Officers
The officers of the Association for the Theological Education in South East Asia shall be a Chairperson, a vice-Chairperson, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. They are to be elected by the General Assembly upon nomination of the Executive Committee. Should a vacancy occur in any of the offices between sessions of the General Assembly, the Executive Committee shall appoint a substitute who will serve until the next election. The Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson shall normally be heads of member-institutions or church people who are members of the General Assembly with experience in theological education.
Duties of the Officers
1. The Chairperson shall preside at sessions of the General Assembly and the Executive Committee and carry on interim business between meetings as may be appropriate and necessary.
2. The Vice-Chairperson shall preside in the absence of Chairperson and assist in interim business meetings as may be appropriate and necessary.
3. The Secretary shall take minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee and of the General Assembly and shall assist in interim business between meetings the financial matters as may be appropriate and necessary.
4. The Treasurer shall be the Chairperson of the Finance Committee and assist in the finance matters.
There shall be an Executive Director appointed by the General Assembly upon nomination of the Executive Committee. He/She shall be the chief executive officer of the Association for Theological Education in South East Asia and he/she shall be accountable to the same.
Duties of the Executive Director
1. He/She shall report to the Association in its General Assembly and annual meeting Executive Committee meetings.
2. He/She will propose and implement plans and programes and promotes relationships approved by the Association through its General Executive and Commissions meetings.
3. He/She shall be the Dean of the South East Asia Graduate School of Theology.
4. He/She shall organize the General and Executive meetings of the Association and prepare the agenda for these meetings.
5. He/She shall be responsible for carrying out duties assigned to him/her by the General Assembly and Executive Committee meetings.
Term of Office
The term of office of the officers shall be four years between regular sessions of the General Assembly.
The term of the Executive Director shall normally be four years between regular sessions of the General Assembly or Executive Committee. (Note: The term of office of the executive director may be extended up to six months following the General Assembly Session at which his/her term of office normally ends.)