ISPRS
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Number of Active
Specialists Category
less than 26 1
26 10. 50 2
51 10150 3
151 to 250 4
251 ‘to 400 5
401 to 600 6
601 to 800 7
more than 800 8
(c) The Council shall review each application received
and if it estimates that the proposed category is
inappropriate, the Secretary General shall return
the application. The Secretary General shall report
every application received to all Members and shall
inform them of the opinion of the Council thereon.
(d) The admission of an Ordinary Member shall be
decided by vote of the General Assembly, or with
approval of Council, by a vote by correspondence.
The Secretary General shall declare the result of the
vote to all Members and to the organization seek-
ing admission.
An Ordinary Member may at any time raise its cat-
egory; it may not lower it without the previous
assent of the General Assembly.
(f To retain its good standing as Ordinary Member
requires fulfillment of its responsibilities outlined in
the Statutes.
(g) The cancellation of Ordinary Membership may be
declared by the General Assembly:
- jn the case of action manifestly contrary to the
interests and objectives of the Society;
- in the case of repeated default in the payment of
subscription fees in spite of a demand for payment
which the Treasurer shall send to the defaulting
Ordinary Member at least six months prior to the
meeting of the General Assembly.
An Ordinary Member may resign from the Society by
a declaration in writing addressed to the Secretary
General. The Council shall act upon the declaration
and shall inform all Members as quickly as possible.
() When an Ordinary Member leaves the Society,
whether by resignation or by exclusion, it shall
thereby forfeit all rights in the Society.
Associate Members
(a) An application for Associate Membership in the
Society shall be addressed to the Secretary General
and be accompanied by a description of the pho-
togrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information
science activities in the country and of the nature of
the organization making application, including
specifically its statutes, aims, standing in the coun-
try, relations with other organizations concerned with
photogrammetry, and/or remote sensing, and/or
spatial information sciences, and its administrative
and financial structure.
(b) The application shall state the category in which
Associate 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-
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ences in the country concerned. The table below
indicates the category to which an Associate Mem-
ber should belong.
Number of Active
Specialists Category
less than 51 1
51 to 250 2
251 to 600 3
more than 600 4
(c) The Council shall review each application received
and shall consult with the Ordinary Member of the
country, and the Secretary General shall report
every application received to all Members and shall
inform them of the opinion of the Council thereon.
(d) The admission of an Associate Member shall be
decided by vote of the General Assembly, or with
approval of Council, by a vote by correspondence.
The Secretary General shall declare the result of the
vote to all Members and to the organization seek-
ing admission.
An Associate Member can upgrade its membership
to Ordinary Member:
- atany time by uniting or cooperating with the Ordi-
nary Member of its country, or
- by vote of the General Assembly, after consultation
by Council with the Ordinary Member and demon-
stration by appropriate documentation, of more
active participation in areas of study of ISPRS and
larger representation of the whole community of
specialists in the country, than the current Ordinary
Member. The new category will be determined
according to Bylaw VI.1.(b).
(f) The cancellation of Associate Membership may be
declared by the General Assembly:
- in the case of action manifestly contrary to the
interests and objectives of the Society;
- in the case of repeated default in the payment of
subscription fees in spite of a demand for payment
which the Treasurer shall send to the defaulting
Associate Member at least six months prior to the
meeting of the General Assembly.
(g) An Associate Member may resign from the Society
by a declaration in writing addressed to the Secre-
tary General. The Council shall act upon the decla-
ration and shall inform all Members as quickly as
possible.
Regional Members
(a) An application for Regional Membership shall be
submitted to the Secretary General and shall
include a full listing of the associated organizations,
the charter of the Regional Member, and names of
current officers.
(b) The Council shall assure that the charter of the
Regional Member conforms to the Statutes and
Bylaws of the Society. The Secretary General shall
report every application received to all Members
and shall inform them of the opinion of the Council.
(c) The admission of Regional Members shall be
decided by vote of the General Assembly, or with
approval of Council, by a vote by correspondence.
(d) The cancellation of Regional Membership may be
declared by the General Assembly:
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