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Affiliation to the IES
- Affiliation to the Society can be applied
for by any local EPR/ESR society which is
already in existence or which is about to
be formed.
- In any affiliation the IES remains the
sovereign Society, and the affiliated one
is subject to all of its rules and by-laws.
It may, if so wished, establish further
ones of its own.
- The object of affiliation is to allow
local societies to benefit from being
associated with the world-wide EPR/ESR
community represented by the IES, and
from its contacts, publications,
publicity, advertisements, etc.
- The role of the affiliated society is to
extend the influence and availability
throughout the world of the IES, and to
provide those services most appropriate
to the local membership, for example in
helping to arrange conferences and summer
schools.
- In accepting affiliated societies the IES
is mindful of their possible impact on
similar societies already established in
the same general area of the world. The
IES will not accept any society as an
affiliated one which might affect the
well-being of these preexisting
affiliated ones, or the interests,
including financial interest, of the IES
itself.
- The decision as to whether to apply for
affiliation must be made by the local
society under whatever rules and
regulations it itself has.
- The local society itself will normally be
responsible for the dissemination of
information concerning the IES to its
members and for facilitation
communications of individual members with
the IES.
- To be accepted as an affiliated society,
at least one half of the members of the
local society should be members of the
IES. However, membership of a local
society by an individual is not a
prerequisite for membership of the IES.
- Each affiliated society is required to
provide a local treasurer responsible for
collecting the dues from its members in
local currency and transferring the total
in a single currency exchange at least
once a year to the Treasurer of the
International EPR Society.
- All IES members in developed countries
pay the standard membership fee of US$30
( or its local equivalent) per annum, but
the Society will consider proposals for
levels of fees from other parts of the
world which are deemed reasonable by the
local treasurer. Members in a number of
countries benefit from this arrangement
and receive the full privileges of
membership notwithstanding. Any members
in local societies benefiting in this way
are, however, expected to pay in full fee.
In the meantime the IES is pleased to
accept those members who benefit from
membership without being able to pay this.
- All publicity for conferences etc.
arranged locally will be published free
of charge in the Newsletter, and the IES
will be pleased to allow its name to be
used in assisting the organization and
funding of such meetings; at present it
is unable to offer financial support. The
organizers will be able to request
information from the database to aid
arranging and advertising such meetings.
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