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Society for German-American Studies Publication Fund PolicyPublication FundThanks to the foresight of the Executive Committee and the generosity of numerous individual contributors, the Karl J. R. Arndt Publication Fund, begun in the tricentennial year 1983, has now reached its goal of a principal balance of a minimum of $100,000. The annual interest yield from this principal shall be allocated during the following calendar year for publication subsidies upon recommendation of the Publication Committee and with the approval of the Executive Committee. At the beginning of each calendar year, the Treasurer shall report to the Executive Committee and the Publication Committee the total amount of interest income earned by the Publication Fund during the preceding twelve-month period. This amount shall be available for publication subsidies, unless needed to support publication of the Society’s Yearbook. Unallocated interest will be added to the principal at the end of a given calendar year.ApplicationIndividual members of the Society for German-American Studies in good standing may apply for a publication subsidy to be awarded during a given calendar year by submitting a letter of application to the chair of the Publication Committee by January 31 of that year. A complete application shall consist of:• a letter requesting a publication subsidy;• curriculum vitae of the author;• table of contents and abstract of the book;• documentation of the publication costs to be borne by the author; and• three (3) letters of support from colleagues.Publication subsidies will be considered for book-length manuscripts which adhere to the scholarly purposes of the Society for German-American Studies as described in the front matter of the Yearbook o f  German-American Studies-.. . .  the scholarly study of the history, language, literature, and culture of theGerman element in North America. This includes coverage of the immigrantsand their descendants from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and otherGerman-speaking areas of Europe.253Amount o f  Award and Conditions o f  RepaymentAwards will be announced at the Annual Symposium. The amount o f  an individual award shall not exceed $2,000 or 50% of the publication cost to be borne by the author, whichever is less. In the event that the author s book realizes a profit, the .subsidy shall be repaid proportionate to its percentage o f the publication cost borne by the author until repaid in lull. Appropriate acknowledgment o f the support must appear in the front matter o f the publication.Publication CommitteeThe three-member Publication Committee will normally be chaired by the editor o f the Society’s Yearbook. The president o f  the Society will annually appoint the two additional members o f  the committee, including at least one member not holding a position on the Executive Committee for that year.Adopted: 21 October 2000, Frankenmuth, MichiganF^ftective Date: 1 January 2001Publication CommitteeChair: William Keel, University o f KansasHelmut J. Schmeller, Fort Hays State University Jerry Glenn, University o f Cincinnati254

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