Article VIII

Board of Directors
Section 1. MEMBERS. The members of the board of directors shall be VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” officers, tamer (optional), tail twister (optional), VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” coordinator, program coordinator, safety officer (optional), “Center” president, if so designated, and all other elected directors and/or chairpersons.
Section 2. QUORUM. The presence in person of a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the board of directors. Except as otherwise specifically provided, the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the board shall be the act and decision of the entire board of directors.
Section 3. DUTIES AND POWERS. In addition to those duties and powers, express and implied, set forth elsewhere in this constitution and by-laws, the board of directors shall have the following duties and powers:
(a) It shall constitute the executive board of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” and be responsible for the execution, through the VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” officers, of the policies approved by the VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center”. All new business and policy of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” shall be considered and shaped, first, by the board of directors for presentation to and approval by the VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” members at a regular or special VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” meeting.
(b) It shall authorize all expenditures and shall not create any indebtedness beyond the current income of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center”, nor authorize disbursal of VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” funds for purposes inconsistent with the business and policy authorized by the VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” membership.
(c) It shall have power to modify, override or rescind the action of any officer of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center”.
(d) It shall have the books, accounts and operations of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” audited annually or, in its discretion, more frequently and may require an accounting or have an audit made of the handling of any VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM “Center” funds by any officer, committee or member of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM. Any member of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM  in good standing may inspect any such audit or accounting upon request at a reasonable time and place.

(e) It shall appoint, on recommendation of the finance committee, a bank or banks for the deposit of the funds of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM.
(f) It shall appoint the surety for the bonding of any officer of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM .
(g) It shall not authorize, nor permit, the expenditure, for any administrative purpose, of the net income of projects or activities of this VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM by which funds are raised from the public.
(h) It shall submit all matters of new business and policy to the respective standing or special VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM committee for study and recommendation to the board.
It shall maintain at least two (2) separate funds governed by generally accepted accounting practices. The first fund to record administrative monies such as dues, tail twisting fines and other internally raised VISHWA SINDHI SEVA SANGAM funds. A second fund shall be established to record activity or public funds raised by asking support from the public. Disbursement from such funds shall be in strict compliance with Section (g) of this article.