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ISRE Organization: Officers and Committees

By-laws
Aspects of the ISRE bylaws are incorporated in the text throughout the Website. The official copy of the by-laws as ratified by the membership is provided here.
Preamble: These are the new bylaws of ISRE, including the amendments approved in June of 1997, according to the specification of the original bylaws, by more than 25% fo the membership responding to a postal ballot. The ballot was sent out in the ISRE Newsletter of January 1997 with a second application in the Newsletter of April 1997.
 
President
Working with the Executive Committee, the President is responsible for providing leadership that will maintain the current operations fo the society (the holding of meetings, the production of the newsletter, the selection of the members, the collection of dues), will resolve any conflicts within the society, and will stimulate the creation of new ways in which the society may encourage the development of research in the field. ISRE's current President is W. Gerrod Parrott.
 
Treasurer
The Treasurer administers the Society's bank account, normally in USA, and is responsible for maintaining the membership list, and for sending out membership dues notices. ISRE's current Treasurer is Dr. Jeanne Tsai.

 
The President and Treasurer shall be elected from a slate of candidates prepared by the Executive Committee with the approval of those nominated. A mail ballot will be conducted for this election. The terms of the President and Treasurer shall be four years.  
The Newsletter Editor and the Membership Committee shall be appointed by the President in consultation with the Executive Committee. ISRE's current Newsletter Editors are Dr. Nathan Consedine and Dr. Christine Harris.

Executive Committee

The functions of the Executive Committee are: To advise on plenary meeting programs; To make pro tempore changes in the policies or bylaws; To establish membership selection;
To be available to the President for advice or help;
To meet during the plenary meeting of the Society.
 
As well as President, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Newsletter Editor, and Chair of the Program Committee for the next conference, who serve ex officio , the Executive Committee shall typically consist of four members who are each elected for a four year term. At the discretion of the Executive Committee, the election of new members of the Committee may be made either by those attending the plenary business meeting or by mail ballot of the ISRE Members. Whenever possible, three different disciplines should be represented among the Executive Committee members.

Currently, the members of the Executive Committee are:

Dr. W. Gerrod Parrott, Dr. Diane Montague, Dr. Jeanne Tsai, Dr. Ursula Hess, Dr. Nakoto Nakamura, Dr. Ann Kring, Dr. Louis Charland, and Dr. Dawn Robinson.  

Amendments to Bylaws

Amendments to these bylaws may be made either at a plenary meeting of the Society or by a mail ballot to which at least a quarter fo the membership responds.