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Structure of the World Fellwoship |
A - The World Fellowship shall be governed by a Central board whose Israeli membership
shall be elected by the National Council of the Israel Medical Association and whose
non-Israeli membership shall be elected by local chapters or local organizations, for
2 years terms of office. Membership shall be limited to 12 members, one half are Israeli.
The President of the Central Board shall be elected by the local chapter or the local organizations,
for two years terms of office. Membership shall be limited to 12 members, one half of whom are Israeli.
B - The administration and operation of the World Fellowship shall be in the hands of an
Executive Committee of the Central Board. The Executive Committee shall be composed of the
Chairman (who must be Israeli and President of the Central Board, and who is elected by
the National Council of the Israel Medical Association), 3 Vice- Presidents (who must
be non- Israeli), a Secretary (who must be Israeli), a Treasurer (who must be Israeli)
and up to 14 other members, one-half of whom must be Israeli
 (1) Non-Israeli membership on the Executive Committee, like Israeli
     membership,
cannot exceed the number of 10 persons.
 (2) Non-Israeli membership must include one representative from each
     chapter.
When the membership in any of these chapters exceed by 1,000
     members over the first 1000 membership
in that country, it shall be
     entitled to an additional representative, based upon one
delegate for
     each 1,000 members, but no chapter
can have more than 3      representative.
 (3) The Chairman of the Executive Committee shall have one vote, but in
     case
of a tie, the chairman shall have an additional vote in order to
     break a tie vote.
 (4) The Executive committee shall have as its prime tasks the following:
   
 The publication of an English newsletter which will serve as means of
        communication among members
of the Israel Medical
Association         worldwide;
     The
publication of informative literature on medical and professional
        projects and conferences in Israel;
     The
sending of its representatives abroad in order to spread the
        concept of
the World Fellowship and to give information about the
        State of Israel;
     The
arrangements for enabling eminent scientists and doctors from
        abroad to present
lectures and workshops in Israel;
     The
arrangements for enabling qualified doctors from abroad to
      participate in the
Physicians Exchange Program.;
     The organization
of the World Assembly of the World Fellowship and;
     The
organization of a hospitality committee to welcome visiting
      doctors to the State of Israel.
C - All members attending the Annual Executive Meeting of the World Fellowship
shall constitute the World Assembly of the Israel Medical Association, which is convened
by the Central Committee of the Israel Medical Association. The Central Committee of the Israel
Medial Association is solely responsible for carrying out the decisions of the World Assembly
after the conclusion of the annual meeting. The World Assembly is to be convened in Israel every
three years, and its program is to be arranged with scientific, social and business organization.
Doctors and medical students who are not members of the Israel Medical Association nor its
World Fellowship, may by invitation attend meetings of the World Assembly.
D - The business of the annual meeting shall be administered by the World Advisory Council
whose membership shall be elected by both Israeli and non- Israeli local chapters or organizations.
Membership on the World Advisory Council shall be composed of twelve members of the Central
Board of the World Fellowship. Up to 20 members of the Executive Committee
of the World Fellowship, and up to 21 representatives at large from the various
countries where there are members of the World Fellowship, at least 1/3 of which
membership must be Israeli.
  (1) Any country having less than 25 members will be represented by one
    delegate who will be without voting rights.
Any country (or group of
    countries) having
more than 100 members will be represented by two
    delegates with full voting rights. Any country
(or group of countries)
    may have more than three delegates with full
voting rights, except for
    the State of Israel whose total representation
must be ½ of all     membership.
  (2) The World Advisory Council Shall meet, if possible, once every year.
  (3) The World Advisory Council shall hear reports from the Central
Board of
    the World Fellowship and from
the Executive Committee of the World
    Fellowship.
The World Advisory Council shall discuss such reports, and
    make decisions with respect to such reports.
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