Working in the tradition of Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912), Thomas Hodgskin (1787-1869),
Lysander Spooner (1808-1887), Benjamin Tucker (1854-1939), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866-1912),
and Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995), the Molinari Society is a philosophical society
dedicated to promoting critical discussion and innovative research in radical libertarian theory.
Libertarian theory (like Marxist and feminist theory) embodies more
than a set of policy proposals. The libertarian tradition is a wide-ranging,
diverse, and vigorously argued body of work concerning the nature and
foundations of human society, with implications for every aspect of philosophy,
including epistemology, social-science methodology, the philosophy of science,
ethics, the philosophy of history, the foundations of law, and political philosophy.
Through meetings, projects, and publications, the Molinari Society works to increase
the visibility of libertarian theory as a viable touchstone for new understandings of
contemporary issues of social justice and perennial philosophical problems.
Contact: Roderick T. Long
President, Molinari Society | Professor, Department of Philosophy
6080 Haley Center | Auburn University | Auburn, Alabama 36830 | U.S.A.
longrob@auburn.edu
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Constitution and By-laws
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
author:
Gary Chartier (La Sierra University)
critics:
David VanDrunen (Westminster Seminary California)
Mary Doak (University of San Diego)
Irfan Khawaja (Independent Scholar)
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
speakers:
Irfan Khawaja (Independent Scholar), Pedagogy Under Occupation: Between Indoctrination and False Neutrality
Cory Massimino (Center for a Stateless Society), Between Convergence and Conspiracy
commentator:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
chair:Molinari Society, Session 2: Topics in Radical Liberalism
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
presenters:
Irfan Khawaja (Independent Scholar), Teaching Machiavelli in Palestine
Akiva Malamet (Queens University, Canada), Free Migration as Self-Determination: Open Borders and Project Pursuit
Zachary Woodman (Center for a Stateless Society), Against the Nationalism of the Oppressed
commentator:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
presenters:
Jason Lee Byas (University of Michigan), The Problem of Pervasive Historic Injustice
Nathan P. Goodman (Mercatus Center, George Mason University), A Radical Liberal Approach to LGBTQ Emancipation
Cory Massimino (Center for a Stateless Society), Ayn Rands Novel Contribution: Aristotelian Liberalism
commentator:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
author:
Gary Chartier (La Sierra University)
critics:
Neera Badhwar (University of Oklahoma and George Mason University)
Michael Pakaluk [in absentia] (The Catholic University of America)
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
author:
James Stacey Taylor (The College of New Jersey)
critics:
Amy White (Ohio University)
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
[Glen Whitman (CSU Northridge), previously announced as an additional commentator, had to withdraw.]
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
presenters:
Jesse Spafford (The Graduate Center, CUNY), When Enough and as Good Is Not Good Enough
Daniel Layman (Davidson College), Keeping the Proviso in Its Place
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University), How to Have Your No-Proviso Lockeanism and Eat It Too
Jason Lee Byas (University of Michigan), Alienation, Forfeiture, and Two Concepts of Natural Rights
Cory Massimino (Center for a Stateless Society), Two Cheers for Rothbardianism
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
presenters:
Zachary Woodman (Western Michigan University), The Implications of Philosophical Anarchism for National Identity
Jason Lee Byas (University of Michigan), What Is Violence?
William Nava (New York University), The Causal Case Against Contributing to Public Goods
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University), Ayn Rands New (Posthumous) Critique of Anarchism: A Counter-Critique
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
presenters:
Jason Lee Byas (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), The Political Is Interpersonal
Dylan Andrew Delikta (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Anarchy: Finding Home in the (W)hole
Alex Braud (Arizona State University), Putting Limits on Punishments of Last Resort
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University), The Anarchist Landscape: Social Anarchism, Individualist Anarchism, and Anarcho-Capitalism from a Left-Wing Market Anarchist Perspective
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
critics:
Jennifer Lockhart (Auburn University)
Lori Watson (New Mexico State University)
Roderick T. Long (University of San Diego)
author:
Gary Chartier (La Sierra University)
presenters:Unfortunately, Roderick Long wont be able to participate in person, but his comments will be read out in absentia.
James P. Sterba (University of Notre Dame), Libertarianism and the Rights of Refugees
Jan Narveson (University of Waterloo, Ontario), Accommodating Refugees and Respecting Liberty
commentators:
Charles W. Johnson (Molinari Institute)
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
critics:
David Reidy (University of Tennessee)
Zooey Sophia Pook (New Mexico State University)
author:
Gary Chartier (La Sierra University)
chair:The symposium papers will also appear in an upcoming issue of the Molinari Institutes new journal, the Molinari Review.
