Across the Nation: News of the Councils

Déonda Scott, Associate Editor

MAPAC

The Mid-Atlantic Personnel Assessment Consortium is planning a one and one-half day "Examination Planning" workshop in May. Watch for details on IPMAAC Online! For information regarding upcoming workshops, contact Bob Schneider at (717)787-5974, extension 3539.

WRIPAC

The Western Regional Intergovernmental Personnel Assessment Council (WRIPAC) is comprised of working assessment professionals from sixty small, medium, and large public agencies throughout the western region of the United States. WRIPAC is planning its 1997 training workshop and regular meeting in Berkeley, California on April 30, May 1 and 2. Three concurrent workshops are being offered on April 30th: "Item Writing" by Mike Willihnganz, "Honesty and Integrity Testing" by Deniz Ones, and "Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ)" by Calvin Hoffman. Invited guest speakers on May 1 and 2 may include Robert J. Harvey on "Mini-workshop: Using Common-Metric Questionnaire (CMQ) to Address Personnel Problems," Deniz Ones on "Measuring Conscientiousness for Personnel Selection: Does Social Desirability Destroy Criterion Validity?", Paul Kaiser on "Innovations in Examining: Alternative Approaches to Employee Selection," and Karen Coffee on "Recruitment and Selection of the Internet: Opportunities and Issues."

The next WRIPAC training workshop and regular meeting will be led in Bakersfield CA on September 24 - 26. For information on WRIPAC call T.R. Lin, President, at (213)743-3532.

Metropolitan New York Association for Applied Psychology

The February meeting of the Metropolitan New York Association for Applied Psychology featured "Spirit in the Workplace: An Exploratory Dialogue About Purpose, Vitality, Creativity, and Work" discussed by the Metro Officers and facilitated by Allen Schoer, CEO of the Actors Institute. A Career Development Event was held on March 20. For information on Metro membership or upcoming events, contact the Metroline at (212)539-7593.

Bay Area Applied Psychologists

The mission of this San Francisco Bay area organization is to promote professional and social contact among professionals working in the area of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Dr. Robert Most spoke on "Industrial/Organizational Psychology in the Web Age" at the February meeting. Meetings are held quarterly and additional meetings are in the planning stages. For information on upcoming meetings, call Dr. Edie Goldberg at (510)676-6265 or Dr. Becca Anhalt at (415)393-5685.

PSC/Florida

Personnel Selection Council of Florida recently hosted a seminar entitled "Strategies for Dealing with Public Records Law" presented by attorneys Robert Soloff and Kevin Kelleher. Contact Michael Chasin, President, at (954)357-6434 for information and upcoming events.

PTC/Arizona

Personnel Testing Council of Arizona held a one-half day program in January on "Emotional Quotient: When Being Smart Is Not Enough" with presenters Mark Leathers and Jim Paisely of Leathers and Assoc. A one-half day program on "Surfing the Net: A Demo for HR Professionals" was presented by Alice McGarvey on March 27, 1997. For more information on PTC/A contact Terry McKinney, (602)261-8861 (tmckinne@ci.phoenix.az.us); or Vicki Packman, (602)236-8731 (vspackma@srp.gov).

PTC/NC

The Personnel Testing Council of Northern California's Spring Conference "Personnel Perspectives: Bridges to the 21st Century" was held on March 13 and 14. The next luncheon meeting will be held on April 11 (speaker and topic TBA). For more information, contact Suzanne Holloway (916)440-5035 or Kathleen Hurley (510)238-6471.

PTC/SC

The Personnel Testing Council of Southern California holds luncheon meetings on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The March program was "Marketing Your Testing Services" presented by Heidi Hrowal of the Los Angeles Unified School District. For additional information, contact Kristine Smith, at (909)387-6086. PTC/SC will conduct a pre-conference workshop at the IPMAAC conference in July on Professional and Legal Guidelines for Testing and Selection.

PTC/Metropolitan Washington

PTC/MW will have a luncheon meeting on April 2, in which Dianne Brown of the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute will present "Analyzing the Future Air Traffic Controller Job." Dr. Ruth Childs of American Institutes for Research will present "Working the Web: Tips for Personnel Testing Professionals on Using the Internet for Networking and Research" at the Luncheon Meeting on May 14. The June 11 luncheon meeting will feature Dr. Heather Roberts of the APA presenting "Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers: Implications for Personnel Assessment." PTC/MW will be presenting a series of half-day workshops this year. The first workshop, entitled "Anatomy of Individual Assessment: Practical and Ethical Issues" was presented by Dr. Vicki Vandaveer of The Vandaveer Group in March. Contact Dianne Brown at (202)336-6000 for information.

