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Constitution of the Ethnobiology Study Group

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Constitution
Proposed August 2002


Article I Name

The name of this association shall be the Ethnobiology Study Group.


Article II Purpose

The purpose of this organization shall be:

a) To provide the Graduate Center community with an interdisciplinary forum for research, discussion, and networking relating to scholarly and professional pursuits in ethnobotany, ethnozoology, medical anthropology, natural products and phytochemistry.

b) To bring together students and faculty from various departments -- including but not limited to Plant Sciences, Chemistry, Anthropology, and Language -- to discuss the study of the various aspects of ethnobiology.

c) To support and encourage students and faculty from various departments in the study of various aspects of ethnobiology.


Article III Membership

a) Membership shall be comprised of matriculated and non-matriculated students within the Graduate Center who indicate their wishes to assume the privileges and responsibilities of membership.

b) When necessary, each member, matriculated or non-matriculated, holds one vote.

c) Each member shall be entitled to participate and be a member of other associations within the Graduate Center.


Article IV Officers and Duties

a) The Ethnobiology Study Group will be led by a committee of students willing to take on the responsibilities and duties of organizing the group.

b) Any member can join this organizational committee by attending the announced meeting at the beginning of each semester.

c) Any committees formed shall be comprised of volunteers.