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I
Name, Headquarters, Duration, Aims

Art. 1)  Name

An association has been created named: International Society for Dialec­tol­ogy and Geolinguistics (sidg). [2]

Art. 2)  Headquarters

 

At present, the SIDG has its headquarters in Bamberg, Germany: Romanische Sprachwissenschaft,

An der Universität 5, 96045 Bamberg, Germany. The SIDG headquarters can be transferred to any other place or country, upon decision of the extraordinary Assembly.

 

Art. 3)  Duration

The duration of the SIDG is unlimited.

Art. 4)  Aims

The SIDG is a non-profit organization.

The aims of the SIDG are:

a)     The international promotion of dialectology and geolinguistics, open to all theoretical and methodological approaches; the collaboration with all institutions concerned with dialectology and geolinguistics; the exchange of knowledge in the domain of dialec­tology and geolinguis­tics, in particu­lar with regard to new theories and methods; the collaboration with all disci­plines that contribute to the advancement of dialectology; the forming of groups united by par­ticular scientific interests, under supervision of the central organs;

b)    The support of international enterprises, in the first place of those already in progress, such as the Atlas Linguarum Europae, the Panslavic Atlas, the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada, and the lin­guistic-group atlases initiated within the ALE (Atlas Linguistique Ro­man, Germanic Linguistic Atlas, Celtic Linguistic Atlas, etc.);

c)     The organization of an international congress of dialectology and geolin­guistics, at least once every three years;

d)    The publication of an international journal of dialectology and geolingui­stics;

e)     The preservation, in whatever form, of data, of dialects, of jargons and slangs, of termi­nologies of traditional trades and of any other linguistic forms associated with disap­pearing ways of life;

f)      The assistance to groups of researchers interested in the recording and study of dia­lects;

g)    The scientific study of minority languages and dialects, also with a view to their safe­guard, in conformity with the declaration of human rights.

II
Members

Art. 5)  Application for membership

For admission to the SIDG an introduction by two members is required, with subsequent approval at the next Assembly.

Apart from ordinary members the society has honorary, institutional, and supporting mem­bers. Honorary members are proposed by the Executive Committee and approved by the Assembly.

Art. 6)  Members’ rights

All members have a right to:

-      participate in the meetings organized by the SIDG;

-      vote in the Assemblies, or by correspondence;

-      present papers at the meetings and submit contributions to the journal, following the rules of the Internal Regulations;

-      obtain a discount on the publications of the SIDG.

Art. 7)  Members’ duties

Members are obliged to:

-      contribute to the achievement of the SIDG aims;

-      respect the rules of the present Statutes and of the Internal Regulations;

-      pay the yearly fee.

Art. 8)  Membership fee

The membership fee is fixed by the Assembly. Students pay a reduced fee.

Art. 9)  Loss of membership

Members can withdraw from the SIDG by means of a written communication addressed to the Executive Committee. Membership ends with a letter written at least three months before the end of the year and addressed to the Secretary/Treasurer who has to confirm the withdrawal.

Art. 10)  Assets

The SIDG assets are formed by the yearly fees, by individual contributions, donations, lega­cies from institutions or individuals, income from activities of the SIDG or from goods ac­quired with it.

III
Assembly

Art. 11)  Convocation

The ordinary Assembly is convoked at least once in three years, in concomi­tance with the Soci­ety’s Congress, and also in a place other than the SIDG headquarters, by a notice that must be sent to members at least sixty days before the meeting.

The notice must contain the day, hour and place of the Assembly as well as the agenda.

The Assembly must be convoked also when at least one tenth of the members present a written and motivated request to the Executive Committee.

Art. 12)  Competence

The ordinary Assembly:

-      approves the budget;

-      elects the Executive Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Committee of Ac­countants, as well as the President, the three Vice-Presidents, the Secre­tary, the Treasurer and the Editor;

-      fixes the amount of the yearly fee;

-      formulates proposals of modification of the Statutes;

-      approves the Internal Regulations;

-      promotes actions against the administrators;

-      decides upon items submitted by the Executive Committee.

The extraordinary Assembly decides upon:

-      the transfer of the headquarters;

-      the modifications of the Statutes;

-      the dissolution of the SIDG;

-      the utilization of the SIDG assets, in case the destination formulated in Art. 23 of these Statutes proves impossible.

Art. 13)  Modification of the Statutes

The proposals of modification of the Statutes, decided upon in the ordinary Assembly, will have to be approved in a following extraordinary Assembly. In the interval between the two Assemblies, the President will inform all mem­bers about the proposals, and will invite comments, which will be discussed in the following extraordinary Assembly.

Art. 14)  Right of vote

Every member who has paid the yearly fee has the right of vote. The individ­ual vote can be ex­pressed also by correspondence.

Members can be represented in Assemblies on the basis of a written procuration. Every member cannot represent more than five members.

