ARTICLE I. EDITORIAL BOARD AND EXECUTIVE BOARD.

1. Editorial Board.

Members of the Editorial Board are called Associate Editors. Associate Editors receive no compensation except, possibly, reimbursement of reasonable expenses.

2. Executive Board.

The Executive Board is responsible for formulating the overall policy and direction of the Journal. The Executive Board consists of the Editor, all Co-Editors as well as no less than x and no more than y members who are associate editors. 

3. Co-Editors. 

The Co-Editors manage the day-to-day operation of the Journal. They handle papers allocated to them by the editor, making final editorial decisions and communicating them to the authors.

4. Editor.

The Editor is the Chair of Executive Board meetings. She/he coordinates the operation of the journal, allocating each submitted paper to a Co-Editor and informing the submitting author of the person to whom the paper is assigned. 
She/he is responsible for keeping records of the actions of the Executive Board and for assuring that corporate records are maintained. 

5. Associate Editors. 

The Associate Editors who are not themselves Co-Editors advise the Co-Editors regarding the publishability of papers submitted to the Journal. (They may, for example, referee papers or recommend referees.) 

6. Treasurer. 

A member of the Executive Board is designated Treasurer. The Treasurer is the CFO of the Corporation. She/he tracks all financial information relevant to the organization's operation and provides periodic written reports of such operations to the Editorial Board. 

7. Secretary. 

A member of the Editorial Board is designated Secretary. The Secretary assists the Treasurer and the Managing Editor with administrative tasks. 


ARTICLE II. APPOINTMENTS.

1. Appointment, Suspension, and Dismissal of the Editor and Co-Editors.

a. The Editor shall serve for a term of three to five years. The length of the new Editor's term will be agreed upon with the Executive Board at the time of the appointment. After her/his term expires, the Editor is expected to complete the handling, to acceptance or rejection, of all papers she/he is processing.

b. Each Co-Editor shall serve for a term of between three and five years. The length of a new Co-Editor's term will be agreed upon with the Executive Board at the time of the appointment. After her/his term expires, a Co-Editor is expected to complete the handling, to publication or rejection, of all the papers she/he has been assigned. 

c. The Editor and the Co-Editors are appointed and dismissed by the Editorial Board upon the recommendation of the Executive Board. An action is taken if and only if two-thirds of the members of the Executive Board (excluding the Editor/Co-Editor in question, in the case of dismissal) vote to recommend the action and two-thirds of the members of the Editorial Board (excluding the Editor/Co-Editor in question, in the case of dismissal) votes for the proposal. 

d. The Editor may suspend a Co-Editor's right to access the files of submitted papers and to act on behalf of the Journal. Any such suspension expires in seven weeks unless the suspended Co-Editor is dismissed during this period using the rule in part c. 

2. Appointment and dismissal of the Executive Board Member.

Each member of the Executive Board who is not a Co-Editor serves for a term of up to five years, determined at the time of appointment. 
When a member of the Executive Board who is not a Co-Editor resigns or comes to the end of her/his term, a candidate to be a new member is recommended to the Editorial Board by the Editor in consultation with the Co-Editors and then appointed by a vote of the Editorial Board. 
A candidate is nominated if and only if she/he receives the votes of at least two-thirds of the members of the Executive Board. A nominated candidate is appointed if and only if she/he receives the votes of at least two-thirds of the members of the Editorial Board. 

3. Appointment of Associate Editors. 

Each Associate Editor who is not a member of the Executive Board shall normally serve for a renewable term of three years. Associate Editors are appointed by the Executive Board after consultation with the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board must be given at least two weeks notice of a proposed appointment of a new Associate Editor. An Associate Editor is appointed if and only if at least two-thirds of the Executive Board votes in favor. 

4. Appointment of Secretary and Treasurer.

The Secretary and Treasurer each serve for a renewable term of three years. Each is appointed by a vote of the Executive Board; an appointment is made if and only if at least two-thirds of the Executive Board votes in favor. If at any time either position is unfilled, the Managing Editor is authorized to make a temporary appointment to the unfilled position until the Executive Board approves a regular appointment. 


ARTICLE III. DECISION - MAKING.

1. Method. 

Except where otherwise specified, all policies are established by two-thirds majority voting among all members of the Executive Board. That is, a motion passes if and only if it is seconded and receives the votes of at least two-thirds of the members of the Executive Board. In particular, a motion can pass at a face-to-face meeting only if at least two-thirds of the Executive Board is present, and votes in favor.

2. Mechanics. 

A vote may take place at a meeting of the Executive Board or by email. For a vote by email, the motion to be voted upon must be announced in an email message to all Executive Board members. Each voter has up to three weeks from the time of the announcement message or posting to cast her/his vote. Any vote not received in three weeks will be deemed an abstention.

3. Face-to-face Meetings. 

An official face-to-face meeting of the Executive Board requires that each Board member receive written notice at least four weeks in advance (where "written notice" may include e-mail notification). 

4. Record-keeping. 

The Editor shall be responsible for keeping records of Board actions, including overseeing the taking of minutes at all face-to-face Board meetings, sending out meeting announcements, and making available on the Executive Board's website the minutes and the agenda. 




ARTICLE IV - EDITORIAL DECISIONS 

1. Handling of Submissions.

The Editor receives the submissions and is expected to allocate each paper within one week of receipt. For periods during which she/he is on vacation or otherwise unable to meet this target, she/he may appoint another Co-Editor to allocate papers. A paper allocated to one Co-Editor may be reallocated to another Co-Editor with the mutual consent of both parties. 

2. Goal for Paper Processing Time.

The goal of the Journal is that each Co-Editor report a decision on each paper that she/he handles within x weeks from the date the Journal received the paper. For papers of y words or less the goal is z weeks, and for papers of v words or less the goal is u weeks. 

3. Communication of Decision.

A Co-Editor communicates her/his decision on each paper that she handles directly to the author of the paper. 

4. Visibility of Files.

The Editor and all Co-Editors have access to the full file of every submitted paper, including any referee reports, the names of the referees, and the correspondence between the author and the Co-Editor handling the paper. Members of the Executive Board who are not Co-Editors have access to this information, by request to the Managing Editor, for all papers in process on the previous July 1 or received since that date. No member of the Executive Board (including the Editor or Co-Editor) may see the file of any paper of which she/he is an author or a close personal associate of an author. 

ARTICLE V - REVIEWS 

All operations of the Society shall be subject to external review every x years. 

ARTICLE VI - AMENDMENTS 

Any proposed amendment must be recommended by a two-thirds majority of the Executive Board and then approved by a two-thirds majority of the Editorial Board.