6. Constitution of IAAP

Aims and Membership

ARTICLE 2: The life of the association shall be indeterminate. The association shall have its headquarters in Sweden, but its Secretariat at the address of the Secretary-General. The administrative languages shall be English and French.

ARTICLE 3: The association's activities shall be (I) periodic international congresses, (ii) permanent international working committees for the study of particular problems, (iii) organization of research and experiments in parallel in different countries, and publications of periodicals and such means as may be approved by the members in General Meeting.

ARTICLE 4: The association shall consist of (I) Full-members, (ii) Student Members, (iii) Honorary Members, (iv) Associate Members, (v) Affiliate International Organization Members

To qualify for Full Membership candidates shall be requiered (a) to be eligible in their national or regional psychological societies or associations, (b) to be supported by two full members in good standing, ¸ to be accepted by the officers of the association.

To qualify for Student Merbership a candidate shall be required (a) to have reached graduate level in university studies of psychology, (b) to have the status of graduate student certified by the respective Department Chair, ¸ to be supported by one full member in good standing, (d) to be accepted by the officers of the association.

To qualify for Honorary Membership candidates shall be required (a) to have rendered outstanding services in one of the different field of applied psychology or related fields, (b) to be granted the title of Honorary Member by the Association in General Meeting on the recommendation of the Executive Committee.

To qualify for Associate Membership a candidate shall be required (a) to practice in one of the different fields of applied psychology or in related domains, (b) to be nominated by the president of one of the IAAP Divisions; (c) to be accepted by the officers ofthe association.

To qualify for Affiliate International organization member a candidate shall be required (a) to have the status of an international psychological society or association wuth a focus on one of the fields of applied psychology, (b) to be accepted by the Executive Committee.

All new applications for Membership will be processed by the Secretary-General. The annual subscription for membership shall be fixed by the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee may decide on differential subscription fees within one membership category according to needs and possibilties of candidates and members.

The title of Honorary Member may be granted by the Association in General Meeting on the recommendation of the Executive Committee to pŠrsons who are rendering or who have rendered outstanding services in one of the different fields of applied psychology. Honorary Members shall have the right to take part in congresses, to receive publications of the Association, and to be present at General Meetings without being required to pay a subscription.

ARTICLE 5: Membership of the association shall be brought to an end (I) by resignation, (ii) by a decision of the Executive Committee in case of arrears in payment of subscription for two years or for some serious reason without awaiting a General Meeting of the assembly, it being understood that the member in question has been first called upon to furnish explanations.

ARTICLE 6: The association shall be administered by an Executive Committee composed of not less than 24 and not more than 45 members elected by the Association in General Meeting and chosen from among Full Members of the association.

One-third of the members of the Executive Committee, or if their number is not a multiple of three then the number nearest to but not exceeding one third, shall retire from ofice at each IAAP congress. Retiring members of the Executive Committee shall retain office until the conclusion of the General meeting at which they are due to retire. The members of the Executive Committee to retire shall be those who have been longest in office since their last election. As between members of equal seniority, members to retire shall (unless such members of equal seniority shall agree among themselves) be selected from among them by lot. A retiring member of the Exectuive Committee shall be eligible for re-election.

It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to propose to the association in General Meeting the names of full members of the association for election to the Executive Committee. Other nominations for the Executive Committee may be made by Full Members of the Association provided they are seconded by two other full members and forwarded in writing to the Secretary-General of the association at least eight weeks before the General meeting of the association together with the consent in writing of the nominee.

The vote for the election of members of the Executive Committee at a General Meeting shall take place by a show of hands unless a ballot is demanded by twenty full members present.

The Executive Committee may, from time to time and at any time, co-opt any full member of the association as a member of the Executive Committee, either to fill a casual vacancy or by way of addition to the Executive Committee, provided always that the total number of members of the Executive Committee does not exceed the maximum laid down above.

