ISPRS
2000
The Ordinary Member organizing the Congress shall
sign a contract with the Society and be responsible for
ensuring that adequate provisions are made for the
Congress. The Ordinary Member shall obtain the nec-
essary financial support for this purpose. The Ordinary
Member shall be responsible for financing the Con-
gress, including the preparation and publication of The
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the Congress. For this purpose it shall have the coop-
eration of the Technical Commissions and of the Coun-
cil.
The activities of the Congress shall be prepared and car-
ried through by a Congress Committee and chaired by
the Congress Director. All other members of the Con-
gress Committee shall be appointed by the Ordinary
Member organizing the Congress. The Congress Com-
mittee shall have the responsibility for organizing the
Congress on the administrative and financial levels.
Only persons in the following categories may take part
in the activities of the Congress:
(a) Persons who are associated with a Member and
have paid the Congress fee;
(b) Honorary Members of the Society;
(c) Persons specially invited by the President either on
account of their personal standing or as represen-
tatives of other scientific organizations. They shall
not be required to pay the Congress fee;
(d) Persons who have received the general invitation
and have paid the Congress fee.
Congress meeting in plenary session shall:
(a) review the decisions of the General Assembly;
(b) witness the award of Medals and other distinctions
of the Society;
(c) elect the Honorary Members of the Society.
The Technical Commissions shall meet during the Con-
gress for the purpose of:
(a) reports by the Presidents on activities of the Com-
missions during the inter-congress period;
(b) presentation of technical papers, tutorials and/or
poster sessions on topics covered by the Commis-
sions in programmed technical sessions deter-
mined by Commission Presidents and the Council;
(c) formulation of Resolutions.
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The President shall convene the General Assembly to
one or more meetings in the course of every Congress.
In the interval between Congresses the President may
convene the General Assembly to an extraordinary
meeting to discuss a single Resolution that has the
support of at least two Ordinary Members. The Reso-
lution in question shall be made available in writing to
all Ordinary Members, Associate Members and
Regional Members at least three calendar months in
advance of the meeting. Whenever called upon in writ-
ing by not less than three-quarters of the Members, the
President shall convene an extraordinary meeting.
Prior to every Congress and prior to every extraordi-
nary meeting of the General Assembly each Ordinary
Member shall appoint one Delegate to represent it at
the General Assembly. Such appointments shall have
no permanency and shall be valid only for the duration
of the Congress or of the extraordinary meeting. No
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member of the Council shall be appointed as a Del-
egate. Associate Members and Regional Members
may appoint Representatives to the General Assembly.
. Each Ordinary Member Delegate authorized to vote at
the General Assembly shall present his/her credentials
to the Secretary General on his/her arrival at the Con-
gress or at the extraordinary meeting. The Secretary
General shall compile a list of Ordinary Members, their
Delegate and two Advisors, their voting rights, their
subscription fees paid or in default and shall report
thereon in writing to the President. Each Representa-
tive of an Associate Member and of a Regional Mem-
ber shall present his/her credentials to the Secretary
General on arrival at the Congress or the extraordinary
meeting. The Secretary General shall prepare a list of
Associate Members and Regional Members and their
Representatives, their subscription fees paid or in
default, and shall report thereon in writing to the Pres-
ident.
. Each Delegate may be accompanied at the General
Assembly by not more than two Advisors. Only Del-
egates shall have the right to vote. An Advisor shall
have the right to speak only upon the invitation of
his/her own Delegate and with the permission of the
President. If the appointed Delegate is unable to serve
for any reason, one of the Advisors may serve as Del-
egate with permission of the President.
. An Ordinary Member that has not paid its subscription
fees up to and including the year before the General
Assembly shall have no voting rights at the General
Assembly.
. The General Assembly shall:
(a) review the implementation of directives adopted by
the General Assembly and Congress;
(b) review the decisions taken by the Council since the
last Congress;
(c) consider the reports and proposals of the Council
and Financial Commission and Committees;
(d) define the policy to be pursued by the new Council;
(e) decide upon the admission of new Ordinary Mem-
bers, Associate Members and Regional Members;
(f) decide upon the exclusion of Ordinary Members,
Associate Members and Regional Members;
(g) decide upon the transference of an Ordinary and/or
Associate Member from one category to another;
(h) determine the value of the subscription unit;
(i) elect the President, the elected members of Coun-
cil and the members of the Financial Commission;
() choose the Ordinary Member to organize the next
Congress;
(k) confirm the Congress Director;
() choose the Ordinary Members and confirm Com-
mission Presidents to be responsible for the Tech-
nical Commissions during the next four-year
period;
(m) amend the Statutes and the Bylaws;
(n) approve Resolutions of the Technical Commis-
sions, Members and Committees;
(o) ratity Memorandums of Understanding and similar
formal agreements with international organizations;
(p) ratify Awards, gifts and legacies offered to the
Society.
. All items to be discussed at the General Assembly
must be included in a preliminary agenda sent in
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