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3. The value of the subscription unit shall be fixed by the
General Assembly.
4. The subscription fees of Sustaining Members and
Regional Members, established by the Couneil, shall
be ratified by the General Assembly.
5. Bank accounts of the Society shall be held in the
names of two persons, namely the President and the
Treasurer.
6. Gifts and legacies offered to the Society may be
accepted by Council and shall be ratified by the Gen-
eral Assembly.
7. Finances of the Society shall be controlled as follows:
(a) An annual budget for revenues and expenditures
for each fiscal year shall be prepared by the Trea-
surer, examined in detail by the Financial Commis-
Sion, and passed on to the Council for approval,
one month prior to the end of the fiscal year.
(b) Additional expenditures for routine operations can
be approved by the Treasurer. Expenditures for
extraordinary items must receive Council's
approval.
BYLAW XVI - Voting
1. When a vote by correspondence is taken in respect of
admission of a new Ordinary Member, Associate Mem-
ber or Regional Member, voting papers shall be sent by
airmail, or as available, by electronic ballot, to every
Ordinary Member. All ballots not returned by the time
limit set will be considered to be favorable votes. A deci-
sion to admit the applicant shall be declared after the
time limit set has expired, provided that three-quarters
of the votes cast are in favor of admission.
2. Members who raise their category at a General Assem-
bly shall receive voting rights at the higher category if
they have paid their annual membership subscription
fee at the higher category for the fiscal year of the Gen-
eral Assembly.
BYLAW XVII - Regulations and Directives
1. The decisions of the Plenary Session of a Congress and
the decisions of the General Assembly shall be made
known to Members and Technical Commissions of the
Society without delay.
2. Decisions taken by the Council shall be promptly com-
municated to Members by the Secretary General.
BYLAW XVIII - Languages
During a Congress, or a Symposium of a Technical Commis-
Sion, the host Ordinary Member may offer, entirely at its own
expense, translation to the language of the host country.
BYLAW XIX - Dissolution or Amalgamation
In the instance of dissolution of the Society the funds shall
be donated to a recognized international charitable organ-
ization selected by the Council and the Financial Commis-
Sion. The records of the dissolution shall be deposited with
the organization that has assumed responsibility for
Archives.
BYLAW XX - Amendments to Statutes and Bylaws
Amendments to Statutes and Bylaws shall take effect at
the times set by the General Assembly.
Original Bylaws adopted by the General Assembly of the 11th Congress, July 1968, at Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bylaws amended by the General Assembly of the 12th Congress, August 1972, at Ottawa, Canada.
Bylaws amended by the General Assembly of the 14th Congress, July 1980, at Hamburg, Federal Republic of
Germany.
Bylaws amended by the General Assembly of the 15th Congress, June 1984, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Bylaws amended by the General Assembly of the 16th Congress, July 1988, at Kyoto, Japan.
Bylaws amended by the General Assembly of the 17th Congress, August 1992, at Washington, D.C., USA.
Bylaws amended by the General Assembly of the 18th Congress, July 1996, at Vienna, Austria.
Bylaws 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)
Status
Société Internationale de Photogrammétrie et de Télédétection
ARTICLE I — Raison sociale et but
La Société Internationale de Photogrammétrie et de Télédé-
tection (désignée ci-aprés par « la Société ») est une organi-
sation internationale non-gouvernementale, qui se consacre
au développement de la coopération internationale en vue
du progrés des connaissances, de la recherche, du déve-
loppement, de l'enseignement et de la formation dans le
domaine de la photogrammétrie, de la télédétection et des
sciences de l'information spatiale, de leur intégration et de
leur application pour contribuer au bien-étre de l'humanité
et à la préservation de l'environnement.
ARTICLE Il — Définitions
La photogrammétrie et la télédétection se définissent
comme l'art, la science et la technologie qui permettent
d'obtenir, à partir de capteurs d'images à distance ou
d'autres systémes de capteurs, des informations fiables
sur la Terre, son environnement et sur d'autres objets phy-
siques, ainsi que de les traiter par l'enregistrement, la
mesure, l'analyse et la représentation.
Les sciences de l'information spatiale se définissent
comme l'art, la science et la technologie qui permettent
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