constitution of the charles s. peirce society

Constitution of the Charles S. Peirce SocietySource: Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Summer, 1990), pp. 399-405Published by: Indiana University PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40320297 .

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Constitution of the Charles S. Peirce Society

(Approved, December 18, 1978; amended December 28, 1985)

ARTICLE I Purpose

The purpose of the Charles S. Peirce Society shall be to encour- age study of and communication about the work of Charles S. Peirce and its ongoing influence in the many fields of intellectual endeavor to which he contributed.

ARTICLE II Members and Subscribers

Any person agreeing to the purpose of the Society will be ad- mitted to membership and shall continue as a member while current dues and subscription fees are paid. Each member shall have one vote in all business meetings and mail ballots of the Society at large.

A Fellow of the Charles S. Peirce Society is any person who has served a term of office as President of the Society and is also a current member. Because of their past experience in encouraging the goals of the Society, Fellows may additionally serve in adviso-

ry capacities, or otherwise assist current officers of the Society in

ways that may be established by the Executive Committee, the current President, or the Society at large.

Frederic Harold Young, the founder of the Society, shall also be a Fellow.



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Members will pay annual dues of two dollars. Subscription fees for the Society's journal will be established from time to time, as required to cover publication costs, by vote at annual business meetings of the Society.

Institutions may subscribe to the publications of the Society. However, they are not considered to be members. They shall pay dues of two dollars, and a special institutional subscription fee for the Society's publications to be set by the Society, but they have no vote in any official function of the Society.

ARTICLE III Officers

The officers shall be a President, Vice President, and Secretary- Treasurer. Each will be elected at the appropriate annual business meeting of the Society by a simple majority of members present and voting. The President and Vice President shall hold office for one year, the Secretary-Treasurer for three years, renewable. Terms of office for newly elected officers begin with adjournment of the meeting of their election, and terminate at adjournment of the next annual business meeting.

The President shall be the senior officer, and will be responsible for the general administration of the affairs of the Society. The President will preside at all meetings of the Society or its Execu- tive Committee.

The Vice President shall assume the duties of the President if the latter is incapacitated or unable to attend a Society function. The Vice President shall be the parliamentarian of the Society.

The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a current list of members of the Society for purposes of officially establishing membership status when required for any reason. The Secretary-Treasurer will



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make a record of both program and business meetings of the So- ciety, and will see to it that these records are promptly published in the Society's journal. The Secretary-Treasurer will be in charge of managing and certifying the results of all ballots of the Society, cither at meetings or by mail. The Secretary-Treasurer and the Editor(s) of the Journal will be jointly responsible for receiving and depositing all funds incoming to the Society, including all membership dues, subscription fees, or other monies paid the So- ciety for any purpose whatsoever. The Society's treasury, which excludes subscription fees, shall be maintained in an interest- bearing bank account in the city of the Secretary-Treasurer's resi- dence. The Secretary-Treasurer will also execute all payments and disbursements from the treasury when such are authorized by the Executive Committee or the Society at large. The Secretary- Treasurer will keep a written record of all financial activities perti- nent to the treasury of the Society, and will give a financial report at the Society's annual business meeting. The Editor(s) will give a similar report concerning the journal's financial affairs. These re- ports will be promptly published in the Society's journal.

The order of seniority among the Society's elected officers shall be: President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer. At each annual election of officers, a new Vice President will be elected; the out-

going Vice President will automatically become the new Presi- dent. Between annual meetings of the Society, a vacancy occur- ring in the Presidency shall be automatically filled by the next senior officer. Such a vacancy in any other elected office shall be filled by a member appointed by the President, and confirmed by the Executive Committee. Such interim Presidential appointees may be eligible to be elected to the next senior office at the next annual business meeting of the Society.




ARTICLE IV Executive Committee

The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President, Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Society, the Editor(s) of the Society's journal, and three members of the Society, one elected each year, to serve a three-year term. In conducting its affairs, the Executive Committee will routinely inform and consult with the President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Charles S. Peirce Foundation Incorporated and the Chairperson of the Aris- be Committee of the Society.

