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cil. Ordinary Members organizing an International Sym-
posium shall sign a contract with the Society and be
responsible for ensuring that adequate provisions are
made for the Symposium. Such Symposia shall be
devoted to the field of the Commission and preparation
for the ensuing Congress.
The Commission President shall have the right to invite
a limited but sufficient number of persons to join the
Commission Board as Commission Rapporteurs for a
particular field of interest to the Commission. Such
Rapporteurs shall be chosen entirely at the President's
own discretion, for the special knowledge or facilities
they may possess which will enable them to give the
assistance desired. They may be invited from any
country and international representation shall be
encouraged. They need not be Ordinary Member or
Associate Member Correspondents but may perform
that duty in addition.
Each Ordinary Member and Associate Member shall be
entitled to appoint one Correspondent to each Commis-
sion. It may change its Correspondent or appoint a sub-
stitute at any time.
The Commission Board shall review the Resolutions
approved by the Congress and identify subjects or
problems requiring detailed study, trials or experimen-
tal research. It shall establish Working Groups to
undertake these investigations and it shall ensure that
all measures outlined in the Resolutions are covered by
Working Group activities. If, in this connection, impor-
tant divergences of opinion should arise within or
between Commissions, the Council shall determine the
course of action. The terms of reference and duration
of the Working Groups shall be strictly limited and
clearly defined by the Commission Board and
approved by Council. A subdivision of the field of a
Commission into Working Groups acting virtually as
independent Commissions shall not be permissible.
The Working Group shall consist of:
- the Chairperson of the Working Group;
- optionally a Co-Chairperson;
- a group of specialists chosen by the Chairperson,
not in consideration of country but of qualification
and commitment;
- other interested, competent specialists who have
indicated a commitment to contribute and partici-
pate.
A Working Group may be appointed to study a problem
pertinent to the fields of more than one Commission. It
shall then be called an Inter-Commission Working Group.
The President of the initiating Commission shall notify the
Council of the intention and reach agreement with the
Presidents of other Commissions concerned. The Coun-
cil shall pronounce on the advisability of setting up such
an Inter-Commission Working Group, determine if need
be the terms of reference and duration of its mission and
designate the Commission which it most concerns and
within which it shall make its report. Such a Working
Group shall not be permitted to develop gradually into
any kind of independent Commission.
Each Working Group shall report annually to the Com-
mission President concerned, in addition to reporting
through the appropriate Commission at the Congress.
When a Working Group has treated its subject suffi-
ciently for the time being, or has been found to be inac-
tive, the Council shall dissolve the Working Group, nor-
mally on the initiative of the Chairperson of the Group
or the President of the Commission concerned.
14. At least six months in advance of a Congress, the Pres-
ident of each Technical Commission shall form a com-
mittee to prepare Resolutions for the Commission. This
Committee shall identify the more important problems
requiring solution and submit to Council Resolutions
on the work needed to solve them, no later than three
months in advance of the Congress.
15. Prior to the Congress, the First Vice-President shall
form the Resolutions Committee, which shall coordi-
nate the Resolutions of all Technical Commissions,
Members and Committees with regard to practicality,
shall ensure that they are set down in suitable standard
form and are presented in at least one of the official
languages of the Society.
16. During a Congress or Symposium all photogrammetric,
remote sensing and spatial information specialists
rightfully present shall be free to participate in all activ-
ities of a Technical Commission.
BYLAW XIV - Financial Commission
1. Each member of the Financial Commission shall be of a
different nationality. No member of the Financial Com-
mission shall be of the same nationality as any member
of Council. Delegates to the General Assembly shall not
be excluded from serving as members of the Financial
Commission.
2. The Financial Commission shall advise the Council on
all financial matters at any time upon the request of the
Council.
3. The outgoing Financial Commission shall continue to
serve after the Congress to ensure that the outgoing
Treasurer hands over the accounts and funds of the Soci-
ety to the new Treasurer within two months of the Con-
gress. The new Financial Commission shall replace the
outgoing Financial Commission at the same time as the
changeover of Treasurers, and report to the Council that
the changeover has been satisfactorily accomplished.
4. The Financial Commission shall examine and audit
accounts of the Treasurer once every year, and submit
its recommendations to the Council.
5. In the event that a member of the Financial Commis-
sion becomes unable to continue in office, on the
advice of the remaining members of the Commission,
the Council may approve a replacement.
BYLAW XV - Finances
1. The fiscal year of the Society shall be 1st April to 31st
March. All annual subscription fees of Ordinary Mem-
bers, Associate Members, Regional Members and
Sustaining Members shall be paid before the end of the
fiscal year.
2. The annual subscription fee paid by an Ordinary or
Associate Member shall be defined through the num-
ber of units of subscription assigned to its category of
Membership in accordance with the following table:
Category 122 3 4 5. 6 7 8
Subscription Units
Ordinary Member 1 2 6 10 16 24 32 48
Associate Member 1 6 12 24
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