Art. 15)  Majorities

In ordinary Assemblies decisions are taken with the simple majority of the voting members. In extraordinary Assemblies the majority of three fourths of the voting members is required, except for the dissolution of the Society, for which the absolute majority of the members is required.

IV
Nominating Committee

Art. 16)  Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee is formed by the outgoing President and by four more members. They are elected by the Assembly for a period of three years, and immediately reeligible only for an­other term of three years. The Nomi­nating Committee proposes candidates for offices to the Assembly.

Art. 17)  Executive Committee

The Society is managed by an Executive Committee formed by the President, three Vice-Presi­dents, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and by five more mem­bers, two of whom to be elected by the Assembly each year for a period of three years. Members of the Executive Committee are imme­diately reeligible only for another term of three years, except for Secretary and Treasurer, who are always reeligible. The two offices of Secretary and Treasurer can be held by the same person. All SIDG posts are honorary and unpaid. Possible services of third parties must not be paid with SIDG money.

The Executive Committee is entrusted with the ordinary and extraordinary administra­tion.

It can delegate its powers to one or more SIDG members, determining the limitations of the dele­gation.

The Executive Committee is convoked by the President; for the validity of its decisions the pres­ence, or the delegation, of at least six members is required.

The Executive Committee decides with a majority of votes; in case of even votes the Presi­dent’s vote is decisive.

V
President, Secretary, Treasurer

Art. 18)  President

The President of the Executive Committee represents the SIDG to all effects; in case of his/her absence s/he is replaced by one of the three Vice-Presidents.

The President convokes and chairs the Assembly and the Executive Commit­tee.

Art. 19)  Secretary

The Secretary compiles and keeps the minutes of the meetings of the Assem­bly and of the Ex­ecutive Committee; s/he is responsible for the books of the SIDG except for the book­keeping.

Art. 20)  Treasurer

The Treasurer acts as a bookkeeper and cashier of the SIDG. S/he cashes the sums due to the SIDG, effects the payments, deposits the funds on behalf and on account of the SIDG at one or more banks chosen by the Executive Committee; prepares the SIDG budgeting; s/he is responsible for the bookkeeping of the SIDG.

VI
Editor

Art. 21)  Editor

The Editor directs the SIDG journal Dialectologia et Geolinguistica.

S/he is elected by the Assembly, is in charge for three years, and is immediately reeligible.

The Editor is assisted by an Editorial Board.

VII
Accountants

Art. 22)  Committee of Accountants

The Committee of Accountants is formed by three members. They are elected by the Assembly for a period of three years and are immediately reeligible only for another term of three years. One of the members acts as President.

The Committee of Accountants controls the SIDG administration, the regular­ity of the book­keeping and the exactness of the budgeting, seeing that the law, the Statutes and the Internal Regulations are observed. The Committee of Accountants decides upon possible controversies among members, or between members and the SIDG.

VIII
Dissolution

Art. 23)  Dissolution

In case of dissolution, the assets of the SIDG will be transferred to UNESCO, to be used for the advancement of dialectology and geolinguistics.

IX
Final Dispositions

Art. 24)  Final Dispositions

In all cases not expressly provided for in these Statutes, the SIDG will have recourse to the law.

 

Internal Regulations

(I) Offices

(1)      For the composition of the SIDG organs adequate consideration will be given to their geo­graphical representativity:

(2)      The President and the three Vice-Presidents must each be of different nationality.

(3)      In principle, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America should each have one representative in the Executive Committee.

(II) Elections

(1)      The Nominating Committee, after verifying the candidates’ availability, proposes at least one candidate for each vacancy, at least ninety days before elections.

(2)      Within the same deadline, each member can propose candidates. Sixty days before the elections, the candidates who have been proposed by at least six members, and whose availability has been verified by the Secretary, are added to the slate of candidates. The names of the proponents will not be made public.

(3)      Possible vacancies in the final slate will be filled during the Assembly.

(4)      The vote is secret. The secrecy of the vote by correspondence is ensured by the sending of a double envelope.

(5)      Votes by correspondence are accepted until the closing of the ballot boxes.

(III) Sections

(1)      The SIDG has areal and thematic sections.

(2)      For the forming of one section the proponent(s) convoke(s) an assembly of interested members. This assembly nominates a representative and formulates a plan, which is submitted to the Ex­ecutive Committee for approval.

(3)      Section activities will not be covered financially by the ordinary budget of the SIDG.

Rules relating to Art. 6, point 3, of the Statutes:

Members’ abstracts / papers to be presented at SIDG meetings and to be published in the con­ference proceedings will be screened for acceptance by the national / local organisers / editors. They, in turn, may ask other SIDG members to assist in the evaluation process.

 

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[1]  The authentic text of the Statutes is the one approved by the Italian notary officer at Florence on October 31, 1989. The above text incorporates the modifications of the Statutes approved by subsequent extraordinary Assemblies.

 

[2]  The acronym corresponds to the Society’s registered French name.