Council Policy Manual: Governance, Operations, Administration Policies

• Adoption, support, or endorsement of documents, resolutions, or policies of another organization
• Conflict of interests principles
• Duties of Council and trial delegation of specific duties to the Board
• Electronic voting Electronic voting
• Guidelines for council resolutions
• Policy on seating/space at Council meetings
• Policy requiring an orientation meeting for new council representatives one day prior to the start of council
• Policy that president-elect candidates who are not current members of council will not be reimbursed for their participation in the plenary session of council
• Public policy activities
• Three-year trial of having four ethnic minority associations as observers to Council

There are currently no policies relating to this topic.

• Conflict of interests principles
• Division journals
• Policy on periodic review of committees by their parent board
• Policy regarding council representatives seeking positions on APA boards and committees
• The Membership Board's charge was extended to include recruitment and retention activities

There are currently no policies relating to this topic.

• Policy that Central Office conducts the ballot for electing SPTA council representatives

• Guidelines on physical and social accessibility
• Policy on business meetings and presidential addresses for organizations not an integral part of APA
• Policy on listing of convention sessions
• Policy on reimbursement of non-APA guest speakers at convention
• Policy on scheduling dates of the annual convention
• Policy on the length of the annual convention
• Policy on using laws that criminalize consensual adult sexual behaviors as criteria in selecting convention sites
• Policy regarding the designation of division program chairs
• Policy regarding the listing of authors on joint papers
• Policy that all convention programming must be submitted through a division
• Policy that the Board of Directors determines the site of the APA annual convention

• A candidate for initial fellow status should select one nominating division
• Disbursement of dues and assessments to divisions
• Division journals
• Guidelines for divisions to follow with regard to fellows nominations
• Philosophy for creating new divisions
• Policy reminding divisions and SPTAs to be active in alerting their memberships about the apportionment ballot
• Psychologists should be encouraged to join at least one division of their choice
• Use of division expertise

• General principles dealing with the APA election process
• Policy regarding council representatives seeking positions on APA boards and committees
• Policy reminding divisions and SPTAs to be active in alerting their memberships about the apportionment ballot
• Policy requiring an orientation meeting for new council representatives one day prior to the start of council
• Policy that Central Office conducts the ballot for electing SPTA council representatives
• Policy that president-elect candidates who are not current members of council will not be reimbursed for their participation in the plenary session of council
• Policy to include a list of men, women and minority groups serving as editors in the Council of Editors' annual report

• Disbursement of dues and assessments to divisions
• Policy on journal costs for dues-exempt members
• Students' fees received between September and December are applied to the following year although they are immediately accepted as affiliates

There are currently no policies relating to this topic.

There are currently no policies relating to this topic.

• Disbursement of dues and assessments to divisions
• Required endorsement dropped from the student application process
• Required endorsements dropped from membership application process

There are currently no policies relating to this topic.

There are currently no policies relating to this topic.

• APA resolution on removing felony question (PDF, 45KB)opens in new window
• A candidate for initial fellow status should select one nominating division
• Guidelines for divisions to follow with regard to fellows nominations
• Psychologists should be encouraged to join at least one division of their choice
• Required endorsements dropped from membership application process

• The Membership Board's charge was extended to include recruitment and retention activities
• Use of division expertise

There are currently no policies relating to this topic.

• A candidate for initial fellow status should select one nominating division
• Adoption, support, or endorsement of documents, resolutions, or policies of another organization
• APA advertising policy for APA publications
• Conflict of interests principles
• Developing and evaluating standards and guidelines related to education and training in psychology: Context, procedures and criteria (PDF, 125KB)opens in new window
• Doctorate as minimum entry into the professional practice of psychology
• Duties of Council and trial delegation of specific duties to the Board
• Electronic voting
• Emergency action by the board
• Guidelines for council resolutions
• Guidelines for divisions to follow with regard to fellows nominations
• Location of retreat meetings
• Philosophy for creating new divisions
• Policy on indemnification of officers, governance members and staff
• Policy on journal costs for dues-exempt members
• Policy on respecialization education and training
• Policy on seating/space at Council meetings
• Public policy activities
• Required endorsement dropped from the student application process
• Required endorsements dropped from membership application process
• Students' fees received between September and December are applied to the following year although they are immediately accepted as affiliates
• The Membership Board's charge was extended to include recruitment and retention activities
• Use of division expertise

There are currently no policies relating to this topic.

• Advertising in APA journals (1971)
• Advertising in APA journals (1984)
• APA advertising policy for APA publications
• Complimentary subscriptions
• Division journals
• Freedom of scientific inquiry and presentation of research results
• Policy on journal costs for dues-exempt members

• Advertising in APA journals (1971)
• Advertising in APA journals (1984)
• Complimentary subscriptions

• Policy reminding divisions and SPTAs to be active in alerting their memberships about the apportionment ballot
• Policy that Central Office conducts the ballot for electing SPTA council representatives

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