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Begin forwarded message: > From: Philip Lewin <[log in to unmask]> > Date: February 4, 2010 7:35:57 AM MST > To: Gloria Cordova <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: SPHS minutes > > [log in to unmask] > > > February 4 > > Hi Gloriia -- > > I forget -- did you send out the SPHS minutes? If not, here they are > again... > > Hope all goes well, best, > > Philip > > > > ====== > SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE HUM AN SCIENCES > > Annual Business Meeting Minutes > Thursday, October 29, 2009, 6:30 pm > Arlington, Virginia > > The meeting came to order at 6:30 pm, chaired by Philip Lewin, Co- > Chair, Executive Committee. > > 1. Membership, Philip Lewin. > The basic structure of membership was reviewed: > -Presenters are expected to be members. > -Dues run conference to conference; > -There is no separate conference registration fee; participation in > the conference is a benefit of membership. > -Annual dues are $50 (regular) and $20 (student and low waged) > > 2. Lewin asked for a moment of silence in memory of Mary Rogers. > > 3. Gary Backhaus was thanked by all for serving as Program Chair > at this year’s conference. > > 4. Treasurer's Report by Lenore Langdorf, Treasurer. > > Langsdorf expressed a concern that membership dues be paid by all > participants at SPHS conferences. She proposed that authors be > notified, when their papers are accepted, that their dues must be > paid by a certain time if they are to be listed on the program.The > acceptance note (with copy to the Treasurer) could include a > membership form as an attachment. TheTreasurer could notify the > Program Chair and Membership Chair, before the stipulated date, of > receipt (or not) of dues. (Note added after the conference by Lewin: > The date that the program copy is due to be submitted to SPEP for > inclusion in the SPEP program booklet could be a logical time for > receipt of membership dues.) > > Possible alternative ways to increase revenue were raised, including > raising membership dues and a proposal by Ron Arnett that SPHS > should create a category of institutional membership. Arnett > suggested that a membership dues of about $150 would be appropriate > for an institutional membership. > Langsdorf reported that the current Society balance is $16,987.33. > This amount does not include dues collected at the current > conference nor costs paid for at the current conference. > > 5. Human Studies information, Lenore Langdorf, Editor > > A list was circulated at the business meeting on which those at the > meeting could sign up to receive, via email, the Table of Contents > when Human Studies is published. The list won't be sold or given out > for other mailings. Members can also now indicate, on the membership > form, their interest in regularly receiving (quarterly) the Table of > Contents. > > Langdorf noted that the success of Human Studies is highly dependent > on downloads. If our libraries subscribe, Knowing what's been > published through receiving the Table of Contents might encourage us > to > download articles of interest. Especially during this time when > academic > libraries are cutting back on subscriptions, showing that the > journal is being used is important. Actively downloading articles is > one way to show this. > > 6. Announcement, Philip Lewin > > SPEP will be meeting next year in Montreal, Canada, sponsored by > McGill University. (Note added after the conference by Lewin: SPEP > will be meeting from November 4 to November 6, 2010.) > > 7. SPHS participation at the Organization of Phenomenological > Organizations (OPO), Mike Barber, > > Michael Barber thanked SPHS for allowing him to represent the > Society at the 2008 Organization of Phenomenological Organizations > meeting in Hong Kong. He mentioned that OPO was divided into 5 > regions: Asia-Pacific, Euro-Mediterranean, Latin America, North > America, and Northern Europe. Annual dues for organizations to OPO > is 35 euros per year. OPO decided not to have an official language. > The 2011 meeting of OPO will take place in Madrid, Spain, under the > leadership of Augustin Serrano de Haro. Ion Copoeru was elected > Secretary General for the next three years. > > Lester Embree, founder of OPO, offered comments about the > International Conference of North American Philosophers (ICNAP). > There was a brief discussion concerning publication of manuscripts > by OPO. The question of a possible conflict in venues for > publication between OPO and Human Studies was raised by Lewin and > Langdorf. Embree indicated that OPO does not publish a volume every > year so for the moment, there is no conflict. Further discussion > concerning this issue may be pursued after the meeting. > > 8. Distributed Cognition Colloquia, Anjana Bhattacharjee > > Bhattacharjee raised a number of issues related to making greater > use of the internet to further support the activities of the > Society. These included collaborating and conferencing more online; > co-developing initiatives with scholars from other disciplines; > making greater use of the SPHS listserv; creating a blog that could > be linked from the SPHS website; perhaps having abstracts of > conference papers posted on the website; > making more use of open source software and social networking sites > such as Facebook; perhaps providing electronic equipment to > presenters > if costs are reasonable; and in general finding ways for the > membership to make use of the techbology to stay connected between > conferences. > > Bhattacharjee stressed the importance of using the technology to > support a visceral sense of connection with one another when we are > geographically dispersed and, in particular, of it underwriting an > articulation of our need to meet face-to-face. > > 9. Status of the Schutz lecture, George Psathas > > The Schutz Lecture this year (2009) will be given by Tom Eberle, > University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. > > For the first time we do not have the support of the American > Philosophical Society. The APA and their committee on Lectures, > Publications, and Research says that it was not consulted adequately > in the selection of a speaker for this year and that they would not > participate or send the funds that APA normally does. Until they > respond to our requests for clarification and for procedures as to > how to proceed for future years, we and CARP, which continues to > support the Lecture, are proceeding on our own. > > Psathas will inform the Executive Committee of any next steps to be > taken. > > As a reminder, we wish to note that in the past the speaker has been > paid an honorarium of $1,000. shared by the Center for Advanced > Research in Phenomenology (CARP) and APA and that SPHS has provided > the venue for the presentation, paid for one night's stay at the > conference hotel, and held a reception following the talk. The > lecture is published in the Society's official journal, Human Studies. > > The Schutz Lecture committee currently consists of a representative > from CARP, Lester Embree; from SPHS, George Psathas; and a > representative from APA. > > In general, the consensus of those in attendance at the business > meeting was that the Society should continue to support the Schutz > Lecture in any way possible, commensurate with our resources. > > 10. Nomination and election of officers to the Executive Committee, > Philip Lewin > > 10a. Continuing officers. Most officers will continue in their > positions for another year. Their positions are not yet open for > election. > > 10b. Prolonging officers' terms to stagger elections. The election > of members of the EC has fallen somewhat out of its intended > rotation. While only two positions on the Executive Committee > (Program Chair and one at-large position) fall open this year, in > 2010, most of the positions on the EC will fall vacant. It would be > desirable to re-stagger the terms of office of the EC. > > Toward this end, Hisashi Nasu agreed to have his term as an > at-large member of the Board extended for a year, to 2012. This > extension was approved by acclamation. > > The terms of the Co-Chairs of the EC, Lewin and Bhattacharjee, both > end in 2010. They agreed to determine after the meeting that one of > them would extend his or her term for one additional year in order to > re-establish staggered terms of office at this position. > > 10c. Tom Conroy was nominated for the office of Program Chair for > the 2010 conference and elected by unanimous affirmative vote. > > 10d. Sean Saiter was nominated to replace Ken Liberman as an > at-large member of the EC and was elected by unanimous affirmative > vote. > > 11. The questions of the relationship of SPHS and the Schutz > Lectureship, and of SPHS and OPO were referred to the Executive > Committee for further deliberation. > > 12. The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 pm. > > Respectfully submitted, > Kathy Hoover, Secretary > > > > >