Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting Teleconference
Thurs., Nov. 9, 2017, 11AM-1PM CST
In attendance: Joe Gaugler, Michael Marsiske Tom Hess, Alan Stevens, Tina Salva, Allison Bielak, Gloria Luong, Grace Caskie, Harvey Sterns, Anthony Sterns, Jennifer Margrett, Julie Boron, Patrick Hill, Jennifer Bellingtier, Jennifer Stanley, Courtney Polenick, Nicole DePasquale, Deanna Dragan, Victoria Marino, Joann Montepare
- Welcome
- Presidential Initiative: Fundraising Effort for Div. 20: Joe Gaugler gave an overview of decreasing membership and the need to develop a sustainable funding source of Div. 20 efforts, especially those involving support and awards for early career and student members. A proposal in collaboration with American Psychological Foundation (APF) was discussed that would call for $20,000 to seed a $100,000 endowment fund Div. 20 would build and ultimately be able to drawn on to fund its efforts. Discussion was held around logistical issues (e.g., timeline) and questions (e.g., what happens to the funds APF hold if we did not reach our seed or endowment goals). Suggestions were offered for targeting and naming donors, articulating explicit use of funds, exploring planned giving. Concerns were raised about delays between the seed funding and final funding goal and how to best manage communication with donors around the time gap.
- Awards Report: Tom Hess reported that the announcement for student awards had been posted, stated several limitations that had been set (e.g., multiple awards across categories will be limited so that awards have a greater reach, postdocs will be limited to a specific number of years) and indicated that the application materials had been modified. He will revisit an earlier recommendation that Div. 20 send notification of awards to department chairs and other administrative offices to more effectively communicate the recognition of Div. 20 awardees.
- Membership Report: Gloria Luong reminded members about the Div. 20 membership drive in which members who referred a new member to the division would be entered into a drawing to win a $25 Amazon gift card. New members will also be entered into the drawing and two winners will be selected at the end of the promotion. New members will receive a welcome email from Div. 20.
- Early Career Task Force: Courtney Polenick and Nicole DePasquale described several ways to facilitate mentor-mentee relationships involving early-career members (e.g., design searchable member profiles on the Div. 20 website so that members can search for other members based on their areas of expertise and their mentoring and career interests) and to foster collaborations among early-career members (e.g., member profiles will include potential collaboration connections). Ideas for promoting the overall professional development of early-career members were also shared (e.g., create special interest groups, survey early career members of conference programming interests, create conference guides for networking). It was noted that more information is needed about the extent to which the proposed web-based efforts can be built into the existing APA website. Another idea included integrating efforts into APA program planning given that APA has space for mentor/mentee sessions.
- CODAPAR Project on 45 Years on the Influence of Lifespan Developmental Psychology: Harvey Sterns reported that work is moving along and the videos that were produced should be available for use in the spring semester. Other resources generated by the project will also be available soon.
- Education Committee Report: Julie Boron asked how we might leverage Teaching Tips better and make them more accessible via the Div. 20 webpages. It was suggested we update and expand the directory of Teaching Tips, as well as catalog them in some way to identify areas we may want to (re)cover in future pieces. It was noted that Teaching Tips can be searched for in the Div. 20 Newsletters that are posted online, however, we would need to coordinate with APA about how to make them more directly accessible. Joann Montepare suggested that we develop a collection of Teaching Tips and use it to generate revenue as other organizations such as AGHE have done. She offered to explore what would need to be done to compile and prepare entries to be included in such as collection.
- Continuing Education Report: Jennifer Margrett described an APA workshop on caregiving issues that was being planned. Other topics of interest were discussed including translating research to practice, teaching issues and early career opportunities. Using a webinar format was also noted as an option.
- Newsletter Report: Grace Caskie reminded members that the spring issue deadline was March 1, 2018. Volunteers were needed for feature articles and recommendations were needed for a student feature.
- Program Report: Allison Bielak and Tina Salva reported that APA conference programming was increased to 18 hours in light of positive attendance. The CPG sessions in which Div. 20 participated also had good attendance based on APA tracking data. Div. 20 led six proposals for the upcoming 2018 meeting and collaborated on 11 other proposals lead by other APA divisions. Individual and symposium submissions are due Dec.1, 2017. The joint social hour and awards ceremony appeared to have been a success, and will be included in the 2018 meeting.
- Elections Report: Patrick Hill reported that for the upcoming election cycle, Div. 20 needs two or more candidates to stand for president-elect. For members-at-large, Div. 20 needs to seek one junior person and one more senior for a total of at least four candidates. The goal is to have candidates solidified by February, so their statements can be sent to both the Div. 20 newsletter and APA.
- Social Media Report: Lisa Hollis-Sawyer reported that we have 206 Facebook members and 274 LinkedIn members. She has been working with students to see what might drive traffic and has identified several potential vehicles (e.g., interactive polling, career success profiles, chat rooms with options to meet a mentor, live streaming of video content). Other suggestions from members included coordinating links across platforms and exploring how to connect newsletter features to social media.
- Fellows Report: Allan Stevens indicated that the fellows’ list needed to be checked for updates of both present and past fellows. Div. 20 should also recognize fellows that have passed away with “in memorial” status (keep name on list, using an * for designation). Discussion followed about how to manage fellows whose membership was no longer active. It was suggested that they be given an opportunity to renew so as not to lose their fellow status. Currently there are no applicants. As in the past, we need to use a high touch personal approach to encourage members to submit applications. As well, we need to encourage current fellows to reach out to colleagues to apply. The deadline for applications is Dec. 1, 2017. Alan’s office can help interested individuals with the application process.
- Council Report: Pat Parmelee, Susan Whitbourne reported that at present there was no new information to discuss.
Respectfully submitted,
Joann M. Montepare
Div. 20 Secretary