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2. The list is currently sponsored by the American Catholic Historical Association and the Canadian Catholic Historical Association. Additional organizations may be invited to sponsor the list, but must receive the approval of current sponsors.
3. The Advisory Board appoints the list editors; sets official list policies and guidelines; referees incoming articles, reviews, and other materials; and settles all issues appealed by the editors. The Advisory Board consists of two representatives from each sponsoring organization who serves for two years, and an equal number of scholars-at-large who serves for three years. Advisors appointed by the sponsors, in consultation with the editors, appoint the at-large members. Board members may be reappointed to succeed themselves directly once, after which time they must step down. They may be eligible for service on the Advisory Board again after two or three years, respectively. In the event of a vacancy, a departing advisor representing a sponsoring organization will be appointed by the organization in question in consultation with the remaining advisors and the editors; an at-large advisor will be appointed by the remaining advisors in consultation with the editors. Anyone interested in serving on the Advisory Board should notify the current on-line editor. The sponsoring orgaanizations alternately, beginning with the CCHA in 2002, shall also, in consultation with current members of the Advisory Board and with the editors, appoint a chair for the Advisory Board (i.e., one of their appointees to the Board), who will normally serve for a two-year period, renewable.
4. The editors will be responsible for establishing, maintaining, and screening the membership list; moderating on-line discussions; commissioning and disseminating articles and book reviews, and soliciting book reviewers; establishing and maintaining a web site and discussion logs. They will serve at the pleasure of the Advisory Board. Anyone interested in serving as an editor should notify the current on-line editor. The Advisory Board, in consultation with current editors, will appoint a Coordinating Editor from among current editors, normally to serve for a two-year term.
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