Members of the Executive Board of the Council of Community Psychology Program Directors (CCPPD)

FR: Arthur Reynolds, Secretary

RE: Minutes from the mid-summer meeting in Chicago; meeting began at 6:10pm

1. Welcomes and farewells. Welcome new members, Cary Cherniss and LeahGensheimer to the Board. We bid farewell to outgoing Chair Cathy Stein and Secretary Melvin Wilson with appreciation for all of their contributions. Welcome new officers Cliff O'Donnell, Marc Goldstein, and Arthur Reynolds as Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary, respectively.

2. Student rep Becki Campbell discussed a number of interests expressed by graduate students. They included (i) job placement services and the establishment of a jobs network for dissemination, (ii) recruitment of students to graduate programs in community psychology, and (iii) the creation of an e-mail network for students. Becki indicated she would discuss these issues at the student meeting and then follow-up with the Board

3. The problem of students not getting AJCP appears to be solved. The Board also discussed student elections to Division 27. We need to know the names of the student reps. Becki will let us know.

4. Two professional issues were discussed briefly. The first concerned job market strategies for community psychology. The second was about the status of accrediting a specialization in prevention. About the latter, we decided to discuss further at the midwinter meeting and with Division 27. Ed Seidman's views about accreditation were noted.

5. Cliff noted that the check of e-mail addresses of the Council will continue so that we can better communicate with each other and with interested parties.

6. Greg Meissen agreed to serve as Chair of the Council for 1996-97. Vote for him was unanimous. Congratulations.

7. Board agreed that up-to-date by-laws for responsibilities on the Board are needed. Arthur will investigate. Location of mid-winter meeting also was brought up. Cliff will make a recommendation.

8. To facilitate cooperation among community psychology programs, Cliff recommended that the Council consider developing a consortium for community psychology programs. The consortium could facilitate (i) the distribution of program summaries on e-mail, (ii) faculty and student exchanges among programs, (iii) a jobs and recruitment network, and maybe (iv) greater cooperation in graduate admissions (i.e. matching students to programs, filling slots). Board was unanimously in favor and agreed to continue discussion.

9. Discussed, at some length, how to recruit community and community-related programs as members. Arthur agreed to continue to put together a mailing list for human development programs. Mark agreed to check on the Cornell University network for additional programs. Also discussed was putting together a one-page professionally done flyer for distribution in order to recruit programs as well as students.(May be we need a Home Page on the Internet?). Finally, Cliff suggested recruiting individual members (in addition to institutional members). Individuals may need a voice on the Board as well. Agreed to follow-up at mid-winter meeting.

10. It was noted that the presentation of the results of graduate program survey is at 8:30 am tomorrow. Importance of disseminating results beyond just community psychologists was emphasized.

11. Discussed the date of the next major survey of graduate programs. Board agreed on 1999. There was some discussion about also having a "minor" survey of programs before that date. Cliff indicated he will check with Cathy Stein about any previous agreements that might exist. Mark indicated that he could organize the 1999 survey. Greg agreed to provide some assistance since a routinized computer procedure has been developed.

12. On the book project, Cliff reported that the distributed list of readings has received positive feedback from textbook publishers. It was suggested that the readings could be useful for graduate exams and that we should send it out to all Division 27 members. Board agreed that readings list be resent next year. Cary and Leah agreed to consider and possibly recommend other uses of the readings list from the book project.

13. Briefly discussed were prevention specialization and potential consequences of this issue for curriculum and training. Board tabled the issue in favor of getting more information from Division 27 and its officers including Roger Weissberg, Chris Keys, and Ed Seidman. Agreed to follow-up at the mid-winter meeting.