Section 1 -TheInternational Organization for Crystal Growth (IOCG) shall be an internationalfederation of regional/national groups and societies in the field of crystalgrowth. It shall also provide an organization for nationals of the Countrieswhich have no regional/ national organization in the field of crystal growth.
Section 2 - The generalpurposes of IOCG are scientific, literary and educational, directed toward theadvancement of the theory and practice of crystal growth, crystalcharacterization and allied branches of science. Means to these ends includethe holding of the International Conferences on Crystal Growth (ICCG) forreading and discussion of professional papers.
Officers
Section1 - The officers shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, and aTreasurer.
Section1: The Officers shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and aTreasurer.
Section2 - The President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer shall be elected by theCouncil as provided in the Bylaws. In the event that one or more officers becomeunable or unwilling to perform the duties of office, the Council will reassignthose duties.
Section2: The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected bythe Council, as provided in the Bylaws. In the event that one or more Officersbecomes unable or unwilling to perform the duties of the appointed Office, theCouncil will reassign those duties.
Section 3 - Tenure -Officers shall take office at the conclusion of one ICCG and shall servethrough the next ICCG.
Section 4 - Duties.
4.1. The President shallbe the principal executive Officer of the IOCG and shall have primaryresponsibility for conducting the affairs of IOCG under the direction of theCouncil. He shall preside at the General Assembly, at meetings of the Counciland of the Executive Committee.
4.2.The Vice-President shall assume the duties of the President in the absence orincapacity of the President and shall assist the President in the conduction ofthe affairs of IOCG.
4.2:One of the Vice-Presidents, as assigned by the Council, shall assume the dutiesof the President in the absence or incapacity of the President in theconduction of the affairs of IOCG.
4.3. The Secretary,under the direction of the President, shall have general supervision of thekeeping of records of IOCG, including records of membership, meetings and anyother records required by law. Under the direction of the President, he shallbe responsible for arrangements for all meetings of the Council, the GeneralAssembly and all other principal meetings of the IOCG. He shall be responsiblefor collecting and disseminating information relating to the activities ofnational organizations.
4.4. The Treasurer shallhave general supervision of the fiscal affairs of the IOCG and shall beresponsible for the keeping of records thereof. All funds of the IOCG shall bedeposited in a depository approved by the Executive Committee in an accountrequiring two signatures: the Treasurer and the President, or their alternatesas designated by the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee
Section1- Composition - The Executive Committee shall consist of the four officers,the Past President, the Chairman of the past ICCG, the Chairman of the nextICCG, and four additional members elected by the Council. The four additionalmembers shall be members of the Council.
Section1: The Executive Committee shall consist of the five Officers, the PastPresident, the Chairman or Chairmen of the past ICCG, the Chairman or Chairmenof the next ICCG and eight additional members elected by the Council. The eightadditional members shall be present or past members of the Council.
Section 2 - Duties - TheExecutive Committee shall be responsible for the conduct of the business andaffairs of the IOCG during the periods of time between meetings of the Council.
Section 3 - Tenure - Allmembers shall take office at the conclusion of one ICCG and shall serve throughthe next ICCG.
Council
Section 1 - Composition- The Council shall consist of the Executive Committee, delegates from eachchartered national organization, Councillors representing Direct Members(elected as designated in the Bylaws), and five Councillors elected by theGeneral Assembly. The number of delegates from each regional/nationalorganization will be roughly proportional to the number of members in thatorganization, as specified in the Bylaws.
Section 2 - Duties - TheCouncil shall be the legal authority of the Organization, and, as such, shallhave and hold all its property and funds, shall be responsible for its budget,and shall administer its affairs.
Section 3 - Notice andQuorum - Notice of a meeting of the Council shall be given by the Secretary, atthe direction of the President. The presence of one-third of the voting membersof the Council, two of whom shall be officers, constitutes a quorum.
Section 4 - TheSecretary, under the direction of the President, shall conduct mail ballots ofthe Council for all important decisions, such as
1. The organization oftopical meetings in the period between two ICCG, of summer schools which mayapply for the benefits of ICCG sponsorship, as well as participation in theactivities of other national or international organizations.
2. Expenses from IOCGfunds exceeding some amount as specified in the Bylaws.
Section 5 - The Councilshall meet at least once every three years.
General Assembly
Section 1 - A generalassembly will be held every three years, at the International Conference onCrystal Growth.
