2022 Division 49 November Minutes
Friday, November 11 3:00-5:00PM EST
Amy Black PhD CGP
| Member | Position | Term |
| Joshua Gross* | Past President | January 2022 – December 2022 |
| Amy Nitza** | President | January 2022 – December 2022 |
| Noelle Lefforge* | President-Elect | January 2022 – December 2022 |
| Debra O’Connell* | Treasurer | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Martin Kivlighan* | Secretary | January 2020 – December 2022 |
| Aziza Belcher Platt* | Domain Representative for Education & Training | January 2022 – December 2024?? |
| Misha Bogomaz* | Domain Representative for ECP | January 2020 – December 2022 |
| David Marcus* | Domain Representative for Group Psychology | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Eric Chen* | Domain Representative for Diversity | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Nathaniel Wade* | Domain Representative for Group Practice | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Mary Baggio* | Student Representative | January 2021 – December 2022 |
| Michele Ribeiro* | Council Representative | January 2020 – December 2022 |
| Giorgio Tasca | Editor, Group Dynamics | January 2019 – December 2024 |
| Thomas Treadwell | Editor, The Group Psychologist | January 2018 – December 2020?? |
| Shala Cole | Chair, Membership Committee | January 2020, Open, serves at their pleasure |
| Vinny Dehili | Program Chair | August 2021 – August 2023 |
| Leann Diederich | Chair, Foundation Committee | January 2022 – ??? |
| Sean Woodland | APA Services, Inc. Liaison | Open, serves at their pleasure |
*Voting member per division bylaws
**Voting member only in the case of a tie per division bylaws
Notes. Quorum >50% of voting members, Passing > 50% of votes.
Members Present:
Martin Kivlighan
Eric Chen
David Marcus
Amy Nitza
Noelle Lefforge
Misha Bogomaz
Vinny Dehili
Shala Cole
Debra O’Connell
David Chirko
Tom Treadwell
Carlos Del Rio
Nathaniel Wade
Members Absent:
Josh Gross
Michele Ribiero
Aziza Belcher Platt
Mary Baggio
Dr. Nitza welcomed everyone to the meeting and members introduced themselves.
President (Dr. Nitza)
- Follow up on Initiatives
- Dr. Nitza followed up on the EBGT project and the recent board approval to allocate $3600 to a webmaster to develop and establish the EBGT webpage on the Division 49 website. Dr. Bogomaz clarified the role and tasks of the webmaster and what they will accomplish with these funds. Dr. Bogomaz noted that he felt the ECP representative would be able to handle the EBGT website updates moving forward. Dr. Nitza noted that the board will need to decide who and how EBGT research will be identified and updated on the website moving forward. Dr. Lefforge noted that the division historically had a research domain representative, and the board may want to consider the possibility of reestablishing this position on the board. Dr. O’Connell suggested that the board discuss the possibility to hire someone to run the website and other initiatives that need to be done on a regular basis. Dr. Lefforge noted that this should be an agenda item for the MWM.
- The board discussed recent publicity of board members and group work throughout APA and upcoming publicity opportunities. Dr. Nitza revisited the conversation from the convention board meeting about increasing the visibility of the division throughout APA and noted the need to continue this initiative moving forward.
President Elect (Dr. Lefforge)
- MWM Planning/Logistics
- Dr. Lefforge noted that she contacted all current and incoming board members about the MWM. Dr. Lefforge noted that 14 individuals have RSVP and will be in attendance of the MWM with 12 individuals attending in-person. Dr. Lefforge detailed meeting agenda and activities for the board and invited conversation.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Lefforge will continue to communicate with the board to plan for the upcoming WMW.
- Newsletter Issues at APA
- Dr. Lefforge noted recent issues with the newsletter related to APA changes to publishing format. Dr. Treadwell reviewed some of these issues for the board and recommended that we make a change to the newsletter and use a webmaster to host our newsletter on our website as opposed to going through APA. Dr. Treadwell suggested that we retain the HTML newsletter and include a link to the newsletter on the division website. The board discussed various ways to fund this work, such as hiring a GA for the current president or paying the EBGT webmaster to create the newsletter template for the division website.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Treadwell agreed to discuss these possibilities with the EBGT webmaster and to follow up with the board at MWM.
