Neural Control and Autonomic
Regulation Section
Statement of Organization and Procedures
(Approved by Council, October 1981, Amended April
2002, Amended April 2005)
ARTICLE I. Name
SECTION OF NEURAL CONTROL AND AUTONOMIC REGULATION OF THE AMERICAN
PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
ARTICLE II.
Purposes
The purposes of this
section are:
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to organize and promote
interdisciplinary activities that foster interest in neural control and
autonomic regulation at all levels of physiological organization.
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to advise the American
Physiological Society on matters relating to neural control and autonomic
regulation;
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to organize and present
scientific programs within the American Physiological Society, including
scientific sessions, the Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship, symposia,
featured topics, American Physiological Society conferences and other
programs of interest to members of the section;
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to advise the Publications Committee and the Editors of the
American Journal of
Physiology on the selection of
editors and members of editorial boards as vacancies occur or the need
arises for expertise represented by members of our section;
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to assist the Education
Committee on issues relevant to education of physiologists about the special
area of neural control and autonomic regulation;
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to recognize significant
contributions of graduate and post-graduate level physiologists in the field
of neural control and autonomic regulation, including selection and
presentation of American Physiological Society and section awards.
ARTICLE
III. Membership
Membership is open to any member of the
American Physiological Society who indicates a significant interest in
neural control and autonomic regulation.
ARTICLE IV.
Officers
1. Responsibility for management and
supervision of the affairs of the Section of Neural Control and Autonomic
Regulation shall be vested in the Steering Committee to consist of the
Chair, past Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, Representative to the Joint Program
(JPCR), Representative to the Committee on Committees, a member at large, a
member from outside the United States, a Liaison with Industry
Representative, and a trainee member. Also, the Editor of American Journal
of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology is an
ex-officio member, as is any NCAR member serving on a standing committee of
the American Physiological Society.
2. A quorum for conducting official
business shall be a majority of members of the Steering Committee. The
Steering Committee shall meet yearly at the annual Spring meeting of
Experimental Biology.
3. Duties of the Steering Committee:
Chair: The Chair shall call
and chair meetings and conference calls of the Steering Committee and
supervise the election process. The Chair shall keep other members of the
Steering Committee fully informed of all significant business. The Chair
shall submit an annual report to the APS business office. The Chair shall
serve as the Section representative to the Section Advisory Committee of the
American Physiological Society. The Chair also shall serve as representative
to the Nominating Committee of the American Physiological Society.
Past Chair: The Past Chair
shall serve in an advisory capacity for all Section business. The past chair
will serve in this capacity for a period of three years.
Secretary-Treasurer: The
Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the minutes of the Steering Committee, the
e-mail listserv and the membership list and send a twice yearly newsletter
to the membership of the Section. The Secretary-Treasurer shall handle the
financial matters of the section, including submission of budgets if
necessary. The budget shall be formally approved by the Steering Committee
and communicated to the APS Council. The Secretary-Treasurer shall
periodically report the financial state of the Section to the Steering
Committee and the Membership. The secretary-treasurer shall receive and
compile nominations to the steering committee from the membership of the
section.
Committee on Committees
Representative: The Representative to the Committee on Committees shall
request and forward nominations of section members for APS standing
committees to the Committee on Committees. The representative shall attend
and represent the section at meetings of the Committee on Committees.
Joint Program Committee
Representative: The Joint Program Committee representative (JPCR) shall
be responsible for all matters pertaining to section programming for the
American Physiological Society. The JPCR shall chair the Section Program
Committee.
Member-At-Large: The
Member-At-Large of the Steering Committee shall coordinate all activities
related to the Awards process. This member shall serve as Chair of the
Awards Committee. The Member-At-Large shall arrange for the section special
functions at the national meeting.
International Member:
The member from outside of the United States will serve on the steering
committee to represent the NCAR membership from abroad.
Liaison with Industry:
The Liaison with Industry member will serve on the steering committee to
provide the perspective of physiologists from outside the academic sector.
Trainee Member:
The Trainee Member, a graduate student or post-doctoral trainee at the time
of joining the steering committee, will represent NCAR on the APS Trainee
Committee. The Trainee Member will be a full voting member of the steering
committee.
4. The Chair of the Steering Committee
shall be elected by the section membership from members of the Steering
Committee who have served at least one year and have been nominated by the
Steering Committee. The Chair shall serve a term of three years and shall
not be eligible to serve as Chair for three years following the end of
service as Past Chair. All other steering committee members shall be
elected by the section membership from the membership at large, with the
exception of the JPC representative, the Liaison with Industry
Representative, and the Trainee Member, which will be appointed by the
steering committee. All members will serve terms of three years, except for
the JPC representative who will serve a fourth year as the outgoing JPC
representative. Steering committee members may run for re-election at the
end of their terms. The Steering Committee will select the
Secretary/Treasurer and Representative to the Committee on Committees from
their own membership. The terms shall be staggered so that no more than two
members of the Steering Committee are elected each year, except in the
circumstance where a replacement is needed for the individual elected to the
Chair.
5. Nominations for steering committee
shall be requested by mail (or e-mail) in advance of the annual meeting.
Nominations should be communicated to the Secretary/Treasurer. As part of
the selection process, nominees shall indicate in writing their reasons for
desiring election to the steering committee in a short paragraph (less than
100 words). The top nominees as selected by the Steering Committee will be
announced at the NCAR reception held at the annual Experimental Biology
Meeting and via the NCAR Newsletter following the meeting. Voting will then
be conducted by electronic ballot within two months following the
Experimental Biology Meeting. New members of the Steering Committee,
including the new Chair, shall take office when final results of the ballot
for steering committee membership are announced.
ARTICLE V.
Committees
Section Program Committee: A
standing Section Program Committee shall consist of the steering committee,
and an additional at-large EX OFFICIO member who has special expertise,
editorial responsibilities for a journal in a related section area, or
membership on a study section. The JPCR shall serve as Chair of the Section
Program Committee and report on programming to the Steering Committee. The
committee shall have the responsibilities of initiating requests for
programming for the annual APS spring meeting, selecting which of the
submitted programs shall be presented, and organizing the submitted
abstracts for the annual meeting into appropriate scientific sessions or
topics.
Awards Committee: A standing
Awards Committee shall consist of all members of the Steering Committee.
The Member-at-Large of the Steering Committee shall serve as Chair of this
committee. The committee shall have responsibility for determining and
reviewing the guidelines for Section awards and for American Physiological
Society Awards administered by the Section. In addition, this committee
shall be responsible for selection and presentation of the awards. Any
member of the Steering Committee who has a conflict of interest shall
abstain from voting on the selection of award winners.
The Chair of the Steering Committee, with
concurrence from the Steering Committee, may appoint committees as
necessary.
ARTICLE VI. Dues
Dues shall not be assessed.
ARTICLE VII. Compliance
Nothing in this statement of Organization
and Procedures shall be construed as contradictory to the Constitution and
Bylaws or Operational Guide of the American Physiological Society.
ARTICLE VIII. Meetings of the
Section
An annual business meeting of the Section
of Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation shall be held in conjunction with
a section social event during the annual spring meeting of APS.
ARTICLE IX. Amendment of Bylaws
Changes in the Section Bylaws shall be
initiated by the Steering Committee or by section members through the
Steering Committee. The Steering Committee shall review the bylaws on a
five-year basis. Changes in the bylaws proposed and approved by the
Steering Committee shall be instituted by a majority vote of the
membership. The vote shall be by mail ballot.
(Five-year review: 2010)
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