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case there shall be no necessity for supporting
these amendments by an Ordinary Member.
(c) The Secretary General shall inform all Ordinary
Members on the proposed amendments at least six
months prior to the date fixed for the meeting of the
General Assembly at which they are to be consid-
ered.
3. The Bylaws may be amended under the following con-
ditions:
(a) At least 48 hours must be given Delegates prior to
discussing amendments to the Society Bylaws.
(b) No Bylaw that contravenes the Statutes shall be
valid.
Original Statutes adopted by the General Assembly of the 11th Congress, July 1968, at Lausanne, Switzerland.
Statutes amended by the General Assembly of the 12th Congress, August 1972, at Ottawa, Canada.
Statutes amended by the General Assembly of the 14th Congress, July 1980, at Hamburg, Federal Republic of
Germany.
Statutes amended by the General Assembly of the 15th Congress, June 1984, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Statutes amended by the General Assembly of the 16th Congress, July 1988, at Kyoto Japan.
Statutes amended by the General Assembly of the 18th Congress, July 1996, at Vienna, Austria.
Statutes amended by the General Assembly of the 19th Congress, July 2000, at Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
President: Lawrence W. Fritz (1996-2000)
Secretary General: John C. Trinder (1996-2000)
Bylaws
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
BYLAW I - Name and Mission
The short title of the International Society for Photogram-
metry and Remote Sensing shall be ISPRS with the motto
‘Information from Imagery’ and these initials and motto
shall be used in all the official languages of the Society and
on flags, logos, stationery, etc. of the Society and its sub-
ordinate bodies.
BYLAW II - Definitions
1. The Society's scientific interests shall include the pho-
togrammetry, remote sensing, and spatial information
sciences and related disciplines, as well as applica-
tions in cartography, geodesy, surveying, natural, Earth
and engineering sciences, and environmental monitor-
ing and protection. Further applications include indus-
trial design and manufacturing, architecture and mon-
ument preservation, medicine and others.
2. For elective offices, nationality shall be that of the Ordi-
nary Member which nominates the candidate and the
candidate shall, at time of election, be a permanent
resident of the nation of the Ordinary Member.
BYLAW III - Qualifications
The Society subscribes to the declaration adopted in 1958
by the 8th General Assembly of the International Council of
Science (ICSU), concerning non-discrimination on the
basis of politics, nationality, religion, race, or gender.
BYLAW IV - Activities
In addition to the activities in Statute IV the Society may do
all other things incidental or conducive to the Society's
aims, provided such acts do not contravene the Statutes
or Bylaws of the Society or the laws of the country in which
they are done, or the general principles to which the Soci-
ety subscribes.
International Archives of Photogrammerty and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXIII, Part A. Amsterdam 2000.
BYLAW V - Cooperation With Other
International Organizations
In its policy of cooperation the Society shall support con-
solidation of international societies committed to the pro-
motion of the united profession of photogrammetry,
remote sensing, spatial information sciences, cartography,
geodesy, and surveying, as well as affiliation with other rel-
evant international organizations.
BYLAW VI - Membership
1. Ordinary Members
(a) An application for Ordinary Membership in the
Society shall be addressed to the Secretary Gen-
eral and be accompanied by a description of the
photogrammetric, remote sensing and spatial
information science activities in the country or
geographic region thereof having an independent
budget, and of the nature of the organization
making application, including specifically its
statutes, aims, standing in the country, relations
with other organizations concerned with the pho-
togrammetry, remote sensing and spatial infor-
mation sciences, and its administrative and finan-
cial structure.
(b) The application shall state the category in which
Ordinary Membership is requested. The category
chosen should be broadly related to the number of
photogrammetrists and/or remote sensing and/or
spatial information specialists represented by the
applicant, and the uses made of the photogramme-
try, remote sensing and spatial information sci-
ences in the country concerned. The table below
indicates the category to which an Ordinary Mem-
ber should belong.
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