- CE credits for existing DIV49 YouTube presentations
- Dr. Lefforge discussed the possibility of issuing CE certificates for existing content on the division YouTube channel and walked through the process of executing this project. Dr. Lefforge noted that we would need to get presenter’s permission to use their presentation for issuing CE credits. Dr. Kivlighan and Bogomaz offered support for this idea.
- DSJ sponsored collaborative symposium
- Dr. Lefforge brought the DSJ collaborative symposium proposal to the board and opened this proposal to the board. Drs. Dehili and O’Connell noted that this would take away an hour from our division for programming, but it might not impact programming to much. Dr. Chen expressed interest in this opportunity to increase Division 49 visibility and initiatives around DEIB. Dr. Nitza and Dr. Bogomaz also supported this possibility. Dr. Lefforge motioned to contribute a program hour to support DSJ sponsored collaborative symposium, Dr. Bogomaz seconded the motion, and the motion passed unanimously with 6 yes votes.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Lefforge will reply to the request and indicate our interest as well as work with Dr. Chen to identify a division representative to work on this collaborative program.
Membership (Dr. Cole)
- Update on The Institute
- Dr. Cole updated the board about The Institute and noted that some additional members have joined. She also plans to further advertise the program in other APA publications.
- List serv reminders
- Dr. Cole reminded the board that the list serve can only be used to promote and announce APA related events and news. She also encouraged board members to use the list serv to announce their group related work and accomplishments.
Additional time for continued discussion of items (Dr. Nitza)
DEIB Committee Updates (Dr. Chen)
- Dr. Chen reported that the new Group Dynamics Editorial Fellow is interested in joining the DEIB committee and he is currently working to get her connected with the committee.
Treasurer Update (Dr. O’Connell)
- Dr. O’Connell updated the board about the division investment account and indicated that she has been meeting regularly with the account manager. She also reminded the board that we may want to consider moving the APF funds to this investment vendor as well.
Fellows Committee Chair (Dr. Nitza)
- Dr. Nitza noted that Craig Parks is needing to step down as the Fellows Committee Chair and the board will need to identify a new chair and quickly in order to get the fellowship call out this year. Dr. Marcus agreed to serve as the chair for the Fellows Committee and will connect with Dr. Parks to learn about this role and the responsibilities.
Debr Debra O’Connell, PhD.
I am happy to report that our division continues to be in a solid financial position. The final 2022 spending may change a small amount due to some transactions that are still being processed; however, most of our 2022 spending has been accounted for as of the December 2022 financial report from APA, and we did not exceed our proposed spending. Further, we ended 2022 with a
balance of approximately $141,000 in the bank. As reported during the Fall 2022 treasurer report, the board decided to invest $100,000 to a moderately aggressive investment portfolio and at year end, our portfolio increased in value by a little over $3,000. Given the volatility in the stock market for 2022 this is actually a great outcome.
Our budget for 2023 was approved by the Board at the recent midwinter meeting. We are continuing to invest in several projects with relevance to our division membership, including continuing to grow our CE training offerings, continuing to fund various sub-projects related to Division 49’s Institute program, and updating our newsletter and website. As you will note, much of the rest of the annual budget goes to support basic operations of the division and increased costs reflect the return to in-person meetings and adjusting for changes due to inflation.
If you have any questions about this report or anything related to our division finances, feel free to contact me at any time.
Debra O’Connell, Ph.D.
