Congratulations to APA’s Newly Elected 2005 Fellows and Current Fell
Celebrations abound: the December holidays, the new year, and the next round of Fellow Nominations . . . APA Division Fellow Chairs and Committees should now be preparing Fellow nominations for submission to the APA Membership Committee – as soon as possible, but no later than February 14, 2005. Division Fellow Chairs or Committees who need additional APA Fellow information or materials should contact Sonja Wiggins at 202-336-5590 or via Email or they can download the forms to be printed out at the Fellows Chair website. APA Members interested in APA Fellowship should contact their division’s Fellow Chair to find out more about eligibility, nomination and election process, and deadlines for nomination. Please keep in mind that APA’s deadline to receive all Fellow applications is February 14, 2005, so don’t hesitate!
2005 Division Leadership Conference
The Committee on Division / APA Relations (CODAPAR), is proud to announce that the 2005 Division Leadership Conference will be held January 7-9, at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C.
During this weekend, participants will be encouraged to develop long-range and strategic plans for their division, learn the nuts and bolts of leading their division and be provided opportunities to foster interdivisional collaborative ventures.
The conference kicks off with a Welcome Reception and Dinner on Friday, January 7. Participants will use this time to get acquainted with one another, their CODAPAR liaisons, Board of Director members and APA staff.
The conference officially opens Saturday, January 8 at 8:45 A.M. with a welcome address from current APA President-Elect, Ron Levant, EdD, in which he will speak on his presidential initiatives and how to get divisions involved. The 2005 DLC has been structured around three core priorities, ‘Membership’, ‘Getting to Know APA’ and ‘Getting Your Voice Heard’. On Saturday, the presentation on Membership will address issues of recruitment and retention. The 3 break-out working groups will address issues on ‘Diversity; ‘Early Career Psychologists’ and the ‘Retiring Psychologists’. ‘Getting to Know APA’ is designed to help familiarize participants with the different directorates of APA, their initiatives and how to get divisions involved. After the plenary, each directorate will host its own break-out session with the addition of a ‘Nuts & Bolts of APA’ session. Each plenary will have a variety of breakout working groups that you can choose to attend that may be more in line with your division’s agenda.
On Sunday morning, APA Chief Executive Officer, Norman Anderson, PhD, will present an update on current APA activities and the newly elected APA President-Elect will discuss his or her presidential initiatives for 2006. Following these presentations will be the final plenary session, ‘Getting Your Voice Heard’; touching on a variety of issues concerning APA publications and how to prepare for and address media issues. The break-out sessions will include ‘APA Governance Issues’, ‘APA Publications’ and ‘Media’.
We strongly encourage divisions to send at least one representative to attend the 2005 DLC. It will be a weekend of information sharing and knowledge gathering that will jump-start your presidential initiatives, clue you in to pitfalls to avoid, all the while, building relationships with other division leaders. If you are unable to make the DLC, we ask that you choose a representative from your executive board to represent your division.
We are confident that the 2005 DLC will be a valuable experience for you as move forward in becoming president of your division.
Divisional Annual Reports on the Horizon
Division Presidents – be on the watch out for the 2004 Division Annual Report request. They will be mailed the first week in December and are due February 2, 2005. The mailing will include instructions, guidelines and the forms for you to fill out.
Please contact Troy Booker, Division Services Officer, via email if you have any questions.
Division Profiles - Knowing Your Members
The APA Research Office has just announced the results from the directory surveys on the make-up of divisions. The Division Profiles cover demographics, educational characteristics, current major fields and membership characteristics. To read the PDF files, please click here. If you have questions, please email the APA Research Office.
Revamped Division Calendar Loaded with Information
D Calendar is here!
The Division Meetings Calendar has been updated with your membership meetings, conference, dates and times. Also for your convenience, we have incorporated critical dates for divisions from the different APA offices. Ballot mailing dates from the Elections Office, Division Assessments deadlines from the Membership Office, tax dates from the Financial Services Office and important dates from the Division Services Office are just some examples of valuable information you will find.
Visit D Calendar at: www.apa.org/about/division/divofficers.html.
D Calendar will be continuously updated – send your event details to Troy Booker in the Division Services office via Email.
2004 CODAPAR Members
Lisa Harlow, Gary Brooks, Martha Banks, Frank Worrell, Ilene Serlin (Chair), and Thomas Zentall
Division Services Staff
Troy Booker, Division Services Officer
Penny Harrison, Division Services Assistant
Sarah Jordan, Director, Divisions Services
Micheline Meyers, Division Services Coordinator
2005 Deadlines for
Articles for the APA/Division Dialogue
Please submit copy on diskette or via email to
Troy Booker.
Dates Coming Soon!
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