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- Serving as national focal point for distribution of 4. Sustaining Members contribute to the financial support 
ISPRS information to their members; of the Society and shall be individuals, organizations, 
- Submitting periodic reports and news for publi- institutions, or agencies who provide hardware, soft- 
cation in the Society's bulletin, and producing a ware, systems and/or services, in the fields of pho- 
quadrennial report for the Congress; togrammetry and/or remote sensing and/or spatial 
- demonstrating active representation of the information, and/or who are engaged in research 
whole of their membership in their country or and/or education and training. 
region; 
- encouraging interdisciplinary cooperation in sci- 5. Honorary Members. In recognition of distinguished 
entific and technologic activities, and establish- 
ing links with relevant groups; 
- forming journals and registering them with the 
Secretary General. 
Normally the Ordinary Member organization of a 
country shall be a national, formally constituted, 
representational Society. In the absence of such a 
Society the Ordinary Member may be: 
- an association of societies each having the 
advancement of the photogrammetry, remote 
sensing and spatial information sciences 
among its principal objectives; 
- the principal Scientific Academy of a country or 
its National Research Council; 
- or failing these, any other institution or associa- 
tion of institutions whether governmental or 
non-governmental concerned with the sciences 
of photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial 
information. 
(c) Different categories of Ordinary Members shall be 
established to reflect the use of the photogrammetry, 
remote sensing and spatial information sciences, 
and the number of specialists in the organization. 
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. An Associate Member shall be an organization which 
represents a community of photogrammetrists and/or 
remote sensing specialists and/or spatial information 
specialists in a country, and which has a strong inter- 
est in participating in the Society's affairs, and which is 
not represented by the Ordinary Member organization 
of the country. 
An Associate Member shall be responsible to the Soci- 
ety for the proper discharge of all the duties of mem- 
bership including specifically: 
participating in the scientific work of the Society, 
including active participation in Working Groups and 
Commissions; 
- prompt payment of Membership subscription fee; 
- promoting ISPRS activities; 
- participating in the discussions of the General 
Assembly; 
- Serving as a focal point for distribution of ISPRS 
information to their members; 
- Submitting periodic reports and news for publica- 
tion in the Society's bulletin; 
- Stimulating the establishment of appropriate means 
of communication. 
. A Regional Member shall be a multi-national association 
of photogrammetry and/or remote sensing and/or spatial 
information science organizations established for the 
purpose of considering questions of common interest, 
promoting regional cooperation, convening regional con- 
ferences, etc. 
services to the ISPRS and its aims, an individual may 
be elected an Honorary Member of the Society. 
STATUTE VII - Organization and Administration 
The direction and management of the Society, including 
the conduct of its technical and scientific program, shall be 
undertaken through the following components: the Con- 
gress, the General Assembly, the Council, the Financial 
Commission, the Technical Commissions and the Sustain- 
ing Members Committee. 
STATUTE VIII - Officers 
1. 
The Officers of the Society shall be the President of the 
Society, the other Members of the Council and the 
Presidents of Technical Commissions. 
. The Officers shall serve from the termination of the 
Congress at which they are elected or appointed until 
the completion of the next ensuing Congress. 
STATUTE IX - Congress 
1. 
The Congress shall consist of all photogrammetry, 
remote sensing and spatial information specialists in 
attendance. 
The Congress shall normally meet every four years. 
The Congress shall be convened in plenary session at 
least twice during the course of each Congress. 
STATUTE X - General Assembly 
1: 
The General Assembly shall be the supreme authority 
of the Society for all decisions. It shall determine the 
general policy of the Society. 
The General Assembly shall consist of the Delegates 
appointed by the Ordinary Members to represent them, 
each Ordinary Member being represented by one Del- 
egate. 
Only Delegates, Members of Council, Members of the 
Financial Commission, Honorary Members of the Soci- 
ety, Representatives of the Associate Members and 
Regional Members, and two Advisors per Delegate 
shall have the right to attend the meetings of the Gen- 
eral Assembly. 
STATUTE XI - Council 
1: 
The Council shall consist of six individuals: 
- The President of the Society 
- The Director of the Congress 
- The First Vice-President 
- The Second Vice-President 
- The Secretary General 
- The Treasurer 
The Council shall conduct the affairs of the Society in the 
interval between meetings of the General Assembly in 
accordance with the Statutes and Bylaws and with the 
decisions and directives of the General Assembly and of 
Congress. 
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