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Article I - Name
and Purpose
Article II - Membership
Article III - Officers
Article IV - Board of Directors
Article V - Nominations and Elections
Article VI - Meetings
Article VII - Committees
Article VIII - Dues and Assessments
Article IX - Amendments to the Constitution
Article X - General Considerations
Article XI - Founding of the Society
Article XII - Developmental Psychobiology
Sect.
1. The name of this organization shall be the International
Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Inc.
Sect.
2. The purposes of this Society shall be:
(a) To promote
and encourage research on the development of behavior in all organisms
including man, with special attention to the effects of biological
factors operating at any level of organization. Such research may
involve both descriptive and experimental methods and be undertaken
under either natural or controlled conditions.
(b) To facilitate
communication of research results and theory in the area of Developmental
Psychobiology through the use of both professional and popular printed
media and through the presentation of papers at meetings of the
Society.
(c) To foster
application of the valid findings of research to human affairs in
a way beneficial to mankind.
Sect.
1. There shall be three categories of membership in the
Society: Member, Student Member, and Retired/Spouse Member.
Sect.
2. Members shall be persons who (a) hold a doctoral degree
and (b) present satisfactory evidence of having made a substantial
contribution to the academic literature in the field of human or
animal behavior or biology. Established independent researchers
in the field not meeting requirement (a & b) listed above, and
desiring full member status must be accepted by unanimous vote of
the Executive Committee.
Sect.
3. Student Member shall be persons who hold a baccalaureate
degree and who are full-time workers in a research setting or who
are registered as full-time candidates for a baccalaureate or higher
degree who wish to participate in the activities of the Society.
An application for Student membership shall be sponsored by a
Member of the Society, or a faculty or professional member of the
institution in which the applicant is situated. Student Member
shall be voting members of the Society but may not stand for office
in the Society, except for the office of Student Member Representative.
Sect.
4. Retired/Spouse Member shall be former, Full or Student
Members who have retired but who wish to maintain contact with the
Society. Upon retirement, members may request Retired/Spouse Member status. They
will be required to pay dues to the Society but will not be required
to subscribe to the Journal.
Sect.
5. Membership shall become effective following notification
of acceptance by the Secretary and upon the receipt of dues for
current fiscal year.
Sect.
1. The officers of this Society shall consist of a President,
a President-elect, a Past-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a
Program Officer, a Conference Coordinator, three board Members, a Representative to the
Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences,
a Representative to the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation
of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) International, one or two student Member Representatives, and, in the years when they have been elected, a
Secretary-elect, a Treasurer-elect, a Program Officer-elect, and
a Conference Coordinator-elect. The voting members shall include all non-student officers.
Sect. 2. The term of the office of the President
shall be one year, preceded by one year as President-elect; the
term of the President-elect shall be one year; the term of the Past-President
shall be one year preceded by one year as President; the term of
the Secretary shall be three years preceded by one year as Secretary-elect;
the term of the Secretary-elect shall be one year; the term of the
Treasurer shall be three years preceded by one year as Treasurer-elect;
the term of the Treasurer-elect shall be one year; the term of the
Program Officer shall be three years preceded by one year as Program
Officer-elect; the term of the Program Officer-elect shall be one
year; the term of the Conference Coordinator shall be three years
preceded by one year as Conference Coordinator-elect; the term of
the Conference Coordinator-elect shall be one year: the term of
Representative to the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and
Cognitive Sciences shall be three years; the term of the Representative
to the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory
Animal Care (AAALAC) International shall be three years; the terms
of Directors not serving ex officio shall be three years each; except
on the first election directors shall be assigned by lot to 1, 2,
or 3 year terms, so that thereafter only one such director shall
be elected each year, and the term of the Student Member Representative
shall be one year. No officer of the Society may succeed himself/herself
in the same office without one year intervening between terms except
for the Representative to AAALAC who may succeed himself/herself
for an unspecified number of terms and the Student Member Representative
who may succeed himself/herself for a maximum of two additional
one-year terms for a total of 3 years.
Sect.
3. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at
all official meeting of the Society, to act ex officio as Chairperson
of the Board of Directors, to exercise Supervision of the affairs
of the Society with the Approval of the Board of Directors and to
perform such other duties as are incident to the office or as may
properly be required of him/her by vote of the Board of Directors.