Pronouns: She/They
2023Proposed Budget for Presentation at the Mid-Winter Meeting
| SUMMARY | 2022 Budget | 2022 Actual Through Dec. 31 | 2023 Budget | |
| Total income | $ 41,880.00 | $ 200,135.96 | $ 183,551.94 | |
| Total expenses | $ 49,850.00 | $ 27,830.77 | $ 63,890.00 | |
| Income less expenses: | $ 141,495.00 | $ 172,305.19 | $ 119,661.94 | |
| INCOME DETAILS | 2022 Budget | 2022 Actual Through Dec. 31 | 2023 Budget | |
| Journal Royalties | $ 40,000.00 | $ 55,758.61 | $ 40,000.00 | |
| Dues | $ 1,700.00 | $ 1,818.00 | $ 1,700.00 | |
| Interest | $ 180.00 | $ 57.60 | $ 50.00 | |
| Contributions | $ – | $ – | $ – | |
| CE Royalties | $ – | $ – | $ – | |
| Checking Account Balance | $ 141,801.94 | $ 141,801.94 | ||
| Merrill Lynch MM account | $ 699.81 | |||
| Income: | $ 41,880.00 | $ 200,135.96 | $ 183,551.94 | |
| EXPENSE DETAILS | 2022 Budget | 2022 Actual Through Dec. 31 | 2023 Budget | |
| 100 | Midwinter Meeting | $ 500.00 | $ 500.00 | $ 13,000.00 |
| 200 | Publications | |||
| Newsletter Editor Stipend | $ 2,000.00 | $ 2,000.00 | $ 2,000.00 | |
| Newsletter Publishing/Website Build | $ – | $ – | $ 1,400.00 | |
| Newsletter Website Maintenance | $ 600.00 | |||
| Associate Editor Stipends | $ 2,000.00 | $ 2,000.00 | $ 4,000.00 | |
| Journal Fellowship Stipend | $ 500.00 | |||
| One time honorarium for George | $ 2,050.00 | |||
| 300 | Awards & Grants | $ 503.58 | ||
| Donation to APF | $ 1,000.00 | $ – | $ 1,000.00 | |
| One time donation to APF | $ 5,000.00 | |||
| Student Posters | $ 600.00 | $ – | $ 600.00 | |
| Student Diversity Posters | $ 600.00 | $ 600.00 | ||
| Student Diversity Award | $ 500.00 | $ 500.00 | $ 500.00 | |
| Student Travel Awards | $ 4,000.00 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 4,000.00 | |
| Journal MVP Award | $ 500.00 | $ 500.00 | $ 500.00 | |
| Awards & Plaques | $ 1,000.00 | $ 910.66 | $ 1,000.00 | |
| 400 | Convention | |||
| Suite and Executive Meeting | $ 3,000.00 | $ 3,307.86 | $ 4,000.00 | |
| Social | $ 2,500.00 | $ 2,011.75 | $ 7,500.00 | |
| Promotional | $ 1,000.00 | $ – | $ 1,000.00 | |
| Conference Coordinator | $ – | $ – | $ – | |
| 500 | Committees | |||
| ECP | $ – | $ 310.00 | $ 500.00 | |
| Membership | $ 500.00 | $ – | $ 500.00 | |
| Student Committee | $ – | $ – | $ 500.00 | |
| Specialty Task Force | $ 2,500.00 | $ – | $ 2,500.00 | |
| Diversity…. | $ 2,000.00 | $ – | $ 2,000.00 | |
| 600 | Liasions/External Committees | |||
| COS Dues | $ 550.00 | $ 350.00 | $ 550.00 | |
| COS Attendance | $ – | $ 980.92 | $ – | |
| CAPP/FAC Attendance | $ – | $ – | $ – | |
| 700 | Social Media | $ – | $ – | $ – |
| 800 | Marketing | $ 100.00 | $ – | $ 100.00 |
| 900 | APA Administrative Services | $ 3,000.00 | $ 1,755.00 | $ 2,740.00 |
| APA Member Services | ||||
| CESA App Fees | $ 260.00 | |||
| Miscellaneous/Other | $ 35.00 | |||
| 1000 | Miscellaneous | $ – | $ 185.18 | $ 190.00 |
| Special Projects | $ 10,000.00 | |||
| Webmaster Fee | $ 1,800.00 | $ 1,800.00 | ||
| Video Camera | $ 1,049.22 | |||
| Institute funding for mentee and mentor funding | $ 12,000.00 | $ 806.60 | ||
| CE presenter honorarium | $ 3,000.00 | |||
| Our Contribution to Group Council | $ 7,325.00 | |||
| Expenses: | $ 49,850.00 | $ 27,830.77 | $ 63,890.00 |
2022 APA Convention Division 49 Board Meeting
Saturday, August 6 11:00-1:00PM CST
https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/94588477687?pwd=NzNsdXVQelVvNmEwd0NpQ0J3c3B2UT09
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| Member | Position | Term |
| Joshua Gross* | Past President | January 2022 – December 2022 |
| Amy Nitza** | President | January 2022 – December 2022 |
| Noelle Lefforge* | President-Elect | January 2022 – December 2022 |
| Debra O’Connell* | Treasurer | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Martin Kivlighan* | Secretary | January 2020 – December 2022 |
| Aziza Belcher Platt* | Domain Representative for Education & Training | January 2022 – December 2024?? |
