ASSOCIATION REPORTS Board of Directors ratified BAPPI's appointments during its December 2009 meeting in Washington, DC. The APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs (OEMA) continued to staff and support the work of the Committee. CEMA welcomed the attendance of liaisons at its meetings, Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter, PhD (BAPPI); Markeda Newell, PhD (Division 16); Usha Tummala-Narra, PhD (Division 39);Anita Sim, PhD (Division 40); Torrey Wilson, PhD (NCSPP liaison to CEMA). Activities and Accomplishments The remainder of this report is organized around CEMA's major goals and objectives as revised and approved on March 1, 2003. GOAL I: Increase the numbers of ethnic minority psychologists in the profession, as well as in the membership and leadership of the Association, state psychological associations, and APA divisions, and promote activities that increase recruitment and retention of ethnic minorities in psychology. CEMA was very pleased to have had an opportunity to meet on March 22, 2009 with APA President Bray and the co-chairpersons, Jean Carter, PhD and Armand Cerbone, PhD, of his Presidential Working Group (WG) tasked with examining the failed bylaws amendment vote that would have offered voting seats on the APA C/Rs to the four ethnic minority psychological associations. During the meeting, Drs. Carter and Cerbone explained the charge and purpose of the WG and extended an invitation to CEMA to appoint an official liaison to the WG to better enable consultation and information sharing. Dr. Chen and Dr. Cokley were appointed as CEMA's liaisons to President Bray's WG. CEMA submitted the following suggested modifications to the summary notes prepared by Drs. Carter and Cerbone for the WG's consideration: (a) CEMA would like the WG to not only reach out to the four ethnic minority psychological associations, but also seek their input as well as the input of other relevant entities such as the C/Rs' ethnic minority caucus, Division 45 and staff of the APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs (OEMA), who have been involved in the bylaws amendment development process, and who have historical knowledge of the relevant issues/concerns; (b) CEMA is hopeful that the WG will be clear, deliberate, and expedient in its charge; (c) CEMA believes that it is important for the four ethnic minority psychological associations to continue as observers on the C/Rs until such time that a strategy has been developed to ensure that the vote will pass.
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