NATIONAL ACADEMY OF KINESIOLOGY 2013 Annual Report

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1 REPORT OF: President DATE OF REPORT: September 1, 2013 PREPARED BY: Philip Martin DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Appointed chairs and committee members for all standing committees o Worked with Diane Gill, chair of the Standing Committee on Membership, and Kim Scott, NAK Business Manager, regarding procedures and process for nominations, election, and induction of new fellows o Worked with Barbara Ainsworth, chair of the Standing Committee on Nomination and Election of Officers, and Kim Scott, NAK Business Manager, regarding procedures and process for nominations and election of the President-elect and Member-at-Large. Chaired executive committee conference call meetings Addressed Article I, Section 3 of NAK by-laws related to inactive status o Communicated to those Fellows that had not fulfilled the 5-year meeting attendance requirement that their status had been changed to inactive. o Communicated to those Fellows who have not attended an annual meeting within the past three or four years that they are approaching the 5-year meeting attendance requirement o Appointed a President s Committee to review Article I, Section 3 of the by-laws and to make recommendations to the Executive Committee for changes to the by-laws o Announced to Fellows the changes proposed for Article I, Section 3 of the by-laws so that action can be taken at the 2013 annual business meeting o Addressed individual Fellow requests for an exception to the 5-year meeting attendance requirement Contacted Charles Corbin, 2013 Hetherington Award winner, to inform him of selection and worked with Kim Scott to arrange for his attendance at Fall 2013 meeting Communicated with leadership of NAKHE o Discussed status of past Academy Papers published in Quest and noted the intention of the NAK to provide access via the NAK web site to those issues of Quest for which NAK holds the copyright o Supported NAK co-sponsorship and promotion of the 2014 San Diego Collaborative Congress hosted by NAKHE in January 2014 Communication with leadership of AKA and Human Kinetics regarding the development and future directions of Kinesiology Review Worked with Executive Committee to finalize sites for 2014 (Austin, TX) and 2015 (Philadelphia, PA) annual meetings

2 Worked with Business Office staff (Amy Rose and Kim Scott) o NAK budget o Newsletter development and President columns Logistical planning for 2013 meeting in Colorado Springs Planning for 2014 meeting o Identified Theme the role of kinesiology in prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of movement disorders ACTION ITEMS: Approval of business meeting minutes from the 2012 annual meeting Review and approve revisions to Article I, Section 3 of NAK By-laws Logistical arrangements for 2014 and 2015 annual meetings Develop 2014 annual meeting theme and program Review of web site design and content and the need for revision CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: No changes in the operating code of the President are suggested.

3 REPORT OF: President-Elect DATE OF REPORT: 9/6/13 PREPARED BY: Barbara Ainsworth DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Appointment of Committee members is listed below Committee Term Expired New Members Standing Committee on Awards Toby Tate Jill Whitall Mike Wade Dan Blanke Standing Committee on Governance Standing Committee on Membership Barbara Ainsworth Gary Kamen Maureen Weiss Diane Gill (chair) Tom Stofregen Steven Wallace Han Van Der Mars Tony Hackney Mike Bemben Bo Fernhall Kevin Guskiewicz Kathy Williams Susan Zieff (new chair) Standing Committee on Memorials Mike Metzler Dixie Thompson Standing Committee on Nomination and Election of Officers Standing Committee on Doctoral Programs Barbara Ainsworth (chair) Melinda Solomon Waneen Spirduso Kathy Ennis (chair) Don Morgan David Bassett Other activities of President-Elect were chairing the Standing Committee on Nomination and Election of Officers. A report of those activities has been submitted. ACTION ITEMS: None CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: None