| Misha Bogomaz* | Domain Representative for ECP | January 2020 – December 2022 |
| David Marcus* | Domain Representative for Group Psychology | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Eric Chen* | Domain Representative for Diversity | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Nathaniel Wade* | Domain Representative for Group Practice | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Mary Baggio* | Student Representative | January 2021 – December 2022 |
| Michele Ribeiro* | Council Representative | January 2020 – December 2022 |
| Giorgio Tasca | Editor, Group Dynamics | January 2019 – December 2024 |
| Thomas Treadwell | Editor, The Group Psychologist | January 2018 – December 2020?? |
| Shala Cole | Chair, Membership Committee | January 2020, Open, serves at their pleasure |
| Vinny Dehili | Program Chair | August 2021 – August 2023 |
| Leann Diederich | Chair, Foundation Committee | January 2022 – ??? |
| Sean Woodland | APA Services, Inc. Liaison | Open, serves at their pleasure |
*Voting member per division bylaws
**Voting member only in the case of a tie per division bylaws
Notes. Quorum >50% of voting members, Passing > 50% of votes.
Attendees Present:
| Nathaniel Wade | Francis Kaklauskas |
| Shala Cole | Vinny Dehili |
| Eric Chen | David Chirco |
| Amy Nitza | George Tasca |
| Misha Bogomaz | Mary Baggio |
| Martin Kivlighan | Aziza Belcher Platt |
| Les Greene |
Attendees Not Present:
| Leann Diederich | Joshua Gross |
| Sean Woodland | David Marcus |
| Thomas Treadwell | Debra O’Connell |
| Michele Ribeiro |
Welcome (Dr. Nitza)
- Dr. Nitza welcomed the board.
Membership (Dr. Cole)
- Membership update: Dr. Cole gave an update to the board on the current membership and breakdown of membership by demographics (See membership PowerPoint).
- Membership Discussion: Dr. Cole raised the question of how to further develop the Institute and increase interest and membership? Dr. Bogomaz raised the possibility of the division having a booth at APA to increase visibility and membership. Dr. Lefforge suggested that we increase our outreach and relationship with the Group Specialty to increase membership with others who are doing group work but not part of the division. Dr. Lefforge suggested that we have the division officially list the program with APA so that suite programming can be searchable and hopefully better attended. Dr. Wade noted that the Institute programming was very well attended and suggested that this programming be offered again at the 2023 convention and bring materials to promote and advertise the division. Dr. Chen echoed this sentiment and suggested that the programming be even more experiential for members as they seem to be excited about this work. Dr. Chen suggested developing a program for 2023 APA convention on DEIB group work that includes an experiential component. Dr. Cole suggested a 50-minute session or 1 hour 50 minute session.
ECP (Dr. Bogomaz)
- Dr. Bogomaz noted that the division website should be updated and asked the board to double check their sections for accuracy. Dr. Bogomaz also noted the most popular articles on the division website and indicated that the three top articles most accessed are skilled based. Dr. Bogomaz suggested that the newsletter editor work closely with the webmaster to be able to produce content that is highly sought after.
- Dr. Bogomaz raised the possibility of a Wikipedia page for the division.
- Dr. Kivlighan noted that need to notify the division members more consistently and timely of board meetings for transparency and to allow members to attend more regularly.
- Dr. Nitza suggested all board meetings be hybrid so that members can more easily access board meetings.
- Dr. Lefforge motioned to approve a $1500 budget line to acquire telecommunication technology to host hybrid meetings, Dr. Wade seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously with 9 yeses. Dr. Lefforge offered to obtain the OWL and bring this technology to the 2023 WMW.
