PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

MEMBERS PRESENT

President: John Aldrich; President Elect: Rodney E. Hero; Vice Presidents: Philip Keefer, J. Donald Moon, and Melissa Nobles; Treasurer: Kathleen Thelen; Secretary: K. C. Morrison

Council Members: Gretchen G. Casper, Brian F. Crisp, Juan Carlos Huerta, Junko Kato, Joanne Miller, Todd C. Shaw, Kenneth D. Wald, Amrita Basu, Kenneth R. Benoit, Christine Di Stefano, James N. Druckman, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, David C. Kang, John M. Sides, and Evelyn M. Simien

American Political Science Review Editor in Chief: John Ishiyama and Perspectives on Politics Editor in Chief: Jeffrey Isaac (not present)

AM Program Co-Chairs: Simon D. Jackman and Melanie Frances Manion

Executive Director: Steven Rathgeb Smith

APSA Staff: Regina Chavis, Jennifer Diascro, and Liane Pinero-Kluge

NEXT APSA ANNUAL MEETING

September 3–6 in San Francisco, CA

CONSENT AGENDA/APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion to approve budget

• Motion passed unanimously

Motion to approve April Minutes and August 2013 Meeting minutes by John Aldrich

• Motion passed unanimously

FINANCE REPORT OF THE TREASURER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

PUBLICATIONS

PS Editor

Motion to lengthen the one-year contract to two years for the Interim Editors by Joanne Miller

• Motion was passed unanimously

APSR Editor Search

Motion to form an Ad Hoc Committee to start the search for new editors by Don Moon

• Motion was passed unanimously

Publications Committee Report

Motion to accept reports by Gretchen Casper

• Motion was passed unanimously

RBSI WORKING GROUP UPDATE

SPRING COUNCIL MEETING

Motion to keep the Midwest meetings in Chicago as the site for the spring 2015 meeting and to have the Administrative Committee propose a plan for future rotation sites by Joanne Miller

• Motion passed with one abstention

PANEL ALLOCATION FOR ANNUAL MEETING

Motion to return to the prior allocation formula (the 90/10) for 2015 by Phil Keefer

• Motion failed with 7 Aye’s, 10 No’s, and 2 abstentions. The 2014 allocation formula (45/45) will remain until a future report and vote

Motion to authorize the Committee on Organized Sections to work on a new formula and involve Annual Committee to bring a report to the next Annual Meeting by Phil Keefer

• Motion passed unanimously

ADVOCACY PRESENTATION

Presentation given by Joanne Tornow (Deputy Assistant Director at NSF Directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences) and Wendy Naus (Executive Director, COSSA)

PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: ARTHUR LUPIA, CHAIR

Motion to accept the report and to have an ad hoc committee for implementation for those things staff cannot do now by Joanne Miller

• Motion passed unanimously

ANNUAL MEETING UPDATE

Motion to do a survey to see what dates would be best and to have the Annual Meetings Committee research and provide results by Phil Keefer

• Motion approved unanimously.

APSA TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE UPDATE: 2015 AND BEYOND

Ad Hoc Committee Community Colleges Proposal

Motion to create an ad hoc committee by Juan Carlos Huerta

• Motion approved unanimously

President-Elect Address: Rodney Hero

Motion to appoint the presidential task force, “Racial and Cocial Class Inequalities in America” By Brian Crisp.

• Motion approved unanimously

NEW BUSINESS

ADJOURNMENT AT 5:00 P.M.

Motion to adjourn by Todd Shaw

• Motion approved unanimously

REPORT ON APSA GOVERNANCE REFORM

At its April meeting the APSA Council heard a report from the Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Reform. The committee’s report and recommendations for a new set of APSA bylaws are available on the APSA website. To receive a paper copy of the proposed new bylaws, please email govreform@apsanet.org or call the main office at 202-483-2512. Committee members will also discuss the proposed changes at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco.