The Past General Chair shall assist the General Chair where and when requested and take an active role in the Nominations committee.

The Past General Chair will assist the General Chair with the administration of DATE, and will temporarily assume the duties of General Chair whenever the General Chair and the Vice General Chair are unavailable. The Past General Chair shall execute on request of the DATE Executive Committee special projects outside the scope of the other committees.

Additionally, the Past General Chair shall be responsible for the maintenance of this document (Organisation and Operating Procedures of the DATE) and of the DATE Policies. He shall distribute a copy of this document, and of the DATE Policies document to each Chair of the DATE at the beginning of the DATE year.