Article 9: Duties of Officers

	9.1    Duties of the President shall be: a. To preside at meetings of the Executive Committee and Plenary Meetings of the full ICTV membership. b. To prepare with the Secretaries the agendas for meetings of the Executive Committee and the Plenary Meetings of the full ICTV membership. c. To act as editor-in-chief for ICTV reports to be published after each Plenary Meeting of the ICTV
	9.2    Duties of the Vice-President shall be: a. To carry out the duties of the President in the absence of the President. b. To attend meetings of the Executive Committee and Plenary Meetings of the ICTV.
	9.3    Duties of the Secretaries shall be: a. To attend meetings of the Executive Committee and Plenary Meetings of the ICTV. b. To prepare with the President the agendas for meetings of the EC and the Plenary Meetings of the ICTV. c. To prepare the Minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee and Plenary Meetings of the ICTV and circulate them to all ICTV members. d. To act as Treasurer of the ICTV. To handle any funds that may be allocated to the ICTV by the Virology Division of the IUMS or other sources. e. To keep an up-to-date record of ICTV membership.
	9.4    Duties of the Subcommittee Chairs shall be: a. To attend meetings of the Executive Committee. b. To appoint members of the Subcommittee. c. To appoint Study Group Chairs. d. To organize the Subcommittee and Study Groups to study taxonomic problems and to bring forward proposals. e. To present taxonomic proposals to the Executive Committee for voting. f. To co-ordinate the preparation of up-dates of the ICTV Reports. g. To report to the Plenary Meetings of ICTV on taxonomic changes since the preceding ICTV Report and to present any current proposals for further change.