4. Task

The objectives of WACS is to establish and maintain friendly relations between the WACS member societies and parties. The WACS members and parties are required to show mutual respect and to support each other.

4.1. Representation of Interests

WACS intends to represent the general interests of the profession, to enhance its prestige and to promote cookery with the member societies and parties through the use and propagation of the knowledge acquired by modern nutritional science and new technologies.

4.2. Support

National Member Societies and Extraordinary Members which have duly paid their membership contributions should give moral support and, wherever possible and budgets permitting, material assistance to other WACS member societies.

4.3. WACS Approved International Culinary Competitions and Exhibitions

WACS National Member Societies which invite national teams to WACS approved International Culinary Competitions or Exhibitions must first seek the approval in a timely manner to the WACS Culinary Committee.

The WACS Culinary Committee must be informed at least two (2) years in advance in order to correctly and effectively organize a WACS Competition or Exhibition to achieve the correct standards which are expected of a WACS approved event.

The organizing party must be a legitimate WACS member and have paid its annual membership contribution.

WACS National Member Societies which are in arrears with their payments will not be granted approval for the organization of a WACS approved International competition or exhibition. Such delinquent societies have no entitlement to send a national team either.

If WACS approval is granted to an international competition or exhibition a fee will be payable to the WACS Treasurer.

If the international competition or exhibition organizers are WACS Extraordinary Members these fees are not charged.

After official WACS approval has been given to the international culinary competition or exhibition they are entitled to promote the event in a professional way that mutually enhances their event and WACS.

The organizers must make sure that the guidelines and regulations for the WACS approved international culinary competitions or exhibitions are respected.

A current WACS Culinary Committee member is appointed to advise and give guidance to the approved WACS Culinary International Competition or Exhibition to ensure that the workings of the event meets with the official criteria of the WACS Culinary guidelines set out by the WACS Culinary Committee.

The appointed adviser may not be a participating WACS judge for that particular event

4.4. Communication and General Information Exchange

The WACS National Member Societies are requested to mutually exchange their journals and periodicals published by their cook´s societies.

If this is not possible, general information may be sent to other member societies via the WACS Continental Directors or the WACS Secretary General.

Information is exchanged electronically via the WACS website www.wacs2000.org

4.5. Evidence of Membership

The individual WACS National Member Societies should issue their members with an identity document proving at the same time their individual country´s membership details and that of WACS.