Group Dynamics (Dr. Tasca)
- Dr. Tasca gave a report on the journal. Across all metrics, the journal is doing very good. Dr. Tasca noted that the journal will be selecting a new AE in Fall 2022 and that they are still looking to award the editorial fellowship. Dr. Tasca clarified that the successful candidate for this role should have some expertise and scholarly experience in group psychotherapy or group psychology and come from a historically unrepresented background. Dr. Nitza asked Dr. Tasca about the possibility of creating special issues with the journal to increase the division visibility. Dr. Tasca noted that a special issue that aligns with Dr. Burlingame’s EBGT initiative may be of interest and successful.
- Dr. Tasca noted that the board needs to begin work on the negotiations with APA Press about a new publishing agreement during the MWM. Dr. Nitza clarified that the publication ad hoc committee consists of the following members: Dr. Parks, Dr. Marcus, Dr. Dennis Kivlighan, Dr. Lefforge, and Dr. O’Connell.
- Dr. Tasca also noted the need for the board to strike a search committee early in 2023 to find a new editor who will receive manuscripts in 2024 and take on the role in January 2025. Dr. Lefforge asked for Dr. Kivlighan to identify the minutes from the previous board meeting where the journal editor search committee was established to guide this process during the MWM 2023.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Kivlighan will identify the minutes to guide the process of establishing a journal editor search committee.
CoR (Dr. Ribeiro)
- Dr. Lefforge updated the board on council of representatives initiatives. Dr. Lefforge noted that APA is very focused on belonginess and connection and suggested that the division be at the table for these conversations given our group expertise. Dr. Nitza raised the question, how do we do that as a board and division? The board members discussed the need to foster and develop leaders from the division to run for those positions. Dr. Nitza wondered if the President should be the point person to disseminate calls for leadership positions and recruit members to run for these positions. Dr. Lefforge recommended that the division work with the APA liaison program and other divisions.
- The board reflected on and discussed the question raised by Dr. Ribeiro, Anything the board would like to see me focus or move forward within the Council of Rep? The board suggested that Dr. Ribeiro communicate with the board when APA develops policy so that the board and members can give group-related feedback.
EGBT Initiative Update (Dr. Lefforge)
- Dr. Lefforge updated the board about the progress of the EGBT project and website. Dr. Nitza noted that Dr. Burlingame reported that APA is not able to assist the division with creating and maintaining the EGBT website and that the division will need to complete or outsource this work.
Martyn Whittingham Project (Dr. Lefforge)
- Dr. Lefforge reported that Dr. Whittingham has an upcoming group article in the American Psychologist about group work to reduce healthcare expense burden and increase access. There is concern that this research could be interpreted as suggesting that group services should be largely for minoritized folks and the board should be aware of this concern. Dr. Lefforge also identified that this paper has the potential to be widely read and visible. Dr. Wade also noted that he is planning to meet with Dr. Whittingham to gain institutional knowledge about increasing access and reimbursement for group therapy services.
- Dr. Lefforege asked for help from the board to distribute the remaining award plaques and award funds to winners that were not at convention.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. O’Connell will send award funds to the two travel award winners.
CE Discussion
- Dr. Nitza noted that the need to offer CE programming from the division. Dr. Aziza noted that two CE events will be scheduled for August and September. Dr. Nitza wondered if the division would want to run a pre-conference CE event where the division hosted group CE events. Dr. Lefforge also noted the need to draft a speaker contract so that future speakers can receive payment for CE events. Dr. Wade offered to provide a day-long experiential group workshop for CE credits and this could potentially be held the day prior to 2023 convention.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Platt will schedule and complete two CE events this fall.
President Initiatives (Dr. Nitza)
- Dr. Nitza reminded the board that we need to keep group specialty in mind around division needs and initiatives. Dr. Lefforge gave a quick update on the group specialty.
- Dr. Nitza noted the need to discuss the presidential 2-year term and establish clarity around this process and transition from a 1-year president term to a 2-year president term.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Kivlighan will schedule the next board meeting to be held fall 2022.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Bogomaz will update the board email listserv with notes from Dr. Kivlighan.
Adjourn (Dr. Nitza)
- Dr. Lefforge made a motion to approve the May 2022 board meeting minutes, Dr. Bogomaz seconded this motion, and it passed unanimously with 9 yeses.
- Dr. Nitza thanked the board and attending members and adjourned the meeting.
