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- NAME
The name of the Society shall be the International Society for Neuroethology.
- PURPOSE
The purpose of the Society shall be to advance the understanding of the neural
bases of behavior in all animals, vertebrate and invertebrate.
- MEMBERSHIP
The Society shall consist of six types of members: regular, special, life, post-doctoral student, and emeritus. Application for membership in one of these categories shall require submission of a completed, current application form Applications will be evaluated for authenticity and appropriateness and approval granted by a Membership Committee that is a sub-committee of the Executive Committee.
- Regular members. Scientists and Educators who express interest in the purpose of the Society. Regular members may vote and hold office in the Society.
- Life members. Regular members may opt to convert to life membership by paying the one-time dues established for this category of membership. Life members enjoy the same privileges accorded to regular members.
- Special members. Scientists qualified for regular membership but unable, owing to economic and/or political conditions in their countries of residence, to pay regular dues. Applications for this category of membership shall be judged by the Executive Committee on a case-by-case basis, with respect to published lists of developing and economically disadvantaged nations. Dues of Special Members may be paid on a voluntary basis by other members of the ISN, or may be waived by the Executive Committee. Special members may vote and hold office in the Society.
- Post-doctoral members. Individuals who are not faculty members and express an interest in the purpose of the Society. Post-doctoral membership requires that mentors or sponsors are active members of the ISN. Post-doctoral members may not vote or hold office except as ad hoc members approved by the executive committee.
- Student members. Bona fide undergraduate or graduate students doing research interested in the purpose of the Society. Student membership requires that mentors or sponsors are active members of the ISN. Student membership shall terminate at the end of the calendar year in which student status terminates, at which time such individuals become eligible for post-doctoral or regular membership according to the same criteria and procedures that apply to other scientists. Student members may not vote or hold office except as ad hoc members approved by the executive committee.
- Emeritus members. Regular and special members who are retired from their primary positions may apply for emeritus membership. Emeritus members enjoy the same privileges accorded to regular members.
- DUES
The Executive Committee shall set the annual dues of members. The membership
shall be by calendar year, with dues payable in advance. If a member's dues
are unpaid one year after the normal notice of dues payable, she/he shall
receive notice of imminent forfeiture of membership with the next year's
notice, and sixty days after that her/his membership shall lapse unless both
years' dues are paid. Reinstatement may be approved upon application.
- MEETINGS
The Society shall organize an International Congress, ordinarily every three
years, as determined by the Executive Committee and Council. The Society may
also organize or sponsor smaller meetings or symposia anywhere in the world,
provided that these meetings have the approval of the Executive Committee. A
business meeting, open to all members of the Society, shall be held at each
International Congress.
- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY
The ordinary running of the Society within policies determined by these articles or by the Council shall be the responsibility of the Executive Committee, comprising the officers of the Society. There shall be four elected officers: President, President-Elect, Past-President, and Secretary. There shall be one appointed officer, Treasurer. A candidate for Treasurer shall be nominated by the President, who shall seek input from the Executive Committee and Council concerning qualified individuals, and approved for appointment by majority vote of the Council. An outgoing Treasurer may vote on the appointment of a successor, but may not vote on his or her own reappointment. Appointment shall be for a period of one Congress interval, commencing at the end of the calendar year of the ISN Congress. However, the outgoing Treasurer shall work closely with the incoming Treasurer through May 15th of the following year and assume the primary responsibility for filing tax and other reports to the United States Internal Revenue Service and to state agencies that require such reports for the year of the Congress. There is no limit to the number of times a Treasurer may be reappointed, but reappointment must be recommended by the Executive Committee and approved by the Council.
The elected offices shall be held for a period of one Congress interval. Elections to these offices shall take place by electronic ballot or in exceptional cases where this is not possible, by postal ballot, before the end of the calendar year of the International Congress. A slate of candidates shall be announced at the Congress, prior to balloting. A special election may be held if an office becomes vacant, but in the case of Secretary in the latter part of a term, the Council may elect an interim officer. The President shall become Past-President, and the President-Elect shall become President, at the end of the Society's business meeting at the International Congress. The former Past-President shall remain on the Executive Committee until the new President-Elect takes office. The terms of office of the Secretary and new President-Elect shall commence immediately upon the announcement of the election results.
- COUNCIL
Major policies and commitments shall be determined by a Council comprising the Executive Committee and fourteen elected Councilors. In addition, the Chairpersons of the International Congress Committees and the Chairpersons of the Local Organizing Subcommittee of upcoming Congresses shall serve as appointed Councilors from the time of their appointments until the conclusions of their respective Congresses.
The President shall preside, convene meetings, and consult and poll the
Council by mail, email, or fax, but the President shall vote only in case of a
tie. Seven elected Councilors shall be replaced at each election. Elected
Councilors thus serve for two Congress intervals. Election of the seven new
Councilors by electronic ballot or in exceptional cases where this is not
possible, by postal ballot, before the end of the calendar year of the
International Congress. A slate of candidates shall be announced at the
Congress, prior to balloting.
- CONGRESS COMMITTEES
The International Congress shall be organized by the Congress Program
Committee and the Local Organising Subcommittee according to ISN's policies for
Congress management. The Programme Committee shall be responsible for
planning and implementing the scientific and social programs of the next
International Congress, as well as for fund-raising in support of that
Congress, whereas the Local Organizing Subcommittee shall be responsible for
all local arrangements for the Congress. The Chairpersons and membership of
the Committee and its Subcommittee shall be determined by the Executive
Committee of the Society in consultation with the Council. Advice and/or
logistical assistance will be requested, as deemed necessary, of the ISN
management firm in: the selection of meeting sites; arrangement of
special room, meal, and meeting room associated rates for the Congress;
registration for the Congress; printing of the Congress Program; and other
business-related matters pertaining to the running of the Congress.
- NOMINATING COMMITTEE
In preparation for each regular election, a Nominating Committee appointed by
the Executive Committee shall prepare a slate of candidates for the elective
offices of President-Elect, Secretary, and seven elected Councilors.
The Nominating Committee shall consist of five Regular or Emeritus Members. The
Past President and the President-Elect shall be members ex officio, and the
remainder shall be members-at-large, all with equal vote. The Past president
shall normally serve as Chairperson. The Nominating Committee shall be
appointed by the President, after consultation with the Executive Committee and
the Council. At the time they are appointed, the three members-at-large shall
not be officers, Councilors, or Chairpersons of Standing or ad hoc Committees.
The slate of nominees shall be determined, with proper diligence to ensure
representation of diverse scientific and geographic areas, prior to the
International Congress and announced at the business meeting at the Congress.
Proposals for the slate of nominees may be submitted by members of the Society
no later than thirty days before the Congress and shall be considered by the
Nominating Committee in formulating the slate of candidates. The slate
ordinarily shall have not fewer than two, nor more than three, names for each
vacancy. The Nominating Committee shall ascertain in advance the willingness of
nominees for President-Elect, Secretary, and Councilors to serve if
elected.
- OTHER COMMITTEES
The President or the Council may create other committees as appropriate,
designated Presidential or Society Committees, respectively. They shall not be
permanent and shall expire unless re-authorized within six months after each
election.
- ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
On recommendation by a majority of the Council or by a written proposal
signed by not fewer than fifty regular members, these By-laws may be adopted
or, thereafter, amended by a simple majority of votes cast in an electronic or
a mail ballot of voting members. Written notice of the text of proposed
amendments must be distributed to all members along with the ballot. Changes in
the By-laws shall go into effect upon closing and counting of the ballots.
Bylaws last revised October 2010
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