Jennifer McKitrick (University of NebraskaLincoln)
presenters:
Jan Narveson (University of Waterloo, Ontario), Contracting to Liberty, Yes; to the Welfare State? No
James P. Sterba (University of Notre Dame), A Response to Narveson: Why Liberty Leads to Welfare
commentators:
Charles W. Johnson (Molinari Institute)
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University) [comments here]
chair:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
presenters:
Billy Christmas (University of Manchester), Privilege and Libertarianism
Jennifer A. Baker (College of Charleston), White Privilege and Virtue
Jason Lee Byas (University of Oklahoma), Supplying the Demand of Liberation: Markets as a Structural Check Against Domination
commentators:
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
Charles W. Johnson (Molinari Institute)
chair:Roderick will also be chairing a (non-Molinari) session on Consequentialism on Dec. 30th, 9-11 a.m.
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
critics:
Julie Maybee (Lehman College-CUNY)
Jonathan Mahoney (Kansas State University)
Charles W. Johnson (Molinari Institute)
author:
Michael Huemer (University of Colorado-Boulder)
critics:
Eric Roark (Millikin University)
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
Kevin Vallier (Bowling Green State University) [Kevin is likely to be absent, owing to impending paternity]
author:
Gary Chartier (La Sierra University)
presenters:
Matthew Quest (Independent Scholar),
Between Insurrection and Popular Self-Management: Emma Goldman and the Self-Governing Will
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University),
Transformation or Abolition: Marriage and the Family in the Individualist Anarchist Tradition
commentators:
Nina Brewer-Davis (Auburn University)
Charles Johnson (Molinari Institute)
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presenters:
David M. Hart (Liberty Fund),
Bastiats Distinction Between Legal and Illegal Plunder
Kurt Gerry (Independent Scholar),
On Political Obligation and the Nature of Law
commentators:
Daniel Silvermint (University of Arizona)
Charles Johnson (Molinari Institute)
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
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chair: Elizabeth Brake (Arizona State University)
presenters:
Kevin Vallier (Brown University / Bowling Green State University),
The Eligibility of a Polycentric Constitution
Eli Dourado (George Mason University),
Anarchy and Equilibrium: When Is Statelessness Stable?
commentators:
Nina Brewer-Davis (Auburn University)
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
Jon Mahoney (Kansas State University)
Charles Johnson (Molinari Institute)
Call for Papers [NOW CLOSED]
for the Societys Symposium to be held in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division meeting December 27-30, 2011, Washington, D.C.
Symposium Topic:
Explorations in Philosophical Anarchy
Submission Deadline:
May 18, 2011
The past two decades have seen a resurgence of interest, both in activist and academic circles, in Anarchist politics and theory, with new and challenging work from several different directions. Renewed academic interest in Anarchism has drawn attention to the importance, vitality and philosophical fruitfulness of key Anarchist arguments and concepts such as the conflict between authority and autonomy; tensions between collectivism and individualism; critical challenges to hierarchy, centralized power, top-down control and authoritarian conceptions of representation; and the development of concepts of spontaneous social order, decentralized consensus, and the knowledge problems and ideological mythologzing inherent in relations or structures of domination.
Most of this discussion has, naturally enough, taken place within the field of political and moral philosophy. But Anarchist theory (like marxist or feminist theory) embodies more than a policy orientation or a system of moral or political theses. The Anarchist tradition offers a wide-ranging, diverse and vigorously argued literature, concerning the nature and foundations of human society, with implications for every aspect of philosophy, including not only political and moral theory but also aesthetics, social-science methodology, epistemology, and the philosophies of science, religion, history, language and logic. We are looking for papers that address possible connections, approaches, challenges or insights that anarchy and its conceptual environs may suggest for philosophy broadly or that philosophy may suggest for anarchy beyond the familiar territory of political and moral theory, especially in such areas as epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, and metaphilosophy or philosophical method. Papers from all analytical and critical standpoints (both with regard to philosophy and with regard to Anarchism) are welcome.
Please submit complete papers of 3,000-6,000 words for consideration for the 2011 Symposium by May 18, 2011. Papers should be of appropriate scope and length to be presented within 15-30 minutes. Submitting authors will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of their papers by May 31, 2011.
Submit papers as e-mail attachments, in Word .doc format or PDF, to longrob@auburn.edu or feedback@radgeek.com.
For any questions or information, contact us at the above email addresses.
