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PSS By-Laws

Article 1
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
 

In an effort to make one of the important activities of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, the student paper competition, operate more efficiently, the following procedures are suggested:

The PSS should award a fifty dollar Series EE Savings Bond for the best student paper. The rules for the competition should be: Competition is open to all students enrolled in a junior college, four year college, or university. Paper submitted must be clearly marked with the fo1lowing information: Student's name, address and phone number Institutional affiliation Status-freshman, sophomore, junior, senior The research paper should not exceed 20 pages in length, double spaced, excluding references. Students wishing to enter the competition must send three (3) copies of the paper to the chairperson of the student session. The student papers are to be presented in a student session at the annual meeting. Student papers will be judged by a committee on both content and presentation. All participants will receive constructive feedback on their work. The student paper competition award will be presented at the annual luncheon meeting.

Article 2
CONTACT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
The Long Range Planning committee will ordinarily subscribe to the newsletters of state and regional associations such as: Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Pennsylvania Criminal Justice Association, New Jersey Sociological Association, West Virginia Sociological Association, New York Sociological Association, Eastern Sociological Society, and the North Central Sociological Association. In addition, regular contact should be maintained with the National Council of State Sociological Associations. The Treasurer shall make available any funds needed for such newsletter subscriptions. The LRPC should explore the possibility of joint efforts with these organizations for such purposes as joint annual meetings and a journal. The Chair of the LRPC should prepare an annual report on these (and other) efforts and circulate copies to all officers and the Editor of the Newsletter. Whenever possible, the LRPC should hold a social and/or set up a membership booth at regional meetings of such groups as the ESS and NCSA, and national meetings such as th9se of the ASA.

Article 3
ANNUAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Ordinarily, the President-Elect will produce a form which will be inserted into the registration packets at the annual meeting and which will solicit participation from the members for the committee structure and the program of the next annual meeting. The President-Elect will prepare a report for the Newsletter on the results of this annual survey.

Article 4
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
The annual business meeting shall be held in conjunction with the annual meeting. All members of the Executive Committee shall attend. All members are invited. A report for the business meeting shall be sent to the Editor of the Newsletter. All Committee Chairpersons are expected to provide an annual report at the business meeting as are all officers of the Society.

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Approved by unanimous ballot, September 30, 1984, at the annual business meeting, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Steven Stack, PSS President, presiding. This version also incorporates other changes approved by unanimous ballots in the subsequent annual meetings, 1985, 1987, and 1991.
 

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