Superseded by current constitution in December 2007.
Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing
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1. The Association shall be called the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing.
2. The objects of the Association are to promote high standards of education in the development of computer science and computer services with particular reference to literary and linguistic computing.
3. In furtherance of the aforementioned objects the Association shall have power:
4. There shall be two classes of membership, namely individual membership and institutional membership.
a) Individual membership shall be open to all persons, subject to the approval of the Committee, on payment of an annual subscription, which shall be determined from time to time by the Committee. The annual subscription shall be due on 1st January in each year. Personal subscribers to Literary and Linguistic Computing shall also be individual members of the Association without further subscription.
b) Institutional membership shall be open to institutional subscribers to Literary and Linguistic Computing, subject to the approval of the Committee, without payment of further subscription.
5. Any publications issued by the Association shall be available to all Members at a reduced rate. No publications purchased at a reduced rate may be re-sold. Members shall normally be entitled to concessionary rates when attending conferences, summer schools, and other gatherings sponsored by the Association. Institutional Members shall be entitled to nominate three persons from the Member institution to attend any such gatherings at concessionary rates.
6. The Committee may, at its discretion, confer Honorary Membership on persons who have rendered distinguished service to the Association, and other persons of distinction in the field.
7. Every Member shall on request receive a copy of the Constitution of the Association.
8. The Association shall in each year hold an Annual General Meeting at such time and place as the Committee shall decide. Not less than eight weeks notice shall be given of the Annual General Meeting.
9. Other General Meetings may be called by the Committee, or by the requisition of not less than twenty individual members. Not less than three weeks notice shall be given of other General Meetings.
10. Each Individual Member shall have one vote. Institutional Members shall have no vote.
11. The management of the Association shall be in the hands of the Committee. The number of elected members of the Committee shall be nine. Members of the Committee shall be Individual Members of the Association.
12. Elected Members of this Committee shall normally serve for three years, with one-third of their number retiring each year; Retiring Members shall be eligible for immediate re-election. In the event of the resignation of any elected Member of the Committee, save in the third year of his or her tenure, the resulting vacancy shall be filled by electing one additional Member to complete the term of the resigning Member.
13. Elections to the Committee shall be conducted by postal vote. Vacancies on the Committee for each year shall be filled by election and the result declared at the Annual General Meeting. Proposals for election shall reach the Honorary Secretary eight clear weeks before the Annual General Meeting. Proposals must be endorsed by two further Individual Members of the Association and carry a statement of the nominee's willingness to serve.
14. The Committee is empowered to add up to two Members to its number by co-option. Co-opted Members shall be voting Members of the Committee, but shall not count towards the quorum. Co-opted membership of the Committee shall lapse after the Annual General Meeting of the year of appointment, unless renewed by the Committee for a further year.
15. The Officers and the Editor of Literary and Linguistic Computing shall be ex officio members of the Committee. Ex officio members shall be voting members of the Committee.
16. A quorum of the Committee shall consist of any two of the Officers and five members of the Committee.
17. The Members may, by postal vote requisitioned by not less than twenty members, remove any member of the Committee before the expiration of his/her tenure.
18. A President of the Association may be appointed by the Committee from time to time at its discretion, to serve for a period of three years. A retiring President may be re-appointed. The President, or past-Presidents, may be Members of the Committee or may be called upon to serve the Association in an advisory capacity.
19. The Officers of the Association shall be a Chairman, an Honorary Secretary, and an Honorary Treasurer. Officers shall be Individual Members of the Association. They shall be elected by the Committee and shall hold office for one year only, but may be re-elected.
20. The Balance Sheetand Income and Expenditure Account of the Association, duly audited, shall be drawn up annually and sent to each Member of the Association.
21. The Committee may set up Subcommittees, Regional Branches and Specialist Groups at its discretion to further the objects of the Association.
22. The Committee may appoint Representatives of the Association. Representatives shall be responsible for forwarding the interests of the Association in their locality, and conversely for representing the interests of Members from that locality.
23. This Constitution other than the objects, this Clause and the dissolution provisions, may be amended by a resolution passed by three-fourths majority of the Members of the Committee present and voting at a meeting called for that purpose provided that no amendment shall be made which would cause the Association to cease to be a charity in law.
24. The income and property of the Association shall be applied solely towards the promotion and objects of the Association, as set forth in this Constitution, and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus, or otherwise by way of profits to Members of the Association.
25. If upon winding up or dissolution of the Association there remains, after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the Members of the Association, but shall be given or transferred to some other charitable institution or institutions having objects similar to the objects of the Association, and which shall prohibit the distribution of its income and property among its or their members to the extent at least as great as is imposed on the Association under or by virtue of Clause 24 hereof, such institution or institutions to be determined by the Members of the Association at or before the time of dissolution, and if so far as effect cannot be given to such provision, then to some charitable object.