The European Association of Science Editors.

Article 1. NAME The name of this organization shall be the European Association of Science Editors or, briefly, EASE, referred to in these statutes as " the Association ". The Association shall be registered in England and Wales as a company limited by guarantee. 1. To promote improved communication in science by providing efficient means for cooperation among editors of publications in the sciences. 2. To assist the efficient operation of publications in the sciences. The Association shall be organized and operated exclusively for scientific and educational purposes and shall not be operated for profit. The Association shall establish bye-laws covering the organization and procedures to be followed. Article 4. MEMBERSHIP Membership shall be open to: 1. Individuals engaged in editing and publishing in the sciences and allied professions. 2. Individuals who hold or have held responsibility in the editing or management of publications in the sciences. 3. Corporate members, which are organizations that edit, manage or produce publications in the sciences and wish to register membership for three or more people, each of whom must be named and each of whom shall have full membership privileges. Each member shall be treated as if he/she was an individual member, whose membership shall not be transferrable. Regulations for 'Members' shall include corporate members. One person shall be appointed as the corporate representative to whom copies of the journal and all other communications, other than those relating to notices of Annual General Meetings, and the election of officers, shall be sent, for distribution to the other members. Membership in categories 1) and 2) above shall be inscribed in the names of individual members, not in the names of journals or other bodies that may pay an individual's subscription. The term " in the sciences " in 1), 2) and 3) above shall be interpreted as widely as possible, in accordance with Item 4 of the Articles of Association. 4. Membership shall mean membership of the company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales, registered number 4049507, and all members shall have a liability to