The Korean Society for Parasitology Bylaws

• Date of enactment: January 15, 1959
• Date of first revision: October 27, 1995
• Date of third revision October 25, 2002
• Date of fourth revision October 26, 2007

ARTICLE I. General Rules

SECTION 1. Name

The organization shall be known as The Korean Society for Parasitology, hereinafter referred to as the Society. Official abbreviation of name shall be known as KSP.

SECTION 2. Location of the Society

The main office shall be located in Seoul, Korea. Branch may be located in the places.

SECTION 3. Purpose

The Society shall pursues the improvement of the knowledge on the parasites and parasitic diseases, exchange of scientific accomplishment with foreign scientists, publicity activities and consultation on the parasitic diseases, and intimate relationship among Society members

SECTION 4. Activities

For the realization of the purpose, Society shall open the Annual General Meeting, Scientific meetings, shall publish the Journal and other publications and shall communicate with other scientific Societies in Korean and abroad. The official title of the journal shall be "the Korean Journal of Parasitology" of which abbreviation shall be "Korean J. Parasitol.".

ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 5. Classification of Membership

Members shall be a person or institute that agree on the purpose of the Society and passed the admission procedure for membership. The members shall be divided as followings: Regular member shall be a person who studies on parasites and parasitic diseases Honorary member shall be a person who had great contribution to the Society, recommended by Board, and nominated by General Meeting.

Library member shall be Library recommended by Board.

Institute member shall be Institute recommended by Board.

SECTION 6. Rights and Duties of Members

Regular member shall attend the General Meeting, has a right of voting and becomes nominee and nominator.

Members shall pay the admission fee and annual membership fee, shall keep the regulations, shall follow the resolution of the Board and General Meeting.

Honorary member shall have no duties of annual membership fee, shall not become nominee. However, he or she shall receive the official publication. He or she shall have a right to submit the manuscript to the official publication and present the research results in the scientific meetings.,

SECTION 7. Membership Fee

Membership fee shall be approved by General Meeting. Specific rules shall be acknowledged by Board.

ARTICLE III. Organization

SECTION 8. Committee and Work

Following shall be a Standing Committee or division for the establishment of the purpose of the Society:

• 1. Editorial Board shall select the papers, shall do a work for the edition and publication of the Journal.
• 2. Committee for Fund Management shall make up and shall manage the fund.
• 3. Committee for scientific terminology shall enact and review the scientific terminology.
• 4. Committee of Information shall construct the database and manage the information.
• 5. Secretary-Treasurer shall manage account, planning and the general affairs.
• 6. Secretary for the Scientific Affairs shall manage the seminars, symposium, scientific meetings and other scientific affairs.
• 7. Secretary for Task-Force shall do publicity activities, consultation and communication with foreign societies.

Ad hoc committee shall be organized according to the nomination by Board.

ARTICLE IV. STAFF

SECTION 9. Staff Members

Staff members whose the terms of office is two years shall be as followings:

• 1. President, one person
• 2. Vice-President, one person
• 3. auditor two person
• 4. Chair of Committees, each one person
• 5. Secretaries, each one person
• 6. Board members, dozens

SECTION 10. Election of Staffs

Board members shall be nominated by General Meeting. President, Vice-President and Auditors shall be proposed by Board and nominated by General Meeting. Chair of Committees, and Secretaries shall be proposed by President out of Board Members and nominated by Board.

SECTION 11. Duties of Staffs

• 1. The President shall represent the Society and manage the Society works and shall call for General Meeting or Board. The President shall preside General Meeting or Board. However, the representative of the Society to International Societies shall be elected by Board.
• 2. Vice-President shall assist President and replace the presidentship in the event of accident.
• 3. Auditors shall inspect the account and report it in the General Meeting.
• 4. Chair of Committees, and Secretaries shall do person's own works and shall nominate Assistant.
• 5. Board members shall attend the Board and shall vote on major Society issues.
• 6. President shall nominate each Board members to each Committee.

Article V. General Meeting and Board Meeting

SECTION 12. General Meeting

The General Meeting shall be consisted of Annual and temporary Meeting. Annual Meeting shall be opened during the Annual Autumn Scientific Meeting, where members reviews all works and accounts and nominate staffs every two years. Temporary Meeting shall be opened by the request of Board, where Members review the Society works.

SECTION 13. Board Meeting

The Board Meeting shall be called for by the President according to the request of President or by more than half of board members.

Article VI. FINANCES

SECTION 14. Income

Income shall consisted of admission fee, annual membership fee, attending fee to scientific meeting, subsidy, and special contribution. Admission fee, annual membership fee, attending fee to scientific meeting and Annual fee of Board members shall be decided by Board and approved by the General Meeting.

