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Bylaws The Society of Labor Economists seeks to promote the study of labor economics and to make more significant the contribution of labor economics and labor economists. The Society, its members and officers will organize meetings, publicize work by labor economists, and aspire to provide appropriate recognition to labor economics. I. Journal The Journal of Labor Economics is the official journal of the Society. All announcements, notices, and other Society-related issues will be published in the Journal of Labor Economics. II. Membership All individual subscribers to the Journal of Labor Economics are also members of the Society of Labor Economists. All mailings that are intended for Society members will go to Journal of Labor Economics subscribers. A subscriber who does not wish to be a member of the Society should notify the Society in writing and will be dropped from Society rolls. Membership is coincident with subscription to the Journal of Labor Economics. When a subscription lapses, so does membership in the Society. III. Revenues Revenues for the Society are collected through the Journal of Labor Economics, which has instituted (initially) a $5 fee per subscriber. Revenues will be used for administrative purposes. IV. Meetings Since one purpose of the Society is to promote the discussion of labor economics, periodic meetings will be held. Initially, the goal is to hold one general meeting per year, attended by members, at which members' papers will be presented and discussed. The meetings will be self-supporting, the revenues to be raised through a registration fee. V. Officers (as amended by the Executive Board, 25 August 2006) The Society will have a board of officers consisting of a president, president-elect, first vice-president and second vice-president. In years when no member of the board of officers is also a member of the board of editors of the Journal of Labor Economics, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Labor Economics will appoint a member of the board of editors to serve as an ex officio member of the board of officers for a one-year term. It is the duty of the president-elect to organize the meeting(s), deliver a presidential address and oversee the nomination and election of the next second vice-president. It is the duty of the president to preside over all other functions of the Society including overseeing nominations for all prizes to be awarded at the next annual meeting. The president may delegate responsibility to other officers and other members of the Society at his or her discretion. As such, the duties of first and second vice-presidents are determined by the president of the Society. The Executive Board shall consist of the current Board of Officers, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Labor Economics, and the most recent past president of the Society. In addition, a senior executive staff member of the National Opinion Research Center shall serve on the Board in an ex officio capacity to provide financial oversight for the Society. This individual shall generally oversee the financial activities and obligations of the Society, shall ensure compliance with various statutory requirements, and shall periodically report to the full Executive Board matters of general import and specific concern, for the plenary consideration thereof. Terms of office and rotation: All officers will serve for a period of three years. An individual will be president of the Society for one year only. After that he or she retires from the board of officers and is succeeded as president by the president-elect. The second vice-president then becomes first vice-president and the second vice-president elect becomes second vice-president. VI. Elections and Nomination of Candidates Each year, the membership of the Society will elect one new member to the board of officers. The board of officers, with the advice of Society members, will nominate two candidates to stand for election to second vice-president. The successful candidate will become second vice-president on January 1 of the subsequent year, when the president retires and incumbents move up one position. Ties will be broken by a vote of the board. Ex officio members, who serve for only one year, are not part of the officer rotation. VII. Special Provisions for the First Election All three members of the board of officers will be elected at large from a slate of candidates chosen by the editorial nominating committee. Members may vote for at most three candidates. The candidate who receives the most votes will be designated president. The candidate who receives the second most votes will be designated first vice-president. The candidate who receives the third most votes will be designated second vice-president. The term of the first set of officers will begin January 1, 1995. VIII. Ratification These bylaws are ratified if 50% plus one of the members voting on the resolution to ratify vote "yes." The bylaws were ratified in September 1995 by a vote of 367-3. AMENDMENTS I. FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY OF LABOR ECONOMISTS By the honorary title of Fellow, the Society recognizes labor economists who have made contributions of unusual distinction to the field. Fellows are to be selected through a process of nomination and election by previous Fellows, as described below. Fellowship for non-members will be conditional on joining the Society after election. Election is open to scholars from any country. 1. Initial Fellows Initial Fellows shall consist of all individuals who have been elected officers of the Society. After enactment of this amendment, those elected to office in the Society shall automatically be named a Fellow. 2. Nomination Procedure Nominations may be made by any current Fellow. Nomination will consist of a submission by three current Fellows of the candidate's name and not more than five (5) of his or her most important works. 3. Election Procedure The electorate shall consist of all Fellows of the Society. The electorate shall be sent the list of the candidates' names, their affiliation, the names of their nominators, and a list of the works cited by the nominators. Subject to receiving a simple majority of the ballots submitted, with blanks counted as negative, the candidates receiving the largest number of affirmative votes are elected. For the first five (5) election cycles after enactment of the Fellows Program, the nine (9) candidates receiving the largest number of affirmative votes shall be elected. Thereafter, the three (3) candidates receiving the largest number of affirmative votes shall be elected. During the first five (5) election cycles, if there are ties for the ninth (9th) affirmative rank, all of the tied candidates shall be elected and, beginning with the sixth (6th) election cycle, when there are ties for the third (3rd) affirmative rank, all tied candidates shall be elected. Ratified 10/1/03 by a vote of 122-21.
1. The H.Gregg Lewis Prize, for an outstanding article in the Journal of Labor Economics. Awarded biennially by a nominating committee appointed by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, traditionally including the most recent recipient of the award. 2. The Sherwin Rosen Prize for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Labor Economics To be awarded biennially, if a suitable nominee is found. The cited works for which the award is given must have been completed within twelve (12) years of one's first full-time employment after completion of graduate studies. Timing is loosely defined and is to be interpreted by the Nomination Committee. Although there is no specific requirement, in most cases part of the cited works will have appeared in the Society's journal, the Journal of Labor Economics. 3. The Career Achievement Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Labor Economics To acknowledge a lifetime of contributions to the field of labor economics. There will be two (2) awards per year for the first five (5) years. The issue of numbers of awards and their frequency will be visited by the SOLE Executive Board between the fourth and fifth years of this award. Election of recipients for the Career and the Rosen awards is by majority vote of the Electoral Board. The Electoral Board consists of all members of SOLE's Executive Board and all members of the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall present not more than two nominees for each of the awards to be given. A nomination requires that a quorum of the Nominating Committee participate in the selection and election requires a quorum of the Executive Committee and a quorum of the Nominating Committee. A quorum is a simple majority. The Nominating Committee consists of six (6) regular members, a chair, and the SOLE president as a non-voting member. The chair is appointed by the SOLE president and serves one (1) year only. Terms of regular members are three (3) years. Each year, the SOLE president appoints two (2) new regular members who will replace two (2) who are rotating off the committee. Upon enactment of this Amendment, the SOLE president will appoint two (2) regular members to three- (3-) year terms and the immediate past president will appoint two(2) regular members to two- (2-) year terms. The Executive Board will appoint two (2) more to one- (1-) year terms. Ratified 10/1/03 by a vote of 128-15. |