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The ultimate responsibility to manage ÒõAPPµ¼º½ is vested in and exercised by a Board of Trustees. The Board is composed of not more than eleven (11) members residing in the Philippines and having Canadian and/or Filipino citizenship, elected by a majority of the regular members voting at an Annual General Meeting. The Senior Trade Commissioner of the Embassy of Canada to the Philippines and the Executive Director of ÒõAPPµ¼º½ sit on the Board in an ex-officio capacity. Each elected Trustee holds office for a term of one (1) year and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified. The President of ÒõAPPµ¼º½ is the Chairman of the Board and presides at all Board meetings. The Board holds meetings on such dates and at such places as the Chairman may designate as follows:

• An organizational meeting within thirty (30) days after an annual general meeting to elect the officers and establish an Executive Committee
• Regular meetings at least once each quarter as called by the Chairman
• Special meetings as may be called by the Chairman
• Special meetings upon written request to the Corporate Secretary as may be petitioned by three (3) or more of the elected Trustees.