Constitution
Article I. Name
Article II. Purpose
Article III. Membership
Article IV. Organization
Article V. Duties of the Officers
Article VI. Publications
Article VII. Associate Organizations
Article VIII. Amendments
Article IX. Dissolution of the Society
The Renaissance Society of America
Revised as of March 24th, 2006
San Francisco Annual Meeting
ARTICLE VII. Associate Organizations.
The existing associate organizations shall be entitled to representation on the Council of this Society so long as they remain active, that is, so long as they hold meetings at least once in every two-year period (except where suspension of activities is due to war or other national emergency) and send duly one elected or appointed delegate to the annual meeting of the Council.
Section 2.New associate organizations may secure representation on the Council by applying to the Committee on Associate Organizations and International Cooperation for such representation. The Council will vote at its next meeting on the application. The new group may send one or two observers who are members of the Society, to represent it before the Council.
Section 3.No one who is not a member of the Society may be a member of the Council, including members of associated organizations.