MINUTES OF THE 1979 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC SOCIETY

The regular annual meeting of the Psychometric Society was held at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California on June 9, 1979. President Norman CliffcaUed the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.

The minutes of the 1978 meeting were approved as published in the December 1978 issue of Psychometrika. Mel Novick, Chairman of the Program Committee, reported that the next annual meeting will be held in

Iowa City late in May of 1980. Arrangements for a joint meeting with the Mathematical Psychology Group could not be completed. Novick also reported that plans are nearly complete for a European meeting to be held at G roningen, The Netherlands, June 19-21, 1980. Details of both meetings will be circulated in the fall mailing.

Joe Kruskal presented the report of the Election Committee. The new President-Elect is Forrest W. Young; the new members of the Board of Trustees are Peter M. Bentler and Lyle V. Jones; the new member of the Edi- torial Council is Karl G. J6reskog. All terms of oltices begin July 9, 1979. It was moved, seconded, and voted to accept the report of the Election Committee.

Howard Wainer reported as Membership Chairman. It was moved, seconded, and voted to accept all appli- cants for Regular Membership. The following persons were elected as Regular Members:

Hirohiko Asano Alain Baumerder John R. Bormuth Frank B. Brokken Erhard P. Broszio Terrence M. Caelli Wayne DeSarbo Jean Paul Dionne

Jan Eric Gustafsson Wolfgang Haase Lawrence W. Hecht Richard A. Hudiburg Robert E. Lockwood William L. Moore Perry Nelson Chart Ying J. Peng

G. Plancke-Schuyten Stephen Powers Juergen Rost John P. Sail Bernd Waldeck Paul Owen White Wolfgang Winkelmarm John R. Yagelka

The following persons were given the status of Student Member by action of the Board of Trustees:

Brad Alpert Stephan Arndt Douglas G. Bonett James H. Bryant, Jr. Donald C. Burgy Seoil Chaiy Kuei Hsiang Chen Mark Chignell Kevin D. Cotter Eric Deaton Berthold Faerber

Phil Freshman Hubert Gatignon Dirk L. Knol Richard Lehrer Richard G. Lomax Kevin Miller Victor N. Morin Donald E. Neumarm Francis J. O'Brien, Jr. Stanley Neil Rabinowitz John E. Richards

Daniel Louis Rock Wolfgang Rothen Nancy Schoeps Wen Jenn Sheu James Larry Steed Susan H. Taylor John S. Uebersax Patrick A. Vitate David Joseph Woodruff Thomas W. Wooley, Jr. Toby H. Yager Paul R. Yarnold

Howard Wainer reported as Treasurer and indicated that increased costs associated with Psychometrika re- quire that dues be increased.

The Secretary reported that the Board of Trustees had adopted the following resolutions and taken the fol- lowing actions:

a) Raise dues to $20.00 for regular members $10.00 for student members $40.00 for institutional subscriptions

It was initially thought that it would be necessary to first amend Article VI, Section V of the By-Laws by a mail ballot in order to raise dues, but it was later discovered that Article VI Section V had previously been amended to remove the ceiling on dues.

b) That $1,000 be approved for the President's discretionary fund to be used in connection with the Euro- pean meetings and to increase the number of European members.

c) That 600 pages be authorized for Psychometrika. It was moved, seconded, and voted to express the appreciation of the Society to the Naval Postgraduate

School and Ron Weitzman for the arrangements and facilities provided for the Spring Meeting. The Meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.

Mark I. Appelbaum Secretary

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