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From the Chair As I sit looking out the window at the snow and (mostly) ice, my mind starts drifting off to warm, sunny Orlando! It’s hard to believe that the ACPA/NASPA Joint Meeting is only a little more than a month away. I’m very much looking forward to seeing many of you at the Meeting, and we have a great schedule of events lined up. Check the rest of the newsletter for the listings of meetings and programs. Everyone is warmly invited to join us during our Sunday activities (Open Meeting, Networking Lunch, CE Workshop) and for the Open Business Meeting and Social on Tuesday. You don’t even need to be a member of CCAPS to take part (though we may try to recruit you!). At the Open Meeting we’ll mix some fun with the information updates, and we’ll be making our award presentations at the Social on Tuesday evening. I also wanted to acknowledge the efforts of several people who’ve been working hard on convention activities. First off, many thanks to Laura Lyn and Sherry Lynch Conrad for overseeing the Program and Continuing Education committees, respectively. After a frustrating time at last year’s convention, when we learned that we would only have three sponsored programs, it turns out that we were able to secure approximately 40 programs available for CE credits. That doesn’t even count our 3-hour workshop on Sunday following the Networking Lunch. Thanks to Vivian Yamada for helping arrange our speaker for the CE Workshop, Dr. Mark Freeman, who will be offering what’s likely to be a very interesting program on the use of dream interpretation in counseling. Also, much gratitude is owed to Stacey Jeanne Moore, our Membership Chair, for organizing a host of activities at the Meeting, including the Networking Lunch and the Showcase. And let’s not forget Janis Booth and the Awards Committee. I’m also anticipating the arrival of our new Chair-Elect, Chanda Corbett, and our new (and in some cases not so new!) Directorate members: Jill Barber, Melissa Bartsch, Leena Batra, Ben Locke, Matt Torres, Craig Woodsmall, and Shantee Foster (Grad Student Rep). Thanks to Sharon Mitchell and the Elections folks for helping provide us with a great incoming group. I look forward to working with all of you. For the incoming people, be thinking of how you want to involve yourself in the Commission. To be successful, we need everyone on board. For those of you who will not be part of the Directorate for the coming year, we can use you, too. Your experience, your energy, your perspective, all of these can help the Commission prosper in the future. Our Webpage Committee is a great example of this. Sue Stock and David Gilles-Thomas have served as co-chairs of the committee despite neither having been a Directorate member for several years. In addition, Ryan Weatherford, a graduate student from Lehigh University, has joined the Webpage group recently to help out. I’d also like to acknowledge the Past Chair, Stacey Pearson, for her guidance this year, helping keep me, for the most part, on track. In addition, particular thanks go to Andrea Greenwood, Jane Bost, and Vivian Yamada, the Newsletter crew, for continuing to put out a well-designed and useful publication, and to David Gilles-Thomas for posting it online. And speaking of David, a special thanks goes to him for greatly improving the design and functionality of the CCAPS website this past year. From one webmaster to another, nice job! I hope that everyone’s semester progresses well, and I hope to see you soon. Take care and stay warm! ~ Jonathan Kandell |
