A Member of a Society (NGO) has the following duties:
1.) He has the duty to work to fulfill the objectives of the society.
2.) He has to attend the meetings held in the society regularly and exercise their democratic right if necessary.
3.) The society may take action against the member for:
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i) recovery of arrears of membership subscription.
ii) recovery of any retained property or damages to the property caused by the members.
iii) for mis-utilisation / misappropriation of funds of the society.
iv) Forging any deed, document, money receipt etc. causing loss of fund or loss of credibility of the society.
Every incorporated organization must have both Members and Directors. How people qualify for these roles varies and will be set out in the Rules of the Society. Sometimes (e.g. with co-opted members of the Board) Directors need not be Members. Directors are elected or appointed by the membership of the organization.
The Directors of a Society can be referred to by several names, such as Management Committee, Board of Trustees or Board of Directors. It doesn’t matter what the Directors are called, they are still Directors in law or directors in ngo consultancy.
Directors have the power to carry on the business of the Society.
A Director has a duty to disclose any interest s/he has in a contract. This interest may be personal or by a connected person (e.g. a spouse, child or business partner). Being ‘interested’ means standing to gain financially from a contract. There is no duty to declare a non-financial interest e.g. where a Director may be a member of another organization but has no financial stake in it. The Society’s rules do not specify that a Director who has declared an interest must not take part in any discussion of that matter, although they should not vote.
In carrying out their duties, Directors must act carefully and responsibly. Directors are expected to show the level of skill, care, and competence appropriate to their actual knowledge and experience.
Directors need not give the Society continuous attention and need not to attend every meeting (though they should attend if they are reasonably able to do so). Directors are entitled to expect that managers and officials of the Society act honestly unless there are grounds for suspicion. Directors with particular expertise, for example, accountants, are expected to demonstrate a greater degree of knowledge.
As this duty is owed to the Society, only the Society can enforce it.
