2002 Committee on Committees Report
The Committee on Committees is composed of representatives from each of
the 12 Society Sections and two Councillors. The section representatives are
elected by the steering committee of the section.
The primary duty of the Committee on Committees is to nominate
individuals to fill vacancies on the other APS standing committees. This
year the committee recommended individuals to fill the following vacancies:
- Animal Care Committee - 3
- Awards Committee - 3
- Career Opportunities in Physiology - 2
- Communications - 2
- Ray G. Daggs Award Committee - 1
- Education Committee - 6
- Finance Committee - 1
- International Physiology Committee - 3
- Long Range Planning Committee - 3
- Membership Committee - 4
- Perkins Memorial Fellowship - 0
- Porter Physiology Development - 2
- Public Affairs Committee - 2
- Publications Committee - 1
- Senior Physiologists Committee - 2
- Women in Physiology Committee - 4
The committee also recommended individuals to fill vacancies on the FASEB
Research Conference Advisory Committee, AAAS, and US National Committee on
Biomechanics.
The APS members nominated to fill vacancies had the following sectional
affiliation:
- Cardiovascular Section - 11
- Cell & Molecular Physiology Section - 9
- Central Nervous System Section - 2
- Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section - 1
- Endocrinology & Metabolism Section - 5
- Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section - 4
- Gastrointestinal Section - 7
- Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section - 1
- Renal Section - 6
- Respiration Section - 2
- Teaching of Physiology Section - 1
- Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section - 2
There were 17 members less than 45 years of age nominated for committee
vacancies and 22 women nominated.
The process by which the Committee on Committees identifies appropriate
nominees for these committees begins in the fall with solicitation of
nominees from each APS section, chairs of Departments of Physiology, current
committee chairs, APS council, and the general membership. These nominations
are due at the APS office in January. During February and March the members
of the Committee on Committees prepare initial slates of candidates.
Selection is based on an individual’s qualification for a specific
committee. Section affiliation, gender, and minority or junior investigator
status are given serious consideration in order to broaden membership
representation on each committee. The committee meets at the Experimental
Biology meeting to finalize recommendations that are presented for approval
by the APS Council at their summer meeting. Approved nominees begin their
term of appointment in January.
The Committee on Committees briefly discussed the nomination process and
procedures at its annual meeting held at EB 2002. The Committee agreed that
the nomination process needed to be reviewed and updated. Council approved a
one-day meeting of the Committee on Committees for this purpose. The meeting
will be held on Monday, July 15, 2002. A list of recommended changes to the
nomination process will be submitted to Council for review and approval at
the fall Council meeting.
Hannah V. Carey, Chair
Council Actions
|
