COMMITTEES

The following standing committees shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Board. The terms of service of standing committee members will be set in such a manner as to allow sufficient continuity for effective conduct of the duties of the committee. Ordinarily at least one member of each standing committee will be a member of the Executive Board of the Society.
Section 1. Membership Committee. The Membership Committee shall consist of a Chairperson and no fewer than two additional members appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Board. This Committee shall review all applications for membership of the Society, conduct such further inquiries as appear necessary to establish the qualifications of applicants for membership, and recommend acceptance or rejection of each applicant to the Executive Board, on the basis of the information available to them. The Committee shall also recommend to the Executive Board from time to time such policies and guidelines for admission to membership of the Society as appear to be appropriate. The Chairperson of the Membership Committee shall serve on the Executive Board.
Section 2. Committee on the Program for the Biennial Meeting. The Committee shall consist of a Chairperson and additional members appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Board. This Committee shall have the complete responsibility for planning the program for the biennial scientific meeting, which is to be held in conjunction with the biennial meeting. The Committee shall prepare the invitation for submission of presentations at the meeting, the announcement of the meeting, and related program details. It will be the special care of this Committee to so plan the program that there is adequate time allowed for discussion of presentations by members from the floor of the meeting.
Section 3. Meeting Committee. The President shall appoint a Meeting Committee to oversee the local arrangements for the biennial scientific meeting and the conjoined biennial meeting. One member of this Committee shall be the Chairperson of the Committee on the Program for the Biennial Meeting. All business matters relating to the conduct of the meeting shall be between the Chairperson of the Meeting Committee and the Treasurer of the Society.
Section 4. Committee on Publications. The Committee on Publications shall consist of a Chairperson and additional members appointed by the President and approved by the Executive Board. This committee shall publish bulletins, newsletters, programs, abstracts of scientific papers, a directory of members, and such other publications as the Executive Board shall authorize. It shall make from time to time recommendations to the Executive Board regarding relationships with commercial publishers insofar as these are consistent with the purposes and status of the Society.
Section 5. Committees on Scientific Affairs. These Committees shall consist of a Chairperson and additional members appointed by the President (or by another member to whom the President has delegated this authority) and approved by the Executive Board. These Committees shall make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding the award to individuals, members or non-members of the Society, such tokens of recognition for meritorious contributions to psychopathy as appear warranted from time to time (e.g., R.D. Hare Lifetime Achievement Award, Cheryl Wynne Hare Memorial Award, Award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution to the Scientific Study of Psychopathy).
Section 6. Ad Hoc Committees. The President may appoint Ad Hoc Committees from time to time as deemed necessary to further the purposes of the Society.
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