Pacific Northwest Political Science Association

• Author: George A. Condon
• DOI: 10.1177/106591296802100333
• Published date: 01 September 1968
• Date: 01 September 1968
• Subject Matter: Articles

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PACIFIC

NORTHWEST

POLITICAL

SCIENCE

ASSOCIATION

Annual

Meeting,

March

23,

1968

University

of

Washington

Seattle,

Washington

The

meeting

was

called

to

order

by

President

Dell

Hitchner

of

the

University

of

Washington

at

8:45

A.M.

The

minutes

of

the

1967

meeting

were

approved.

The

secretary-treasurer

reported

that

the

Association

has

a

current

bank

balance

of

$300.25

on

deposit

in

the

Pullman

branch

of

the

Washington

Mutual

Savings

Bank.

Annual

dues

for

1967

were

paid

by

74

persons.

(Registration

fees

were

paid

by

48

persons

at

the

1967

meeting

in

Caldwell,

Idaho.)

President

Hitchner

expressed

his

hope

that

the

Executive

Council’s

report

on

alternative

uses

of

the

Association’s

surplus

would

be

ready

for

the

1969

meeting.

(In

1967

a

motion

was

adopted

directing

the

Council

to

consider

this

matter.)

The

nominating

committee,

by

tradition

composed

of

the

Association’s

past

presidents,

proposed

the

following

officers

for

1968-1969:

president,

Frank

Munk,

Portland

State

College;

vice-president,

Kenneth

Hossum,

Eastern

Washington

State

College;

executive

council,

Charles

Schleicher,

University

of

Oregon

(for

term

1968-1971) ;

Paul

Heppe,

University

of

Puget

Sound

(for

term

1968-1971).

The

slate

was

unanimously

elected.

(These

officers

join

the

following

continuing

members

of

the

Executive

Council:

Paul

Anderson

and

Edgar

Egrat,

whose

terms

are

1966-1969;

and

Sydney

Duncombe

and

Ronald

Chinn,

whose

terms

are

1967-1970.)

The

Executive

Council

appointed

Lowell

Culver

of

Pacific

Lutheran

Univer-

sity

to

the

position

of

secretary-treasurer,

for

the

three-year

term

1968-1971.

Presi-

dent

Hitchner

expressed

appreciation

to

George

Condon

of

Washington

State

University,

who

is

completing

his

tenure

as

secretary-treasurer

(1965-1968).

President

Hitchner

announced

that

the

Association’s

1969

meeting

will

be

held

in

Spokane,

probably

in

April

(following

the

WPSA’s

meeting

in

Hawaii),

with

the

several

colleges

in

the

Spokane

area

acting

as

co-hosts.

It

was

moved

that

the

1970

meeting

be

in

Bellingham,

with

Western

Washington

State

College

as

host.

The

motion

was

adopted.

(Pacific

Lutheran

University,

which

had

also

expressed

an

interest

in

hosting

the

1970

meeting,

will

receive

consideration

at

an

appropriate

time

as

the

location

for

the

1972

meeting.)

It

was

moved

that

the

Association

request

the

Council

of

the

American

Politi-

cal

Science

Association

to

schedule

a

national

APSA

meeting

at

a

West

Coast

loca-

tion

-

preferably

in

the

San

Francisco

Bay

Area

-

at

the

earliest

possible

date,

and

that

the

secretary-treasurer

transmit

this

request

to

APSA.

The

motion

was

adopted.

It

was

moved

to

express

the

Association’s

appreciation

to

Professor

Ellsworth

Weaver

and

the

University

of

Utah

for

their

continued

support

of

the

Western

Political

Quarterly.

The

motion

was

adopted.

The

secretary-treasurer

detailed

the

Association’s

financial

status

over

the

past

several

years,

and

moved

to

authorize

the

new

secretary-treasurer

to

make