Affiliated Societies
Affiliated Societies
Policy Regarding Relations with Affiliated Societies
The CAA welcomes as affiliated societies groups of artists or scholars whose goals are generally consonant with those of the CAA, with a view toward facilitating enhanced intercommunication and mutual enrichment. It is required that a substantial number of the members of such groups will already be members of the CAA.
I. To be recognized by the CAA as an affiliated society, a group must be national in scope and must present evidence that:
a. There is a significant membership overlap between the CAA and the group applying for affiliation
b. It is primarily, or in large part, committed to the serious practice and advancement of the visual arts, or to the study of some broad, major area of the history of art.
c. It possesses a formal organizational structure, i.e., elected officers, an identifiable membership, and such signs of on-going activity as a newsletter, periodical, exhibition record, or other documentation.
II. Applications for affiliated society status will be screened by the Executive Committee. The committee's rulings may be appealed to the CAA Board. The Conference Director will be the staff liaison and will report periodically to the Board on the status of affiliated societies.
III. The CAA will publish an online directory of affiliated societies including the following information, as provided by the societies: name, date of founding, size of membership, annual dues, name and address of president and/or corresponding secretary, and a statement of 25-50 words on the society's nature or purpose. Each year, CAA affiliates will receive a reminder about the directory, at which time the above information, as well as a current list of individual affiliate members (with membership overlap indicated, if possible), should be submitted to the CAA Office of the Conference Director.
IV. Liaison with affiliated societies:
a. Annual Conference: To the extent possible, the CAA will provide each affiliated society with facilities for one business meeting or special session lasting up to one-and-one-half hours during those time slots not reserved for CAA program sessions. In addition, each affiliated society will be permitted to propose one two-and-one-half hour program session each year, which will be given special consideration by the program committee in its deliberations. Note: The program session must address a specific issue of concern to the affiliated society, and cannot be an open session.
If audio-visual equipment is required by the society for its one and one-half hour nonprogram session or business meeting, it will be provided at the society's expense, unless the equipment requested is already present for program sessions, in which case it will be provided free of charge. Projectionists will be provided for program sessions; however, if projectionists' services are required for business meetings or special sessions, it will be the responsibility of the affiliated society to request them in a timely fashion, and to reimburse CAA for the projectionists' services at the standard rate for that year.
All affiliated society meetings and sessions must begin and end promptly, so as to avoid schedule conflicts. The meeting and/or session(s) will be listed in the CAA Annual Conference programs. Additional information relating to affiliated societies may be distributed in the CAA registration area. Registration for the CAA Annual Conference (or purchase of single time-slot admission tickets) is required of those affiliated society members who wish to enter program sessions or exhibition areas.
b. On-Going: Liaison between affiliated societies and the CAA will be maintained by the CAA Director of Programs and the officers of the affiliated societies. The executive officer of an affiliated society or his/her representative may be invited to a CAA Board meeting to act as a resource person when, in the opinion of the President of the CAA, issues arise in which his/her expertise is required.
V. News of interest to the CAA membership as a whole may be submitted by affiliated societies for possible publication in the “Affiliated Society News” section of the CAA newsletter.
For further information, please contact Emmanuel Lemakis, Conference Director, 212-691-1051, ext. 210.