IOTAS

Michael D. Coovert

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, that you are well rested and are ready to gear up for the 1996 conference.

As you will see in this issue, the members of the society are quite busy and there are a lot of things going on. Be sure and see Dick Jeanneret's piece on proposed by-law changes related to succession planning. Be sure and pass your comments on to Dick. Also, the SIOP administrative office will now accept credit cards for most transactions, and they are also an official book seller. So order your Frontiers and Practice Series books from Lee!

Phil Craiger continues to do a fantastic job as the web master for TIP on the World Wide Web. As this issues goes to press, the site has been visited over 9,000 times. We have several new pages there, including one for job listings and internship announcements. We are also making many forms available for downloading. These include: membership, student membership, conference and workshop registration, and so forth. So if you can't find your old TIP with the form you need, check the WEB.

People on the move or in the news. Bill Hicks was recently named the Managing Director of the Philadelphia Office at RHR International. Many years ago Bill was kind enough to share his time and wisdom with me when I was a graduate student at Ohio State working on a training project for Milt Hakel. I'm glad things are going well for you Bill!
Vicki Vandaveer tells me that Chris Holmes has joined The Vandaveer Group as V.P. in the Raleigh, NC office. Nancy Robinson has left Amtrack for Star Mountain, Inc. a consulting firm. Dov Eden has returned to Tel Aviv U. after spending his sabbatical at the University of Maryland. Hal Hendrick has been elected president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Donald Cole continues to be busy in international work. His latest efforts have taken him to Croatia, Poland, and other destinations. The Immigration and Naturalization Services has started a R&D group with an I/O interest. Contact David Pollack for details (202-305-0600). R.J. Harvey informs me that Jeff Facteau has joined the Virginia Tech. faculty and that Mark Wilson has been promoted at NC State. RJ has also set up a web site and a listserv for those interested in job analysis and personality issues. Check it out at 'http://harvey.psyc.vt.edu/'.
Finally, congratulations to Jay Uhlaner who recently received Division 19's lifetime Achievement Award. The award cites his many accomplishments in the application of behavioral science research to military problems.