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The meeting was convened by
President Dale Schunk at 4:15pm. A motion by Tuckman/Winne to approve minutes for the 1998
Business Meeting was carried.
Schunk announced that the theme for this past year has been "Reaching
out" and has included three initiatives: 1) increasing membership; 2) graduate
student activity; 3) increasing public awareness of Div 15 expertise. He will continue
with these efforts in the next year.
Election results were announced: Pat Alexander was elected President-Elect. Joyce
Alexander was re-elected as Secretary. David Lehman was elected as Member-at-Large.
It was announced that the graduate student research seminar was going very well.
Two ad hoc committees will be combined to create a standing committee on student affairs.
Motion by Zimmerman/Everson to create new standing committee was approved.
The Treasurer's report was delivered by Bonnie Meyer. Overall the Division is
sound fiscally. 66% of our income in 1998 came from royalties and we earned over $6,000 in
interest.
Membership report was made by Howard Everson. Currently there are 2165 members in
the Division. The membership data is now computerized and available as a database.
Barbara McCombs delivered the Council Representative's report. In February, it
was announced that there would be no dues increase because the income from the new APA
building had exceeded expectations. In addition, publications are up with more than one
book per week being published (versus one per month of just a few years ago). APA has
created a new partnership with Oxford University to publish an encyclopedia of major
topics in psychology. In addition, Boards and Committees are reducing expenses by engaging
in less travel and incurring fewer meeting expenses.
Phil Winne delivered the Publications Committee report. It was noted that
Lyn Corno and Phil Winne will begin editorship of the Educational Psychologist in Fall
2000. The overall rejection rates are stable over the last few years and the quality
of the reviews continues to be good. Average lag time for reviews is 55 days with a median
and mode of 60 days. The newsletter, under direction of Stacy Morrone, is running
smoothly. The previously noted mailing problems with the newsletter have been solved by
changing to first class postage. Members did receive the July NEP before the APA
convention. Web posting of the NEP will now occur at the same time as it is sent to APA
for printing. Winne also noted that the "Training Handbook" has been sent
to copy editing. The publisher expects that the volume will be available in about 9
months. In addition, a Centennial volume on the history of Educational Psychology is being
put together.
The Program Committee's report was delivered by Judith Meece. Division 15
was allocated 24 program hours for the 1999 APA. Submission rates were consistent with the
last two years, although the number of paper submissions was lower (with corresponding
increases in poster formats). Re
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