AIEP 09 - AIEP IAPS
AIEP 09 - AIEP IAPS
AIEP 09 - AIEP IAPS
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VIE DE L’ASSOCIATION<br />
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PATRISTIC STUDIES (I.A.P.S.)<br />
STATUTES<br />
(adopted in 1965; revised in 1979, 1987, and 2003)<br />
1. The purpose of the International Association of Patristic Studies (I.A.P.S.),<br />
founded on June 26th 1965, by a group of scholars at a colloquium in Paris, is to promote the<br />
study of Christian antiquity, especially the Fathers of the Church, without prejudice to works<br />
already undertaken in this domain in various countries. The Association is in no way intended<br />
to take the place of institutions, publications and conferences already in existence.<br />
2. The I.A.P.S. proposes by whatever means are appropriate to bring into liaison and<br />
mutual communication qualified persons whose work in one way or other concerns Patristic<br />
research, especially those engaged in imparting instruction in this field and responsible for<br />
orienting and directing research, as well as directors of collections, editions, reviews,<br />
encyclopedias and diverse publications.<br />
3. The Association will strive chiefly to procure for its Members precise data on<br />
works planned or in progress in different research centres, and to communicate this information<br />
in an annual bulletin as well as in a biennial directory.<br />
4. a) Anyone accepted by the Executive Committee may be admitted to<br />
membership. Anyone who is recommended by a national correspondent may be admitted<br />
directly by the President also between the meetings of the Executive Committee.<br />
b) All members who have paid their annual dues have the right to receive the<br />
Bulletin d'lnformation and the biennial directory. Those who do not remit their membership<br />
dues for more than two consecutive years will have their names removed from the list of<br />
members.<br />
5. The Council is composed of delegates elected for four years by the members of<br />
the Association. Each nation or region is entitled to a number of seats in the Council in<br />
proportion to the number of members in that nation or region. The Executive Committee<br />
decides on the number of seats for each nation or region. The election of the Council by the<br />
members of the Association has to be finalized three months before the meeting of the Council.<br />
The national or regional correspondent is responsible for the election. Delegates may be reelected.<br />
In addition to the elected members the Executive Committee is ex officio part of the<br />
Council.<br />
6. The Council meets every four years or when the Executive Committee so decides.<br />
The meetings of the Council are convened and led by the President of the Association in<br />
collaboration with the Executive Committee. The duty of the Council is:<br />
a) to elect the President of the Association for a period of four years;<br />
b) to elect two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer and a Secretary, who together with the<br />
President form the Executive Committee;<br />
c) to decide on the annual dues to be paid to the Association;<br />
d) to decide on any changes of the statutes. Proposals for changes need a two-thirds<br />
majority to be adopted.<br />
7. Decisions of the Council shall be valid only if they are taken during a meeting<br />
comprising at least half the designated Delegates. In order to be represented at the Council,<br />
absent Delegates must appoint a Delegate from amongst their national group, or else a member<br />
who, although not elected, obtained a significant number of votes. In any case the number of<br />
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