[ ISSMO Constitution - June 2011 ]
 
  One of the aims of ISSMO is to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field of structural and multidisciplinary optimization (SMO), by means of international meetings having a high scientific standard. Host selection criteria should include:
up-to-date conference facilities,
affordable costs to all members of the society (including registration, hotel, travel expenses, considering also free lunches, banquet, excursions etc.),
proven congress organizing experience and strength of the local organizing group,
geographical diversity reflecting the distribution of SMO researchers over the world.

This is meant to imply a reasonably uniform distribution of congresses over three zones, namely Asia-Australia, Europe-Africa and North & South Americas.

World Congresses of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, which is the official Congress of ISSMO, are being held biennially.
 
 

The objectives of the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization are:
to stimulate and promote research into all aspects of the optimal design of structures as
well as multidisciplinary design optimization where the involved disciplines deal with the
analysis of solids, fluids or other field problems;
to encourage practical applications of optimization methods and the corresponding
software development in all branches of technology;
to foster the interchange of ideas amongst various fields contributing to structural and
multidisciplinary optimization;
to support the role of optimization in multidisciplinary design;
to provide a framework for the organization of meetings, forums and other means for thee
dissemination of knowledge on structural and multidisciplinary optimization; and
to promote teaching of structural and multidisciplinary optimization in tertiary institutions.
 
  Full membership requires participation in at least one of the World Congresses of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization.

Any person with an interest in structural and multidisciplinary optimization and being a graduate in engineering or mathematics or related other sciences can become an Associate Member. Organizations engaged or having an interest in structural optimization can become Institutional Members. Associate membership is granted upon recommendation by one of the members of the executive committee based on record of activity in the field of Structural or Multi-disciplinary Optimization.
 
  The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer and up to five other members, which include the Past-President and Past-Secretary-General. The office-bearers (the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General and the Treasurer) are elected by the Executive Committee members.

Responsibilities of the Executive Committee include:
endorsing meetings and conferences;
endorsing publications of the Society which may include one or several journals;
arranging affiliation of the Society with other scientific and professional organizations;
appointing other committees.
 
  The Society is to organize a meeting called "World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization" normally every two years or at intervals decided by the Executive Committee. The organization of each World Congress is carried out by the Committees appointed by the Executive Committee.
 
  A General Assembly meeting shall be held every two years and must be announced at least six months before the first day of such a Meeting. Whenever possible, General Assembly meetings should be held in conjunction with a World Congress. All Full Members may attend the General Assembly Meetings and each Institutional Member may be represented by one delegate.
 
  Each Full Member of the Society and each delegate representing an Institutional Member attending a General Assembly meeting have one vote in all matters of broad concern to the Society. The quorum consists of at least twenty members.

Ballots for the election of the Executive Committee will be conducted through an electronic voting process. Electronic mail will be used to solicit votes from eligible voting members of the Society. Electronic voting rights are given to those who have attended, with paid registrations, at least one of the last two World Congresses of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization prior to the current congress and to those attending, with paid registrations, the current congress. The voting process will be organized so that the election result can be announced at the GA. The slate of candidates and dates of polling will be communicated to eligible voters by electronic mail.
 
  The Executive Committee may introduce annual membership fees subject to resolutions at General Assembly meetings. A part of registration fees for World Congresses may be used to cover expenses of the Society.
 
  This constitution can be amended at a General Assembly meeting by a two third majority of the members voting.
 
  The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer and five additional members which include the Past-President and the Past-Secretary-General. The members of the Executive Committee are to be elected for a four year term. Any Full Member of the Society can be nominated for the Executive Committee. A call sent via e-mail to all Full Members of ISSMO for nomination of members of a new EC should be launched six weeks before the voting process begins. Nominations, including a one page candidate bio-sketch, will be closed one week before the voting process starts. Information on nominees will be uploaded on the ISSMO home page on the day before the voting process starts. The nominator will have the responsibility to check with the candidate whether he/she will accept the nomination. The electronic voting is to be closed at mid-night before the ISSMO General Assembly Meeting is being held. Normally eight new EC members are to be elected and thus only those ballots are valid in which exactly eight candidates are voted for. Members of the Executive Committee must represent a fair geographical distribution, reflecting the membership of the Society. No more than 50% of the Executive Committee may be from any one continent and at least three continents must be represented in this group. If only two continents would be represented on the EC on the basis of the election, then the elected candidate with the least number of votes from those two continents is replaced by the candidate with the highest number of votes from the remaining continents. The new Executive Committee takes over immediately and elects the new office bearers.