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S10-II. Friday, 11 March 2011, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Molinari Society Symposium:Topic: Spontaneous Order
Austrian Scholars Conference, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn AL
chair: Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
presenters:
Charles Johnson (Molinari Institute)
Women and the Invisible Fist: How Violence Against Women Enforces the Unwritten Law of Patriarchy
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
Invisible Hands and Incantations: The Mystification of State Power
commentators:
Nina Brewer-Davis (Auburn University)
Reshef Agam-Segal (Auburn University)
David Gordon (Mises Institute)
G8J. Saturday, 23 April 2011, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Molinari Society Symposium:
Author Meets Critics: Gary Chartiers Economic Justice and Natural Law
American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Hilton Bayfront, San Diego CA, Aqua 300
HOW TO FIND THE ROOM.
chair: Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
critics:
Jennifer Baker (College of Charleston)
Kevin A. Carson (Center for a Stateless Society) [Commentary online: to be read in absentia]
David Gordon (Ludwig von Mises Institute)
Douglas Den Uyl (Liberty Fund)
Douglas B. Rasmussen (St. Johns University)
author:
Gary Chartier (La Sierra University)
The information below is now obsolete; see above.
The Molinari Society will be holding its seventh annual Symposium this time with two sessions in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the
American Philosophical Association
in Boston, December 27-30, 2010. Heres the latest schedule info:
As part of the APAs continuing policy to prevent free riders, theyre not telling us the name of the room until we get to the registration desk. As part of our policy of combating evil we will of course broadcast the name of the room far and wide as soon as we learn it.GIV-3. Tuesday, 28 December 2010, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Molinari Society Symposium, SESSION 1
Author Meets Critics: Gary Chartiers Economic Justice and Natural Law
Location: TBA
chair: Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
critics:
Jennifer Baker (College of Charleston)
Kevin A. Carson (Center for a Stateless Society) [Commentary online: to be read in absentia]
David Gordon (Ludwig von Mises Institute)
Douglas Den Uyl (Liberty Fund)
Douglas B. Rasmussen (St. Johns University)
author:
Gary Chartier (La Sierra University)
GVII-4. Wednesday, 29 December 2010, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Molinari Society Symposium, SESSION 2:Topic: Spontaneous Order
Location TBA
chair: Gary Chartier (La Sierra University)
presenters:
Charles Johnson (Molinari Institute)
Women and the Invisible Fist: How Violence Against Women Enforces the Unwritten Law of Patriarchy
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
Invisible Hands and Incantations: The Mystification of State Power
commentators:
Nina Brewer-Davis (Auburn University)
Reshef Agam-Segal (Auburn University)
2009:
The Molinari Society will be holding its sixth annual Symposium in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the
American Philosophical Association
in New York City, December 27-30, 2009. Heres the latest schedule info:
As part of the APAs continuing policy to prevent free riders, theyre not telling us the name of the room until we get to the registration desk. As part of our policy of combating evil we will of course broadcast the name of the room far and wide as soon as we learn it.GVIII-5. Tuesday, 29 December 2009, 11:15 a.m.1:15 p.m.
Molinari Society Symposium: Intellectual Property: Is it Legitimate?
Herald meeting room (7th floor), New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway
chair: Carrie-Ann Biondi (Marymount Manhattan College)
presenters:
Bob Schaefer (independent scholar):
Response to Kinsella: A Praxeological Look at Intellectual Property Rights
G. Nazan Bedirhanoğlu (SUNY Binghamton):
History of the Reification of the Intellect
commentators:
Charles Johnson (Molinari Institute)
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University) [Commentary online]
The Molinari Society will be hosting its sixth annual symposium in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in New York City, December 27-30, 2009. We hereby invite the submission of papers on the topic of intellectual property (IP).
IP has long been a matter of debate among libertarians. For its defenders, it represents a just protection of innovators rights to the products of their labour, as well as a vital economic incentive for creative effort; for its opponents, it is one more state-granted monopoly privilege with elements of protectionism and censorship. The issues raised by IP seem especially urgent in the present age of electronic media, when the ease of copying and disseminating information is at an all-time high; and the legitimacy or otherwise of IP has recently become an especially hot topic of discussion in the libersphere in the wake of the long-anticipated publication of Michele Boldrin and David Levines book Against Intellectual Monopoly (as well as the re-release of Stephan Kinsellas Against Intellectual Property in book form).
Those submitting papers should be prepared, if selected, to present their papers at the December meeting.
