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Amendments to this constitution may be proposed by the Executive Committee, or by petition of any three members. Motions to amend shall be circulated among the membership at least six weeks prior to the annual business meeting. Friendly amendments to these motions may be submitted either by mail or email to the Secretary-Treasurer before the …

Records pertaining to the Society’s history, business, deliberations, website, and activities shall be collected and preserved in both paper and electronic copy in an archival depository the location of which shall be decided by the Executive Committee. The Secretary-Treasurer will be responsible for collecting records. Access to the archives will be granted with or without …

The Society oversees a peer-reviewed academic journal known as Overheard in Seville: Bulletin of the Santayana Society. “Oversees” means that the Society’s officers sometimes act as peer-reviewers of submissions to the journal and always have the final say as to what gets published in the journal. The scope of the journal incorporates the purpose of …

Elections of officers of the Executive Committee shall normally be conducted in the following manner. In consultation with the Executive Committee, the President shall make nominations for all Officer positions as outlined in Article III. The President will make public the list of nominees at the annual business meeting. Any member of the Society, either …

In consultation with the Executive Committee, the President may appoint ad hoc committees as may be required to conduct the affairs of the Society. Committees and a committee member’s status may be discontinued by a majority vote of the Executive Committee.

An annual meeting of the Society, consisting of a program meeting and a business meeting, shall be held at a time and place determined by the Executive Committee. At least one month prior to the annual meeting, the Secretary-Treasurer shall send each member a notice of it, including a list of presentations to be given …

The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary-Treasurer The Executive Committee shall meet at such times and places as it may determine, or at special meetings called by the President. In the interim period between annual meetings of the Society, the Executive Committee shall conduct all matters normally …

The Society shall have at least three members on its executive committee. This shall be a President, Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer, in the order of seniority. Members of the executive committee will be identified on the Society’s website. The President, Vice President and the Secretary-Treasurer will be elected at the appropriate annual business meeting of …

Any person agreeing to the purpose of the Society will be admitted to membership. Each individual member shall have one vote in all business meetings and email or mail ballots of the Society at large. Any association, center, or institute agreeing to the purpose of the Society may be admitted to non-voting membership at a …

The George Santayana Society (GSS) is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and/or scientific purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. No part of the net earnings of GSS shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its members, trustees, officers or other private persons, except that the organization shall be authorized …