Regulations of the Korean Society of International Agriculture (KSIA)

Chapter 1 General provisions

Clause 1 (Name)
This society is called the Korean Society of International Agriculture (KSIA).

Clause 2 (Objective)
The objective of this society is to promote research for agricultural development of the Korean peninsula and international areas, technological exchange and information interchange, and to promote reciprocal friendship among members.

Clause 3 (Office)
The office of this society is located at the International Technological Cooperation Section, Rural Development Administration (RDA).

Clause 4 (Work)
In order to accomplish the objective of clause 2, this society performs the following work:

1. Scientific research for agricultural development of the Korean peninsula and international areas
2. Issuance of society journal and publication of books
3. Holding research announcement meetings, sympo- siums, and lecture meetings
4. Overall work and information interchange for South- North agricultural exchange and cooperation
5. Domestic and overseas agricultural resources status investigation and technological cooperation work
6. Overall researches and information interchange for domestic and overseas farming settlement
7. Promoting reciprocal friendships among members
8. Other work required for accomplishing the objectives of this society

Chapter 2 Members

Clause 5 (Members)
Member of this society are comprised of individual members, institutional members and sponsored members.
(Qualification of members) Qualification of members of this society are as follows:

1. Individual member: This is a person who joins this society because he approves of the objectives of the society and pays a fixed amount of membership fee.
2. Institutional member: This is domestic and overseas agricultural development-related institution or organization which approves of the objectives of the society, and they shall be approved by the permanent board of directors.
3. Sponsored member: This is a person, institution or organization which has performed a great contribution toward accomplishing the objectives of this society, and they shall be approved by the permanent board of directors. However, voting rights are possessed by individual members only.

Clause 6 (Finances)

1. Expenses of this society are covered by membership fees, contributions and other revenue.
2. A fixed amount of membership fee shall be decided by the chairman group meeting and shall be approved by the general meeting.
3. The fiscal year of this society shall be from the next day of the regular general meeting to the opening date of the next regular general meeting of the following year.

Chapter 3 Officers

Clause 7 (Officer)
Officers of this society are as follows:

1. One Chairman
2. Several vice-chairman including one administrative vice-chairman
3. Two auditors
4. Several chairpersons of specialized sub-committees including one editing chairperson and one chairperson of the North Korean agricultural research committee
5. One administrative director, one editing director and one administrative secretary

Clause 8 (Election and term of officers)
Election and term of officers are as follows:

1. The chairman, vice-chairman and auditor will be elect- ed by the general meeting.
2. The editing chairperson, director, administrative direc- tor, editing director, administrative secretary and editing committee member will be entrusted by the chairman.
3. The chairpersons of specialized sub-committees will be designated as vice-chairman and entrusted by the chairman.
4. Term of office will be two years respectively, and each officer can be reelected except the chairman.
5. For the sake of scientific development and consultation for this society, a counselor and an advisory committee member can be arranged. However, the former chair- man will be the rightful counselor.

Clause 9 (Duties of officers)

1. The chairman sums up the affairs of society by representing this society and he will be the chairman of each meeting.
2. The vice-chairman assists the chairman from each of the fields of editing, financial negotiation, outside cooperation, and so forth, and when the chairman is not available, the duty will temporarily be executed by him in the sequence of eldership, and he can be the chairperson of the specialized sub-committee.
3. The counselor advises on overall items regarding scientific development of this society.
4. The auditor audits work contents and accounting of this society, and reports the results to the general meeting, and he can participate in each of the meetings.
5. The executive director discusses items regarding overall affairs of this society.
6. The editing chairperson handles items regarding edit- ing and publishing of publications.
7. The administrative director sums up general affairs of this society by assisting the chairman, and the administrative secretary assists the administrative director.

Chapter 4 Committee

Clause 10 (Issuance of journal)
An editing committee will be appointed for issuing the journal of this society and publication of other books.

Clause 11 (Constitution of research ethics regulation and investigation committee)
Related to research ethics regulations, an investigation committee can be constituted, and committed members will be entrusted by the chairman.

Clause 12 (General meeting)
In this society, general meetings (regular and temporary), meetings of the permanent board of directors, the chairman group meeting and various committees will be arranged.

1. A general meeting will be held once a year, and a temporary general meeting will be held as per requirement. From the general meeting, the reporting affairs of the society, the election of officers, drafting of business plans, budget, revision of regulations and other required items will be decided.
2. A permanent board of directors will be convened by the chairman in accordance with requests of constituents, and overall items requested or recommended by the general meeting and chairman group meeting will be discussed and decided.
3. The chairman group meeting will be convened by the chairman as per requirement, and this meeting will be comprised of the chairman, counselor, vice-chairman, auditor, editing chairperson, administrative director, editing director and administrative secretary, and overall items requested from general meeting and permanent board of directors will be discussed and decided.

Clause 13 (Specialized sub-committee)
In order to strengthen scientific activity of this society, a North Korean agricultural research committee will be arranged, and other specialized sub-committees can be arranged in accordance with the decision of the general meeting.

Clause 14 (Resolution)
Resolution of general meeting, permanent board of directors and chairman group meeting of this society will be decided by majority vote, and when the numbers of votes for approval and objection are the same, decisions will be conducted by the chairman.

Clause 15
Revision of regulations of this society will be proposed by the meeting and it will be discussed by the permanent board of directors and chairman group meeting and will be decided by the general meeting.

[Supplementary provisions]

Clause 1. This regulation will be effective from May 28, 1988.

Clause 2. This revised regulation will be effective from July 13, 2009.

Clause 3. Items not stipulated in this regulation will be in accordance with general practice.

Clause 4. (Interim measures) Overall regulations, basic property and all affairs of society under enforcement by the existing rules of the Korean Society of International Agriculture (KSIA) and North Korean agricultural research committee will be regarded as having been endorsed by these revised articles, and they will be effective from the date when officers of the integrated society are appointed.

Clause 5. Items not stipulated in this regulation will be in accordance with general practice.