4 2013 ANNUAL REPORT REPORT BY: PREPARED BY: Past-President Patty Freedson DATE: August 31, 2013 DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: As Past-President of NAK, my major and primary responsibility was to identify the theme, content, and speakers for the 2012 annual conference. Details include: Theme: Back to the Future: Reflecting on the Past and Envisioning the Future for Kinesiology Research The sessions are set up according to mostly sub-discipline or population categories: a) Physical and biological sciences, b) Behavioral, sociocultural studies and philosophy, c) Disability, physical education and history and d) measurement and evaluation, youth development and older adults and e) science translation and transformation of kinesiology 1. Conference Planning Committee a. Committee members recommended speakers and I used many of these recommendations to develop the final program. Some recently inducted fellows and a new fellow being inducted this year are presenting. b. Most speakers are NAK fellows or emeritus fellow (Bob Gregor, biomechanics, session 1) but 2 speakers are not: John Lombardi (keynote), Frank Booth (exercise physiology, session 1) 2. Communicated with Speakers about Presentations and Manuscripts a. Emphasized in letter of invitation that a manuscript based on their presentation will be appear in the February 2013 Academy Papers in Kinesiology Review. b. Sent updates including the following attachments: i. Guidelines for publication and details regarding submission of manuscript ii. KR authorship and submission guidelines from the HK website c. I will serve as guest editor of the February 2013 Academy Papers to appear in Kinesiology Review and that reflect the presentations for this annual conference. Other activities Wrote Past-President Messages for Fall and Spring NAK Newsletters Participated in Executive Board conference call meetings chaired by President Martin Communicated with Kim Scott regarding 2013 Conference o Collaborated with Kim on speaker travel and hotel arrangements and conference budget * Expenses for the two outside speakers and fellow emeritus for the 2013 conference (Lombardi, Booth and Gregor) comes to approximately $4,268 which ( 2012 expenses = $4490 (not including Vendien speaker expenses). Worked with Dave Bassett and his inter-organization PAPCU committee on pilot survey to assess physical activity opportunities on college and university campuses.

5 REPORT OF: Secretary/Treasurer DATE OF REPORT: August 31, 2013 PREPARED BY: Bradley J. Cardinal (#475) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Served as a member of the NAK Executive Committee (EC) and participated in EC meetings and conference calls Reviewed recorded minutes of all EC meetings Prepared drafts of all minutes for review by EC members Prepared minutes in final form, pending approval, for posting on the NAK website Reviewed Operating Code and By-Laws of the National Academy of Kinesiology pertaining to the role of the Secretary-Treasurer. ACTION ITEMS: N/A CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: N/A

6 REPORT OF: Business Office DATE OF REPORT: August 20, 2013 PREPARED BY AND TASKS COMPLETED BY: Kim Scott & Amy Rose DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Follow-up after 2012 Annual Meeting Posted Annual Reports/Committee Reports to website Updated historical overview on website Completed financial summary of meeting expenses Reconciled bill and approved final payment 2013 Membership Sent membership mailing to members/posted electronic registration on website Processed memberships as they were returned Sent reminder messages as deadlines approached and passed Reconciled membership fees with HK Tracked 5-year meeting attendees and sent reminders Current membership: 171 total members (126 Paid Active, 24 Paid Emeritus, 9 paid International, and 12 new fellows) Finance & Investments Prepared end of year financials Executive Conference Calls Set up conference calls Participated in meetings Followed-up on action items Newsletter Fall/Winter Newsletter o Set up planning meeting with Members-at-Large o Sent to membership asking for items to include in newsletter o Received materials from membership o Wrote articles for the newsletter o Worked with graphic designer on newsletter layout and preparation o Proofed/edited newsletter materials o Posted pdf of newsletter to the website o Sent global to all members with addresses notifying them that the newsletter had been posted to the website.

7 Spring/Summer Newsletter o Set up planning meeting with Members-at-Large o Sent to membership asking for items to include in newsletter o Received material from membership o Wrote articles for the newsletter o Worked with graphic designer on newsletter layout and preparation o Proofed/edited newsletter materials o Posted new pdf version of newsletter to website o Sent global to all members with addresses notifying them that the newsletter had been posted to the website. Future Meetings Researched and conducted site visits for 2014 and Officer Elections (working with President-Elect) Posted ballot, member bios and pictures online for voting process Sent notification to all Active members to begin voting Sent reminders as deadline approached Tallied votes and sent results to president and president-elect New Fellow Elections (working with Membership Chair) Sent Call for New Fellow Nominations reminders via Set up online voting page Scanned new fellow bios to make available online Tallied votes by committee members to determine final nominees Sent to active fellows with instructions on voting Sent follow-up s as deadline approached Tallied results and sent to Chair and President Sent introductory to new fellows with information about upcoming meeting (dress code, travel arrangements, etc.) Prepared listing of new fellows for inclusion in newsletter Assigned new fellow numbers Sent to membership inviting them to send congratulatory messages to new fellows Doctoral Program Committee Set up conference calls for committee 2013 Annual Meeting Made speaker hotel and travel arrangements Prepared meeting registrations materials Posted meeting registration materials online Processed registrations as they arrived, followed up with questions Sent reminder s to those registered but not listed with hotel reservation Sent reminder s to those with hotel reservations, but not registered