The Executive Committee is to meet at least once every two years and is to comply with all decisions at General Assembly meetings. All important decisions between meetings must be approved by the Executive Committee.
 
  Secretary-General (SG)
Day-to-day administration of the society, including all correspondence with Members and Executive Committee Members, preparing minutes of meetings, presentation of a report at General Assembly meetings. Minutes should be posted on the ISSMO¡¯s web page and in the society journal.
 
  President
The text of all circulars sent to Members or Executive Committee Members must be approved by the President, who also supervises the day-to-day activities of the Secretary-General and chairs all General Assembly meetings as well as meetings of the Executive Committee. All ballot papers are to be received and evaluated by the President, who also is to receive all complaints and suggestions from members via the SG.
 
  Vice-Presidents (VP)
The President and Secretary-General are to consult regularly the two VP's. A VP is to replace the function of the President or SG if the latter are temporarily incapable of carrying out their duties. One VP is to coordinate activities with other societies and the other VP supervises the organization of congresses and other conferences.
 
  Treasurer
To look after all financial matters of the Society, including collection of membership fees, setting up bank accounts and handling registration fees for meetings.
 
George Rozvany has been awarded the permanent title "Founder President" of ISSMO and is an additional (life-time) member of EC, which increases the size of EC from 10 to 11.
 
Since 1996 the Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (SMO) Journal published by Springer-Verlag has become the official journal of the Society. SMO publishes ISSMO news, minutes of the General Assembly and Executive Committee meetings and related announcements.
¡Ø Last amendments were accepted at the General Assembly Meeting on June 16, 2011.
 
[ ISSMO Constitution - May 2007 ]
 
  The International Society for Structural Optimization was founded during the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Optimization of Large Structural Systems" in Berchtesgaden, Germany in October 1991 by a group of participants. The meeting elected an Interim Executive Committee, who drafted a constitution defining the aims and organization of the Society. Its name was changed in 1993 to International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO). Its first official meeting, the "5th Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization", was organized jointly with AIAA, NASA, and US Air Force in Panama City, Florida from September 7 to 9 in 1994. ISSMO members boosted the participation at this meeting to a record number of over 370. A General Meeting of ISSMO in Panama City confirmed the Executive Committee and an amended version of the Constitution.

One of the aims of ISSMO is to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field of structural and multidisciplinary optimization, by means of international meetings having
high scientific standards,
up-to-date conference facilities, and
affordable costs to all members of the Society.

The First World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO-1) held in Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany from May 28 to June 2, 1995 achieved these objectives and also had the largest number of participants ever for a meeting devoted entirely to structural and multidisciplinary optimization, namely 232 delegates from 34 countries. Subsequently, World Congresses of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization are being held biennially.
A list of ISSMO members is also available from Secretary-General.
 
 

The objectives of the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization are:

to stimulate and promote research into all aspects of the optimal design of structures and
multidisciplinary design optimization where the involved disciplines deal with the
analysis of solids, fluids or other field problems;
to encourage practical applications of optimization methods and
the corresponding software development in all branches of technology;
to foster the interchange of ideas amongst various fields contributing to structural
and multidisciplinary optimization;
to support the role of optimization in multidisciplinary design;
to provide a framework for the organization of meetings, forums and other means for the
dissemination of knowledge on structural and multidisciplinary optimization; and
to promote teaching of structural and multidisciplinary optimization in tertiary institutions.
 
  Any person with an interest in structural and multidisciplinary optimization and being a graduate in engineering or mathematics or related other sciences can become an Individual Member. Organizations engaged or having an interest in structural optimization can become Institutional Members.

Associate membership is granted upon recommendation by one of the members of the executive committee based on record of activity in the field of Structural or Multi-disciplinary Optimization. Full membership requires participation in at least one of the World Congresses of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization.
 
  The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer and up to five other members, which include the Past-President and Past-Secretary-General. The office-bearers (the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General and the Treasurer) are elected by the Executive Committee members.

Responsibilities of the Executive Committee include:
sponsoring meetings and conferences;
sponsoring publications of the Society which may include one or several journals;
arranging affiliation of the Society with other scientific and professional organizations;
appointing other committees.
 
  The Society is to organize a meeting called "World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization" normally every two years or at intervals decided by the Executive Committee. The organization of each World Congress is carried out by the Committees appointed by the Executive Committee.
 
