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Dr. M. Ralph Kaufman, Chairman, opened the meeting and asked Dr. Emanuel Windholz, Chairman of the Committee on Membership, for his report.
Because of the six months delay between approval of applications for membership by the Board and election of candidates at the plenary session of the Association, Doctor Windholz sought permission to circularize the membership with a list of the candidates for membership prior to its submission to the Board for approval. Authorization for this procedure was granted subject to the advice of Counsel. Also approved were January 1 and July 1 as final dates for membership applications. Changes have been made in the Application Form to facilitate the work of the Committee. The names of seven applicants were recommended by the Committee. They were approved by the Board for presentation to the May, 1949 plenary session of the Association for vote as to their selection or rejection for membership.
Following this report, Ernest E. Hadley, M.D., Chairman of the Committee on Required Standards, presented the final revision of the Proposed Required Standards to the Board. After discussion and further revision, the document was accepted by the Board as the “Required Standards of the American Psychoanalytic Association for the Training of Physicians in Psychoanalysis.” Copies of the Required Standards were directed to be sent to the members and officers of the Board and the secretaries of the several Institutes. As chairman of this standing committee, Doctor Hadley advised the Board of a working plan for continued study of the Required Standards with a view toward their refinement while they are in operation.
Next, reporting for the Committee on Institutes, Edward Bibring, M.D., Chairman, advised the Board that he had received an application from one group for recognition as an Institute and from another group for recognition as a Training Center. Noting that the requirements for approved Institutes, Training Centers and Study Groups wer