Section 2 - ThePresident shall submit a report on the state of IOCG activities, and theTreasurer shall submit a financial report to the General Assembly for approvalby a majority vote.
Section 3 - The GeneralAssembly shall approve the membership of the new Council and the Officersprovided in the Bylaws.
Section 4 - The GeneralAssembly may vote to dissolve IOCG. If a two-thirds majority votes fordissolution, the matter shall be put to a mail ballot of the attendees of thelast three conferences, and the issues decided by a simple majority. In theevent of dissolution, the assets of IOCG shall be given to UNESCO.
International Conferences on Crystal Growth
Section1 - International Conferences (ICCG) shall take place once every three yearsand shall be held in different countries whenever ICCG proposals permit.
Section 2 - The proposalof the site of a future ICCG must be nominated by the Executive Committee andapproved by the Council.
Section 3 - Topicalmeetings may be held from time to time and the organizers may apply for thebenefits of IOCG sponsorship. The Council must approve the scope of the programand the location before IOCG sponsorship can be granted and used.
National Organizations
Section 1 - Thefollowing regional/national groups shall be recognized as Charter NationalOrganizations of IOCG: Groupe Franais de Croissance Cristalfine, AmericanAssociation for Crystal Growth, Japanese Committee for Crystal Growth, BritishAssociation for Crystal Growth, Crystal Growth Section of the Swiss Society forCrystallography, Israeli Organization for Growth of Crystals and Thin Films,the Italian Association for Crystal Growth, the Dutch Association for CrystalGrowth, the Spanish Association for Crystal Growth and the DeutscheGesellschaft fr Kristallwachstum and Kristallzchtung.
Section 2 - Anyregional/national group may apply to the Council of IOCG and be chartered asthe National Organization of IOCG in the respective country.
Section 3 - Due to theinterdisciplinary character of IOCG a chartered regional/national organizationof IOCG may at the same time be part of one or many other recognized existinglearned Societies in the respective country.
Section 4 -Regional/national organizations shall elect representatives to serve on theCouncil of IOCG.
Section 5 -Regional/national organizations shall keep the Secretary informed of allactivities which they will organize or sponsor, so that this information can bedisseminated. The meetings of any regional/national organization shall be opento foreign nationals who are members of IOCG at the same registration fee asfor the local nationals.
Section 6 - In the eventof the funds of the IOCG being insufficient, IOCG shall be empowered to call onregional/national organizations for a subscription proportional to the numberof their representatives in the Council.
Section 7 - Aregional/national organization is entitled to receive a loan or grant from theExecutive Committee of IOCG in order to organize an ICCG meeting. If a loan orgrant is made, IOCG will also assume limited responsibility as specified in theBylaws, or any deficit incurred by the conference. In this case IOCG will beentitled to any surplus from the conference.
Membership
Section 1- Members ofNational Organizations - All members of Organizations which are chartered asregional/national organizations of IOCG shall be considered to be members ofIOCG.
Section 2 - DirectMembership - A national of a country which does not have a nationalorganization may apply for direct membership in IOCG. In exceptional cases, theCouncil of IOCG may permit a national of a country which does have a nationalorganization to become a direct member of IOCG.
Section 3 - Election ofDirect Members - Applicants for direct membership must apply in writing in dueform to the Secretary. Election to direct membership requires a majority voteof the Council.
Bylaws
Section 1 - Bylaws shallbe established as hereinafter set forth, for the purposes of governing theoperations and administration of the IOCG.
Section 2 - Bylawchanges shall be effected by a majority vote of the Council.
Amendments
Section1- Amendments to this Constitution shall be made by ballot of the members ofthe last three ICCG. A two-thirds majority of the total vote in favor of theamendment is necessary for adoption.
Ratification
Section 1 - Thisconstitution and bylaws are deemed valid when ratified by a majority in a mailballot of the three ICCG meetings in Boston (1966), in Birmingham (1968) and inMarseille (1971).
BYLAWS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FORCRYSTAL GROWTH
Election of Officers
Section 1 - Nomination - TheExecutive Committee If shall appoint a nominating committee one year beforeICCG. The nominating committee must nominate, within three months, one or morecandidates for President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and four membersof the Council to serve on the Executive Committee. The nominations shall becommunicated to the Executive Committee which, in turn, shall order a ballot tobe prepared.
