ARTICLE XII.

ADVISORY BOARD

• The Advisory Board consists of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Records Officer, and a minimum of seven (7) Board members. Nominations and selection will be done with the provisions of ARTICLE VII and every four (4) years, six (6) years for Record Officers. The Board meets twice a year for providing general or specific guidance or recommendation of policies to the Executive Committee or Board of Directors. The President of the Association is the seventh and also the only natural member of the Board.

  The Board members must have thirty (30) years of minimum field experience in their professional life or they must be identified as founding members of the ASSOCIATION in ARTICLE XXIII or they must serve as President for two (2) consecutive terms.

  The President of the Association can only be a member of the Advisory Board until the expiration of his or her term in the Board of Directors.

  The Board will select their chairperson and officers at their first meeting.

  The Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson are also members of the Board of Directors.