The part of the Section Manual with instructions for holding Section elections will be amended to allow for greater flexibility. I mentioned that SVS future business might be conducted through the Discussion Forum in the future and that sending copies would not be possible. This led to a discussion of different ways of communicating with members, with email being the most popular. We discussed the dues structure. LASA representatives provided information on administrative costs.
Some Sections opt to give rebates to students and members who live in Latin America.
Any future changes will be up to the new SVS Committee of Officers. LASA pointed out that membership renewals begin in January and that Section chairs need to notify members of this fact. Members must pay dues for each calendar year, not simply the year they register for the LASA congresses. The number of sessions that a Section is allotted for a Congress will be determined by the number of members that Section has one month following the last LASA Congress. According to membership one month after the Chicago congress, for the next Congress we likely will have a right to 2 sessions.