The CSIOP Annual General meeting began at 8:10 am in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, in Montréal, Québec .

1. Approval of the agenda and last year's CSIOP minutes
   
   Motion to accept the agenda was put forward by Alan Okros and seconded by Dr Marjory Kerr. Motion carried.
    
2. Chair report (Natalie Allen)

   Natalie extended a special thanks to Professor Steve Harvey for his invaluable contribution to this year's program and to SHL for financing our keynote speaker, Dr Frank Landy. She also thanked Professor Tracy Hecht and Dr Marjory Kerr for their contributions, Sebastien Leblanc for his help in translating various documents, and those who organised Marc Berwald's workshop.

   Next Natalie reported on the meeting between the CPA board and the sections' chairs. She noted that they discussed waving the registration fees for the sections' keynote speakers and for increased flexibility in the convention's program.

   She reported that CSIOP was successful in their nomination of Joan Finegan to a CPA fellow.

   Next Natalie discussed the adjudication of best papers by CPA. Currently, the best paper is determined by reading the abstract and visiting posters and presentations. Only the clinical psychology section and CSIOP ask for an extended paper. Yet, judging the best paper using an extended paper would likely improve the quality of the decision. She hopes that CPA will consider this possibility in future discussions.

   Thanks were extended to Lance Ferris, the CSIOP student representative, for representing I/O students so well and for organising the mentorship program.
   
    

3. Secretary’s Report

   The minutes of last year's CSIOP annual meeting in St John's were recorded by Pat Rowe, who also chaired the meeting.
   
    

4. Acting Treasurer’s Report (Joan Finegan)

   A motion to accept the treasurer's report was made by Tracy Hecht and seconded by Liane Davey. Motion carried.
   
    

5. Membership Report (Tracy Hecht)

   The number of associate members has declined by nine members while the number of student members has remained the same. Currently, CSIOP has 308 members. It was suggested that the Past Chair contact potential members to encourage them to join our section.

   A motion to accept the membership report was proposed by Dr Liane Davey and seconded by Richard Davis. Motion carried
   
    

6. Program Coordinator’s report (Steve Harvey)

   Steve began by acknowledging the many people who helped make the conference a success. First he expressed his appreciation to SHL for their financial support of our keynote speaker. He also thanked Natalie Allen, and Marjory Kerr for their general guidance and Shaun Newsome and John Tivendell for reviewing the abstracts. He noted that we had a record number of submissions this year.

   The possibility of encouraging CPA to implement a one-day registration fee was discussed. It was agreed that we should explore this option with CPA.

   Marjory Kerr proposed that the program coordinator’s report be accepted (seconded by Liane Davey). Motion carried.
   
    

7. Pre-Convention Workshop Coordinator’s report (submitted by Lisa Keeping, presented by Natalie Allen)

   In the past two years, the Pre-convention workshop has been canceled because of financial reasons. A motion to discontinue it permanently was made. Rather than eliminating the position, the members decided to simply not fill the position, leaving open the possibility for future workshops.

   Tracy Hecht moved to accept the amended report, seconded by Marjory Kerr. Motion carried.
   
    

8. Communications Coordinator Report (Liane Davey)

   In order to increase the visibility of CSIOP, Liane plans to make a list of members who the press can contact for their various queries. A motion to endorse this proposal was put forward by Dan Berman and seconded by Wendy Josephson. Motion carried.

   Next, Liane Davey discussed whether or not to increase our involvement with a Healthy Workplace, perhaps by participating in developing or judging a new contest or by being on the contest’s executive.

   Motion to accept the report was proposed by Robert and seconded by Steve Harvey. Motion was carried.
   
    

9. Newsletter Editor (Sunjeev Prakash)

   Sunjeev reported that the electronic version of the newsletter was working well, and that he greatly appreciated Sebastien’s work on translating the Chair’s comments. He also encouraged members to update their e-addresses. David Stanley (University of Guelph) has agreed to co-edit the newsletter this year with Sunjeev and to edit it on his own the following year. Natalie thanked Sunjeev for all his work these past four years.

   Suggestions for different types of articles were offered. Possibilities include: different Canadian universities submitting an article yearly, students being encouraged to submit a summary of their literature review, reviewing laws that affect the practice of I/O psychology. Finally Steve Harvey reminded us of the great popularity of the Arla Day’s gossip column, and he suggested that we asked her again to contribute such an item.

   Motion to accept the report was made Steve Harvey, and seconded by Lance Ferris. Motion carried.
   
    

10. Student Representative Report (Lance Ferris)

    The mentorship program was a success and Lance thanked the mentors (including Frank Landy) who participated. Still student participation could have been better. Two explanations were offered to account for low participation rates. First, students might have erroneously thought the program was a meeting of the Executive, and second they might not have known about it because they joined the section late. The importance of contacting students directly was emphasized. The wisdom of changing the title to explicitly mention graduate students or include the word career was discussed. It was also suggested that we add “an outing with practitioners" component. It was suggested the newsletter be a forum for discussing questions students raised during the session. Alternatively, the student Web page that Lance has created is another good possibility.

    A motion to accept the report was made by Arla Day and seconded by Sunjeev Prakash. Motion carried.
    
     

11. CSIOP Executive for 2005-2006 (Natalie Allen)

    Chair Elect: Stéphane Brutus, Concordia University
    Chair: Majory Kerry
    Past Chair: Natalie Allen
    Secretary: John Tivendell
    Treasurer: Joan Finegan
    Membership Coordinator: Tracy Hecht
    Communications Coordinator: Liane Davey
    Student Representative: Lance Ferris
    Newsletter: Sunjeev Prakash & David Stanley
     

    A motion was made by Steve Harvey to accept the slate and seconded by Tracy Hecht. Motion carried.
    
     

12. Other business

    Steve Harvey announced that from four nominees, Lance Ferris was selected as the winner the RHR-Kendal award for his paper dealing with organizationally based self-esteem and its impact on job satisfaction. He also thanked the reviewers: Tracy Hecht, David Stanley and Ron Myhr at SHL. Richard Davis of RHR Toronto presented the award to Lance.

    Next Steve raised the issue of whether the Code of Ethics for Canadian psychologists was appropriate for I/O psychology. He suggested that we examine our practice and issues within the existing code and determine whether the code is adequate for I/O psychology. Pat Rowe explored a similar question when she was Chair and did not find any problems. Recognizing that legally and socially CPA is not APA, it still might be useful to compare our code of ethics with that of our American counterparts at SIOP.
    
     

13. New business

    Natalie noted that there will not be a formal motion to end the pre-convention workshop (although no one will fill this position) nor will there be any motion to separate the position of secretary-treasurer, but it was agreed that Joan Finegan will fill the role of Treasurer, and John Tivendell that of Secretary. A motion to not fill the pre-convention workshop and to have Joan Finegan act as treasurer was made by Natalie Allen and seconded by Lance Ferris. Motion carried.

    Next, the assembly discussed the advantages of establishing a “consultant locator”. This would fill a need in the community and would help to promote I/O in Canada.

    Finally Marjory’s first act as the incoming Chair was to formally thank Natalie for all her work on our behalf.

    Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Tracy Hecht, seconded by Steve Harvey. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 am.