Minutes of August 2017, APSA Council Meeting

• Published in: PS, political science & politics Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 710 - 712
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Annual Reports; Budgets; College faculty; Committees; Councils; Data Collection; Disclosure; Disproportionate Representation; Editing; Editorials; Educational Change; Endowment; Ethics; Funding; Gazette; Governance; International Programs; Investment advisors; Investment policy; Meetings; Operating Expenses; Periodicals; Presidents; Sexual harassment; The Association; Travel
• DOI: 10.1017/S1049096518000811
• ISSN: 1049-0965

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 San Francisco, CA Hilton Union Square MEMBERS PRESENT President: David Lake; Past President: Jennifer Hochschild; President-Elect: Kathleen Thelen; Vice President: Janet Box-Steffensmeier; Vice President: Ian Shapiro; Secretary: Marion Orr; and Treasurer: Taeku Lee Council Members: Matt Barreto, Mark Crescenzi, Omar Encarnación, Roxanne Euben, Kristian Gleditsch, Juliet Hooker, Amaney Jamal, Brett Ashley Leeds, James Mahoney, Byron D’Andra Orey, Bo Rothstein, Cameron Thies, Caroline Tolbert, Renée Van Vechten, and Christina Wolbrecht Guests: Joseph Carens, Gary Segura, Rogers Smith APSA Staff: Steven Rathgeb Smith, Betsy Super, Kara Abramson, Dan Gibson, Kimberley Mealy, Jon Gurstelle, Rory Jackson, Helen Marshall, Meghan McConaughey, and Teka Miller Not in Attendance: Vice President: Elaine Kamarck; and Colleen Shogan INTRODUCTION APSA President David Lake calls the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. CONSENT AGENDA Lake moves to approve the Spring council meeting minutes.Lake discusses the implementation of the new bylaws, which took effect with the summer’s council election; the implementation of the new anti-harassment policy, including the introduction of the ombuds program at the Annual Meeting; the updates to the Teaching and Learning Conference; the progress of his task forces on financial conflict of interest and human subjects research; and the continuing work of the qualitative transparency deliberations.Smith provides updates on the governance reform process; implementation of the strategic plan; increased investment in travel and research grants; international programs; APSA staffing; the APSA website and discussion platform; recent editorial transitions and other ongoing publications issues; and diversity and inclusion programming, including the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI).Leeds provides more detail on the idea of a special projects fund, which would include a call for project ideas from membership, with guidelines and strict criteria to ensure suggestions serve APSA membership as a whole, and review by the Executive Committee and/or the council.