  A General Assembly meeting shall be held every two years and must be announced at least six months before the first day of such a Meeting. Whenever possible, General Assembly meetings should be held in conjunction with a World Congress. All individual Members may attend the General Assembly Meetings and each Institutional Member may be represented by one delegate.
 
  Each Individual Member of the Society and each delegate representing an Institutional Member attending a General Assembly meeting has one vote in all matters of broad concern to the Society. The quorum consists of at least twenty members.

Ballots for the election of the Executive Committee will be conducted through an electronic voting process. Electronic mail will be used to solicit votes from eligible voting members of the Society. Electronic voting rights are given to those who have attended at least one of the two World Congresses of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization prior to the current congress and to those attending the current congress. The voting process will be organized so that the election result can be announced at the GA. The slate of candidates and dates of polling will be communicated to eligible voters by electronic mail.
 
  The Executive Committee may introduce annual membership fees subject to resolutions at General Assembly meetings. A part of registration fees for World Congresses may be used to cover expenses of the Society.
 
  This constitution can be amended at a General Assembly meeting by a two third majority of the members voting.
 
  The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer and five additional members which include the Past-President and the Past-Secretary-General. The President and other members of the Executive Committee are to be elected for a four year term at a General Assembly meeting. Any member of the Society can be nominated for the Executive Committee. A call via email to all members of ISSMO for nomination of members of a new EC should be launched one month before the election of the EC. Members of the Executive Committee must represent a fair geographical distribution, reflective of the membership of the Society. No more than 50% of the Executive Committee may be from any one continent and at least three continents must be represented in this group. When a general election does not yield this required distribution, the Executive Committee shall co-opt an additional member of the Society to its ranks. This increase in the size of the Executive Committee shall only be for the term affected by the election. The new Executive Committee takes over one month after its election.

The Executive Committee is to meet at least once every two years and is to comply with all decisions at General Assembly meetings. All important decisions between meetings must be approved by the Executive Committee by postal ballot.
 
  Secretary-General (SG)
Day-to-day administration of the society, including all correspondence with Members and Executive Committee Members, preparing minutes of meetings, presentation of a report at General Assembly meetings.
 
  President
The text of all circulars sent to Members or Executive Committee Members must be approved by the President, who also supervises the day-to-day activities of the Secretary-General and chairs all General Assembly meetings as well as meetings of the Executive Committee. All ballot papers are to be received and evaluated by the President, who also is to receive all complaints and suggestions from members via the SG.
 
  Vice-Presidents (VP)
The President and Secretary-General are to consult regularly the two VP's. A VP is to replace the function of the President or SG if the latter are temporarily incapable of carrying out their duties. One VP is to coordinate activities with other societies and the other VP supervises the organization of congresses and other conferences.
 
  Treasurer
To look after all financial matters of the Society, including collection of membership fees, setting up bank accounts and handling registration fees for meetings.
 
Since 1996 the Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (SMO) Journal published by Springer-Verlag became the official journal of the Society. SMO publishes ISSMO news, minutes of the General Assembly and Executive Committee meetings and related announcements.
¡Ø Last amendments were accepted by the General Assembly meeting on 24 May 2007.
 
[ ISSMO Constitution - 2003 ]
 
 

The International Society for Structural Optimization was founded during the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Optimization of Large Structural Systems" in Berchtesgaden, Germany in October 1991 by a group of participants. The meeting elected an Interim Executive Committee, who drafted a constitution defining the aims and organization of the Society. Its name was changed in 1993 to International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO). Its first official meeting, the "5th Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization", was organized jointly with AIAA, NASA, and US Air Force in Panama City, Florida from September 7 to 9 in 1994. ISSMO members boosted the participation at this meeting to a record number of over 370. A General Meeting of ISSMO in Panama City confirmed the Executive Committee and an amended version of the Constitution. One of the aims of ISSMO is to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field of structural optimization, including multidisciplinary aspects, by means of international meetings having
high scientific standards,
up-to-date conference facilities, and
affordable costs to all members of the Society.

The First World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Oprimization(WCSMO-1) held in Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany from May 28 to June 2, 1995 achieved these objectives and also had the largest number of participants ever for a meeting devoted entirely to structural and multidisciplinary optimization, namely 232 delegates from 34 countries. Subsequently, World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization are being held biennially.
 
