Bylaws

The purpose of the working group is to bring together researchers in the rewriting community, in order to:

promote research efforts in rewriting and its applications;
establish and promote close cooperation between existing groups and to facilitate the emergence of new ones;
increase awareness of rewriting techniques in the research community at large;
foster the development of applications of theoretical advances.

General Meetings

The working group aims to organise at least one general meeting each year, which is open to the public. General meetings may have research talks, presentations about activities of the working group, proposals for new activities, and other things of interest.
Research talks by non-members at the general meetings are by invitation only. Invitations are issued by the working group.

There is at least one annual business meeting, which must be announced on the mailing list at least 4 weeks beforehand.
All business meetings are either hybrid or fully online, to allow for optimal attendance regardless of location.

The working group has regular and honorary members (past members are not considered members).

When a non-member has given a research talk at the general meeting on two or more occasions, they become eligible for membership. Former members who have left the group are also eligible.
The decision to extend an invitation to an eligible non-member is taken by majority vote in a business meeting.
A member can choose to leave the group by email to the chair.
If a regular member does not attend any of the business meetings for three consecutive years, they will be removed (but exceptions are possible: special circumstances will be considered by the chair).
If a member dies, they are moved to a "past members" list.
To become an honorary member, the group should agree that someone has been a particularly influential figure in the rewriting community.
Honorary members retain voting power but are not considered as active members of the IFIP organization.

The chair is elected for a period of three years.
The chair can choose to appoint a co-chair and/or secretary without a vote.
A chair who has already served the last two terms cannot be re-elected for at least one term.

Any modification of the bylaws should be proposed on the mailing list at least four weeks before a business meeting of the WG and ratified at the meeting.