8 Deposited checks for meeting registration Processed credit card transactions for meeting registration Researched and hired a video camera person to tape presentations at meeting Compiled information for engraving on medallions Ordered awards for banquet (new fellow plaques, officer awards, Hetherington Recipient) Requested name placards for head table invitees Purchased folders and banquet paper Set up all arrangements with hotel (meeting rooms, menus, A/V equipment) Answered all queries regarding meeting Printed new fellow citations on scrolls Prepared materials included in folder to meeting attendees (program, attendees list, name badges, receipts, etc.) Collect and posted the annual reports on the website Shipped materials to resort in advance of meeting Sent confirmation s to attendees

9 REPORT OF: Members-At Large DATE OF REPORT: August 28, 2013 PREPARED BY: Penny McCullagh and Brad Hatfield DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Assisted in the coordination of the spring and winter newsletters Responded to other tasks (review of website, review of operating code, etc.) as assigned by President Participated in conference calls of executive committee ACTION ITEMS: None CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: None

10 REPORT OF: NAK Historian DATE OF REPORT: September 1, 2013 PREPARED BY: David K. Wiggins DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: None ACTION ITEMS: None CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: None

11 REPORT OF: Standing Committee on Nomination and Election of Officers DATE OF REPORT: 9/6/13 PREPARED BY: Barbara Ainsworth DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Members of the committee (Melinda Solmon, Mindy Millard-Stafford, Jim Pivarnik, James Graves, and Barbara Ainsworth-chair) recommended a slate of eligible candidates and Barbara Ainsworth (chair) invited persons for the offices of President-Elect and Secretary. The nominees and elected officers are listed below. The Committee has no recommendations to improve the tasks outlined for the Committee. Office Candidates Elected President-Elect Cathy Ennis (381) Cathy Ennis (381) Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko (407) Member-at-Large Dixie Thompson (502) David Wiggins (483) David Wiggins (483) ACTION ITEMS: None CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: None

12 REPORT OF: Awards Committee DATE OF REPORT: September 3, 2013 PREPARED BY: Charlotte Toby Tate, Chair DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: The call went out to the Academy for nominations for the Hetherington Award, the highest one the Academy confers. Two outstanding nominations were received, and their nomination packets went to the members of the committee. The committee members reviewed the packets and returned their preferences to the chair who compiled the votes. The committee members noted that both candidates are superb and worthy of the award. They, however, unanimously selected Dr. Chuck Corbin for the honor. After forwarding the recommendation to the academy president, the chair contacted the two nominators to tell them of the committee s recommendation and to thank them. ACTION ITEMS: The recommendation from the committee was conveyed to President Phil Martin who accepted it. Dr. Chuck Corbin is the 2014 Hetherington Award recipient. CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: None

13 REPORT OF: Standing Committee on Membership DATE OF REPORT: August 11, 2013 PREPARED BY: Diane L. Gill, Chair, Standing Committee on Membership COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Diane L. Gill (Chair), Stephen Wallace, Thomas Stoffregen, Susan Zieff, Paul DeVita, Jane Kent Braun, Robert Spina, Kathleen Janz, Ronald Zernicke DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: The 9-member Standing Committee on Membership considered 15 nominees this year, 12 for Active Fellow and 3 for International Fellow status. The committee approved, by at least a 2/3rds vote, 9 of the nominees for Active Fellow and 2 for International Fellow for consideration by the entire membership. This task was completed within the timeline specified by the Operating Code for the Standing Committee on membership. All 11 nominees were subsequently approved by the entire NAK membership. The Standing Committee on Membership used the scoring grid and rubric used in the previous year for evaluation of the nominees. The rubric includes each of the criteria for fellow stated in the Operating Code, as well as an overall Accept or Reject evaluation for each nominee. Each committee member completed and submitted the scoring grid to the chair, who tallied the scores for all nominees. One committee member created an excel spreadsheet with the same rubric that may be used by future committees. Committee members raised some questions, but overall, this process seemed to work well and helped the committee members with their evaluations. Specific comments from committee members included wanting more detail on scholarly contributions (but within 6-page limit), wanting more information in letters on nominees leadership and contributions to the larger field, difficulty in evaluating future contributions to the academy, and suggesting that the criteria call for 10 years of significant contributions (v 10 years in the field). Last year s report recommended changing item 2 under Election of Fellows from a simple majority to a minimum of two-thirds (six) acceptance votes required for committee approval. That change worked well. As suggested below, the Academy might consider a similar change to the Bylaws to require two-thirds of the votes cast for election (in Action item below). ACTION ITEMS: Changes to the operating code (below) would also require changes in the bylaws Article II, Section 2 (criteria), and Section 3 (election). CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: Change wording from competence in to significant contributions and commitment to under Criteria for Fellows - Active Fellow #2 to to read: Have demonstrated significant contributions and commitment to Kinesiology over a period of at least 10 years to include the following. Change item 5 under Election of Fellows to: Election is based on a two-thirds majority of the votes cast.