Sect.
4. It shall be the duty of the President-elect in the absence
or incapacity of the President to assume the duties of the President.
Sect.
5. It shall be the duty of the Past-President in the absence
or incapacity of the President-elect to assume the duties of the
President-elect.
Sect.
6. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep all records
of all meetings of the Society, to issue calls and notices for meetings
and nominations, to publish a newsletter, to issue application forms
for membership in the Society, to gather all required forms for
membership in the Society, and to gather all required information
pertaining thereto, and to act as Secretary of the Board of Directors
and Executive Committee.
Sect.
7. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-elect to assist
the Secretary, to become familiar with the duties and responsibilities
of the office of Secretary, and, in the absence or incapacity of
the Secretary, to assume the duties of the Secretary.
Sect. 8. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer
to have custody of all funds and properties of the Society, to collect
dues, to make disbursements as authorized by the Board of Directors,
to present in a written report to the Board of Directors at its
annual meeting a summary of the assets and expenditures of the preceding
fiscal year, and to file such income tax returns as is necessary
for the Society. The fiscal year of the Society shall terminate
on December 31 of each year.
Sect.
9. It shall be the duty of the Treasure-elect to assist
the Treasure, to become familiar with the duties and responsibilities
of the office of Treasure, and, in the absence or incapacity of
the Treasure, to assume the duties of the Treasure.
Sect.10.
It shall be the duty of the Program Officer to preside over a Program
Committee consisting of the Executive Committee of the Society in
order to plan and arrange programs for the scientific meetings of
the Society.
Sect.
11. It shall be the duty of the Program Officer-elect to
assist the Program Officer, to become familiar with the duties and
responsibilities of the office of Program Officer, and, in the absence
or incapacity of the Program Officer, to assume the duties of the
Program Officer.
Sect.
12. It shall be the duty of the Conference Organizer to
make arrangements regarding the time, place and organization of
the scientific meetings of the Society.
Sect.
13. It shall be the duty of the Conference Organizer-elect
to assist the Conference Organizer, to become familiar with the
duties and responsibilities of the office of Conference Organizer,
and, in the absence or incapacity of the Conference Organizer, to
assume the duties of the Conference Organizer.
Sect.
14. It shall be the duty of the Representative of the Federation
of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences to attend the
annual meeting of that Federation, respond to the requests for information
from the Federation and report to the Board of Directors(at the
annual Board Meeting) and the membership (at the annual business
meeting) on the activities of the Federation. The Society shall,
if necessary, provide travel funds not exceeding the amount of $500.00
per year to the Representative to cover his/her expenses in attending
the annual meeting of the Federation. It shall be understood that
the Representative undertakes the office with full knowledge that
any expenses over $500.00 must be assumed by him/her personally.
If
the Representative cannot attend the annual meeting of the Federation,
an alternative may be designated with the approval of the President.
Sect. 15. It shall be the duty of the Representative
to the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory
Animal Care (AAALAC) International to attend the annual meeting
of the Board of Trustees of AAALAC, respond to the requests for
information from AAALAC, and report to the Board of Directors at
the annual Board Meeting) and the membership (at the annual business
meeting) on the activities of AAALAC. The Society shall, if necessary,
provide travel funds not exceeding the amount of $500.00 per year
to the Representative to cover his/her expenses in attending the
annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of AAALAC. It shall be understood
that the Representative undertakes the office with full knowledge
that any expenses over $500.00 must be assumed by him/her personally.
If the Representative cannot attend the annual meeting of the Board
of Trustees of AAALAC, an alternative may be designated with the
approval of the President.
Sect.
16. It shall be the duty of the Student Member Representative
to represent the Student members to Board of Directors.
Sect.
17. In the case of the death, incapacity or resignation
of any officer, the Board of Directors shall by majority vote, except
as provided in Art. III, Sects. 4 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, elect a successor
to serve pro tempore until the end of the next annual meeting of
the Society.
Sect.
1. The officers of the Society, as provided in Art. III,
Sect. 1, and 3 Directors not serving ex officio, shall compromise
the Board of Directors, which is empowered to conduct the business
of the Society between meetings.
