Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section
Statement of Organization and Procedures
(Approved by Council October 1977, Amended May 2006)
ARTICLE I. Name
The name of this
organization is the COMPARATIVE & EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY SECTION 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 Comparative &
Evolutionary Physiology Section as a primary, secondary, or tertiary section
for affiliation through the APS Membership Services Department.
ARTICLE IV. Officers
Section 1.
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee
is responsible for management and supervision of the affairs of the Section.
The members of the Steering Committee are the Chair, the Secretary, the
Treasurer, Committee on Committees representative, the Chair of the Section
Program Committee (SPC), the Liaison with Industry Representative, the
Editor, Associate Editor or appointed representative from the American
Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative, and the
Post Doctoral Trainee Representative.
A quorum for conducting official business for
the Section will be five of the eight members of the Steering Committee. The
Steering Committee will meet or converse twice yearly, at the annual spring
meeting; business will also be
conducted via email or conference calls as necessary.
Section 2.
Steering Committee Members and Their Duties
The Steering Committee
members shall serve a three‑year term and those terms shall overlap so that
no more than one member of the Steering Committee shall be elected each year
except in unusual circumstances.
The Chair shall call and
chair meetings of the Steering Committee and supervise the election process
in coordination with the Secretary. The Section Chair will serve as the
Section Advisory Committee Representative (SACR). The Chair may appoint
committees that are necessary for the proper conduct of the affairs of the
Section.
The Secretary shall keep
the minutes of the Steering Committee and the membership list, prepare and
send the newsletter to the membership of the Section. The Treasurer shall
maintain fiscal records.
The SPC Chair shall
chair a committee composed of the members of the section's steering
committee, one or more young people who are working in exciting new areas of
research, the editor and associate editor of the parallel journal, and an
SPC Chair‑elect. The SPC shall be charged with developing the Section's
scientific program for the Experimental Biology meeting. The SPC Chair will
serve as the section representative to the Joint Program Committee and will
interact with the Society's JPC 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 Committee on
Committee’s Representative will represent the Section on the Society
Committee on Committee.
The Liaison with
Industry Representative will serve on the Society Liaison with Industry
Committee.
The Post Doctoral
Trainee Representative will be the Section’s representative on the TAC and
will advise the APS Council on items particular to trainees (pre-docs and
post-docs). Specifically, TAC representatives will investigate the needs of
trainees to determine how the society can provide necessary support and
assistance.
Section 3.
Election of Officers and Terms of Office
The terms of office
shall be for three years. The Chair and SPC Chair both should have served on
the Steering Committee prior to being elected to their respective offices.
Both officers will be elected by ballot vote of the membership with a
primary affiliation in the Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section
prior to the expiration of their respective term as a committee member, and
on the occasion of an election for membership on 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.
Section 4.
Nomination for Membership on the Steering Committee
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. If more than one individual is nominated for any position, than
an election will be by ballot 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.
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.
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