The day to day functioning of FEZANA is done by the Executive Committee that is elected by the member associations member associations.

Current Executive Committe is:

Zenobia Damania is the FEZANA Administrator, and works out of FEZANA’s headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. She can be reached at admin@fezana.org

The larger functioning of FEZANA is through various committees.

A full list of all the committees and their contact information is available on the Committees page.

ROLE OF THE COMMITTEES

ARTICLE VI, SECTION 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION

Committees shall be established to expedite the business of the Federation, to fulfill the purposes of the Federation and to transact specific activities for the Federation. The committees will be working bodies and their role will be to execute and implement the Purposes of the Federation. The area of responsibilities shall be as defined by the Membership.

STANDING COMMITTEES

The standing committees shall include (but not be limited to) the following:

A. Coordination and Planning Committee. (This committee shall be chaired by the Vice-President)

B. Zoroastrian Unity and Welfare Committee

C. Information Receiving and Disseminating Committee

D. Funds and Finance Committee

E. Census and Survey Committee

F. Youth Committee

G. Education, Conference and Scholarship Committee

H. North American Zoroastrian Congress Committee

I. Committee to serve small groups of North American Zoroastrians.

J. Zoroastrian Sports Committee (ZSC)

K. FEZANA Information Research Education System (FIRES)

L. UN-NGO

CONFERENCE OF MOBEDS

ARTICLE VI, SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION

The Federation shall consult with its Members to maintain a liaison with the Mobeds of North America, and if acceptable to the Federation and the Mobeds, arrange a continuing conference of Mobeds, and disseminate to the Membership the deliberations of any such conferences when reported to the Federation.

AD-HOC COMMITTEES

ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION

The President shall have the power to appoint ad-hoc committees when situations demand, to address specific issues.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION

Prior to the expiration of the term of the appointees to committees, the Secretary shall call for volunteers to serve on specific committees. Member Associations or individuals interested in chairing or serving on committees may submit their names. The President of the Federation shall thereupon make appointments to the committees, subject to approval by the Membership.

The term of office for each appointee to the committee shall be three years, unless otherwise specified by the Membership. Appointees may be reappointed by the President, with the approval of the Membership. The President may fill vacancies and/or reassign appointments to the standing committees at any time, with the approval of the Members.

COMMITTEE BUDGETS AND REPORTS

ARTICLE VI, SECTION 5 OF THE CONSTITUTION

Each committee shall prepare a budget and present it to the Treasurer 90 days prior to the end of the fiscal year, for consideration in the annual budget to be prepared by the Treasurer no later than 60 days prior to the end of the fiscal year. The budget so prepared by the Treasurer shall be effective upon approval by the Membership. Additional funds may be raised by the Committees for their specific purposes.

Each committee shall submit a status report to the Secretary once each year. The Secretary shall distribute all committee status reports to all Members within 15 days of their receipt.

The above information is excerpted from the FEZANA Constitution. The entire constitution is available for view in the Public Records section.