Guidelines for Candidates for Members of the Couneil
Individuals from any Member organization are eligible for
nomination and election to positions on Council, but there
are some practical considerations which must be taken
into account.
1.
Service as a member of the ISPRS Council is consid-
ered an honour. That means that it does not provide
any salary to the incumbent. It is also a time-consum-
ing function. The President, the Secretary General, and
the Congress Director could easily spend full time on
the tasks. However, realistically, one quarter to one half
time is required by these positions. The two Vice Pres-
idents and the Treasurer find that somewhat less time
is required. Potential members of Council must be pre-
pared to make these commitments of time.
It is essential that Council Members, particularly the
President and Secretary General, are provided with
secretarial assistance, preferably multilingual, but as a
minimum fluent in one of the official languages of the
Society - English, French and German. Experience has
shown that about half time help is required. In general
it has not been possible for the Society to pay salaries
for secretarial assistance. Consequently it is necessary
that the Member association or the Council member's
employer is prepared to provide this amount of secre-
tarial help.
Council members are required to attend a minimum of
one Council meeting per year. These will usually rotate
between the home locations of the officers. It is also
some or all of the inter-Congress Technical Commis-
sion symposia. This means that Council members
must be free to undertake international travel.
. The Society operates on a very limited financial basis. It
is therefore very useful if the officer's Member associa-
tion or employer is prepared to support the internation-
al travel expenses required. However, no worthy indi-
vidual would be rejected as a Council member because
of inability to provide his/her own travel expenses.
Financial arrangements for the Society's Congress are
the total responsibility of the host member. The Con-
gress Director's related expenses for travel, secretarial
assistance, communications, etc. should be included
in the Congress budget.
. Annual assessments of Members to the Society are
paid in Swiss francs. These funds are during the cur-
rent administration deposited in a Swiss bank account.
It may also be feasible to have a bank account under
the name of the Treasurer, and in his/her home loca-
tion. Because the Society expenditures are internation-
al in scope, it is essential that the Treasurer be from a
nation having freely convertible currency.
. The IUSM Council (General Assembly) convenes
approximately every three years. Members of ISPRS
Council are delegates to this General Assembly and are
expected to participate.
desirable that Council members, particularly the Presi-
dent, Secretary General and Congress Director attend
Members planning to nominate Council members should
keep these considerations in mind.
Guidelines for Members Planning to Host an ISPRS Congress
Member organizations willing to host a Congress of the Inter- — 3. An ISPRS surcharge of 1096 will be imposed on all reg-
national Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
should consider the following items which are looked upon
as prerequisite for a successful Congress operation:
1.
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The Member organization should designate an individ-
ual to serve as Congress Director who will have final
responsibility for all aspects of the Congress operation.
The Congress Director will establish a Congress com-
mittee which will organize the technical program, all
financial aspects, the secretarial work, the scientific
exhibit, the technical tours, the social events, the pro-
gram for family members, and attend to special tasks
such as press relations, travel bureau relations, etc.
. Alegally binding contract will be signed between ISPRS
and the Ordinary Member responsible for organising the
Congress, which describes the responsibilities of the
Ordinary Member to the Society, and the Society to the
Ordinary Member in organising the Congress.
istrations at the Congress, to contribute towards the
costs of running the Society and introducing new
developments.
. The Member organization will have complete financial
responsibility for all aspects of the Congress organiza-
tion. The Society does not provide any funds for this
purpose. Although budgeting arrangements will differ
from one member to another, it has been customary
that one-third of the Congress expenses is met by reg-
istration fees for individual participants, one-third by
the fees paid by commercial exhibitors, and one-third
by government subsidies with a total budget of about
3.5 million Swiss Francs.
. The Member organisation will be expected to attract
funds from sponsoring organisations to support the
attendance at the Congress of a significant number of
participants from developing countries.
— International Archives of Photogrammerty and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXIII, Part A. Amsterdam 2000.
