Council Highlights
At its August 17-18, 2010, meetings in Atlanta, ASA Council welcomed six new Council members: President-Elect Erik Olin Wright, Vice President-Elect Edward Telles, and Council Members-at-large Cecilia Menjibar, Joya Misra, Mario Luis Small, and Robin Wagner-Pacifici. Pending Council approval and online posting of the minutes, the following is a brief snapshot of key decisions and information.
Minutes. Approved the meeting minutes for August 12, 2009, February 12-13, 2010, and May 26, 2010. Minutes of all Council meetings are available online at www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/governance/
council_minutes.
2009 Audit. Approved the final audit which is available online at www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/governance/audit_of_financial_records.
Committees and Task Forces.
- Accepted the recommendations of the Committee on Nominations, Committee on Committees, ASA Secretary, and ASA Executive Officer for 2010 elected and appointed Association positions. Invitations to members are now in progress.
- Approved a Task Force on the Post-Doc in Sociology.
- Expanded the MFP Advisory Board by three people and requested it begin considering implementation of recommendations in the MFP Transition Subcommittee’s final report as well as other potential program changes.
- Extended to February 2011 the due date for the final report to Council of the Committee on the Status or Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Sociology.
2011 Dues. Approved a 2.2% cost of living increase.
2011 Subscription Rates.
- Member rates remain at 2010 levels.
- Approved institutional subscription rate increases of 6-8% as negotiated with the publishers.
2011 Annual Meeting Registration
- Increased general registration fees for full member/non-member categories by $15, for student and related categories (retired/emeritus, unemployed, secondary school teacher) by $5, for guests by $10.
- Increased fees for Seminars, Courses, and Employment Service Candidates (members and non-members) and Employers by $5.
2012 Program Committee. Approved President-Elect Erik Olin Wright’s selection of the following members: Ronald R. Aminzade, Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Heidi I. Hartmann, Jerry A. Jacobs, Rhonda F. Levine, Barbara Risman, Carmen Sirianni, Sandra S. Smith; and ex-officio members Edward Telles (ASA Vice President), Catherine White Berheide (Secretary), and Sally T. Hillsman (Executive Officer).
Future Annual Meeting Sites. Approved proceeding to final negotiations with Montreal as the site for the 2017 and 2024 Annual Meetings.
Committee on Publications
- Approved extra pages for the final issue of SPQ under the current editor.
- Set a threshold of 500 members for a section to be eligible to propose a journal.
Sections.
- Approved two new sections-in-formation: Sociology of Development and Sociology of Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility.
- Approved one-year extensions for the Section-in-formation on Disabilities & Society and the Section-in-formation on Altruism & Social Solidarity to reach the required level of 300 members to become fully established sections.
- Increased the number of signatures required to support a section-in-formation proposal from 100 to 200.
- Requested the Committee on Sections get annual reports from sections-in-formation. Carried.
Diversity Policy
- Amended the ASA diversity statement as requested by the Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities in Sociology. The updated statement is now:
- Acknowledged the positive feedback about the designation of unisex bathrooms at both Annual Meeting hotels as well as the concerns about taking women’s restrooms out of inventory at both facilities.
Much of the vitality of the ASA flows from its diverse membership. With this in mind, it is the policy of the ASA to include people of color, women, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons, persons with disabilities, sociologists from smaller institutions or who work in government, business, or other applied settings, and international scholars in all of its programmatic activities and in the business of the Association.
Business Meeting Resolutions
- Via e-mail ballot in September, approved a resolution in support of endangered sociologists. The statement is now online (www.asanet.org/images/Council_Statements/docs/pdf/
Council_Statement_on_Endangered_Sociologists.pdf) - Tabled a Human Rights of Children resolution to the February 2011 meeting, asking the Human Rights Section and the Executive Office to provide more information on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Next Council Meeting. Affirmed holding in-person, mid-year meetings, providing weather cooperates. Dates of the next Council meeting are February 12-13, 2011, in Washington, DC. 
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