Sect.
2. The President shall be ex officio Chairperson of the
Board of Directors, and the Secretary shall be Secretary of the
Board of Directors.
Sect. 2. When an office is scheduled to fall vacant,
the Nominations Committee shall through the Secretary present to
the membership by mail ballot, the names of qualified individuals,
willing to serve, who are members in good standing. The Secretary
shall tabulate and record the vote, and notify the candidates and
the Board of Directors of the results of the election. The general
membership shall also be apprised of the results within 30 days.
Sect.
3. Incoming Officers shall assume office on the first day
after the close of the annual meeting of the Society. All officers
shall hold office until their successors are elected and accept
office.
Sect.
4. If any Officer fails to accept election or to assume
office, the Board of Directors may, by majority vote, elect a successor
to serve pro tempore until the end of the next annual meeting of
the Society.
Sect.
5. The President of the Society shall be so considered
elected to the Office of Past-President upon expiration of his/her
term as President.
Sect.
6. The President-elect of the Society shall be considered
elected to the Office of President upon expiration of his/her term
as President-elect.
Sect.
7. The Secretary-elect of the Society shall be considered
elected to the Office of Secretary upon expiration of his/her term
as Secretary-elect.
Sect.
8. The Treasurer-elect of the Society shall be considered
elected to the Office of Treasurer upon expiration of his/her term
as Secretary-elect.
Sect.
9. The Program Officer-elect of the Society shall be considered
elected to the Office of Program Officer upon expiration of his/her
term as Program Officer-elect.
Sect.
10. The Conference Organizer-elect of the Society shall
be considered elected to the Office of Conference Organizer upon
expiration of his/her term as Conference Organizer-elect.
Sect. 1. The Society shall hold at least one regular scientific
and one regular business meeting per year, the time and place of
meetings to be determined by the Board of Directors. In addition,
the Board of Directors may by majority vote call a meeting of the
membership when it considers such a meeting to be necessary or beneficial
to all members of the Society.
Sect. 2. Whenever possible, scientific meetings
shall be arranged in cooperation with other scientific organizations
whose meetings Society members frequently attend. Such meetings
held conjunction with other organizations shall be designed to foster
understanding and scientific interchange between Society members
and specialists in other disciplines according to the purposes set
forth in Art. 1, Sect. 2., of this constitution.
Sect.
3. Notice of scientific meetings of the Society shall be
mailed to the membership at least 4 months before the date set for
the meeting; in the case of business meeting of the membership,
at least one month.
Sect.
4. The purposes of Society meetings shall be the presentation
of scientific research papers, the transaction of business, and
the discussion of such other matters as may come before the Society.
Sect.
5. All members and Students Members of the Society shall
be eligible to present papers at scientific meetings. The Program
Committee may invite persons, whether members or not, to present
papers in the general area of interest to members.
Sect.
6. A quorum of meetings of the Board of Directors shall
be a majority of the elected officers present and voting. A quorum
at business meetings of the Society shall be 10% or 20 members,
whichever is smaller. All actions of the officers and the Board
of Directors shall be reported to the membership at the annual business
meeting.
Sect.
7. The Board of Directors shall decide the times and place
of all meetings, with the exception the meetings of the Board of
Directors may also be called at any time by the President.
Sect.
8. The rules contained in 0. Garfield Jones, Parliamentary
Procedure at a Glance, 1949, Meredith Press, 1716 Locust Street,
Des Moines, Iowa 50303, shall, except when abrogated by special
rules of order adopted by the Society, govern the conduct of all
meetings.
Sect.
1. The committees of the Society shall consist of such
standing committees provided in the Constitution and Bylaws and
such special committees as created by the President.
Sect.
2. The President, Past-President and President-elect will
serve as an Executive Committee, to handle such matters as deemed
necessary by the President between yearly meetings of the Board
of Directors. One of the functions of the Executive Committee shall
be to vote on petitions from individuals requesting full membership
in the Society who do not meet normal membership requirements.
Sect. 3. The Executive Committee shall serve as
a Nominations Committee for all elected Officers of the Society.
