Minutes of WPSA Executive Council

• Author: M. Judd Harmon
• DOI: 10.1177/106591296101400366
• Date: 01 September 1961
• Published date: 01 September 1961
• Subject Matter: Articles

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members

of

the

Executive

Council:

Ned

Joy,

San

Diego

State

College;

Dan

Ogden,

Washington

State

University;

Kline

Swygard,

Oregon

State

University.

For

Vice

President:

Ivan

Hinderaker,

University

of

California

at

Los

Angeles.

All

of

those

nominated

were

elected

by

acclamation.

Professor

Robert

McCullock

moved

that

the

members

express

appreciation

to

the

hosts

of

the

convention.

Motion

adopted

unanimously.

Ernest

Engelbert

reported

for

the

natural

resources

research

committee

and

proposed

that

a

member

from

each

state

be

designated

to

report

significant

developments

in

natural

resources

in

his

state

each

year.

Ivan

Hinderaker

of

the

politics

research

committee

suggested

that

in

future

WPSA

meetings,

separate

rooms

be

provided

for

committee

meetings.

Engelbert

proposed

that

some

time

other

than

the

breakfast

period

be

designated

for

committee

meetings.

The

metro-urban

research

committee

proposed

that

1961-62

President

Bone

appoint

William

Gore

chairman

of

the

committee

to

replace

Stanley

Scott

who

resigned.

Bernard

Borning

reported

that

the

natural

resources

committee

unanimously

recommended

the

continuation

of

Engelbert

as

committee

chairman.

It

was

decided

by

unanimous

vote

that

the

committee

on

Government

and

the

Western

Economy

be

permanently

discontinued.

The

meeting

adjourned

at

9:30

A.M.

M.

Judd

Harmon,

Secretary-Treasurer

MINUTES

OF

WPSA

EXECUTIVE

COUNCIL

March

31,

1961,

Boulder,

Colorado

President

Riethmayer

called

the

meeting

to

order

at

9:45

A.M.

The

matter

of

the

selection

of

a

Secretary-Treasurer

was

considered.

Con-

siderable

discussion

centered

on

the

advisability

of

placing

the

position

perma-

nently

in

Salt

Lake

City

where

it

could

be

handled

jointly

with

the

Quarterly.

This

proposal

was

rejected.

Hugh

Bone

nominated

Brock

Dixon

of

Portland

State

College

for

the

posi-

tion

of

Secretary-Treasurer.

Dixon

was

elected

without

dissent.

The

matter

of

site

for

the

1962

meeting

was

considered.

After

some

dis-

cussion,

Hinderaker

moved

that

the

meeting

be

held

at

Portland.

The

motion

was

carried

unanimously.

It

was

decided

that

no

action

should

be

taken

to

commit

the

Association

to

meeting

locations

two

years

in

advance.

The

1962

meeting

is

to

be

held

jointly

with

the

Pacific

Northwest

Association.

Present

at

this

meeting

were:

Bone,

Riethmayer,

Hinderaker,

Harmon,

Hennessy,

Swygard,

Ogden,

and

Enarson.

Ellsworth

Weaver

attended

also,

at

Riethmayer’s

invitation,

to

supply

any

necessary

information

on

the

Quarterly.

M.

Judd

Harmon,

Secretary-Treasurer