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Rights and responsibilities

The Society should be run cooperatively, with all members having equal rights and responsibilities. Suggestions for BCLTS policies and initiatives are welcome from each member. The BCLTS is primarily a discussion forum, and every member should play a positive role in BCLTS activities in order that members may work together to improve the standard of Chinese language teaching, particularly in UK higher education institutions.

Organization

The officers of the Society Committee (Chairperson, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, Network Coordinator and Secretary) should be nominated and subject to election by members of BCLTS at the Annual General Meeting. The term of duty for each officer is four years. Elected officers must take responsibility for the fulfilment of their duties, which may mean that duties are carried out collectively within officers' own university departments. Every UK Chinese department should have at least one member of staff who is a BCLTS member. From 1999 to 2001, the BCLTS expanded its membership and involved all Chinese language teaching departments in UK higher education institutions. Currently, its membership comes from over 20 HEIs which offer Chinese language teaching.

Lifelong honorary membership of the BCLTS may be given to senior or retired teachers who have made a significant contribution to Chinese language teaching in the UK, but who are no longer formally engaged in institutional Chinese language teaching. This could include teachers in related fields who have taught modern Chinese in the past. These members would be nominated by BCLTS members and approved by the committee. The lifelong honorary members do not need to pay membership fee, but they would be expected to offer their expertise where relevant to the development of the BCLTS. They will have the same rights (voting, etc.) as members of the BCLTS, though they usually do not stand in for office. Their expenses would be covered by BCLTS when attending BCLTS events.

The BCLTS Newsletter will be circulated twice a year to all members, centres, and other relevant organisations and individuals. 

BCLTS Funding Policies
September 20111

The financial policy items below apply to all BCLTS members enrolled for the 2005-2006 session.  Our financial policy is dependent on funding and is therefore subject to review. Possible amendments will be discussed before or during the next AGM.

1.      New membership and renewing membership. The single annual membership fee of £35 is valid from 1 September of a given year to 31 August of the following year.  Current BCLTS members are encouraged to renew their membership every September, and at the latest by 31 October in order to qualify for a discounted renewal fee of £20. If membership fee is paid after 31 October the member will be treated as a new member and will have to pay for a full fee of £35.

2.      Attending BCLTS events. Start from September 2011, the BCLTS members will not be asked to pay for the accommodation when attending the BCTLS workshops or symposiums, but it will be the members' own responsibility to find the travel grants.

3.      Authors of papers. If a paper is accepted by the BCLTS Committee, the author of the paper will be given funds to cover his or her TA grants.

4.      Speakers. The BCLTS will give TA grants to those who are invited to speak by the BCLTS Committee.

5.      Non-members. If an individual who is not a member attends a BCLTS event a conference fee of £20 (students £10) will be payable.  This fee will be waived if a paper by the individual is accepted by the BCLTS Committee.

6.      Associate members / visiting scholars. Visiting scholars are welcome to join the BCLTS as associate members. The annual membership fee for a visiting scholar is £35 (£15 for postgraduates).  Associate members are not required to pay a conference fee when attending a BCLTS event, but the BCLTS will not be responsible for an associate member’s TA and other expenses.

7.      Cancellations. The member concerned will be responsible for paying accommodation costs if he or she cannot attend a BCLTS event and fails to cancel his or her accommodation by a specified date.