NCF will have a Board of Directors consisting of (7) seven members, and an Executive Director who shall be an ex-officio member with a non-voting status. The Chairperson, the Executive Director, Secretary, and Treasurer, may sign the checks or drafts of NCF.
The directors for the ensuing year shall be chosen at the annual meeting of this organization and they shall serve for a term of two years.
The Board of Directors shall oversee the duties of the officers and act in the name of NCF when it shall be regularly convened by its Chairperson after due notice to all the directors of such meeting.
Five [Seventy-one (71%) percent] of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum and the meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held regularly twice a year.
Each Board member, except the Executive Director, shall have one vote and such voting shall not be done by proxy.
The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations covering its meetings as it may in its discretion determine necessary.
Vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be filled by a vote of the majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors for the balance of the year.
The Chairperson of the Board of Directors by virtue of his/her office shall be Chairperson of NCF.
No Board Member shall for reason of his/her office be entitled to receive any salary or compensation.
The Board of Directors shall publish an electronic monthly newsletter covering relevant developments in the affairs of NCF and the Somali Republic.
The Board of Directors shall set up and maintain a website dedicated to the dissemination of the ideas generated by the NCF.
A director may be removed if four of the remaining six directors conclude that sufficient cause exists for such removal. The Board of Directors may entertain charges against any director. A director may be represented by counsel upon any removal hearing. The Board of Directors shall adopt such rules for this hearing as it may in its discretion consider necessary for the best interests of NCF.