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Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
Section Statement of Organization and Procedure
(Approved by Council April 1982, Amended March 1989; Revised July 1999, Revised April 2008, Revised April 2009)


ARTICLE I.   Name

The name of this organization is the WATER AND ELECTROLYTE HOMEOSTASIS SECTION (WEH) OF THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

ARTICLE II.  Purpose

The purposes of this Section are to:

  1. Advise the Society on matters of interest to the members of the Section.

  2. Assist the Society, through representation on the Joint Program Committee, in the organization of the scientific meetings of the Society.

  3. Nominate individuals for membership on Society committees.

  4. Be open to all members of the Society expressing an interest in Section membership.

  5. Provide the President-Elect with recommendations of and supporting material for individuals to be nominated by the Society for awards.

  6. To recognize members who have made significant contributions to the affairs of the Section and the Society.

ARTICLE III.  Membership

Membership is open to any member of the Society (student, affiliate, regular, emeritus, corresponding, or honorary) who wishes to become a member.  Section membership is conferred by designating Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section as a primary or secondary section for affiliation through the APS Membership Services Department.

ARTICLE IV.   Officers

Section 1.  Steering Committee

The responsibility for management and supervision of the affairs of the Section shall be vested in a Steering Committee.  The members of the Steering Committee shall be the Section Chair, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Committee on Committees Representative, the Joint Program Committee (JPC) Representative, the Liaison with Industry Committee Representative, five councilors (three At-Large councilors, one Translational Physiology Representative, and one International Representative), a Trainee Member, and the editor of the American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (ex-officio, non-voting).  Other non-voting members (in training), if applicable, will include (prior to their taking office), the newly elected Section Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, JPC Representative, and Committee on Committees Representative. The  Section Chair will serve as the Section Advisory Committee (SAC) Representative.  A quorum for conducting official business for the Section will be six of the twelve members of the Steering Committee.  The Steering Committee will meet or converse twice yearly, i.e., at the annual spring meeting, at a fall conference of the Society, by conference call, or at the meeting of a parallel-interest society.

Section 2.  Steering Committee Members and Their Duties

The Steering Committee members shall serve a three-year term and those terms shall overlap as much as possible to insure continuity on the Steering Committee.

The Section Chair shall call and chair meetings of the Steering Committee and supervise the election process in coordination with the Secretary-Treasurer.  The Chair may appoint committees that are necessary for the proper conduct of the affairs of the Section.

The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the minutes of the Steering Committee and the membership list, prepare and send the newsletter to the membership of the Section and maintain fiscal records.

The JPC Representative coordinates the efforts of the Section to program its oral and poster sessions and symposia at Experimental Biology, and also represents the Section at meetings of the JPC.  The JPC Representative annually appeals to WEH Section members to volunteer to organize oral sessions for the next EB meeting  The submitted ideas are organized and submitted to the Section Chair, who will work with the JPC Representative, and organize a subcommittee if necessary, to make the selections.    The overall scope of WEH programming should be discussed annually by the WEH Steering Committee to provide continuous programming evaluation, oversight, and guidance for both the Section Chair and the JPC Representative.

Section 3.  Election of Officers and Terms of Office

The terms of office shall be for three years. The Chair should have served on the Steering Committee prior to being elected to office.  The Chair and Secretary-Treasurer will be elected by ballot vote of the regular membership with a primary affiliation in the Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section prior to the expiration of his/her respective term as a committee member, and on the occasion of an election for membership on the Steering Committee.  Election of the Chair and Secretary-Treasurer will be by ballot distribution and counted by the Membership Services Department of the Society.  Other voting members of the Steering Committee will be elected by the Steering Committee.

The election for the Chair, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Committee on Committees Representative, and the Joint Program Committee (JPC) Representative will be held one year prior to the expiration of the predecessor’s term.  This will provide the newly-elected officers time to obtain valuable experience and insure continuity in the Steering Committee. 

Terms of office of all members of the Steering Committee will begin and end at the close of the annual spring meeting of the Society, with the exception of the Trainee member whose term will begin and end on January 1st  and December 31st respectively to coincide with the terms of membership of the Trainee Advisory Committee.

Section 4.  Nomination for Membership on the Steering Committee

Nomination for membership on the Steering Committee will be made annually, as appropriate, by the Section’s membership in response to a request by the Steering Committee.  The election shall be scheduled to take place prior to the annual spring meeting of the Society.

ARTICLE V.  Dues

Dues will not be assessed.

ARTICLE VI.  Amendments and Quorum of the Membership

Section 1.  Amendments

Amendments to these procedures must be proposed in writing to the Steering Committee by five members at least two months prior to the annual meeting of the membership which normally will be held at the Society’s spring meeting. The proposal must then be sent to the members prior to the annual meeting of the membership.  Amendment requires the approval of two-thirds of a quorum.

Section 2.  Quorum

The quorum for all membership business meetings is no less than 25 members of the Section.

ARTICLE VII.  Awards

Awards will be made as financial and other circumstances permit in order to recognize members of the Section and the Society who have made substantial contributions to the affairs of the Section and the Society.  Student and new investigator awards will also be made when appropriate.  Nominations for awards will be accepted when called for by instructions published in a newsletter.