Debr Debra O’Connell, PhD.
f I am happy to report that our division continues to be in a solid financial position. Our revenue exceeded expectations by $15,000 thanks to the continued success of the journal. A few highlights from this year include 1) the board’s decision to allocate $100,000 to a moderately aggressive investment portfolio, 2) offering webinars with APA-approved CE credits that will be free for all Division 49 members ($35 for non-members) starting this fall, and 3) in addition to our usual student travel awards, we funded travel expenses for mentees of Division 49’s Institute to attend APA. The Budget vs. Actual report for 2021, and the “Year so Far” update for 2022 are attached to this report.
As you will note, most of our annual budget goes to support basic operations of the division. If you have any questions about this report or anything related to our division finances, feel free to contact me at any time.
| 2022 Financial Update for Presentation at the APA Convention* | ||||
| *APA has only released income statements through June 2022, so the “Actual” numbers will likely greatly change before the end of 2022 because of the board’s decisions at mid-winter meeting to invest some money and support certain initiatives such as the supporting the Institute mentees travel to the APA meeting. However, we are very much on track to come in under budget thanks to our greater than expected royalties for the year. | ||||
| SUMMARY | 2021 Actual | 2022 Budget | 2022 Actual YTD | |
| Total income | $ 161,570.52 | $ 183,375 | ||
| Total expenses | $ 12,700.42 | $ 45,275 | ||
| Income less expenses: | $ 148,870.10 | $ 138,100 | ||
| INCOME DETAILS | 2021 Actual | 2022 Budget | ||
| Journal Royalties | $ 44,680.29 | $ 40,000 | $ 55,758.61 | |
| Dues | $ 1,744.00 | $ 1,700 | $ 1,807.00 | |
| Interest | $ 9.23 | $ 180 | ||
| Contributions | $ 25.00 | $ – | ||
| CE Royalties | $ – | $ – | ||
| Carry Forward from 2019/ 2020 | $ 115,112.00 | $ 141,495 | ||
| Income: | $ 161,570.52 | $ 183,375 | ||
| EXPENSE DETAILS | 2021 Actual | 2022 Budget | ||
| 100 | Midwinter Meeting | $ 600.00 | $ 600.00 | |
| 200 | Publications | |||
| Newsletter Editor Stipend | $ 2,000.00 | $ 2,000.00 | ||
| Newsletter Publishing | $ – | $ – | ||
| Associate Editor Stipends | $ 2,000.00 | $ 2,000.00 | ||
| 300 | Awards & Grants | |||
| Donation to APF | $ – | $ 1,000.00 | ||
| Student Posters | $ 600.00 | $ 600.00 | ||
| Student Diversity Posters | $ 300.00 | $ 600.00 | ||
| Student Diversity Award | $ 500.00 | $ 500.00 | ||
| Student Travel Awards | $ – | $ 4,000.00 | ||
| Journal MVP Award | $ 500.00 | $ 500.00 | ||
| Awards & Plaques | $ 887.19 | $ 1,000.00 | ||
| 400 | Convention | |||
| Suite and Executive Meeting | $ – | $ 3,000.00 | ||
| Social | $ 688.75 | $ 2,500.00 | ||
| Promotional | $ – | $ 1,000.00 | ||
| Conference Coordinator | $ – | $ – | ||
| 500 | Committees | |||
| ECP | $ – | $ – | ||
| Membership | $ – | $ 500.00 | ||
| Student Committee | $ – | $ – | ||
| Specialty Task Force | $ 2,500.00 | $ – | ||
| Diversity…. | $ – | $ 2,000.00 | ||
| 600 | Liasions/External Committees | |||
| COS Dues | $ 350.00 | $ 550.00 | ||
| COS Attendance | $ – | $ – | ||
| CAPP/FAC Attendance | $0 | $0 | ||
| 700 | Social Media | $ – | $ – | |
| 800 | Marketing | $0 | $ 100.00 | |
| 900 | APA Administrative Services | $ 1,755.00 | $ 3,000.00 | |
| 1000 | Miscellaneous | $ 19.48 | $ – | |
| specialty council | $ 7,325.00 | |||
| EBGT project (other half of the already approved $5000) | $ 2,500.00 | |||
| Special Projects | $ 10,000.00 | |||
| Expenses: | $ 12,700.42 | $ 45,275 | ||
Division v49 2022 Spring Board Minutes
Martin Kivlighan, Ph.D.
