Proceedings And Addresses
September, 2005 (Volume 79, Issue 1)
Draft Minutes of the 2004 Central Division Business Meeting
1. The meeting was called to order at 11:23 a.m. by President Ernest Sosa.
2. President Sosa announced the agenda, which had been distributed to members present, and appointed Stephanie Lewis as Parliamentarian.
3. The minutes of the 2003 Business Meeting, which had been published in the Proceedings, volume 78, number 1 (September 2004), were approved as published.
4. The Secretary-Treasurer announced that the minutes of the December 27, 2003, Executive Committee meeting had been published in the Proceedings, volume 78, number 1 (September 2004), and had been formally approved by the Executive Committee (at its December 27, 2004, meeting) as published. It was noted in particular that, as recorded in those minutes, the Executive Committee decided at its 2003 meeting to change the deadline for submitted papers from March 1 to February 15, beginning in 2005. The Secretary-Treasurer also reported that the 2004 Program Committee had met in April 2004 to establish the submitted portion of the 2004 program, and that the 2005 Program Committee had met in September 2004 to establish the invited portion of the 2005 program.
5. The reports of Eastern Division mail ballots, which had been published in the Proceedings, volume 78, number 1 (September 2004), were received.
6. The auditor's report of the division's finances for fiscal year 2003-2004, which had been distributed to members present, was received.
7. The report of the Nominating Committee, which (as announced in the Proceedings, volume 78, number 2 (November 2004)) had been posted on the APA web site since October 2004, was received.
8. The Secretary-Treasurer reported the following actions taken by the Executive Committee at its December 27, 2004, meeting: The Committee decided on a two-year experiment, beginning with the 2006 program, in which main program sessions would be scheduled on the evening of December 27 and the morning of December 28, in addition to all the current main program session times, and the main program would be expanded from its current size by roughly ten invited sessions. The Committee also decided to move forward with electronic submission of papers beginning in 2005, provided no serious problems of implementation were encountered by the relevant National Office staff or John Heil, 2005 Program Committee Chair; this new policy was to be announced as widely as possible prior to the February 15 deadline. Finally, the Committee appointed a sub-committee of itself to look into ways in which the Division's investment income might be used for Divisional or national APA purposes or both.
9. The Secretary-Treasurer announced the nominations of the Executive Committee for two positions on the Nominating Committee and invited other nominations from the floor. Listed alphabetically, the Executive Committee's nominees are Ned Block, Daniel Dahlstrom, Aryeh Kosman, and Kelly Oliver. No nominations from the floor were forthcoming.
10. The Secretary-Treasurer reported that the winners of the William James Prize, Graduate Student Travel Stipends, and Foreign Scholar Travel Stipends had been awarded their prizes at a reception the previous evening, and were listed in the Proceedings, volume 78, number 1 (September 2004), at the place in the program where the reception was announced.
11. At the request of President Sosa, the members present stood to observe a moment of silent respect for those members whose deaths had been reported since the 2002 Business Meeting. Their names are:
Nora K. Bell Francis H. Parker
Rob R. Brady Philip L. Quinn
James T. Culbertson Robert J. Roth
Robert Denoon Cumming Vernon M. Root
Alfred Decker Robert G. Shoemaker
Bernard J. (Bill) Digg s W. Richard Schubart
Joel Feinberg Anne Schwab
Alan Gewirth Erling R. Skorpen
Stuart Newton Hampshire James E. Tomberlin
Carl F.H. Henry Robert G. Turnbull
Alvin Jacob Holloway Lee Underhill
Milton R. Konvitz Melinda Vadasz
Stanley Malinovich Zeno Vendler
J.P. McNulty Douglas Weber
Mario Mignucci David Welker
Allen Ott Miller Richard N. Wisan
Robert J. Mullins Warren C. Young
12. There were no reports from the Chair of the Board, the Executive Director, or Chairs of National Committees.
13. There were no items of new business.
14. The agenda called for an open forum on issues concerning the welfare of the Division and the Association. No such issues were raised.
15. The meeting adjourned at 11:39 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard Bett
Secretary-Treasurer
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division