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1. Name
The name of the section shall be the Developmental Psychology Section of The British Psychological Society.
2. Rules
These rules shall be construed with reference to the Charter, Statutes and Rules of The British Psychological Society.
Alterations
or additions to the Rules of the Section shall only be made by
resolution passed at an Annual or General Meeting of the Section called
for the purpose. The Honorary Secretary of the Section shall send these
Rules to each new Member, Affiliate or Student Subscriber of the
Section and shall similarly notify alterations or additions to the
Rules.
3. Aim
The aim of the Section shall be to promote the advancement and
diffusion of psychological knowledge concerning human development to
maturity by the identification of relevant scientists and
practitioners, by the development of facilities for the organization of
scientific meetings for the exchange of specialist knowledge, and by
providing specific channels for the communication of this knowledge;
and further, to be a forum for psychologists who work with children in
research, in clinical and educational or in other settings, and for
psychologists who are concerned with related comparative aspects of
developmental psychology.
4. Membership
(a) Membership shall be open to persons who are Members of The British Psychological Society.
(b) Applications for membership of the Section must be
submitted via the BPS Leicester office to the Section Committee for
approval.
5. Election of Members
(a) Each application for Membership of the Section shall
be considered by the Section Committee. If the Committee approves the
application the Committee shall elect the candidate to Membership of
the Section. The Section Honorary Secretary shall inform the Honorary
General Secretary of the Society of the names of candidates so elected.
(b) In every case where the Section Committee does not
elect a candidate the Section Honorary Secretary shall report the name
of the candidate to the next meeting of the Council of the Society
together with a statement of the grounds on which the Section Committee
has withheld election. The Council shall then decide whether the
candidate shall be elected and the decision of the Council shall be
final.
6. Affiliateship
(a) Affiliateship of the Section shall be open to Affiliates of the
British Psychological Society and give entitlement to attend scientific
meetings of the Section, but not the right to speak or vote on any
matter concerning the administration of the Section.
(b) The procedure for nomination and election of candidates to
Membership of the Section shall also apply to applicants for
Affiliateship.
7. Student Subscribership
(a) Student Subscribership of the Section shall be open to Student
Subscribers of the British Psychological Society and gives entitlement
to attend scientific meetings of the Section, but not the right to
speak or vote on any matter concerning the administration of the
Section.
(b) The procedure for nomination and election of candidates to
Membership of the Section shall also apply to applicants for Student
Subscribership.
8. Meetings
(a) In addition to scientific meetings and ordinary meetings, the
Section shall hold an Annual Meeting not later than 15 th January in
each Council Year.
(b) The following business shall be transacted at the Annual Meeting in
addition to any business that the Committee shall decide to put before
the membership:-
(i) The election of officers and members of the Committee;
(ii) Consideration of the Annual Report of the committee on the activities of the Section.
(c) At least 21 days notice of each Annual Meeting and the business to be transacted thereat shall be given to the Members.
(d) A General Meeting of the Section may be summoned at any one time by
the Committee or by the Chair and Honorary Secretary, and shall also be
summoned at the request, in writing, to the Honorary Secretary of not
less than 20 Members.
(e) At least 14 days notice of a General Meeting shall be given to all Members of the Section.
(f) Only Members of the Section shall be entitled to receive notice of
and to attend and vote at Annual and General Meetings of the Section.
(g) Voting on business, other than the election of officers and members
of the Committee, shall be in the manner provided in the Statutes for
General Meetings of the Society, and voting on the election of officers
and members of the Committee shall be as stated in Rule 10 following.
(h) The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at any Annual
or General Meeting shall be ten Members present personally and no
business shall be transacted unless a quorum be present within 15
minutes of the commencement of the meeting
9. The Committee
(a) The business of the Section shall be conducted by a
Committee consisting of a Chair, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary
Treasurer, a Newsletter Editor, two Information Officers and three
ordinary members.
All of these shall be Members of the Section.
In addition, the Editor of The British Journal of Developmental Psychology shall be a member of the committee ex officio.
