Secretarys Report
Georgia T. Chao
The spring meeting of SIOPs Executive Committee and committee chairs was held on April 13 and 14, 2003 in Orlando, Florida. Highlights of decisions and topics of discussion at that meeting are presented below.
Mike Burke gave the presidents report. A contract with LEA was approved to publish the Organizational Frontiers Series, new guidelines were approved for reimbursement of conference workshop expenses, and a revision of
Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures (4th Edition) was approved.
Jeff McHenry, conference chair, reported 2, 997 people registered for the SIOP conference this year. The new policy regarding hotel reservations worked well, and SIOP did not incur any hotel penalty. Discussion on holding sessions in two hotels concluded that this did not work very well since the hotels were not adjacent to one another. Plans for future conferences will try to fit into one hotel or into adjacent hotels. It was also concluded that space was too cramped for the poster sessions this year and it might be necessary to have exhibits and posters in two rooms to ensure adequate space.
John Cornwell presented the financial officers report. Additional expenses were incurred with Administrative Office salary increases and the higher number of APA Council Representatives (5). We need to raise additional funds to cover the new SIOP Excellence in Teaching Award, legal fees for the SIOP Foundation, and anticipated higher costs from the Administrative Office. A discussion was held on the possibility of raising membership dues. Brainstorming sessions were also conducted to explore new ways to generate revenue or trim costs. Mike Burke proposed an ad hoc Financial Planning Committee to examine short- and long-term financial goals and plans. This proposal was approved.
Dianna Stone requested a $2,000 addition to the FY2004 budget for a symposium/reception at the next SIOP conference for a research session on issues related to sexual orientation. The reception afterwards will help lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) members/researchers network. The 2004 Budget, including this $2,000 addition for the 2004 SIOP Conference symposium/reception on LGBT issues, was approved.
Ann Marie Ryan proposed an ad hoc committee on LGBT research and membership issues. This committee would examine LGBT voice in SIOP and a possible link with CEMA to promote diversity issues in research and membership issues in SIOP. The proposal was approved.
In other actions, the Executive Committee sunsetted the Task Force on Licensure and the Ad Hoc Professional Development Workshops Committee. Jossey Bass will continue to publish a few remaining books under contract, but LEA will be our new publisher for the Organizational Frontiers Series. Jossey Bass will not publish the Solution Series. Mike Burke noted we will send out an RFP soon to select a new publisher. The Executive Committee also approved e-mail announcements to SIOP members when new SIOP books are published. Finally, proposed changes to SIOP Bylaws, Article VII were approved to be presented to the membership for a final vote. The changes are to discontinue the APA and APS program committees and to elevate the ad hoc APA-APS relations committee to a standing committee. The APA and APS program committee duties would become subcommittees under the new APA-APS Relations Committee. The membership will vote on these proposed changes later this year.
Mike Burke reported on the process for consideration of a name change. The Long Range Planning Committee will identify a short list of potential new names from the open comment period and the wording of the ballot. This ballot will be included in the September mailing on Call for Nominations for SIOP officers. An e-mail message to the membership will be sent to remind people of the name change ballot. Ballots will go to President-Elect
Fritz Drasgow, so the same return envelope can be used to send name-change ballot and nominations.
Its my goal to keep these reports short and to the point. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me by e-mail at
chaog@msu.edu or by phone (517) 353-5418.
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