Secretarys Report
Georgia Chao
Michigan State University
The fall meeting of the Executive Committee was held on September 2526, 2004 in Detroit, Michigan. Highlights of decisions and topics of discussion at that meeting are presented below.
President Fritz Drasgow reported a lot of interest in the status of I-O programs in psychology departments.
Rich Martell submitted a draft of a survey, feedback was submitted by Executive Committee members, and a final version is underway. In addition, a proposal for a national council of doctoral programs in I-O psychology was introduced. This proposal is not a SIOP proposal; however, it was determined that SIOP could arrange a meeting for these program directors to take place around the 2005 conference. It was also suggested that a similar meeting for directors of masters level programs could be arranged.
Fritz Drasgow also introduced the idea of a small conference to be held in the fall. Presentations around a theme would be by invitation only, but attendance would be open. It is hoped that this type of conference would be appealing to mid-career academics. An ad hoc committee, chaired by
Leaetta Hough, was approved to further explore this idea. On a different topic, the idea of a SIOP journal was discussed, and an ad hoc committee was approved to further explore this suggestion.
Financial Officer John Cornwell reported that the audit, conducted by Brell, Holt & Company, is going well. Current assets were up this year due to a number of revenue-producing activities; however, our reserve funds have not reached target goals. In order to help grow the reserve fund, early conference fees will be increased $20/$10/$30 for members, student members, and nonmembers, respectively. Regular conference fees will be increased $25/$10/$25, respectively. In addition, Placement Center fees for employers only will be increased.
New proposals for the 2005 conference include demo booths for the exhibition hall, reunions for past doctoral student consortia participants, a breakfast and pins to recognize SIOP Fellows, and meetings for directors of masters and doctoral I-O programs. Methods to provide audio or video recordings of conference presentations were also discussed.
Dan Turban, chair of the Awards Committee, led discussions on recipients of SIOPs awards. Awards will be announced at the SIOP conference before the presidential address.
Other items discussed at the meeting include the selection procedure for the executive directors position, an insurance plan for the Administrative Office, procedural clarifications for award applications, SIOPs role in ranking of graduate programs, the use of SIOPs logo in I-O textbooks, upcoming e-mail announcements related to APA, and a mission statement for
TIP.
A lot of issues were discussed and I tried to present those that have direct impact on members. Fall meetings usually consist of the Executive Committee and all committee chairs, but this years meeting was downsized in order to save costs. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me via e-mail at
chaog@bus.msu.edu or by phone 517-353-5418.
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