ABOUT IACRLRD OFFICERS

This organization shall be called the International Association for Comparative Research on Leukemia and Related Diseases.

Headquarters of the Association shall be designated the Secretariat and shall be located in the country of the Secretary General.

• a) By organizing and conducting an International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research every (2) two years.
• b) By publishing the proceedings of each International Symposium in a bound volume.
• c) By publishing a newsletter at least once every two (2) years which shall contain information to be transmitted to the membership.
• d) By encouraging cooperative activities between institutions, organizations and societies who have interests in common which relate to comparative research on leukemia and related diseases.

Section 1.
Meetings. Regular meetings of the Association shall be held once every two (2) years at the time of the International Symposium.

• a) To direct and coordinate the administrative operations of the Secretariat;
• b) To assist in the organization of the efforts in planning the program of and in handling the arrangements for the next International Symposium following his election;
• c) To oversee all publications;
• d) To aid in the solicitation of support for the Association:
• e) To maintain current records or all official actions taken by the Association, including making the minutes of all meetings of the Association, the World Committee and the Executive Committee, and to have custody of and responsibility for all of the files, membership records, documents, minute books and official correspondence of the Association; and
• f) To inform the Regular Members of the Association of the activities of the Association and of their membership status.

Section 1.
The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on January 1.

Section 1.
The official seal of the Association shall be circular with concentric rings simulating the world surrounded at its periphery with silhouettes of species ranging from fish to man representing the comparative nature of the Association.

• a) Any amendment may be proposed by a majority of the officers or of the members of the World Committee or by no less than twenty (20) Regular Members by submitting the proposed amendment in writing to the Secretary General.
• b) A copy of any amendment so proposed shall be sent by the Secretary General by mail within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of such proposed amendment to each of the members of the World Committee to solicit his or her recommendation as to the adoption of the amendment; the World Committee shall be considered to have recommended adoption of the amendment if two-thirds of the members of the World Committee vote to make such recommendation in a written response to the Secretary General by mail or in person within sixty (60) days after the date upon which copies of the proposed amendment are first mailed to members of the World Committee to solicit their vote.
• c) If the proposed amendment is recommended for adoption by the World Committee, a copy of the proposed amendment, together with an indication that it has been so recommended, shall be sent by the Secretary General by mail within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of the requisite vote of the World Committee to each of the Regular Members to solicit his or her vote as to the adoption of the proposed amendment; the proposed amendment shall be adopted if two-thirds of the Regular Members vote to adopt such proposed amendment in a written response to the Secretary General by mail or in person within sixty (60) days after copies of the proposed amendment are first mailed to the Regular Members to solicit their vote.

In the event of the dissolution of the Association, or in the event it shall cease to carry out the purpose of the Association set forth in Article III hereof, all of the assets of the Association shall go and be distributed to such charitable, nonprofit organization as may be selected by the World Committee in order that the assets then owned by the Association shall be devoted to such purpose set forth herein or as closely allied thereto as is possible; provided, however, that such selected organizations must have established appropriate exempt status as organizations described in Section 502 © (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, contributions to which are deductible. In no way shall any of the assets of the Association or the proceeds of any of the assets, in the event of dissolution, go or be distributed to members of the Association, either such members, or for any other such purposes, except as provided in Section 2 of the Article IX hereof.