14 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF KINESIOLOGY REPORT OF: Standing Committee on Memorials DATE OF REPORT: 8/30/2013 PREPARED BY: Mike Metzler, Chair DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Received reports of former Fellows who have passed away since the last NAK meeting. I have identified people to read the memorials for John Lucas and Priscilla Clarkson at the 2013 Business Meeting. ACTION ITEMS: None CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: None

15 REPORT OF: Standing Committee on Documents of Governance DATE OF REPORT: August 15, 2013 PREPARED BY: Maureen Weiss, Chair COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Gary Kamen and Barbara Ainsworth DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: The Executive Board did not bring new business to the Committee this year. Issues and recommendations related to By-Laws and Fellow Inactive Status were raised during Weiss president and past-president years and were shared with the 2012 Committee on Documents of Governance (Roberta Rikli, Phil Martin, Gary Kamen). That Committee recommended revisions to the By-Laws that were approved by the 2012 Executive Board and some changes were approved at the annual business meeting. Further discussion of issues related to By-Laws and Fellow Inactive Status continued this year under the leadership of President Phil Martin. He appointed a President s Committee on Fellow Inactive Status (Penny McCullagh, Jim Morrow, Scott Kretchmar) to further explore issues and recommend next steps. As part of the work of the President s Committee, Weiss invited by President Martin in April 2013 to respond to the Committee s proposed revisions to By-Laws related to Fellow Inactive Status. Weiss provided comments about various issues offered by the President s Committee on what constitutes inactive status, consequences of becoming inactive, and how one can regain active status. I believe the President s Committee recommendations will be voted on at the annual business meeting in ACTION ITEMS: None CHANGES TO OPERATING CODE: None

16 REPORT OF: Doctoral Program Committee DATE OF REPORT: August 21, 2013 PREPARED BY: Beverly Ulrich, Chair Committee Members: John Challis, Deb Feltz, Steve Silverman, Waneen Spirduso DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: The DPC conducted three conference calls and worked individually on numerous related tasks in order to address issues focused on tightening up the procedures surrounding the conduct of our NAK Doctoral Program Review and to increasing the number of programs that participate. We began by reviewing a set of recommendations generated by the DPC and statistical analysts who conducted the previous NAK review. Other issues raised by members during the Annual Conference Business Meeting and by current DPC members were also addressed. Remaining to be resolved is: How to determine fit for the review when programs are titled and comprised of areas not traditionally identified as falling under the umbrella of Kinesiology. As a reminder, the next 5-year review period will end in December Materials will be sent to program administrators during the 2014 calendar year and data shall be submitted by program administrators early in The issues we discussed resulted in action on 7 items that will be outlined below. ACTION ITEMS: 1. Issue: Much variability in the qualities among potential programs that could be included for review. To assure some control over eligibility we identified a small set of criteria to follow. Action. To be shared with prospective programs and confirmed if questions arise post submission: a.) Program must graduate an average of at least 1 Ph.D. student per year b.) Must be offered by a college or university that has current regional higher education accreditation c.) At least 1/3 of the faculty members in the program must be kinesiologists 2. Issue: Several universities have doctoral programs with faculty members who are also Fellows in the NAK but they have not participated in the NAK doctoral program review.