 

The objectives of the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization are:
to stimulate and promote research into all aspects of the optimal design of structures and
related topics, including engineering systems consisting partially of structures;
to encourage practical applications of optimization methods and
the corresponding software development in all branches of technology;
to foster the interchange of ideas amongst various fields contributing to structural
optimization;
to support the role of optimization in multidisciplinary design;
to provide a framework for the organization of meetings, forums and other means for the
dissemination of knowledge on structural optimization; and
to promote teaching of structural optimization in tertiary institutions.
 
 

Any person with an interest in structural optimization and being a graduate in engineering or mathematics or related other sciences can become an Individual Member. Organizations engaged or having an interest in structural optimization can become Institutional Members.
 
 

The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General and up to six other members, which include the Past-President and Past-Secretary. The Executive Committee is to be elected for up to four years at a General Meeting. Any member of the Society can be nominated for the Executive Committee. Members of the Executive Committee must represent a fair geographical distribution (maximum 50 percent from any one continent).

Responsibilities of the Executive Committee include:

sponsoring meetings and conferences;
sponsoring publications of the Society which may include one or several journals;
arranging affiliation of the Society with other scientific and professional organizations;
appointing other committees.
 
 

The Society is to organize a meeting called "World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization" normally every two years or at intervals decided by the Executive Committee. The organization of each World Congress is carried out by the Commit tees appointed by the Executive Committee.

 
 

A General Meeting shall be held every two years and must be announced at least six months before the first day of such a Meeting. Whenever possible, General Meetings should be held in conjunction with a World Congress. All individual Members may attend the General Meetings and each Institutional Member may be represented by one delegate.

 
 

Each Individual Member of the Society and each delegate representing an Institutional Member attending a General Meeting has one vote in the election of the Executive Committee and in all other matters of broad concern to the Society. The quorum consists of at least twenty members.

 
 

The Executive Committee may introduce annual membership fees subject to resolutions at General Meetings. A part of registration fees for World Congresses may be used to cover expenses of the Society.

 
 

This constitution can be amended at a General Meeting by a two third majority of the members voting.

 
 

The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer and five additional members which include the Past-President and the Past-Secretary-General. The President and other members of the Executive Committee are to be elected for a four year term at a General Assembly meeting. Any member of the Society can be nominated for the Executive Committee. A call via email to all members of ISSMO for nomination of members of a new EC should be launched one month before the election of the EC. Members of the Executive Committee must represent a fair geographical distribution, reflective of the membership of the Society. No more than 50% of the Executive Committee may be from any one continent and at least three continents must be represented in this group. When a general election does not yield this required distribution, the Executive Committee shall co-opt an additional member of the Society to its ranks. This increase in the size of the Executive Committee shall only be for the term affected by the election. The new Executive Committee takes over one month after its election.

The Executive Committee is to meet at least once every two years and is to comply with all decisions at General Assembly meetings. All important decisions between meetings must be approved by the Executive Committee by postal ballot.

 
  Secretary-General (SG)
The Bureau consists of the President, two Vice-Presidents, Secretary-General, Past-President and Past-Secretary. The Bureau must meet at least once annually to make decisions, but is to comply with all decisions of the Executive Committee. The Past-President or Past-Secretary is to be replaced by another Bureau member if one of these functions is not filled.
 
  President
Day-to-day administration of the society, including all correspondence with Members and Committee Members, preparing minutes of meetings, presentation of a report at General Meetings.
 
  President
The text of all circulars sent to Members or Committee Members must be approved by the President, who also supervises the day-to-day activities of the Secretary-General and chairs all General Meetings as well as meetings of the Executive Committee and Bureau. All ballot papers are to be received and evaluated by the President, who also is to receive all complaints and suggestions from members via the SG.
 
  Vice-Presidents (VP)
The President and Secretary-General are to consult regularly the two VP's. A VP is to replace the function of the President or SG if the latter are temporarily incapable of carrying out their duties. One VP is to coordinate activities with other societies and the other VP supervises the organization of congresses and other conferences.
 
  Treasurer
To look after all financial matters of the Society, including collection of membership fees, setting up bank accounts and handling registration fees for meetings.
 
Since 1996 the Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (SMO) Journal published by Springer-Verlag became the official journal of the Society. SMO publishes ISSMO news, minutes of the General Assembly and Executive Committee meetings and related announcements.
¡Ø Last amendments were accepted by the General Assembly meeting on 22 May 2003.

   

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