Division 49 May 2022 Meeting
Thursday, May 26 1:00-3:00PM EST
https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/94939812979?pwd=OFBOL1BhRTdyZGliYzV2UjU3ekkvQT09
| Member | Position | Term |
| Joshua Gross* | Past President | January 2022 – December 2022 |
| Amy Nitza** | President | January 2022 – December 2022 |
| Noelle Lefforge* | President-Elect | January 2022 – December 2022 |
| Debra O’Connell* | Treasurer | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Martin Kivlighan* | Secretary | January 2020 – December 2022 |
| Aziza Belcher Platt* | Domain Representative for Education & Training | January 2022 – December 2024?? |
| Misha Bogomaz* | Domain Representative for ECP | January 2020 – December 2022 |
| David Marcus* | Domain Representative for Group Psychology | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Eric Chen* | Domain Representative for Diversity | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Nathaniel Wade* | Domain Representative for Group Practice | January 2021 – December 2023 |
| Mary Baggio* | Student Representative | January 2021 – December 2022 |
| Michele Ribeiro* | Council Representative | January 2020 – December 2022 |
| Giorgio Tasca | Editor, Group Dynamics | January 2019 – December 2024 |
| Thomas Treadwell | Editor, The Group Psychologist | January 2018 – December 2020?? |
| Shala Cole | Chair, Membership Committee | January 2020, Open, serves at their pleasure |
| Vinny Dehili | Program Chair | August 2021 – August 2023 |
| Leann Diederich | Chair, Foundation Committee | January 2022 – ??? |
| Sean Woodland | APA Services, Inc. Liaison | Open, serves at their pleasure |
*Voting member per division bylaws
**Voting member only in the case of a tie per division bylaws
Notes. Quorum >50% of voting members, Passing > 50% of votes.
| Attendees Present: | Attendees Not Present: |
| Nathaniel Wade | Amy Nitza |
| Josh Gross | Aziza Belcher Platt |
| Noelle Lefforge | Michele Ribeiro |
| Martin Kivlighan | Giorgio Tasca |
| David Marcus | Thomas Treadwell |
| Mary Baggio | Shala Cole |
| Eric Chen | Vinny Dehili |
| Debra O’Connell | Leann Diederich |
| Misha Bogomaz | Sean Woodland |
- Welcome (Dr. Kivlighan)
- Dr. Kivlighan welcomed the board and board members connected with each other.
- Dr. Gross moved to approve the MWM 2022 minutes, Dr. Bogomaz seconded the motion, and the motion passed unanimously.
- President (Dr. Kivlighan presented for Dr. Nitza)
- Dr. Kivlighan shared information about a recent email from Dr. De Las Fuentes to Dr. Nitza and Dr. Ribiero. Dr. Lefforge provided more information about the email from Dr. De Las Fuentes. The board discussed the role of the division in endorsing APA presidential candidates and the board identified not previously offering endorsements. The board agreed that Dr. Nitza would respond to the email and explain that the division does not formally endorse APA presidential candidates, but we would be happy for her to present a CE event for the division with an understanding that the event would need to group relevant.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Nitza to respond to Dr. De Las Fuentes’ email and explain that the division does not formally endorse APA presidential candidates, but we would be happy for her to present a CE event for the division with an understanding that the event would need to group relevant.
- Education & Training (Dr. Belcher Platt)
- Dr. Belcher Platt sent the board an overview of the upcoming CE events and posed several questions to the board regarding pricing of these events via email. The board discussed pricing of division CE events. Dr. Wade suggested not offering these for free and suggested $20 for Div49 members and $45 for nonmembers. Dr. Lefforge discussed the need to have people attend the events to report these numbers to APA. Dr. Lefforge suggested offering these for free for Division 49 members but charging for the CE certificate. Dr. Gross noted that AGPA often charges for their events, but Dr. Bogomaz identified that these are often offered for free now. Dr. Kivlighan suggested offering free CE credits for all institute members and the board agreed to this suggestion. Dr. Kivlighan will follow up with Dr. Cole about this possibility. The board made a final decision to offer CE events for free to everyone, but anyone who wanted the CE certificate would have to pay. The division will charge $0 for division members and $35 for nonmembers. This decision was based on the priority to grow membership and gather preliminary data on attendance numbers to inform pricing for future events. The board agreed to return to this decision after reviewing the number and types of attendees for these initial CE events.