Send submissions to Roderick T. Long at:
BerserkRL@yahoo.com
Deadline for receiving submissions: 5 May 2009
Notification of acceptance / rejection: 15 May 2009]
2008:
The Molinari Society will be holding its fifth annual Symposium in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the
American Philosophical Association
in Philadelphia, December 27-30, 2008. Heres the latest schedule info:
GIX-3. Monday, 29 December 2008, 1:30-4:30 p.m.As part of the APAs new policy to prevent free riders, theyre not telling us the name of the room until we get to the registration desk. As part of our policy of combating evil we will of course broadcast the name of the room far and wide as soon as we learn it.
Molinari Society symposium: Authors Meet Critics:
Crispin Sartwells Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory and
Roderick T. Long and Tibor R. Machan, eds., Anarchism/Minarchism: Is a Government Part of a Free Country?
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Room TBA
Chair: Carrie-Ann Biondi (Marymount Manhattan College)
Critics:
Nicole Hassoun (Carnegie Mellon University) [Commentary online]
Jennifer McKitrick (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) [Commentary online]
Christopher Morris (University of Maryland) [Commentary online]
Authors:
John Hasnas (Georgetown University)
Charles Johnson (Molinari Institute) [Response to Narveson and Morris online]
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University) [Response to Hassoun online] [Responses to McKitrick and Morris online]
Jan Narveson (University of Waterloo-Canada) [Response to Hassoun online] [Response to Sartwell online]
Crispin Sartwell (Dickinson College)
William Thomas (Atlas Society) [Response to Hassoun online]
Also check out the schedules (happily not conflicting) of the AAPSS and ARS.GVIII-4. Saturday, 29 December 2007, 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Molinari Society symposium: Anarchy: Its Not Just a Good Idea, Its the Law
Falkland (Fourth Floor), Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, 700 Aliceanna Street
Session 1, 11:15-12:15:
chair: Jennifer McKitrick (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
speaker: Charles Johnson (Molinari Institute)
title: A Place for Positive Law: A Contribution to Anarchist Legal Theory
commentator: John Hasnas (Georgetown University)
Session 2, 12:15-1:15:
chair: Carrie-Ann Biondi (Marymount Manhattan College)
speaker: Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
title: Inside and Outside Spooners Natural Law Jurisprudence
commentator: Geoffrey Allan Plauché (Louisiana State University)
GVIII-4. Friday, 29 December 2006, 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Molinari Society symposium: Anarchist Perspectives
Virginia Suite C (Lobby Level), Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW
Session 1, 11:15-12:15:
chair: Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
speaker: Matthew MacKenzie (Muhlenberg College)
title: Exploitation: A Dialectical Anarchist Perspective [footnotes]
commentator: Charles W. Johnson (Molinari Institute)
Session 2, 12:15-1:15:
chair: Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
speaker: Geoffrey Allan Plauché (Louisiana State University)
title: On the Myth of the Founder-Legislator in Political Philosophy
commentator: Charles W. Johnson (Molinari Institute)
2005:
The Molinari Society will be hosting its second symposium in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in New York City, December 27-30, 2005. The topic is the relation between thin libertarianism (i.e., libertarianism understood as a narrowly political doctrine) and thick libertarianism (i.e., libertarianism understood as essentially integrated into some broader set of social or cultural values). We were gratified at the high number of excellent proposals generated by our call for abstracts (now closed). Current session information is listed below:
GIII-8. Wednesday, 28 December 2005, 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m.(Also, check out the AAPSS lineup later that day.)
Molinari Society symposium: Libertarianism Through Thick and Thin
Morgan Suite (Second Floor), Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas
Session 1, 11:15-12:15:
chair: Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
speaker: Jan Narveson (University of Waterloo)
title: Libertarianism: The Thick and the Thin
commentator: Charles W. Johnson (Molinari Institute)
Session 2, 12:15-1:15:
chair: Jennifer McKitrick (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
speaker: Jack Ross (National Labor College)
title: Labor and Liberty: A Lost Ideal and an Unlikely New Alliance
commentator: Charles W. Johnson (Molinari Institute)
2004:
The Molinari Societys first sponsored event will be a panel on Libertarianism and Feminism at the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, December 27-30, 2004 in Boston (home of Samuel Adams and Benjamin Tucker!).
The session information is as follows:
Group Session IV-3: Tuesday, 28 December 2004, 2:00-5:00 p.m.In addition, our own John Hasnas will be speaking earlier the same day, on Hayeks Confusion, or Customary Misconceptions of Common Law and Common Misconceptions of Customary Law, at an AAPSS session from 9:00-11:00 in the Maine Room. So on December 28th you can get libertarianism all day, with a three-hour lunch break in the middle!
