Menu of Administrative Services Provided by the APA Division Services Office

General rate: $18.00 per hour covers all routine costs including labor, telephone, postage, and paper. The general rate does not cover costs associated with mailings to the full division membership or printing and postage charges associated with division brochures, stationery, newsletters, or journals. Those non-routine costs are billed separately by APA printing services and/or mailing services, or by vendors chosen by the division. APA extends its preferred postage rates to the divisions it provides services to when mailings are done by APA.

Newsletter rate: Layout services are billed at $35.00 per page. Design, preparation, editing, and changes are billed at the rate of $18.00 per hour.

Website rate: All work on division websites is billed at the rate of $35.00 per hour. Space on the APA server is provided free of charge.

Information: Division Services will answer inquiries received from current and prospective members and affiliates regarding membership, publications, meetings, committee/task force activities, career/training information, convention programming, etc. and will forward written information developed by the division for the purpose of responding to such inquiries.

Problem solving: Division Services will research and answer member and affiliate communications regarding membership and publications problems.

Secretarial duties: Division Services will perform such services as typing, word processing, filing, handling correspondence between the division and its members or among members of the division executive committee, as well as preparing and distributing agendas, reports, minutes, etc. submitted by division officers and committee/task force members.

Record keeping: Division Services will maintain division member and affiliate records including informing APA membership services regarding APA/division members and maintaining a database of all non-APA/division members and affiliates. Records will be updated in case of change in status or address. Reports will be provided as requested by the division.

Financial duties: Division Services will receive and forward new member and affiliate dues and assessments as directed by the division to the division treasurer or to APA Financial Services.

Meeting services: Division Services will make arrangements for meetings of the division executive committee including meeting room, catering, and hotel arrangements.

Publications: Division Services will order, prepare, and deliver mailing labels for division publications. Staff will also work with the division in developing stationery, brochures, applications, and reports as requested.