Meetings of the Foundation Board	Minutes of Decisions
2007
Third meeting (06 November 2007)
Second meeting (20 March 2007)
2006
First meeting (20 March 2006)

The Foundation Board is composed of from twenty-four (24) to thirty-three (33) members. Fifteen to twenty-four of them are co-opted for a period of three (3) years. They come in equal numbers from three (3) colleges (tripartite representation). Among its principal attributions, the Board:

• elects its president and two vice-presidents for a period of three years;
• exercises a general overview of the Foundation’s activities;
• approves the standing orders of the Foundation and the annex to the statutes relating to the Foundation’s activities and future direction;
• adopts the criteria for financing the Fund’s activities;
• approves the annual budget and accounts;
• approves the president’s annual management report;
• approves the activity report drawn up by the Executive Committee;
• appoints, on the proposal of the Executive Committee, the members of the Scientific Committee and of the Honorary Committee;
• appoints, on the proposal of the Executive Committee, the Executive Secretary responsible for managing the Secretariat;
• appoints each year one or several auditors of the accounts;
• defines the ways in which the Foundation’s goals are to be attained;
• discusses and approves the Foundation’s programme of activities.

The current composition of the Foundation Board is as follows:

16 Governments

• International Organization of Francophonie (OIF)