Finally, the Committee may co-opt not more than two additional members,
who need not be members of the Section. Normally one co-opted member
will be a nominee of the Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group.
(b) The Chair shall be elected annually and shall retire from office at
the Annual Meeting next following his or her appointment. He or she
shall be eligible for re-appointment, but no Members of the Section may
be elected to the office of Chair on more than two consecutive
occasions. Thereafter he or she shall not be eligible for election as
Chair until a lapse of three years.
(c) The Honorary Secretary, the Honoraly Treasurer the Information
Officers, and the Newsletter Editor shall be elected at an Annual
General Meeting for a two year period of office. If they stand and be
elected at the relevant Annual Meeting, these officers may serve a
third year of office. Following any term of office, a Member shall
become ineligible for election to the position they have just held
until a lapse of three years. In the event that the Honorary Secretary
is unable to attend a Committee Meeting, the Committee will assign one
of its members to take minutes of the meeting.
(d) Ordinary members of the Committee shall be elected at each Annual
General Meeting for a three-year period of office. Following this
period of office, a Member shall become ineligible for election to the
same post until a lapse of one year.
(e) No individual may be a Committee Member for more than five
consecuative years. Following a period of four consecuative years
membership, a Member shall become ineligible for election to the
committee until a lapse of two years.
(f) Casual vacancies on the Section Committee shall be filled by co-option.
(g) The Committee may elect from its members a Deputy Chair to hold office until the next Annual Meeting.
10. Election of Officers and Members of the Section Committee
(a) Any two or more Full Members of the Section may nominate candidates
for election as officers or members of the Committee by depositing the
names of such candidates in writing, together with the written consent
of nominees to accept office if elected, with the Honorary Secretary at
a date not later than six clear weeks before the date of the Annual
Meeting.
(b) The committee may, and in the event of their being no other
nominations the Committee shall, nominate candidates for election.
(c) Voting for the election of officers and ordinary members of the
Committee shall be by ballot of the Members of the Section. Ballot
papers shall be received by the Honorary Secretary at a time no later
than the commencement of the Annual Meeting. All nomination papers
shall be circulated to Members not less than 21 days before the Annual
Meeting.
11. Committee Procedure
(a) All members of the Committee shall receive at least seven days
notice of a meeting of the Committee. The business shall only be
transacted by the members of the Committee present at that meeting of
the Committee. Three members present, being officers or ordinary
members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business.
(b) Should the number of members of the Committee fall below six, the
continuing members may act for the purpose of filling vacancies in the
Committee or for convening an Annual or General Meeting, but for no
other purpose.
(c) Each year, at the first Committee Meeting after the Annual Meeting,
the Committee shall nominate one of its members to represent the
Section on the Council of Society for the year following the next
Annual General Meeting of the Society. The name of this representative
shall be reported to the Honorary General Secretary of the Society not
later than the last Saturday in January of each year.
12. Accounts and Estimates
The Committee of the Section shall render to the Council of the
Society, at the October meeting of the Council each year, a
presentation of accounts for the current year and a statement of
estimated financial expenditure for the forthcoming financial year.
These shall be in the form prescribed by the Council and shall reach
the Honorary General Secretary not later than 14 days in advance of the
Council meeting.
13. Fees
(a) The annual fee to be paid by members shall be as recommended from
time to time by the Section Committee and approved by Members of the
Section at the Annual General Meeting, and shall be reported to the
Council in accordance with the Rules of the Society.
(b) Any member whose fees remain unpaid wholly or in part for a period
of 15 months may, after due notice has been sent to the address shown
in the List of Members, be removed from membership of the Section by a
resolution of the Committee.
(c) The Committee may, in special cases, reduce or remit any annual fee or arrears of any annual fee of any member.
14. Visitors
Each Member of the Section, or each Affiliate or Student Subscriber of
the Section, shall be entitled to introduce one visitor to each
Scientific Meeting of the Section. The Committee may invite additional
visitors.
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