1. The meeting was called to order at 11:21 a.m. by President Seyla Benhabib.

2. President Benhabib announced the agenda, which had been distributed to members present, and appointed Stephanie Lewis as Parliamentarian.

3. The minutes of the 2005 Business Meeting, which had been published in the Proceedings, volume 80, number 1 (September 2006), were approved as published.

4. The Secretary-Treasurer announced that the minutes of the December 27, 2005, Executive Committee meeting had been published in the Proceedings, volume 80, number 1 (September 2006), and had been formally approved by the Executive Committee (at its December 27, 2006, meeting) as published. The Secretary-Treasurer also reported that the 2006 Program Committee had met in April 2006 to establish the submitted portion of the 2006 program, and that the 2007 Program Committee had met in September 2006 to establish the invited portion of the 2007 program.

5. The reports of Eastern Division mail ballots, which had been published in the Proceedings, volume 80, number 1 (September 2006), were received.

6. The auditor’s report of the division’s finances for fiscal year 2005-2006, which had been distributed to members present, was received.

7. The report of the Nominating Committee, which (as announced in the Proceedings, volume 80, number 2 (November 2006)) had been posted on the APA web site since November 2006, was received.

8. The Secretary-Treasurer reported the following actions taken by the Executive Committee at its December 27, 2006, meeting: Beginning in the 2007-2008 fiscal year, $25,000 per year is to be made available to the National Office to fund projects that are to the benefit of the profession, in accordance with the policies and procedures then in effect for proposals submitted to the APA Board of Officers. This commitment is initially for three years, but may be renewed on an ongoing basis. In addition, a one-time gift of $25,000 is to be made to the National Office in the 2006-2007 fiscal year to help with the funding of its database improvement project. The full report of the Executive Committee’s actions at this meeting will appear in the minutes of the meeting, to be published in the Proceedings, volume 81, number 1 (September 2007).

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 Michael Della Rocca, Gilbert Harman, Terry Pinkard, and Michael Williams. John Ryder and Robert Innis were nominated from the floor.

10. The Secretary-Treasurer presented a set of proposed revised Bylaws of the APA, which are to be voted on in the spring 2007 mail ballots, and were previously published in the Proceedings, volume 79, number 3 (January 2006). He also announced that the Executive Committee recommended that the Eastern Division pass these revised Bylaws as proposed, and invited discussion. No amendments to the proposed revised Bylaws were suggested; they will therefore be submitted to mail ballot unchanged.

11. The Secretary-Treasurer reported that the winners of the William James Prize and Graduate Student Travel Stipends had been awarded their prizes at a reception the previous evening, and were listed in the Proceedings, volume 80, number 1 (September 2006) at the place in the program where the reception was announced.

12. President Benhabib read the names of those members whose deaths had been reported since the 2005 Business Meeting. Their names are:
William H. Aiken, Jr.
Henry A. Alexander, Jr.
Norman Bernstein
Helen M. Cartwright
Laurence L. Cassidy
James W. Child
Theodore C. Denise
James A. Diefenbeck
Willis Doney
Ellery Eells
Ned S. Garvin
Rob Gildert
John L. Groves
Thomas E. Hill, Sr.
Dewey J. Hoitenga
Daniel Kading
Constance Leibowitz
Ramon M. Lemos
Edward H. Madden
Don E. Marietta, Jr.
Richard V. Mason
Arthur R. Miller
D. Z. Phillips
Harry Prosch
Frederick Purnell, Jr.
John G. Robison
Eugene E. Ryan
Ernest Schwarcz
Hubert R.G. Schwyzer
Hans Seigfried
Paul L. Shiman
Surjit Singh
Timothy D. Sullivan
Theodore E. Uehling, Jr.
Theodore Waldman
Iris M. Young
William S. Zaferson
At the request of President Benhabib, the members present stood to observe a minute of silent respect for these deceased members.

13. Reports were received from Ernest Sosa, Chair of the Board of Officers, and from David Schrader, Executive Director, concerning actions taken at the November 2006 Board meeting and the database improvement project at the National Office.

14. There were no items of new business.

15. The agenda called for an open forum on issues concerning the welfare of the Division and the Association. Stephanie Lewis recorded her gratitude to the Eastern Division for providing the National Office with disposable income to help fund the database improvement project and to fund other deserving projects proposed by committees or individuals (see item 8 above).

16. The meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Richard Bett
Secretary-Treasurer
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division