ICLA Policies and Procedures

Constitution (July 1997)

The ICLA Constitution was drafted by Ronald Langacker and presented by him to the Governing Board and Assembly at ICLC 5 in Amsterdam. The document became official there by the process described in Article 11.

Approving affiliates (July 2001)

Article 4 of the Constitution was modified at ICLC 7 in July, 2001, such that the ICLA Governing Board is responsible for not only setting guidelines for affiliation but also for approving affiliates. Approval of the Assembly for each affiliate is not required. See Conditions and Procedures for Affiliation with the ICLA.

Cognitive Linguistics editor selection (Sept 2001)

Article 8 of the Constitution was amended at ICLC 7 in July, 2001 to provide more specific wording regarding editor selection. The newly adopted wording is:

"The editor is appointed for an initial term of 6 years, renewable for periods of 2 years each. The year preceding her/his last as editor will be devoted to the gradual handing over of reponsibilities to the new editor. The new editor is selected by the President of the ICLA, the current editor, and the publisher, from a shortlist drawn up by the ICLA Governing Board in the year preceding the transitional year."

Proposals for hosting an ICLC: Guidelines and procedures (Sept 2003)

Proposals for Hosting an ICLC approved by the Board September 2003.

Policy relating to selection of ICLC venues (July 2005)

At the Governing Board meeting at ICLC 9 in Seoul, Korea, July 2005, the Board decided that selection of an ICLC venue for a given conference year would be done no more than 4 years in advance of the conference, so that conference venues would not be locked up far in advance before others intending to submit proposals could have a chance to submit them.

Definitions and Duties of the ICLA Governing Board Roles and Non-Board ICLA Roles (approved July 2007; not yet posted)

Updated 8 Apr 2008

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