Article 5: Rights and Privileges of Membership -
Full Members shall have:
(i) The right to participate in the CEJA activities and to make use of the facilities provided;
(ii) The right to speak and vote at all CEJA meetings;
(iii) The right to stand for elections, to hold office, to vote, propose and nominate or second candidates for elections;
(iv) Any other privileges as the executive committee may, from time to time, prescribe;
(v) Associate and individual members shall enjoy all the facilities and privilege excepting the voting rights.

Article 6: General Body
(a) The supreme authority of CEJA is vested in the meeting of the General Body of its members. Forty percent of the full members at least representing five founding members of the total members of CEJA members must be present at the meeting o f the General Body for its proceedings to be valid and to constitute a quorum;
(b) A meeting of the CEJA General Body shall be held at least every two years;
(c) The General Body shall be the principal review and deliberative body of CEJA and shall be responsible for determining policy and the work program;
(d) Election of an Executive Committee comprising a Chairman, three Vice Chairmen, a Secretary General, an Assistant Secretary, and 5 members, will hold office for three years;
(e) The Annual Report of CEJA including the financial report since the previous General Body should be prepared;
(f) Administrative and budgetary matters;
(g) Any other matter that may be put before it;
(h) The meeting of the General Body shall elect an Executive Committee comprising of 11 members for three-year term. All full members present at the General Body, who have paid their annual membership, can vote to elect the members of the Executive Committee. Each member will have one vote;
(j) The Executive Committee shall comprise a Chairman, three Vice Chairmen, a secretary general, an Assistant Secretary, and 5 members. The Executive Committee shall hold office until such time a new Executive Committee is elected;
(k) The Executive Committee will be elected by a secret ballot;
(l) Eight weeks' notice shall be given to members for the meeting of the General Body. The notice shall in every case be accompanied by a provisional agenda, which will be approved by the Chairman or Secretary. All documents for discussion shall be made available to the members before the congress.

Article 7: Extraordinary Meeting.
An extraordinary Meeting of the General Body of CEJA shall be convened
(a) Whenever the Executive Committee of CEJA deems it desirable, or
(b) At the joint request in writing of less than two-thirds of Executive Committee Members, stating the objects and reasons for such a meeting.The Chairman or Secretary General shall circulate the objects and reasons for such a meeting to all Members.

Article 8: The General Body may formulate its own rules of procedure              

Article 9: Functions of the Executive Committee
(a) The Chairman shall during his term of office preside at the meeting of the General Body and shall be responsible for providing policy guidance to CEJA. The functions of the CEJA secretariat will be the main duty of the Chairman who will raise funds for its activities including annual congress and other projects. Appointments for the secretariat will be the decision of the chairman.
(b) One of the Vice-Chairmen shall act accordingly in the absence of the chairman.
(c) The Secretary general will assist the CEJA secretariat to implement the decisions of the General Body including its work programs.

Article 10: Program and Budgetary Matters
1. The General Body, at its meeting, shall approve biannual work programs and budgets of CEJA. All financial contribution to CEJA will be received on behalf of CEJA and deposited into an account operated by the name of the "Commonwealth Environmental Journalists Association (CEJA)".
2. The chairman shall be responsible for operating these accounts and shall submit a financial report to the meetings of the Governing Council. The CEJA HQ bank accounts will be operated by the secretariat accountant and CEJA chairman.CEJA Vice Chairmen can also open accounts to start their regional activities.

Article 11: Audit
1. Two members, appointed by Executive Committee, shall be Honorary Auditors. They shall hold office till the new auditors are appointed by the General Body. However, they shall not be re-appointed for the following term.
2. The Auditors shall be required to audit the accounts of CEJA from time to time.
Article 12: Amendment of Rules
These rules may not be altered or amended except by two-thirds majority resolution of a Governing body.

Article 13: Interpretation
In the constitution, unless the context otherwise requires. (a) " CEJA" means the Commonwealth Environmental Journalists Association. (b) "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Environmental Journalists Association.
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CEJA Three-Year Work Plan (2006-2010)

The Five-Year (2006-2010) Plan of Action to be launched on January 1, 2006, by the Commonwealth Environmental Journalists Association (CEJA).

1. Creating and promoting public awareness on environmental issues and strengthening the green agenda in Commonwealth countries. CEJA chapters in different Commonwealth countries will, in collaboration with different environmental groups and forums - including national environmental journalist associations - will help sensitize and mainstream m the conservation issues in the national media.

2. Holding of workshops, seminars, round tables, training programs for journalists at national and district levels (local levels) in different Commonwealth countries.

3. Arranging three regional conferences - One in South Asia, one in the Asia-Pacific and one in Europe. Besides this, CEJA will try to hold a grand Congress to be participated by delegates from the member countries in the last quarter of the year 2010. The venues of these congresses and the ways and means for materializing these will be discussed at the three regional conferences taking lessons learnt from national and district level workshops, roundtables and seminars.

4. Organizing field trips at national level to help CEJA members to investigate and prove environmental problems and report those in the national media. CEJA national chapters, with help from CEJA's headquarters, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and different funding agencies that will support such programs.

5. Organize inter-country exchange programs and study tours for CEJA members among different Commonwealth countries. National governments, particularly environment ministries in different countries, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the DFID of the British Government and different environmental NGOs in the Commonwealth countries should be of help in organizing such exchange programs and study tours.

6. To come up with a Commonwealth State of Environment Report at the end of this five-year action plan. Inputs of the report will be drawn from national forums. The report will be presented at the CEJA Congress planned for the last quarter of the year 2010.
7. Will bring out CEJA half-yearly newsletters and run a monthly CEJA environmental feature service - with contributions from writers from CEJA national chapters. CEJA will also establish a CEJA website on the Internet.


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