Senior Crystallographers ECA General Interest Group

Statutes

I. Name of the Group

The name of this group shall be Senior Crystallographers’ General Interest Group (hereafter GIG-SC) of the European Crystallographic Association.

II. Purpose

The purpose of the GIG-SC is to represent the interests, needs and concerns of Senior Crystallographers as defined under IV. The goals of the GIG-SC are:

To incorporate the senior crystallographers into the European Crystallographic Association community and to promote activities at scientific, organizational and social levels.
To construct an appropriate scenario for the exchange of ideas and information relevant to senior crystallographers.

III. Relationship with the European Crystallographic Association

The GIG-SC is integrated in the European Crystallographic Association by decision of its executive committee at its meeting in Bergen, Norway, 7th – 11th August 2012. The GIG-SC will conform to the Statutes of the European Crystallographic Association.

IV. Membership

Membership of the GIG-SC is open to all crystallographers in accord with its objectives and with an interest in its activities.

V. Organization

The organization of the GIG-SC is administered by a committee of six (6) people elected from the members of the GIG-SC.

The committee appoints a Chair, a Co-Chair, a Secretary and a webmaster chosen from amongst the committee members.

The term of office of each committee member shall run from one General Meeting of the GIG-SC to the next. The term of any committee member is limited to four consecutive periods.

VI. Activities

The GIG-SC may engage in any activities consistent with the Constitution of the European Crystallographic Association, its By-laws, and its Operating Rules, which in its opinion further the purposes of the GIG-SC.

The GIG-SC should:

Organize sessions at European Crystallographic Meetings that are in line with the GIG-SC interests and devised in cooperation with the respective Program Committee of the Meeting.
Offer assistance with the organization of microsymposia and plenary talks at the European Crystallographic Meetings.
Organize social activities for the GIG-SC members at European Crystallographic Meetings.
Set-up and maintain a GIG-SC web-site containing relevant information for the GIG-SC and its members.

VII. GIG-SC General Meetings

A General Meeting of the GIG-SC shall be held at each of the European Crystallographic Meetings organized by the European Crystallographic Association. A General Meeting may optionally also be organized at each Congress of the International Union of Crystallography.

A simple majority of those members present shall be sufficient to pass a motion or an election at these meetings.

The GIG-SC Committee shall inform GIG-SC members of the time and place of the General Meeting and remind members of the GIG-SC of the elections to be held during the General Meeting.

The GIG-SC Committee shall invite GIG-SC members to submit proposals for future activities and feedback about the functioning of the GIG-SC.