Any member so co-opted shall retain their office only until the next General Meeting, but shall then be eligible for re-election, and any member of the Executive Committee who so retires shall not be taken into account in determining the number of members of the Exectuive Committee who are to retire at such Meeting.

The Executive Committee shall appoint, according to rules of procedure which it shal determine, an office composed of a President, a President-Elect, a Secretary-General, a Treasurer, and a Past President, who shall be ex-officio members of the Office and the Executive Committee.

If members of the office thus appointed are not at the same time of their appointment a member of the Executive Committee, they will be a member of the Committee ex-officio but shall retain their membership of the Exectuive Committee only until the next general meeting, when they will then be eligible for re-election , and they will not be taken into account in determining the number of members of the Execuytive Committee who are to retire by rotation at such general meeting.

The terms of office are as follows: President, 4 years, no re-election; President-Elect, 4 years; Secretary General, 4 years, one re-election possible; Treasurer, 4 years, one re-election possible; Past President, 4 years. Also, the President-Elect cannot be from the same continent as the President.

ARTICLE 7: The Exectuive Committee shall meet regularly before each IAAP congress. If special need arisesm it shall be summoned in the interval between congressess on the demand of eight of its members or the office. A vote may be taken by correspondence.

ARTICLE 8: A general meeting of the association shall consist of full members, student members, honorary members. A general meeting shall be held during the course of each international congress, and at any time that it is summoned by the executive committee or on the demand of at least 25 members of the association entitled to attend a general meeting. Notices convening general meeting shall be in the form determined by the office.

The agenda of the general meeting shal be proposed by the executive committee and submitted to the approval of the general meeting. The executive coomittee shall be resposinble to the members in general meting for the general and financial administration of the association, and the accounts and the budget shall be presented to the general meeting for approval. The general meeting shall discuss the questions on the agenda paper and, if necessary, appoint members of the executive committee.

ARTICLE 9: Payment of expenses shall be made by the treasurer who alone shall have the power to pledge the association's creit, to receive cash, to open postal or banking acounts, and to sign cheques in the association's name. In the absence of the treasurer, the president or the secretary-general are authorised to sign cheques in the association's name. In addition, sub-treasurers may also be authorised by the treasurer to open postal or banking accounts and to collect subscriptions in their respectives countries, provided that they transmit the money collected to the treasurer at least once a year.

ARTICLE 10: The excutive committee shall be authorized (I) to fix the date and place of congresses; (ii) to arrange meetings of the executive committee; (iii) to set up, if need be, permanent working committees; (iv) to supervise the work of such committees; (v) to set up a finance committee which shall be responsible for the verification and control of the system of accounting referred to in Article 11 of the present constitution, and for presenting at each congress to the members of the association present in the general meeting, a report on the association's financial position. The executive committee shall itself determine the method of operation of this finance committee; (vi) to do all thing necessary to carry on the affairs of the association except in such matter as are expressly reserved by these articles for the members in general meeting.

ARTICLE 11: There shall be maintained a system of accounting for the recording of daily receipt and expenditure and also, in necessary, stock accounting.

Modification of the constitution and winding up

The meeting must consist of at least 50 members in good standing. If this proportion is not reached the meeting shall be adjourned and reconvened with an interval of at least 15 days, but at the adjourned meeting its decisions shall be effective, whatever may be the number of members present.In no case shall the constitution be modified except by a majority of two-thirds of the members present at the meeting.

ARTICLE 13: A general meeting called upon to determine the winding up of the association and especially summoned for this purpose must be attended by at least half the members in good standing plus one. If this proportion is not reached, the meeting shall be adjourned and re-convened with an interval of at least 15 days, but at the adjourned meetings its decisions shall be effective, whatever may be the number of members present.In any case, the winding up shall not be efffected except by a majority of two-third of the members present.

ARTICLE 14: On the winding up of the association, the members in general meeting shall appoint one or several liquidators charged with liquidation of the assets of the association. The general meeting shall allot net assets of the association to one or more public bodies recognised as being in the public interest and pursuing an analogous to that of the association.

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