The Kaufman Report detailing new membership policies was overwhelmingly approved in its formal submission to the Executive Council. The Committee will present the second section of its report in December. This part concerns the ingathering of persons who graduated from Institutes before the present requirements were established.
The Committee to Consider Meeting Practices, Dr. Robert S. Long, Chairman recommended, following a statistical survey of the membership, that spring meetings of the APsaA be held bi-yearly alternating with the years of meetings of the I.P.A. Future spring meetings will continue to be held in the week preceding the A.P.A. meeting. If it is physically possible to make housing arrangements to meet in the same or a nearby city, this will remain the goal. The annual December meeting in New York City will continue. The forthcoming Annual Meeting will be in Los Angeles in 1975, while the I.P.A. will meet in London in July, 1975.
The Conference on Psychoanalytic Education and Research (COPER) is planned for September 29th to October 5, 1974. Already Position Papers from all of the Commissions have been printed and distributed to the members of the Preparatory Commissions and a complete set will be sent to all of the Societies and Institutes. A Plenary Session Panel which will highlight the Conference issues is scheduled for New York in December of this year.
The Houston Galveston Psychoanalytic Society has received Affiliate Society status.
The By-law Amendment providing membership for graduates of our research training programs was approved overwhelmingly. This vote clearly expresses the confidence of the membership in those colleagues from other fields who have been trained in psychoanalysis under our auspices, and our desire to include them in our organizational and scientific activities.
The Committee on Continuing Education, chaired by Dr. Edward D. Joseph, wants to emphasize that since the Association has been granted authority by the A.M.A. to approve continuing education programs, it is important for members to realize that their psychoanalytic educational activities fall into the area of continuing education and are entitled to credit in the appropriate categories.
Journal Editor, Dr. Harold P. Blum recommended the appointment of three Assistant Editors for a period of three years, with particular responsibilities in three areas: Dr. John Gedo for the Book Section; Dr. Selma Kramer for Child and Adolescent Analysis; and Dr. Otto Kernberg for Psychoanalytic Research and Education. The NEWSLETTER will print an in-depth interview with Dr. Blum in a forthcoming issue.