Proceedings And Addresses
September, 2005 (Volume 79, Issue 1)
Minutes of the 2004 Eastern Division Executive Committee Meeting
Present: Richard Bett, Martha Bolton, Bob Brandom,
Walter Brogan, Jerry Fodor, Michele Moody-Adams, Alexander Nehamas,
David Rosenthal, Ernest Sosa, Merold Westphal. Visitors: Karen Hanson,
Michael Kelly, Stephanie Lewis (items 1-9).
The Executive Committee took the following actions at its meeting on
December 27, 2004:
1. Approved the minutes of its previous meeting on December 27, 2003
(as published in Proceedings and Addresses volume 78, #1, September
2004, pp. 131-132).
2. Received a report on other actions of Eastern Division committees
during the 2004 calendar year.
3. Set the agenda for the 2004 Business Meeting.
4. Heard reports concerning actions at the 2004 Board meeting from Michael
Kelly, Executive Director of the Association, and Karen Hanson, Acting
Chair of the Board of Officers.
5. Decided to proceed with electronic paper submission for the 2005
meeting, provided no major problems were experienced by those involved
in implementing it (i.e., the relevant National Office staff and John
Heil, 2005 Program Committee Chair).
6. Received a report on the Division's financial situation, as well
as a financial model for the entire APA (including the Divisions) devised
by Stephanie Lewis, Treasurer to the APA Board of Officers and investment
advisor to the Eastern Division.
7. Approved the 2004-2005 Divisional budget, and directed the Secretary-Treasurer
to find out when exhibit booth fees were last raised, and how often
and by what percentages other comparable associations typically raise
their exhibit booth fees.
8. Appointed a committee consisting of Richard Bett (Chair), Ernest
Sosa, and Bob Brandom, with Stephanie Lewis as outside consultant, to
look into ways of making use of the Division's investment income for
Divisional or national APA purposes or both.
9. Received a report from the sub-committee on program improvement,
and in light of that report decided on a two-year pilot project (beginning
with the 2006 program, and to be reviewed as it takes place) including
the following features: a) Main program sessions are to be scheduled
on the evening of December 27th and the morning of December 28th, in
addition to all the existing main program times; b) The Program
Committee is to be encouraged to devise invited sessions-one session
per regular member of the Committee-that are at the discretion of that
committee member, in addition to the normal complement of invited sessions
that are agreed upon by the entire committee and generated largely from
proposals submitted by the Advisory Committee to the Program Committee;
and c) The Program Committee is to be encouraged to include in the invited
portion of the program (perhaps among the additional sessions specified
in b) above, or perhaps as part of the normal complement of invited
sessions) a few sessions to be labeled in some way as high-profile,
perhaps in a "workshop" format in which leading practitioners
in a certain field engage in informal debate about developments in,
and their own ideas concerning, that field. It was also noted that these
changes would be likely to affect the group program; fewer spaces would
be available for group sessions at the beginning of the meeting, resulting
in the increased likelihood of groups not getting their first preferences
with regard to session times, and the possibility of some groups that
requested two sessions being permitted only one. The Secretary-Treasurer
was urged to make clear to all affiliated groups that should such measures
become necessary (either because of this expansion of the main program
or simply because of the ever-increasing number of groups), they will
be implemented in an equitable manner, with some form of rotation among
the groups affected. Finally, it was decided that members of the Program
Committee should not be permitted to appear on the program, even in
the capacity of session chairs.
10. Heard from Karen Hanson that the John Dewey Foundation intended
to submit a proposal regarding sponsorship of an annual lecture at each
of the three Divisional meetings, and passed a motion to the effect
that it welcomed such a proposal and looked forward to working with
the Foundation on the details.
11. Directed the Secretary-Treasurer to pursue discussions with the
New York Marriott Marquis and the Boston Marriott and Westin Copley
Place, with a view to negotiating a contract for the 2009 meeting in
one of those cities, and to report back on the results of those discussions;
and to keep alive the possibility of a meeting in Orlando, Florida,
or in Atlanta in some future year.
12. Recognized as affiliated groups the Foucault
Circle, the Josiah Royce Society, the Hannah Arendt Circle, and the
Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie
Médiévale.
13. Received a report on the winners of Divisional awards and prizes,
and decided to disallow simultaneous winning of the William James Prize
and a Graduate Student Travel Stipend.
14. Nominated four candidates for two positions on the 2005 Nominating
Committee. They are Ned Block, Daniel Dahlstrom, Aryeh Kosman, and Kelly
Oliver.
15. After receiving suggestions from the Committee on Committees, established
a list of candidates and alternates for membership on the
2006 Program Committee and instructed the Secretary-Treasurer to form
a committee from that list plus the list of continuing members.
16. After receiving suggestions from the Committee on Committees, established
a list of candidates and alternates for membership on the Advisory Committee
to the Program Committee and instructed the Secretary-Treasurer to form
a committee from that list plus the list of continuing members.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard Bett
Secretary-Treasurer
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division
Election Results
Results of Eastern Division Elections
As a result of the mail ballot that took place in the spring of 2005,
the following Eastern Division members have been elected to office in
the Eastern Division.
Seyla Benhabib has been elected to the office of Vice President for
2005-2006. Professor Benhabib will become President for 2006-2007 without
further election.
Jorge Garcia and Christine Korsgaard have been elected as members-at-large
of the Executive Committee for 2005-2008.
Ned Block and Daniel Dahlstrom have been elected
as members of the Nominating Committee for 2005-2007.