Chairperson
Calls and chairs meetings, coordinates activities and acts as a bank signatory.
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Governance
Clear roles. Shared responsibility. Accountable decisions.
MWONET’s constitution establishes an elected Executive Committee, meeting structures, financial controls and amendment rules.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Six constitutional leadership offices.
Vice-Chairperson
Assists the Chairperson and acts in their absence.
Secretary
Keeps minutes, maintains the membership register and handles official correspondence.
Assistant Secretary
Supports the Secretary and acts in their absence.
Treasurer
Receives, records and deposits group money, manages financial statements and serves as a mandatory bank signatory.
Organizing Secretary / Project Coordinator
Oversees field projects including tree and coffee nurseries, chicken/goat projects and community outreach.
REGULAR MEETINGS
Member-led planning
Regular meetings are to be held on a schedule agreed by members, with the constitution giving bi-weekly or monthly meetings as examples.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Annual accountability
The AGM reviews financial records, assesses project progress and charts the organization’s way forward.
QUORUM
To be finalized
The constitution leaves the final quorum threshold open, with examples of two-thirds or 50% + 1. This should be confirmed formally before the digital governance module enforces it.
FINANCIAL CONTROL
Banking rules are built around multiple signatories.
Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer; withdrawals require at least two signatures, with the Treasurer mandatory.