Molinari Society Symposium: Libertarianism and Feminism
Brandeis Room (Third Floor), Marriott Copley Place, Boston
Chair: Aeon J. Skoble (Bridgewater State College)
Speakers:2:00-3:00: Jennifer McKitrick (University of Nebraska Lincoln), Liberty, Gender, and the FamilyThe speakers will also serve as commentators on one anothers papers.
3:00-4:00: Elizabeth Brake (University of Calgary), Free Love, Marriage, and Individual Sovereignty: From Stephen Pearl Andrews to Laura Kipnis
4:00-5:00: Roderick T. Long (Auburn University) and Charles W. Johnson (Molinari Institute), Libertarian Feminism: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
Roderick T. Long (President) |
Jennifer L. McKitrick (Secretary-Treasurer) |
John Hasnas |
Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) was a Belgian economist and essayist. A major figure in French liberal circles of his day, Molinari authored dozens of pioneering works in radical libertarian social theory.
Working in the tradition of industrial radicalism, Molinari was the first thinker to describe, in 1849, how market institutions could
supply all legitimate legal and protective services, thus entirely supplanting
the institution of monopoly government.
For works by and about Molinari
and his legacy, visit the online library of the Molinari Institute.
Keeping track of all the Molinari organisations
To our knowledge there are currently three organisations named after and working in the tradition of Gustave de Molinari. They are:
The Molinari Society.
Founded on 18 November 2003, the Molinari Society is a professional society affiliated with the Eastern and Pacific Divisions of the American Philosophical Association.
The Molinari Society is the organisation whose webpage you are currently viewing.
The Molinari Institute.
Founded on 11 September 2002, the Molinari Institute is an independent think tank likewise devoted to work in the tradition of Molinari. While it was founded by the same people as the Molinari Society, it is a distinct organisation though the Molinari Society and the Molinari Institute are likely to co-sponsor projects in the future.
The Institut Économique Molinari, or IEM.
Founded on 1 July 2003 (originally as the Institut Molinari), the IEM is an independent think tank located in Brussels, in Molinaris native Belgium.
There are no official connections between the IEM and either the Molinari Institute or the Molinari Society, though all three organisations share a commitment to Molinaris legacy and wish one another success.
Not to be confused with any of these organisations is the Italian espresso company Caffé Molinari, which has nothing to do with Gustave de Molinari or libertarianism, but which in its own way is also a force for good in the universe.
Constitution and By-laws
CONSTITUTION OF THE MOLINARI SOCIETY
[as of 18 November 2003]
Article I. Purpose: The purpose of the Molinari Society is to promote
work in and appreciation of the libertarian tradition as not merely a set
of policy proposals but rather, like Marxism or feminism, a wide-ranging
and diverse body of social theory with implications for every aspect of
philosophy, ranging from epistemology and philosophy of social science to
value theory, class analysis, and the foundations of law. The Society
seeks to advance this purpose primarily through the sponsorship of
professional papers and symposia.
Article II. Officers: The administration of the Molinari Society shall
be in the hands of a Board of Directors, including a President and a
Secretary-Treasurer, to be selected as described in the By-laws.
Article III. Membership: Any person sympathetic to the Societys
purposes is eligible for membership, subject to approval by the Board of
Directors.
Article IV. Meetings: Meetings of the Society, to be scheduled by the
Board of Directors, shall be held at least biannually; the time, place,
and agenda of any such meeting shall be announced to the membership at
least a month in advance. Any member shall be eligible to vote at such a
meeting, whether in person, by proxy, or by absentee ballot. Any measure
proposed to the Board by at least two members of the Society at least a
month in advance shall be included in the agenda of the next scheduled
meeting.
Article V. Revisions: Revisions to this Constitution shall be made by a
majority vote of the membership at a meeting to be held as described in
Article IV above.
BY-LAWS OF THE MOLINARI SOCIETY
Article I. Officers: Officers shall be chosen by majority vote of the
membership at a meeting to be held as described in Article IV of the
Constitution. Terms of office for all Officers shall be for four years,
renewable.
Article II. Duties of the President: The President shall preside at
meetings and conduct the ordinary business of the Society.
Article III. Duties of the Secretary-Treasurer: The Secretary-Treasurer
shall maintain the membership lists and records of Society business, and
maintain and disburse Society funds as directed by the Board of Directors.
Article IV. Dues: The annual dues of members, and any other conditions
of membership, shall be fixed by a majority vote of the Board of
Directors; but any conditions of membership must be consistent with the
Societys Statement of Purpose (Article I of the Constitution).
Article V. Revisions: Revisions to these By-laws shall be made by a
majority vote of the membership at a meeting to be held as described in
Article IV of the Constitution.
Contact: Roderick T. Long