Thereafter they may be transferred for safekeeping to an archive chosen by the Council. Individual members, with their contact details. Officers and all other members of Council and Steering Committee, with their contact details. Annual fee payments by all members. Proposals for revision must be submitted to the Secretariat not later than 7 months after the previous Council and shall be circulated to the IPB membership at least 4 months in advance of the next meeting of the Council.
Any decision takes effect immediately.
Two-thirds of the votes cast are necessary to revise the Rules. With the exception of increasing or decreasing the number of regions as membership rises or falls, all decisions must be formally ratified by the next IPB Assembly.