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Michael D. Coovert

I believe that one measure of a successful organization is the amount of information made available to its members. Using that metric operationalized by the size (weight!) of TIP, SIOP is truly a wonderful organization!

Several pieces in this issue should be of special interest to each of you.

  • Please see the description of The SIOP Foundation provided by Elaine Pulakos. This is an opportunity for each member to help the society, its members, and goals.
  • Bill Howell has been successful at reducing the APA membership dues if you are a member of certain other professional groups. Kevin Murphy provides an editorial statement for JAP as well as the descriptions of the new society fellows, and Angelo DeNisi announces the results of the annual SIOP Awards.
  • Roger Millsap has taken over as editor of Multivariate Behavioral Research and has provided us information for the journal under his leadership. See the announcements section of TIP for this.
  • The impact ratings of select journals are provided by Bill Starbuck and John Mezias.
  • Cyber-I/O issues continue in pieces by Phil Craiger & Jason Weiss, and Karen May.
  • For a little levity, check out the piece on honesty testing by Dan Dalton and James Wimbush.
  • ... and many other pieces sure to challenge and enlighten your days.

People on the move or in the news. Kathy McNelis has been named Director of Organizational Staffing & Development for Florida Power Corporation. Janet Turnage has left academics and is now the Director of Quality Assurance for Star Mountain, Inc. Rick Park is now a manager in Executive Development for Georgia-Pacific in Atlanta (see Rick for tickets to the Olympics!). Katherine Holt tells me that three individuals have recently left the US to join her in Japan for PDI, they are Toshie Miura, Kyoko Seki, and Takao Suzuki. Finally, TIP's own Tom Baker has moved to Columbia Gas in Columbus Ohio.

Three members of the University of South Florida I/O faculty (Mike Coovert, Ed Levine, and Paul Spector) each received a Teaching Incentive Award from the State of Florida. The competitive award recognizes excellence in teaching.

APA is asking that each person with a disability who is planning to attend the convention in Toronto in August to contact them (202-336-5500; 6123 TDD) and they will attempt to make the conference more accessible.

As a service to its members, SIOP is offering an introduction to the World Wide Web at the annual conference. I'll be on hand to introduce the topic and TIPs own Web Wizards, Phil Craiger and Jason Weiss. John Boudreau will also be available to discuss related communication strategies, such as HRNET. The same session will be offered four times during the conference, so check the program and check out the WEB! Thanks to Lois Tetrick and Katherine Klein for their assistance in setting this up for our members.

Check out TIP on the web at the address listed inside the front cover. The home page has been reorganized into a table (thanks Jason and Phil!). Remember, the new TIP is available on line approximately ten days after each deadline (or six weeks BEFORE you get it in print)!

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