It was jointly decided by UPM and SIDS that the overall management of the chair be carried out by a joint Board of Trustee as follows:
Joint Advisors:
- Vice Chancellor, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
- Chairman, Sarakup Indu Dayak Sarawak.
Secretariat Members:
- Deputy Vice Chancellor, (Academic and International) (who shall act as chairman of the meeting).
- Dean, Faculty of Human Ecology, UPM.
- One nominee of Universiti Putra Malaysia (to be named later)
- Three persons nominated by SIDS.
* Mdm. Margaret Bedus, Deputy Chairman.
* Mdm. Cynthia Zehnder, Vice Chairman.
*Mdm. Cherry Linda Keripin, Assistant Secretary. - One nominee of Sarawak Government (to be named later)
- Chairholder, who shall act as Secretary to the Meeting (to be announced later)