The Nominations Committee shall obtain input from the Student
Members for nominations for the Office of Student Member Representative.
The President of the Society shall serve as the Chairperson of the
Nominations Committee.
Sect.4.
Any member in good standing may initiate the formation of committees
and committee activities by request for authorization and approval
by the Board of Directors at any time, or by the membership at the
annual business meeting. The Chairperson for any committee so formed
shall be appointed by the President (See Art. VII, Sect. 1).
Sect.
1. The Society shall be empowered to collect annual dues
and other assessments of special dues as recommended to the membership
by the Board of Directors.
Sect.
2. Members and Student members shall be dropped automatically
from membership for nonpayment of dues over two consecutive years
following notification by the Secretary through regular dues notices.
Former members and Student members shall be reconsidered for reinstatement
upon reapplication to the Society.
Sect.
1. Amendments to the constitution may be proposed by a
majority vote of the Board of Directors, or by a written petition
submitted to the Secretary. Such petition shall bear the signature
of 15 or more members of the Society. Proposed amendments to the
constitution must be submitted to all members by mail. To be carried,
such amendments must be confirmed by 67 percent of the total number
of members voting, as indicated in returned, marked ballots received
by a stated deadline.
Sect.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles,
the association is organized exclusively for one or more of the
following purposes: religious, charitable, scientific, testing for
public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national
or international amateur sports competition (but only if no part
of its activities involve the provision of athletic facilities or
equipment), or for the prevention of cruelty to children animals,
as specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954.
Sect. 2. No part of the net earnings of the association
shall inure to the benefit of any member, trustee, director, officer
of the association or any private individual (except the reasonable
compensation may be paid for services rendered to or for the association,
and no member, trustee, officer of the association or any private
individual shall be entitled to share in the distribution of statements),
any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
Sect.
3. No substantial part of the activities of the association
shall be carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence
legislation (except as provided by Internal Revenue Code Section
501 (h)), or participating in, or intervening in (including the
publication or distribution of statements), any political campaign
on behalf of any candidate for public office.
Sect.
4. In the event of dissolution, all of the remaining assets
and property of the association shall after necessary expenses thereof
be distributed to such organizations as shall qualify under Section
501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or,
to another organization to be used in such a manner as in the judgment
of a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York will
best accomplish the general purposes for which this association
was formed.
Sect.
1. The Society shall be deemed to have been founded as
of the date of the first annual meeting, 1967.
Sect.
2. The Founding Members of the Society are: Joseph Altman,
James E. Birren, Wagner H. Bridger, Victor H. Denenberg, Samuel
Eiduson, R.J. Ellingson, John L. Fuller, Herman Harbey, B. J. Key,
John A. King, William A. Mason, Gilbert W. Meier, Howard Moltz,
Grant Newton (Chairman), Hanus Papousek, Mark Rosenzweig, F. J.
Schulte, J. P. Scott.
Sect.
1. The official journal of the Society is Developmental
Psychobiology under contractual arrangement with its Publisher,
Wiley & sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158. The
Society will adhere to the terms of said contract terms, including
the right to cancel the contract under the termination provisions
set from within.
Sect.
2. During the year preceding the termination of the Journal
Editor's term, the Executive Committee (President, Past-President,
President-elect) shall act on behalf of the Society to nominate
an Editor-in -chief for the Journal. To initially appoint the Editor for a mutually agreed upon term, normally 5-years, the contract between the Journal and the Editor must include signatures from all three members of the Executive Committee. To renew such appointment, if agreed upon by the Editor, all three members of the Executive Committee must again sign the contract. Typically, the Editor appoints the Associate Editors. The Editor also appoints the Editorial Board, although under the contractual arrangement with the Publisher the Society retains the right to nominate individuals for the Editorial Board to the Publisher for approval.
Sect.
3. The Society agrees that a subscription to the Journal
is an integral part of membership in the Society. Accordingly, subscription
fees are incorporated in the dues structure of the Society for all
members other than spouses, Retired/Spouse Member and hardship cases
who may be exempted from the subscription requirement up to a maximum
of five percent of the membership. To request an exemption on the
basis of financial hardship, members must apply formally in writing
to the Board of Directors.
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