Section 2 - Election - The Secretary shall send a mail ballotfor the election of officers to the members of the Council at least six monthsbefore ICCG. The Secretary shall tabulate the results, and announce them atleast one month before ICCG. Write-in votes for candidates not nominated by thenominating committee shall be considered valid.
Section 3 - Approval - The General Assembly shall vote on theslate of officers put forward by the Council. In the event the officers aredisapproved, nominations, together with the Council's nominees, shall be placedon a mail ballot to the attendees of the previous three international meetingsand within six months an election of officers shall take place. In the interimthe previous officers shall continue to serve.
The Council
Section 1-National Organization Councillors-Each NationalOrganization shall delegate one Councillor for every one hundred members of thenational organization, up to a maximum of three Councillors. The number ofmembers shall be rounded to the next highest one hundred. Each NationalOrganization must keep the President informed of its current representatives onthe Council. The Chairman of each National Organizationwill automatically be the first representative of his National Organization onthe IOCG Council unless the National Organization specifically indicatesotherwise. If the Chairman of a National Organization resigns, his successorautomatically replaces him on the Council. Similarly, the Secretary of theNational Organization will automatically be the second representative on theCouncil for countries entitled to two representatives. The third representativefor countries so entitled shall be appointed by each appropriate NationalOrganization acting through its chairman.
Section 2 - The General Assembly shall nominate and elect fiveadditional Councillors.
Section 3 - Councillors Representing the Direct Members ofIOCG - The Councillors representing the direct members of IOCG shall benominated by a Nominating Committee appointed by the Executive Committee. Votesfor write-in candidates shall be valid. Councillors shall be elected by mailballot distributed to direct members approximately one year before ICCG. Thereshall be one such Councillor for every one hundred members who belong directlyto IOCG, but no more than three may be from any one country.
Section4 - Approval - The General Assembly shall vote to approve the slate ofCouncillors consisting of the delegates of the respective NationalOrganizations, the five Councillors elected by the General Assembly and theCouncillors representing the direct members. In the event that the Councillorsare disapproved, nominations for Councillors may be made from the floor and bythe national committees and a mail ballot of attendees of the last threeInternational meetings shall be conducted by IOCG within six months to electthe new Council. The numbers of elected Councillors from each National Groupshall be that specified in Section 1 above. Balloting shall be by separateballots for each country. The five Councillors elected by the General Assemblyand the Councillors representing direct members together with the Councillorselected by the National mail bal- lots shall constitute the new Council. In theinterval before election, the previous Councillors shall serve.
Section 5 - The Council, as approved by the General Assembly,shall take office at the conclusion of ICCG and serve until the end of the nextICCG.
ARTICLE III
Funds and Finance
Section I - Loans - The only source of funds for IOCG derivesfrom the profits from ICCG. Apart from administrative expenses, the uses forthese funds are to promote the next ICCG or approved topical meetings, or otherinternational activities in the field of Crystal Growth sanctioned by theCouncil. The balance in the IOCG treasury shouldtherefore not exceed $5,000 at any time.
Section 2 - Loans - The Executive Committee is entitled togrant a loan to a National Committee for the sponsorship of an ICCG meeting.The National Organizing Committee has the obligation to turn over to theTreasurer of IOCG, any unused funds remaining after the ICCG meeting afterpayment of all the financial obligations,provided the current balance of IOCG does not exceed $5,000. Forcountries having an unconvertible currency the repayment of the loan and theunused funds will be made in local currency in a special IOCG account opened bythe Treasurer.
Section 3 - All expenses lessthan $400 can be approved by the Executive Committee. Expenses greater than$400 must be approved by the Council as specified in Article IV, Section 4 ofthe Constitution. All expenses not exceeding $2,000 can be approved by thePresident and the Treasurer. Expenses not exceeding $10,000 can be approved bythe Executive Committee. Expenses greater than $10,000 must be approved by theCouncil as specified in Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution.
ARTICLE IV
Transition
Section 1- The Council, as constituted and approved by theGeneral Assembly at the Marseille ICCG-3, shall remain in office until the endof ICCG-4, except that regional/national organizations may, at theirdiscretion, change their representatives on the Council.
Section 2 - The officers and Executive Committee, as electedby the Council during the Marseille ICCG-3, shall remain in office until theend of ICCG-4. The Executive Committee will include the Chairman of ICCG-3, and4.
Section 3 - Election of new officers to assume office at theend of ICCG-4 shall take place, as specified in the Constitution and underArticle I of the Bylaws.