duty of finding out way and means of generating funds for the association and bringing in ideas of show to bring in income with in the association. SPORTS IN CHARGE: 1) He/she shall be in charge of all sport activities with in the association. 2) He shall encourage register and interested member according to his ability. And arrange a practice there of. 3) He/she is to facilitate and arrange training for association is required to participate. 4) He is to prepare a roll call for player and to see their practice is as required. 5) He/she is in charge of the belongings of the association, which are used by the teams. 6) He is to create, as far as possible, different teams with variety of games and arrange internal tournaments. 7) He is to form a sub committee under his guidance who represent different part of the city. 8) He/She is to work in liaison with the organizing secretary and the president of the association. STUDENTS COUNSELLOR: 1) He/She is in charge of handling matter relating to admissions, registration, and a completion of new comers. 2) He is to introduce the students with the association and arrange their registration to the association. 3) He/She is to give proper counseling with respect to their academic follow up. For this He is to facilitate and arrange a meeting with the senior students so that the seniors would help them in getting them notes, explanations etc, 4) He/She is to try to solve any matter, which is confusion to newcomer, in accordance with the events and is to maintain stability among the students. 5) The student counselor, How ever, shall also work with the committee members of the association. ELECTIONS While the constitution has provided for the need to have all executive body to run the organization, the constitution has also laid down the procedure for the election of the office bearers.Further more the constitution also, for proper communication and representation, divides Poona city into three areas. 1) Decan & camp area I 2) University & Gokal nagar area II 3) Kothrud & Karve Road Area III The constitution has laid down the following principles: - a) That there shall be one electoral body for the association and that at no time is one to be barred on grounds of sex, religion or any form of infirmity from Contesting elections. b) That all members (paid up) of the association is entitled to vote at the election and contest a seat like-wise, provided he is not disqualified by the constitution or by any law in force on grounds of unsoundness of mind crime illegality etc. c) In order to supervise the entire election procedure the constitution Provides for the appointment of election commissioner who are to be independent from the contesting aspirants and to ensure that the election is free and fair. In addition to the previously stated principles the election is to be held in the following manner: - a) The election are to held annually. b) All the posts will be declared vacant and the members are free to contest at any of them. c) Election is to be held in a free and fair democratic manner. d) The elections can be either through secret ballot or by a show of heads as the members want. QUALIFICATION FOR VARIOUS POSTS :- 1. President: a student to be president a) A student to be a president residing and pursuing his studying in pune. b) He must have completed at least 2-3years in India. c) He should be able to command good characteristics traits of a leader and shall have communicable spoken and written knowledge of amharic language. d) He should be a bonofide registered student in any one of the learning institutions in pune. e) The term of the chairman is of one-year period from the time he assumes office. How ever the term of his office many end abruptly in either of the following grounds. 1. By his resignation from the office in writing under his hand addressed to the vice chair man of the association or 2. By his violation of the constitution. 3. By impeachment of the chairman by members of the association however, this is only through a 2/3 majority o the members present and voting. Or 4. By death or 5. By the expiry of his term. Not with standing the above the chairman can seek reelection for a second term. 2. Vice president: He being second highest office bearing of the office the association, he is to meet the following pre requisite. a) He should be an Ethiopian residing and pursuing his study in pune. b) He must have completed at least one academic year in India. Note: - It should be noted that at any time could president and the vice president come from same area. There fore it is to be ensured that if the president comes from area I then the vice president is to come either from area II or are III but not from area I. and vice versa. c) The vice president is to assume office at president only for two months period until elections are held in case mentioned under sectioned (1-5) of the above happens to the president. 3) Other office bears:- as the pertaining to the posts of the i. Secretary ii. Organizing secretary iii. Treasurer iv. Sports in charge v. Cultural in charge vi. Students counselor a) He/she must have completed one academic year in India b) He must be an Ethiopian student. who is residing and staying in pune. X. EXPULSION OR SUSPENSIONS OF MEMBERS SHIPS:- Chapter IV of the constitution deals with the duties of the members the association for every duty there is a corresponding liability it is thus a strong stand the constitution that a member. Who failed to perform his duty is liable for suspension or expulsion from the association. Thus a member can be expelled or suspended on the following grounds. 1) By the violation of the constitution. 2)The member not being morally upright and his or her character being of questionable repute, there fore his continual stay with in the association will be harmful to the object of the members. The expulsion or suspension can be done only by resolutions of the committee member of the committee members of the association with the approval of 2/3 of the Members present and voting at the time such decision is passed. XI. CONCLUSION Having all these in mind, we the drafts men hope to ensure that this constitution will be a document that will be held in high esteem and will be adhered to by the members of the association.



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