Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
Statement of Organization and Procedures
(Approved by Council April 1981, Amended April 2004)
ARTICLE I. Name
The name of this organization is
the Cell and Molecular Physiology section (Camps) of the American
Physiological Society.
ARTICLE II.
Purposes
The purposes of this Section are
to:
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Advise the Society on
matters of interest to the members of the Section.
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Assist the Society, through
representation on the Joint Program Committee, in the organization of
the scientific meetings of the Society.
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Nominate individuals for
membership on Society committees.
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Be open to all members of
the Society expressing an interest in Section membership.
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Provide the President-Elect
with recommendations of and supporting material for individuals to be
nominated by the Society for awards.
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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, or honorary) who
wishes to become a member. Section membership is conferred by designating
Cell and Molecular Physiology as a primary, secondary, or tertiary 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 Chair, the Vice-Chair, three
Councilors, two Program Officers, a post-doctoral fellow representative, a
liaison with industry representative, and Sage. The Editor of AJP:Cell
shall be an ad hoc member of the Steering Committee. One of the Councilors
shall be the representative to the Committee on Committees. The senior
Program Officer will be the Chair of the Section Program Committee (SPC).
The SPC Chair will serve as the section representative to the Joint Program
Committee and the Section Chair will serve as the Section Advisory Committee
(SAC) Representative. A quorum for conducting official business for the
Section will be three of the eight 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 three-year or four-year terms and those terms shall overlap so
that as few members of the Steering Committee shall be elected each year as
possible. The Chair, Vice Chair and the three Councilors shall serve for 3
years. The two Program Officers will serve for four years.
The Chair shall call and chair
meetings of the Steering Committee and supervise the election process in
coordination with the Vice-Chair. The Chair may appoint committees that are
necessary for the proper conduct of the affairs of the Section.
The Vice-Chair 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 Section Program Committee
shall be composed of all members of the section’s steering committee, the
editor of the American Journal Physiology: Cell, and one or more young
people who are working in exciting new areas of research. The SPC meetings
shall be chaired by the senior Program Officer (SPO) with the junior Program
Officer (JPO) acting as secretary. The SPC shall be charged with developing
the Section’s scientific program for the Experimental Biology meeting. The
SPC Chair will interact with the Society’s Joint Program Committee to ensure
minimal overlap or redundancy with respect to other sections’ programming
activities and to develop joint programs integrating more than one section.
The Sage will serve for 3 years
and will provide wise advice to the Steering Committee.
Section 3. Election of
Officers and Terms of Office
The terms of office shall be for
three years or four years. The Chair and SPC Chair both should have served
on the Steering Committee prior to being elected to their respective
offices. All officers will be elected by ballot vote of the regular
membership with a primary affiliation in the Cell and Molecular Physiology
Section and on the occasion of an election for membership on the Steering
Committee.
Terms of office of the Program
Officers and Trainee Advisory Committee representative shall begin in
January. Terms of office of all other members of the Steering Committee
will begin and end at the close of the annual spring meeting of the Society.
Rotation and beginnings of terms
shall be as follows: Chair, 3 years, May 2007; Vice-Chair, 3 years, April
2009; Program Officer 1, 4 years, January, 2009; Program Officer 2, 4 years,
January 2007; Councilor 1, 3 years, May 2007, Councilor 2, 3 years, April
2008; Councilor 3, 3 years, April 2009; Trainee Advisory Committee
Representative 3 years, January 2008; Sage 3 years, April 2007.
The Past-Chair serves a three
year term as Sage. If the past chair declines this exalted position, it will
be offered to a past member of the steering committee.
Section 4. Nomination for
Membership on the Steering Committee
The Nominating Committee
will be chaired by the CaMP councilor for nominations and shall consist
of the steering committee members. The responsibilities of the Nominating
Committee are to solicit and compile nominations for: all Cellular and
Molecular Physiology Section Officers and membership on all CaMPS
committees. This includes Section Chair, Vice Chair, Program officer 1 and
2, councilors 1, 2 and 3, trainee advisory committee representative as well
as candidates for APS Council and APS Presidency.
Nominations 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.
Election will be by ballot distribution and counted by the Membership
Services Department of the Society. The election shall be scheduled to take
place prior to the annual spring meeting of the Society. If a current
officer runs for Chair or Vice-Chair then the ballot must include enough
nominees for other officers so that the roster of officers can be filled.
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.
The Cell and Molecular Physiology Robert Gunn Student Awards ($300)
are available for up to two pre-doctoral candidates, depending on applicant
pool. One award (A) will be given for work done while enrolled as a medical
or graduate (doctoral or masters) student. A second award (B) is reserved
for undergraduate researchers. Applicants must be first author on an
abstract. The student or their mentor must be a member in good standing of
the APS, with a primary affiliation in the Cell and Molecular Physiology
section. Members of the CAMP Steering Committee as well as former
CAMP awardees at the junior faculty level will evaluate all submitted
abstracts and then select 3 posters/category for a final evaluation during
the Experimental Biology Meeting. The final evaluation will occur during a
special poster session to be held on Sunday. Winners will be
announced, and awards presented, at the Cell and Molecular Physiology
Section Banquet at the EB Meeting. Applicants must complete the Student
Award Certificate form. Email or FAX a copy of the submitted abstract, the
Student Award Certification form, and letter to Jay Gargus
jjgargus@uci.edu, 949 824-7702, 949 824-1762, Deadline is November 30,
2006.
The Cell and Molecular Physiology Research Recognition Awards ($500)
will be given to two successful candidates for work performed while in the
first through third postdoctoral year or medical residency. Applicants must
be first author on an abstract submitted to EB. The trainee or their mentor
must be a member in good standing of the APS, with a primary affiliation in
the Cell and Molecular Physiology section. Members of the CAMP Steering
Committee as well as former CAMP awardees at the junior faculty level will
evaluate all submitted abstracts and then select 5-6 posters for a final
evaluation during the Experimental Biology Meeting. The final evaluation
will occur during a special poster session to be held on Sunday. Winners
will be announced, and awards presented, at the Cell and Molecular
Physiology Section Banquet at the EB Meeting. Applicants must complete the
Award Certificate form. Email or FAX a copy of the submitted abstract, the
Student Award Certification form, and letter to Jay Gargus,
jjgargus@uci.edu, 949 824-7702, 949 824-1762, Deadline is November 30,
2006.
The Cell and Molecular Physiology Section New Investigator Award
($1,000) recognizes outstanding investigators in the early stages of their
career. Candidates should be investigators who have made meritorious
contributions to the scientific areas represented by the APS Cell &
Molecular Physiology Section. They should not be above the rank of
Assistant Professor or a comparable position in a research track at an
academic institution or in industry (e.g. Scientist, Sr. Scientist, Research
Investigator, etc.). They should receive nominations from at least two
regular members of the APS. Candidates will be judged on their
publications, how the publications relate to the APS section to which they
have applied, and evidence for independence and promise (grant funding, peer
review activities, etc.). Although this is not an abstract-based award,
awardees are expected to attend 2006 EB Meeting and make an oral or poster
presentation. The candidate must be an APS member in good standing.
Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, 2 nomination letters from APS
members, and 3 reprints to The American Physiology Society, Membership
Office, by January 31, 2007. Applications will be forwarded to the
appropriate section for review.
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