Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Divisions and the American Psychological Association (Part 1)

• The Division/APA Relationship
  
• The APA ASME Guidelines
  
• Committee on Division/APA Relations
  
• Division Services Office
  
• Division Annual Reports
  
• Five-Year Review of Divisions
  
• Division Bylaws, Regulations and Committee Structure

Chapter 1: Divisions and the American Psychological Association (Part 2)

• Division Legal Activities
  
• Lobbying and Election Activities
  
• Position or Policy Statements
  
• Division Grants and Contracts Activity
  
• Policy on Division Involvement in Amicus Activity
  
• Accreditation & Certification Activity
  
• Association Professional Liability Insurance
  
• Establishing a Division
  
• Dissolution or Sanctions Imposed on Individual Divisions

Chapter 2: Election of Division Officers and Council Representatives

• Division Officers
  
• Eligibility to Serve as a Division Officer
  
• Council Representation
  
• Eligibility to Serve as a Council Representative
  
• Election Procedures
  
• Provision of Lists of Candidates to Central Office
  
• Final Election Ballot
  
• Counting and Reporting of Election Results

Chapter 3: Raising Issues for Council's Consideration

• Direct Division Input
  
• New Business
  
• Boards and Committees
  
• Petition of Members

Get Your Voice Heard

Chapter 5: APA Membership, Division Membership, and Fellow Status

• Standards for Election to APA
  
• Acceptance to APA
  
• Standards for Election to a Division
  
• Election to a Division
  
• Membership in a Newly Established Division
  
• Standards for Fellow Status
  
• Election of Initial Fellows
  
• Election of Current Fellows
  

Chapter 6: Division Funds and Financial Services

• Dues
  
• Dues Statement
  
• Division Assessments
  
• Dues Billing
  
• "Resignation" by Non-Payment of Dues
  
• Reinstatement
  
• Reapplication
  
• Life Membership Status (Dues Exemption)
  
• Handling of Division Funds
  
• Auditing of Division Accounts
  
• Tax Exempt Status, Annual Financial Report and Tax Returns

Chapter 7: The Annual Convention & Division Meeting Services

• Allocation of Program Hours
  
• Appointing a Program Chair & Program Planning
  
• Pre-Convention Workshops
  
• External Funding of APA Convention Activities
  
• Invitations to Senior Public Officials
  
• Staff Availability
  
• Meeting Rooms and Hotel Reservations

Chapter 8: Publications and Communications Activities

• Division Journal and Book Policies
  
• Letterheads and Newsletter/Journal Mastheads
  
• APA Archives
  
• APA Arthur W. Melton Library as Depository for Newsletters and Publications
  
• Classic Books in Psychology Program
  
• Division Officers Email Network
  
• Division Listservs
  
• Division Home Pages on the World Wide Web
  
• "Division Spotlight"
  
• "Calendar"
  
• Advertising

Chapter 9: Printing, Mailing and Data Processing Services

• Printing & Copying and Mailing Services
  
• Computerized Mailing Labels
  
• Mailing Labels for Division and State Association Officers, APA Board of Directors and Council Members
  
• Division Officers and Committee Chairs Listings and Change of Address
  
• Email Addresses
  
• Division Directories
  
• Preferential Postage Rates

Chapter 10: Other APA Activities of Interest to Divisions

• Continuing Professional Education
  
• The American Psychological Foundation (APF)
  
• Public Affairs Office
  
• APA's Web Site
  
• Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research (CPWAR)
  
• Psychology Defense Fund
  
• The Committee on Women in Psychology Network

Appendixes

• Appendix I: Central Office Directory

• Appendix II: Chronological Calendar of Responsibilities

• Appendix III: Calendar of Responsibilities by Office

• Appendix IV: Annual Reports From Divisions

• Appendix V: Schedule for the 5-Year Review of Divisions

• Appendix VI: ASME Guidelines

• Appendix VII: Procedures for Submission of Amicus Briefs

• Appendix VIII: History of Creation of Divisions as Structural Units of the APA

• Appendix IX: A Chronological History of Divisions

• Appendix X: Division Utilization of Services

• Appendix XI: APA Division Internet Listserv Request Form

• Appendix XII: Archival Inventory Form (click here for PDF and here for Word file)

• Appendix XIII: Summary of APA Nominations/Elections