The Executive Committee shall meet at such times and places as it may determine, or at special meetings called by the Presi- dent. In the interim period between annual meetings of the Socie- ty, the Executive Committee shall conduct all matters normally required to administer the affairs of the Society, except for consti- tutional amendments and elections of officers. The Executive Committee may conduct its business by mail or other means of communication. The Executive Committee will supervise the treasury, and will not permit expenditures in excess of funds available. With the President as chairperson, the Executive Committee may serve as the program committee for either program or business meetings of the Society. It will arrange all meetings of the Society and will require an announcement of their time and place to be conveyed to all members well in advance of Society meetings.

ARTICLE V Other Committees

The President shall appoint a nominating committee, composed of three members of the Society, to present nominees in accor- dance with election procedures given in Article VII. The term of office of this committee will expire at the conclusion of the election in question.



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The President will appoint an Arisbe Committee and designate one member of the committee as its chairperson. All members of this committee shall be members of the Society. The term of office for members of this committee is five years and renewable. It shall be the duty of this committee to advise the Executive Com- mittee and the Society concerning the use of the Charles and Juli- ette Peirce homestead, Arisbe, located near Milford, Pennsylvania.

The President may appoint such ad hoc committees as may be required to conduct the affairs of the Society.

Status as a committee member may be discontinued by a unani- mous vote of the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE VI Meetings

An annual meeting of the Society, consisting of a program meeting and a business meeting, shall be held at a time and place determined by the Executive Committee. At least one month prior to the annual meeting, the Secretary shall send each member a notice of it, including a list of presentations to be given in the program meeting and an agenda of the business meeting. Special program meetings may be called by the Executive Committee.

A mail ballot on any issue coming before the Society will be in- itiated upon written request by ten or more members present.

ARTICLE VII Elections

Elections of officers of the Society shall normally be conducted in the following manner. In consultation with the Executive Committee, the President shall appoint a Nominating Committee. The chairperson of the Nominating Committee will report its nominations at the annual business meeting. In addition, any




member of the Society, either by voice at the meeting, or by mail petition, may nominate additional persons for any elected office. Persons not members of the Society may not be nominated or hold office. Upon dose of nominations, the Secretary-Treasurer will supervise the balloting. The election of officers will be settled by a simple majority. The Secretary-Treasurer incumbent at the start of the election will certify the results of the election, and cause them to be published in the next issue of the Society's journal.

ARTICLE VIII Journal

The Society publishes a journal known as "Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philos- ophy.

" The scope of the journal incorporates the purpose of the Society as given in Article I above. The Editor of the journal shall be a member of the Society and will hold that office for an indefi- nite term. The Editor will have control of the contents of the journal consistent with the purpose of the Society. The Editor may appoint such editorial consultants as are needed to ensure high standards of scholarship for articles accepted for publication. The journal will publish such official notices of the Society as the Executive Committee may require from time to time.

When the Editor of the journal resigns, or is incapacitated, or is for some reason temporarily unable to serve, a new Editor or Act- ing Editor shall be selected by the Executive Committee by unan- imous vote. This vote will be taken only after the Executive Com- mittee has thoroughly and widely consulted among the Fellows of the Society.

The tide page of the journal shall include the journal's name, the fact that it is published by the Society, and will list the present officers of the Society, the present Editor(s), the current editorial consultants, a complete list of the living Fellows of the



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Society (with the permission of each Fellow), a statement of purpose which will be Article I above, and information concerning membership and subscription.

ARTICLE IX Amendments

Amendments to this constitution may be proposed by the Exec- utive Committee, or by petition of any five members. Amend- ments shall be adopted by a majority vote at the annual business meeting, unless a mail ballot is requested. In case of a mail ballot, a majority of those members replying within one month of the ballot mailing shall decide the issue.



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