PECERA will be governed by a set of Officers and a Steering Committee. 1 PECEA's Officers PECERA shall have the following Executive Officers: President,Secretary, and Treasurer. The duties of these officers are those usually associated with such officers in other organizations. In addition, the President shall chair the association's Steering Committee and the Secretary will be a co-webmaster. The officers shall be appointed by the Steering Committee and will serve for a term of three years. They may be reappointed for an additional term. PECERA's officers are ex-officio members of the Steering Committee. 2 PECERA's Steering Committee The Steering Committee will consist of members who come from the principal countries or units of government from which the bulk of the members come. In addition to those assigned to them from time to time, this Constitution empowers them to exercise the following powers in furtherance of the Association's aims: (a) The power to raise funds and to invite and receive contributions, providing that in raising funds they do not undertake any permanent trading activities. (b) The power to buy or lease any property and to maintain and equip it for use. (c) The power to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the association 's property . (d) The power to provide indemnity insurance for themselves out of the association's income. (e) The power to approve the sites for PECERA's Annual Conferences . (f) The power to recommend annual dues for membership in the Association, to be approved by a majority of votes of members in a forthcoming membership meeting. (g) The power to do all such other things that are lawful as are necessary for the achievement of PECERA's aims. 3 The Steering Committee's first members shall be appointed by the President of the Association. These will be scholars in early childhood education who are committed to the aims of the association and who come from those countries from which tile majority of the members come. They will also include the current and former chairs of the PECERA Conference Planning Committees, Members of the Steering Committee will serve for a term of three years by resolution of the membership. They may serve for more than one term. Amember of the steering committee may be removed at any time from his or her position on that committee if good cause is shown. 4 The Steering Committee shall meet once a year just prior to the Annual Conference. The president will fix the exact time and date of each meeting and will circulate an agenda prior to the meeting. Because of distances involved, the Steering Committee will maintain its business between meetings by mail, fax and email. Emergency or special meetings may, however, be called by agreement of 2/3 of the members of the Steering Committee. Minutes will be kept of each meeting which will be circulate to the members of the Steering Committee and will be presented to the members at the annual membership meeting.

		PECERA China Committee c/o Prof Zhu Jiaxiong Early Childhood Education Department East China Normal University 3663 Zhong Shan North Road.Shanghai ,200062 P.R.of China E-mail:Wangdeming@online.sh.cn