Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Washington, DC
Meeting called to order at 8:40 a.m.
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
MEMBERS PRESENT
President: John Aldrich; President Elect: Rodney E. Hero; Vice Presidents: Philip Keefer, J. Donald Moon, and Melissa Nobles; Treasurer: Kathleen Thelen; Secretary: K. C. Morrison
Council Members: Gretchen G. Casper, Brian F. Crisp, Juan Carlos Huerta, Junko Kato, Joanne Miller, Todd C. Shaw, Kenneth D. Wald, Amrita Basu, Kenneth R. Benoit, Christine Di Stefano, James N. Druckman, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, David C. Kang, John M. Sides, and Evelyn M. Simien
American Political Science Review Editor in Chief: John Ishiyama and Perspectives on Politics Editor in Chief: Jeffrey Isaac (not present)
AM Program Co-Chairs: Simon D. Jackman and Melanie Frances Manion
Executive Director: Steven Rathgeb Smith
APSA Staff: Regina Chavis, Jennifer Diascro, and Liane Pinero-Kluge
NEXT APSA ANNUAL MEETING
September 3–6 in San Francisco, CA
CONSENT AGENDA/APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion to approve budget
• Motion passed unanimously
Motion to approve April Minutes and August 2013 Meeting minutes by John Aldrich
• Motion passed unanimously
FINANCE REPORT OF THE TREASURER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
PUBLICATIONS
PS Editor
Motion to lengthen the one-year contract to two years for the Interim Editors by Joanne Miller
• Motion was passed unanimously
APSR Editor Search
Motion to form an Ad Hoc Committee to start the search for new editors by Don Moon
• Motion was passed unanimously
Publications Committee Report
Motion to accept reports by Gretchen Casper
• Motion was passed unanimously
RBSI WORKING GROUP UPDATE
SPRING COUNCIL MEETING
Motion to keep the Midwest meetings in Chicago as the site for the spring 2015 meeting and to have the Administrative Committee propose a plan for future rotation sites by Joanne Miller
• Motion passed with one abstention
PANEL ALLOCATION FOR ANNUAL MEETING
Motion to return to the prior allocation formula (the 90/10) for 2015 by Phil Keefer
• Motion failed with 7 Aye’s, 10 No’s, and 2 abstentions. The 2014 allocation formula (45/45) will remain until a future report and vote
Motion to authorize the Committee on Organized Sections to work on a new formula and involve Annual Committee to bring a report to the next Annual Meeting by Phil Keefer
• Motion passed unanimously
ADVOCACY PRESENTATION
Presentation given by Joanne Tornow (Deputy Assistant Director at NSF Directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences) and Wendy Naus (Executive Director, COSSA)
PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: ARTHUR LUPIA, CHAIR
Motion to accept the report and to have an ad hoc committee for implementation for those things staff cannot do now by Joanne Miller
• Motion passed unanimously
ANNUAL MEETING UPDATE
Motion to do a survey to see what dates would be best and to have the Annual Meetings Committee research and provide results by Phil Keefer
• Motion approved unanimously.
APSA TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE UPDATE: 2015 AND BEYOND
Ad Hoc Committee Community Colleges Proposal
Motion to create an ad hoc committee by Juan Carlos Huerta
• Motion approved unanimously
President-Elect Address: Rodney Hero
Motion to appoint the presidential task force, “Racial and Cocial Class Inequalities in America” By Brian Crisp.
• Motion approved unanimously
NEW BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT AT 5:00 P.M.
Motion to adjourn by Todd Shaw
• Motion approved unanimously
REPORT ON APSA GOVERNANCE REFORM
At its April meeting the APSA Council heard a report from the Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Reform. The committee’s report and recommendations for a new set of APSA bylaws are available on the APSA website. To receive a paper copy of the proposed new bylaws, please email [email protected] or call the main office at 202-483-2512. Committee members will also discuss the proposed changes at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