SECTION 15. Account

Budget, settlement and fund management shall be reviewed by Board and approved by General Meeting.

SECTION 16. Balancing Yera

The balancing year of the Society shall be from 3 weeks before General Meeting to 3 weeks before next year General Meeting.

Article VII. APPENDIX

SECTION 17. Revision

The bylaw shall be revised by Board and approved by the General Meeting according to the agreement of more than two third of attending member.

SECTION 18. Specific Regulations

Specific regulations on the Committee, Secretaries shall be decided by Board. Other specific regulations which is not cited in the regulation shall conform to the customs

SECTION 19. Execution

Bylaws shall be effective from the date of the revision.

Regulation for the Academic Awards of the Korean Society for Parasitology

• Date of enactment: November 23, 1979
• Date of the first revision: March 1991
• Date of the second revision: April 1, 1994

• 1. This shall define the regulation for the academic awards to parasitologist who contribute to the development of Korean Parasitology to promote the incentive for the research.
• 2. This Award shall be called "the Academic Awards of the Korean Society for Parasitology".
• 3. Number of Awardee shall be one each year. If there is no appropriate applicant, the awardee shall not be nominated.
• 4. The Awardee shall be member of Korean Society for Parasitology and shall be fitted to following criteria:
  • 1) Member who does his duties according to the Regulation of the Society.
  • 2) First author or corresponding author of the paper published during the past 3 year before date of review in the Korean Journal of Parasitology or International Journals cited in Index Medicus or Science Citation Index.
  • 3) Person who did not receive other award with same publicatioin.
• 5. Nominate shall be recommended to Board by the Committee for the Scientific Award.
• 6. Number of the Committee Members for the Scientific Award shall be equal or less than seven. Chair and members of Committee shall be nominated by the President out of Board Members. Secretary-Treasurer and Secretary for Scientific Affairs shall be standing members of Committee. Secretary for Scientific Affairs shall be Assistant of the Committee. Members The Committee shall work from April to September every year.
• 7. Commitee shall do followings:
  • 1) Committe members shall recommend candidate according to article 4 to Chairperson.
  • 2) Committee shall decide the candidates who shall submit document for review.
  • 3) Chairperson shall ask candidates to submit document of article 8.
  • 4) Chairperson shall ask committee members to review documents submitted by candidates.
  • 5) Chairperson shall decide a candidate in the Committee and shall recommend nominate to Board.
• 8. Candidates shall submit 15 sets of Curriculum vitae, list of publication, and reprint of papers. to Committee.
• 9. Nominate shall be decided finally by President according to the Board's voting.
• 10. President shall give a Award Tag and extra prize to Awardee at the General Meeting.
• 11. The other rules not cited here shall be managed according to the general custom. Regulation may be revised according to Board's voting.

Regulation for the Shinpoong Howol Academic Award of the Korean Society for Parasitology

Date of enactment: September 13, 1996

• 1. This regulation shall be for the definement of awardee who has great contribution to the development of Korean parasitology according to the article 3 of the Regulation for the Shinpoong Howol Academic Award.
• 2. Followings are criteria for candidates: Candidates shall be a Member who does his duties according to the Regulation of the Society, who has an academic experience of more than 20 years as a member of the Korean Society for Parasitology and who published excellent original papers to international journal, and who did not receive other award with same publication.
• 3. Committee of Academic Award of the Korean Society for Parasitology shall recommend one or two candidates to the Presidents.
• 4. Candidates shall submit 12 sets of Curriculum Vitae, list of publications and reprint of publications to the Committee.
• 5. President recommend candidate to the Committee of Shinpoong Howol Academic Awards according to Board's voting.
• 6. Decision of nominate and prize giving shall be followed by the Committee of Shinpoong Howol Academic Awards.
• 7. The other rules not cited here shall be managed according to the general custom. Regulation may be revised according to Board's voting. This regulation shall begin from September 13, 1996.

Regulations for the Honorary Member

• Date of enactment: November 23, 1979
• Date of the first revision: March 1991
• Date of the second revision: April 1, 1994

• 1. This shall define the regulation for the honorary member who made great contribution to the development of Korean parasitology.
• 2. Followings shall be criteria for Honorary member:
  • 1) Candidate shall be a Member who does his duties according to the Regulation of the Society
  • 2) Member who has made a great contribution to the development of the Korean parasitology and who has excellent publication on the parasitology.
• 3. Honorary member shall not pay annual membership fee, shall receive publications of the Society, shall attend the General Meeting and Scientific Meeting and shall enjoy the cordial reception.
• 4. Candidates shall be reviewed and recommended by Board and shall be nominated by General Meeting.
• 5. The other rules not cited here shall be managed according to the general custom. Regulation may be revised according to Board's voting.