January 21, 22, and 25, 2006
Anchorage, AK

36. Area CommitteeReports.  D. Peterson reminded Boardmembers to submit their written reports of their committee visits to Monroe. He asked Board members to report anyitems that needed immediate Board consideration.

• Stone reported that the Committee for Physics in Two-Year Colleges had not used all of its allocated monies.  Therefore the committee will submit a request to use the remaining money to bring in consultants from the Council of Resource Development to help in the development of grant-writing workshops.
• At the request of the Temporary Committee for Senior Physicists, Heller moved that the committee be given an extension of three years from its expiration date.  Nelson seconded the motion.  (During the October 2002 Board meeting, the Board authorized the creation of the temporary committee for a period of three years. During the Summer 2004 meeting the Board authorized a one-year extension for the temporary committee, extending the term of the temporary committee to the Fall 2006.) In discussion of the motion, Holbrow and others said that the committee had been active at the last couple of meetings and their sponsored sessions have been very popular.  The extension will allow them more time to acquire stability as a viable area committee. The motion passed unanimously. 
• Stone reported that the Science Education for the Public Committee is trying to identify people to develop a book on outreach to the public.  Steve Shropshire may develop a proposal for funding support for Board consideration.  Khoury commented that he had seen an outreach in physics book available in a commercial venue.  He also referred to a meeting held recently in Fort Collins, Colorado concerning public outreach.  Stone said that the leaders for this effort are a subset of that meeting. 
• Heller reported that the RIPE Committee would like the AAPT to present a workshop on making posters but not want AAPT to assign the workshop to their committee. The committee preferred that someone else organize the workshop.  Robertson reported that the International Committee had the same interest and D. Peterson reported that the area chairs had also expressed an interest in such a workshop.  R. Peterson reported that some members have expressed concern about the preparation of posters and then bringing them to the meeting.  They would prefer preparing the posters on site.  D. Peterson replied that this was not a good idea. Chabay said that she thought a tutorial on preparing posters would be more appropriate, possibly even as an online tutorial.

 Mamola reported that the EducationalTechnologies Committee had expressed a similar concern. They suggested that abest poster competition be implemented as soon as possible with winners postedas good examples.  In addition they wouldlike for the winner to be granted permission to give a 15-minute presentation.  Robertson conveyed that Rob Headrick hasstaff who can teach faculty how to make good posters.  His staff could put together best practicesfor preparing posters as an online presentation.   Gibson said that Sections could beencouraged to financially support the development of posters. 

37. Five-Year Reviewof the AJP.  During 2006, the AAPTwill conduct the five-year review of the AmericanJournal of Physics.  Monroerecommended a budget of $3000 for the three-member committee.  Themotion was made and seconded that the Board authorize a budget of $3000 for theAJP Five-Year Review Committee.  Themotion passed unanimously.  When themembership of the committee is complete, Monroewill report member names to the Board electronically for their input beforemailing the official appointment letters. 

The charge to the committee will essentially be the samecharge given to the other committees reviewing the AAPT journals in thisfive-year review cycle.  The charge istwofold.  (1) The Review Committee willjudge the effectiveness of the AJP in meeting its primary goals (as perceivedby the Review Committee and its readers). (2) The Review Committee will advisethe Editor and the Executive Board regarding specific ways AJP could improve inthe future. The Committee will function both as a grader of present performanceand also as a creative source for new directions and priorities in thefuture.  The confidential report of thecommittee’s findings and recommendations will be presented in a confidentialreport submitted to the AAPT Secretary for distribution to the ExecutiveBoard. 

38. Executive SessionI (with the Executive Officer).  D.Peterson called the Board into Executive Session I to consider a proposalprepared by Heller outlining the development of a prioritized rank of criteriafor meeting sites and a plan for the selection of candidate sites. 

39. Adjournment.  At the close of the Executive Session, D.Peterson adjourned the meeting.  TheBoard applauded D. Peterson, as this was his last meeting as President of

the AAPT. 

Mary Beth Monroe, AAPT Secretary

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