Overview

Bylaws Description

ARTICLE IV: GOVERNANCE OF THE DIVISION

Section 4.1 Board of Directors

4.1.1. There shall be a Board of Directors of the Division that includes the elected positions of the Division as voting members (e.g. President-Elect, President, Past- President, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President for Engagement, Vice President for Initiatives, Vice President for Publications and Communication, Council Representative(s), Early Career Psychologist Board Representative, Student Board Representative), and in non-voting, ex officio status, Chairs of Special Interest Groups and Task Forces, Chairs of Standing, Regular and Ad Hoc Committees, Editors of Division publications, Parliamentarian, Social Media Editor, Web Editor, Journal Editor, appointed functionaries and other appointed positions. The Voting Board comprises the elected officers and representatives who vote. The Extended Board comprises the voting members and non-voting ex officio members.

4.1.2. The duties of the Board of Directors shall include:

a. Exercising general supervision over the affairs of the Division, and the transaction of the necessary business of the Division provided that the actions of the Board of Directors shall be consistent with these Bylaws. The Board of Directors shall act consistently with the membership’s recorded vote of the membership and report on its actions to the members at the annual meeting.

b. Ratifying appointments for Division publication and communication editors, Standing Committee chairs, and chairs of Task Forces or ad hoc committees or groups.

c. Ratifying selections of Division Award recipients.

d. Ratifying the choice of location and time for the Midwinter Meeting

e. Approving the Division’s annual budget.

4.1.3. The Board of Directors shall meet at quarterly each year, typically in person at a first Quarter mid-winter Board meeting and in conjunction with the annual Third quarter summer meetings of APA, and via electronic means in the Second and Fourth quarters. The . Additional meetings may be called by the President may call additional meetings with the concurrence of a majority of the Division Board of Directors voting members. Details of the meetings are further described in the Division 52 Handbook.

4.1.4. Board of Directors meetings shall be open to all members of the Division except at such times as the President or a majority of voting members of the Board of Directors may declare an executive session, which is limited to voting Board members only. Any member of the Division may request that an item be placed on the agenda before the meeting and before the President approves the agenda in advance of the meeting.

4.1.5 The President or their designate shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors, and the Secretary shall act as Recording Secretary. Quorum shall be established as half plus one of the voting members of the Board of Directors, assuming due notice of the meeting to all elected members. Each elected member shall have one vote, and no elected member may vote by proxy. All decisions of the Board of Directors shall require assent by a majority of those voting, except as otherwise noted in these Bylaws.

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Additional Governance Groups (by tradition)

The Executive Committee of the Board

Presidential Trio

Presidential Advisory Group