BYLAWSRELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT PROCEDURE
OF THEASIAN RIVER RESTORATION NETWORK

Adopted at the ARRN Governing Council Meeting (Email), September 13th, 2012

A. Objectives
This bylaw intends to complement Article 5 and Article 6 of ARRN Charter.
B. Organization Structure
1. Organization of ARRN shall be as shown in the schematic below.
Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN)
Governing Council

Supportcoordination

Chairperson
Representative of
National RRN

Members[ National River Restoration Network (National RRN) ]Voting member of Governing Council

Requestopinion

Information Committee

CRRNKRRN

JRRN

n1 RRNn2 RRNn3 RRN[ Regional River Restoration Network (Regional RRN) ]Group organization

Representative of National RRN

r1 RRNr2 RRNr3 RRN

Technical Committee
Representative of National RRN[ Non River Restoration Network (Non RRN) ]Organization or Individual

Secretariat
Rotation of National RRN

Governm ent Agency

Research InstituteNGO

Public Corporation

Private Cam pany

Individualetc.

ARRN organization structure
2. ARRN members are classified as National RRN, Regional RRN and Non RRN,
those are possible to participate in activities specified in Article 4 of the ARRN
Charter.
- National RRN is a representative of River Restoration Network in a country
which is approved by the Governing Council. Its representative shallparticipate in the Governing Council and be entitled to vote for discussion
based on Article 7 of the ARRN charter. In addition, one representative
possibly participates as member in Information committee and Technicalcommittee respectively.

- Regional RRN is a group organization, with more than twenty individuals or
five organizations membership respectively, approved by the Information
Committee. Its representative is able to participate in the Governing
Council with no voting right.
- Non RRN is an organization or individual member approved by the ARRNsecretariat.
C. Applying for Membership
1. Groups and individuals to join the ARRN perform the following steps in theprocedure as Regional RRN or Non RRN. The membership application
procedure shall be advertised on the ARRN website.
(1) The application of Regional RRN shall be submitted to ARRN secretariat.
(2) The application of Non RRN shall be submitted to the National RRN orRegional RRN existing in the country or region of the applicant. Where there
is no National RRN or Regional RRN, the application shall be submitted to theARRN secretariat directly.
2. Application for Regional RRN membership shall be declared the followings.
(1) Profile of Organization- Name of Organization- Website of Organization (URL)- Name of Representative and Position- Field and Outline of Activity- Total number of members (organizations and individual respectively)(2) Contact Information- Name of Contact Person and Position- Address- Telephone, Fax and Email(3) Other matters as reference
3. Any groups or individuals applied for Non-RRN membership shall be declared
the followings.
(1) Organization
1) Profile of Organization- Name of Organization- Name of Representative and Position- Field and Outline of Activity2) Contact Information- Name of Contact Person and Position- Address- Telephone, Fax and Email
3) Other matters as reference(2) Individual- Name and Title- Organization (if any)
- Field of activity- Address- Telephone, Fax and Email- Other matters as reference
D. Judging and Approval on Membership
1. Receiving the application for Regional RRN, ARRN secretariat shall promptly
report to the Information Committee. Judging shall be conducted in theInformation Committee within one month after receiving membership
applications of the Regional RRN to determine whether Regional RRN or Non
RRN. ARRN secretariat shall respond to the applicant the results.
2. After receiving the application for Non RRN, ARRN secretariat will respondpromptly to the applicant the results.
3. Transition from the Regional RRN to National RRN will be determined by thediscussion in the Governing Council, if Regional RRN gave application to theGoverning Council through the Secretariat.
Memorandum:
This bylaw is prepared by the ARRN Information Committee.
- Enacted by the ARRN Governing Council Meeting (email), 13 September, 2012