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2007-2009
Griffiths, Paul, Chair
Amidon, Kevin
Callebaut, Werner
Elliott, Kevin
Hamilton, Andrew
Millstein, Roberta
Schickore, Jutta
Suárez, Edna
Villela, Alicia

The Membership Development Committee is charged with promoting membership in ISHPSSB and attendance at ISHPSSB meetings. Of special concern are the promotion of disciplinary and regional diversity.

In the past, the Membership Development Committee has designed a membership flyer for distribution at meetings and for downloading from the Society's website. This flyer included information about the Society, the benefits of membership, and the next meeting.

Relevant Bylaws

1. GENERAL.
   Membership in the Corporation (which may be referred to as "The Society") shall be open to all persons interested in the history, philosophy and social studies of biology.

2. DESIGNATION OF CLASSES OF MEMBERS.
   There shall be three (3) classes of Members of The Society, which are designated as follows:

   1. Regular Members. Any individual interested in the purposes of The Society may apply for Membership as a Regular Member upon filing the member application form and payment of dues.
   2. Student Members. Any individual registered in a program of study in any field relevant to the purposes of The Society may become a Student Member upon filing the member application form and payment of dues.
   3. Emeritus Members. Any individual who is fully retired and interested in the purposes of The Society may become an Emeritus Member upon filing the member application form. Emeritus Members shall not be assessed dues.

3. VOTING RIGHTS.
   Each member, regardless of class, shall have the right to vote in the election of each officer and Director of The Society, except that only Student Members shall be entitled to vote for that Director designated as the "Student Member of the Board of Directors".

4. DUES.
   The dues for Regular Members and for Student Members shall be established by the Board of Directors, which may be referred to in these By-Laws as the "Council." Any member in arrears of dues for more than one (1) year may be dropped from the list of Members thirty (30) days after the Secretary mails notice of such one year arrearage to that member.

The flyer created for the 2005 Meeting may be downloaded.

Membership Development Committee Report 2001-2003
prepared by Todd Grantham, Chair, July 2003

Membership Development Committee

Todd Grantham, Chair (granthamt@cofc.edu)
Rob Skipper (skippera@email.uc.edu)
Thomas Potthast (potthast@uni-tuebingen.de)
Michelle Little (myl658@hotmail.com)
Jason Robert (jsrobert@is.dal.ca)
Kenneth Reisman (kreisman@csli.stanford.edu)
Ida Stamhuis (stamhuis@nat.vu.nl)

The Membership Development Committee was formed in the Spring of 2002. Our primary charge is to make the society better known to possible members. To achieve this end, we developed a flyer to advertise the society and specifically to advertise this meeting in Vienna. We displayed this flyer at a table at the joint meetings of 4S, HSS, and PSA (in Milwaukee, WI). This allowed us to reach philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science with a single effort.

An ad for the HSS/PSA program in Milwaukee was prepared and sent to the printer. However, the printer mistakenly omitted it from the program. The printer offered to make a donation to the Society. [Note: check with Keith Benson to see if money was actually received.]

Jay Malone, the Executive Secretary of the History of Science Society, was helpful with the plans for the Milwaukee meeting.

The flyer was posted to the Society's web page so that members could print copies of the flyer to post and/or bring copies to other meetings, thereby reaching many potential members. It's availability was announced in the Society's Fall 2002 Newsletter.

Suggestions for future activities of the Membership Development Committee include the following:

--Consider placing ads in journals (which will cost some money, but might be worthwhile)

--Find mailing lists of graduate schools to which we could mail updated copies of the flyer.