1.7 Council
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1.7 Council
1.7.1 The Council shall consist of the Officers, Continental representatives
elected at the BGM and members co-opted in accordance with 1.7.5.
1.7.2 The number of representatives from a Continent, in addition to any of
its members who are Officers, shall be one sixth of the number of its
member Associations which by 31st December of the year before the BGM
have paid all subscriptions due by that date, rounded up to the next
higher whole number.
1.7.3 The representatives of a Continent, other than any of its members who
are Officers, shall each be from a different Association.
1.7.4 The Council shall meet as required during the period of the BGM and once
during the year in which there is no BGM, but shall otherwise conduct
its business by correspondence.
1.7.5 At its first meeting after the BGM the Council shall co-opt as full
members the Chairmen of Committees other than the Sports Science and
Standing Orders Committees, if they are not elected members of the
Council.
1.7.6 The Chairman at a Council meeting shall normally be the President, or,
in his absence, the Deputy President; if both are absent the members
present shall elect one of their number as Chairman for that meeting.
1.7.7 Every question at a Council meeting, unless otherwise stated in the
appropriate rule, shall be decided by a simple majority of the votes
cast; if there is an equality of votes the Chairman shall have a
casting vote.
1.7.8 Voting shall be by a show of hands, a roll-call or a ballot, as decided
by the meeting on a proposition by the Chairman.
1.7.9 In the period between BGMs any vacancy arising in the membership of the
Council may be filled by simple majority vote at a Council meeting,
but no temporary substitute shall be permitted to attend a Council
meeting or to conduct Council business in place of a member absent or
indisposed.
1.7.10 The Council shall have power to appoint consultants to itself or to any
special Committee; the responsibilities and rights of these consultants
shall be defined at the time of appointment.
1.7.11 The ITTF shall pay a proportion of the travel costs of Council members
attending the meeting held in the year between BGMs, the proportion
being decided from time to time by the executive board.
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