IAPS Annual (Executive) Meeting

 

MINUTES

 

University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Thursday, 18th November, 2003

 

Present:            Sigmund Loland

                        Alun Hardman

                        Jeff Fry

                        Bill Morgan

                        Caludia Pawlenka

                        Dennis Hemphill

                        Heather Reid

 

1.         Apologies

 

            Received from Jan Boxill, Nic Dixon, Terry Roberts, Claudio Tamburrini.

 

2.         Confirmation of agenda

 

Agenda was confirmed

 

3.         Minutes of the previous meeting (October 24th, 2002)

 

(Penn State University, State College, PA, USA – Saturday 26th, October, 2002)

 

Minutes were confirmed as read.

 

4.         Matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting

 

a.                   Amendments to the Constitution

 

The amendments to the constitution (see 2002 minutes) had been presented at

the 2002 conference at Penn State University and had subsequently been

ratified unanimously by the entire membership via a postal (mail-in) ballot.

 

b.         Webmaster

 

This additional non-voting executive position was proposed, seconded and

accepted by members voting at the 2002 Penn State University conference.  It

has been subsequently ratified unanimously by the entire membership via a

postal (mail-in) ballot.

 

c.         Expansion of JPS Editorial Review Board

 

This proposal to increase the editorial review board from 10 to 15 was

presented, seconded and accepted by members voting at the 2002 Penn State

University conference.  It has been subsequently ratified unanimously by the  entire membership via a postal (mail-in) ballot.

 

d.         IAPS 2004 Conference Site

 

Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA is confirmed as the site

for the 2004 IAPS conference.  Spencer Wertz, organiser can confirm that support is available from the host institution, but no date is yet fixed.  Details are to included in next newsletter.

 

e.         Officer Elections

 

Details to be published in next newsletter

 

President (03-04 & 04-05) – Jan Boxill

 

The Presidency takes on the roles of the former President Elect and Conference Chair and is a two year position voted for in years ending in an odd number (i.e. 2005, 2007, 2009, etc).

 

Conference Chair (2004) – Heather Reid 

 

The current Conference Chair will be on post for a one-year transition term.   Thereafter, the Conference Chair will be a two year position voted for in years ending in even numbers (i.e. 2004, 2006, 2008, etc)

 

Members at Large – Claudia Pawlenka,

            Deborah Vossen

 

Members at large serve for two years.  There are four in total.

 

Elections Chair – Terry Roberts 

 

The current Elections Chair will be on post for a one-year transition term.   Thereafter, the Elections Chair will be a two year position voted for in years ending in even numbers (i.e. 2004, 2006, 2008, etc)

 

Secretary/Treasurer – Heather Sheridan

 

This is a three year position.

 

Newsletter Editor – Sharon Stoll

 

This is a two year position.

 

Honours, Awards and Future Sites Committee – Jim Parry

 

This is a three year position.  Another member will be added next year to

complete the committee.

 

5.         Officers’ Reports:

 

            Officer reports had been circulated for comment prior to meeting

 

i)          President (Sigmund Loland)

ii)         Past President (Nick Dixon)

iii)         President Elect (Jan Boxill)

iv)        Sec/Treasurer (Alun Hardman)

v)         JPS Editor (Nick Dixon)

vi)                 Newsletter (Sharon Stoll)

 

6.         Committee Reports

 

No representatives for the following committees were able to report to the executive at this meeting.

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            Honours, Awards & Future Sites

            Nominations, Elections, and Membership

            Program

Finance

            ICSSPE Representative

 

7.         Business on notice

 

Proposal: Increase JPS Editorial Board from 15 to 20 (see Editor’s Report)

 

The proposal is for a constitutional amendment to increase the editorial board from 15

to 20.

 

8.         Any Other Business

 

None