September 30, 2014

Dear STP Colleagues:

As you know, the Society enacted major changes in its organizational structure in 2009. At that time, the membership approved Bylaw changes that put the restructure into effect. Subsequently, Executive Committees (ECs) working within the revised structure found that some language in the Bylaws continued to be obsolete and that it would be desirable to add, delete, or rename certain committees to facilitate organizational operations. Accordingly, the current EC examined the entirety of the Bylaws attending to these sorts of issues and to typographical and grammatical errors.

The product of this review is a proposed bylaw change that is documented on the Society website at http://teachpsych.org/page-1545588. At this location, you will find the old bylaws, the proposed new bylaws, and a document that details each proposed change and the reason for that change. I invite you to examine and evaluate the proposed changes prior to an omnibus vote on the proposed changes that will take place as required by the bylaws at least two months after the proposed changes were announced in the Society Newsletter. Of course, the EC encourages your vote in favor of the changes.

I thank you for your attention to these needed changes in the Bylaws. Working with and for the Society membership has been a high point of my presidency. I thank you for the support I have received throughout the year and for the work so many of you have done to maintain and advance Society programs and operations. I have never worked with a finer group of individuals, and I’m pleased to continue that work through the remainder of 2014.

Take care,

Eric

R. Eric Landrum

2014 STP President

elandru@boisestate.edu