Amendments to the Bylaws

The following proposals were presented and approved as amendments to the bylaws:

• In Article III, Section 1 (about the Executive Committee), it is decided that the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis is a member of the Executive Committee.

  "The Executive Committee consists of the President of the Society, President-Elect, Immediate Past-President, Vice-President of Finance, Newsletter Editor, Chairman of the Awards Committee, Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and eight other members. In addition, the Executive Committee includes two other ex officio members: the Chairmen of the last and next scheduled International Conferences of the Society. There may be three such members of the Executive Committee, if the Chairman of the subsequent International Conference has already been named. In addition, the Executive Committee may invite Past-Presidents to serve on the Committee."

• In Article III, Section 5 (about the Secretary), it is decided to add that the term of the Secretary shall be four years, allowing renewal:

  "The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, a book of minutes of all meetings of the Executive Committee and the Society. He/she shall conduct necessary correspondence with members of the Society and others. The Executive Committee will appoint the Secretary. The term of the Secretary will be 4 years, with a possibility for renewal."

• It is decided to add a new Section in Article III, about the MCDM Doctoral Dissertation Competition Committee:

  "The MCDM Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee is responsible for soliciting the applications and designating the finalists and the recipient of the MCDM Doctoral Dissertation Award. The Executive Committee shall appoint the Chair of the MCDM Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee among the members of the Executive Committee for a two year term. The Chair shall propose and the Executive Committee shall appoint a maximum of four other members of the Committee and their term will be till the next International Conference. The MCDM Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee shall designate up to four finalists before each International Conference. The finalists shall have their registration fees for the Conference waived. The award recipient shall be decided by the Committee and the award presented at International Conferences. The amount of the award shall be decided by the Executive Committee and granted by the Society."

• In Article VIII, Section (about the Procedure for Amendments), it is decided that the Secretary shall prepare and make available the proposed amendments within 30 days after the Business Meeting where the amendments have been approved:

  "Proposals for adoption of new Bylaws, or repeal, or amendment of these Bylaws shall be presented to the membership of the Society at a Business Meeting. On approval by a majority of the voting members of the Society present, the Secretary shall prepare and make available the proposed amendments within 30 days after the Business Meeting. A majority of the members of the Society voting shall be necessary for adoption of the changes to the Bylaws. The form of the ballot will be decided by the Executive Committee."