The Regulations for the Election and Appointment of Executives of the Robotics Society of Japan

Enacted on April 15, 1988 by the Board of Directors

Revised on October 18, 1991 by the Board of Directors

Revised on April 1, 2000 by the Board of Directors

(Purpose)

Article 1   These Regulations for the election of the Executives are stipulated in accordance with Article 13 of the Articles of Incorporation of this Society.

(Election)

Article 2   An election by the regular members shall be performed for the appointment of the Executives.

(Election Committee)

Article 3   The administration of the affairs necessary for the election of the Executives shall be performed by the election committee comprised of three members appointed by the Board of Directors. The committee shall be comprised of one chairman of the committee and two committee members. The President shall assume the post of the chairman of the committee.

2. The Board of Directors shall establish the election committee at an appropriate time so that the committee may be able to perform the necessary administration of the election in consideration for the term of office of the Executives of the next period.

(Quorum of Executives)

Article 4   The Board of Directors shall determine the quorum of the Executives in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation.

(Appointment of Candidates)

Article 5   The Board of Directors shall appoint the candidates for the Executives to be elected in accordance with the regulations separately stipulated.

(Voting)

Article 6   The voting shall be performed as follows: The designated voting ballot shall be mailed to the regular members and the members shall vote by filling out the ballot with the necessary matters and by returning such ballot.

2. The voting for the President shall be a single vote and the voting for the Executives other than the President shall be multiple votes within the predetermined quorum.

3. The voting shall be deemed effective when all of the following conditions are satisfied:

      (1) The number of affirmative votes shall not be below three-fourths of the total votes;

      (2) The number of dissenting votes shall not be more than one-fifth of the number of regular members; and

      (3) The number of affirmative votes shall not be below one-fifth of the number of regular members.

(Report to Board of Directors)

Article 7   The chairman of the election committee shall immediately report the result of the voting to the Board of Directors. Such report may be in writing.

(Exceptional Handling)

Article 8   If any matters not stipulated in these Regulations and related regulations occur, the election committee may take appropriate measures, respecting the purposes of such Regulations and related regulations. However, a report shall be submitted and the prior or retrospective approval of the Board of Directors shall be obtained.

(Election of Executives)

Article 9   The entire procedure including the election by the regular members in accordance with these Regulations and the final appointment by reporting to the General Meeting the result thereof shall be deemed as the procedure for the election of the Executives set forth in Article 13 of the Articles of Incorporation.

(Report to Regular Members)

Article 10   Immediately after the appointment of the Executives for the next  period, the Board of Directors shall report the result thereof to the regular members. Such report may be in writing including in the journal and bulletins.

(Director in Charge)

Article 11   In relation to these Regulations, the initiation of matters including the establishment of the election committee and other propositions shall be mainly handled by the Director in charge of general affairs.

Supplementary Provisions

1. These Regulations shall be implemented from April 15, 1988.

2. Following the implementation of these Regulations, the Internal Regulations for the Election of the President of the Robotics Society of Japan (enacted on June 22, 1988 by the Board of Directors) shall be abolished. These Regulations shall be revised and implemented from October 18, 1991.

3. These Regulations shall be revised and implemented from April 1, 2000.