- Membership (Dr. Wade presented for Dr. Cole)
- Dr. Wade provided an overview of several ideas to further support Institute members. Dr. Wade reviewed proposed expenses, including $500 for APA convention travel for all 16 institute members ($8,000 total), $60 for a virtual lunch meeting with a board member and institute member ($260 total), $2000 for a institute happy hour or lunch in the division suite at APA, and in the future fund a $500 institute project award and five $50 awards to support APA presentation costs, such as printing, etc. ($250 total). All of these proposals would total $11,710 annually. The board discussed these expenses and were in support of the need to support the Institute and members. Dr. Wade made a motion to spend $11,710 for institute funding initiatives from the special project line item of the 2022 budget, Dr. Boromaz seconded the motion. Dr. O’Connell suggested changing the total to $12,00 as this was the total allocated to this line item for the 2022 budget, and Dr. Wade amended the original motion, Dr. Lefforge seconded the motion, and this motion passed unanimously.
- Convention Programming
- The board identified the following questions for Dr. Dehili about the upcoming convention
- What is our APA hotel and has the suite been reserved?
- Need more information about catering for the social hour
- When will the 4-hour board meeting be held?
- Need to cancel the division social through APA
- Need more information about possible hour for Fellows address.
- Dr. Lefforge brought up the need to discuss awards. Dr. Chen discussed the diversity award and noted that this year the division will offer both the student and professional diversity award. Dr. Chen suggested having the deadline be 6/30 for both awards. Dr. Chen will follow up with Dr. Bogomaz to have the deadline updated on the website and will also announce these awards to the division via the listserv. Dr. Lefforge identified the need to award group psychologist of the year, group practice award, and group training award. Dr. Gross identified a need to send a call for nominations for all awards to the division listserv.
- The board identified that Dr. Dehili will need to email all student poster presenters about the student poster awards.
- The board agreed to extend all award deadlines to 6/30 and Dr. Lefforge noted the need to convene an awards subcommittee in early July to decide awards.
- Dr. Kivlighan identified the need to reach out to the Fellows committee to find out who are the current division 49 fellows for this year and the year previous. Dr. Kivlighan will contact Dr. Dehili and request the APA social hour be changed to the Fellows address hour. Dr. Kivlighan will contact Dr. Parks and ask who the three fellows are from last year and the need to contact them to invite them to give an address. Dr. Kivlighan will also ask Dr. Parks who the fellows are for this year and inquire about announcing these fellows. Dr. Gross noted that the fellows list needs to be updated on the division website. Dr. Kivlighan will reach out to Dr. Bogomaz about this update.
- The board identified the following questions for Dr. Dehili about the upcoming convention
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Dehili to email all student poster presenters about the student poster awards.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Chen will follow up with Dr. Bogomaz to have the deadline updated to 6/30 on the website for all awards and will also announce the diversity awards to the division via the listserv.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Kivlighan will contact Dr. Dehili and request the APA social hour be changed to the Fellows address hour.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Kivlighan will contact Dr. Parks and ask who the three fellows are from last year and the need to contact them to invite them to give an address. Dr. Kivlighan will also ask Dr. Parks who the fellows are for this year and inquire about announcing these fellows.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. Kivlighan will reach out to Dr. Bogomaz about this update.
- Treasurer (Dr. O’Connell)
- Dr. O’Connell discussed the need to make a decision on the division’s funding strategy for the investment fund. Dr. O’Connell motioned to take a moderately aggressive approach, Dr. Gross seconded the motion, and the motion passed with six yes, and one abstain.
- ACTION ITEM: Dr. O’Connell will follow up with investment group with the board’s decision.
Budget-Good Shape
Debra O’Connell, PhD.
full summary of Division 49’s 2022 finances as well as an updated financial summary for 2022 will be included in the Fall issue of The Group Psychologist.