The Board of Directors is elected every year by the Membership at the AGM. The Board of Directors is charged with providing vision and direction for the Association and engage in tasks relating to Membership, Treasury, Policy Development, Journal, Line Managing Employees, Communications and International Affairs. The Directors are the legal and governance structure of the Association whose responsibilities include compliance with regulation and laws that apply to our association, these include: meeting contractual requirements to funders, Data Protection Legislation, Employment Legislation, Health & Safety Legislation, Company Law, Revenue Commissioners (tax obligations), and the promotion of the IASW Code of Ethics & Practice.
The SIG Network is an advisory group of the Board of IASW and SIG Network members must be members of the Association. The SIG Network is made up of the Chair of IASW and one representative of each Special Interest Group (preferably the Chair of each Special Interest Group), Social Group and Associate Group. All other Board members are entitled to attend SIG Network meetings. Additional members of the SIG Network may be agreed by the Board.
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