WRIB

The Western Region Item Bank (WRIB) is a cooperative organization of public agencies using a computerized test item bank. Services include draft test questions with complete item history, preparation of "printer ready" exams, and exam scoring and item analysis. Membership includes 179 agencies nationwide. For more information, contact Kristine Smith at (909)387-6086.

Upcoming International, National, and Regional Conferences and Workshops

April '97
2	PTC/Metropolitan Washington. Luncheon Meeting. "Analyzing the Future Air Traffic Controller Job." Speaker Dianne Brown. Contact (202)336-6000.
3-4	Southeastern I/O Psychological Assoc. Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA. Contact Frances Dunham, (904)474-2070.
10-13	Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO. Contact Dr. Sally Hartmann (Workshops), (847)286-8181; John Hollenbeck (Conference Program), (517)355-2413; or SIOP (419)353-0032.
11	PTC/NC. Luncheon Meeting. Speaker and topic TBA. Contact Suzanne Holloway (916)440-5035 or Kathleen Hurley (510)238-6471.
11-12	Arizona Chapter of IPMA. Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ. Contact Marnie Green, (602)262-7140.
16-17	Cornell University. Workshop. "Internal Consulting Skills." New York, NY. Call (212)340-2829.
18	Cornell University. Workshop. "Recruitment Using the Internet." New York, NY. Call (212)340-2829.
23	PTC/SC. Luncheon Meeting. Topic TBA. Contact Kristine Smith, (909)387-6086.
25-30	IPMA Southern Region Conference. Corpus Christi, TX. Contact Grady Terrell (804)780-5675 or gfterrell@ci.richmond.va.us.
27-30	Development Dimensions International. International Congress on Assessment Center Methods. London, England. Contact Cathy Nelson, (412)257-3952.
28-30	National Occupational Competency Testing Institute. National Conference. Grand Rapids, MI. Contact NOCTI, (800)334-6283.
30-5/2	Employment Management Association. Annual Conference. Arlington, VA. Contact SHRM, (703)548-3440.
30-5/2	WRIPAC. Training Workshop and Meeting. See article on previous page for details of workshops and session speakers/presentation. Berkeley, CA. Contact T.R. Lin, (212)743-3532.
May '97
4-7	IPMA Western Region. Conference. Lake Tahoe, NV. Contact Robert Easton (702)687-3713.
6-7	Cornell University. Job Analysis Workshop. New York, NY. Call (212)340-2829.
14	PTC/Metropolitan Washington. Luncheon Meeting. "Working the Web: Tips for Personnel Testing Professionals on Using the Internet for Networking and Research." Speaker Dr. Ruth Childs. Contact Dianne Brown, (202)336-6000.
18-22	American Society for Training and Development. International Conference & Exposition. Washington, D.C. Contact ASTD, (703)548-3440.
23-26	American Psychological Society. Annual Convention. Washington, D.C. Contact Anne Clarey, (202)783-2077.
June '97
1-4	IPMA Central Region. Conference. Sheraton Centre in Cleveland, OH. Contact Frank Smith (616)456-3151.
6-11	IPMA Eastern Region. Confernece. Hartford, CT. Contact Karen Duffy-Wallace (860)679-4588.
11	PTC/Metropolitan Washington. Luncheon Meeting. "Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers: Implications for Personnel Assessment." Speaker Dr. Heather Roberts. Contact Dianne Brown, (202)336-6000.
22-26	IPMA Assessment Council. Annual Conference on Personnel Assessment. Newport Beach, California. Information is provided in this newsletter. Contact IPMA-AC at (703)549-7100.
22-25	Society for Human Resources Management. Annual Convention. San Diego, CA. Contact SHRM (703)548-3440.
August '97
8-13	Academy of Management. Annual Convention. Boston, MA. Contact (914)923-2615.
9-14	Intl. Assoc. of Applied Psychology. Intl. Congress. San Francisco, CA. Contact (202)336-6024.
10-14	American Statistical Assoc. Annual Convention. Anaheim, CA. Contact (703)684-1221.
15-19	American Psychological Assoc. Convention. Chicago, IL. Contact APA (202)336-6020.
September '97
7-11	IPMA. International Training Conference. Marriott City Center in Minneapolis, MN. Contact IPMA Meeting Department (703) 549-7100 or e-mail to training@ipma-hr.org.
24-26	WRIPAC. Training Workshop and Meeting. Bakersfield CA. Contact T.R. Lin, (212)743-3532.
24-26	American Society for Training and Development. Technical Skills Training Conference. St. Louis, Missouri. Contact ASTD (703)548-3440.

(Some of the information contained in this calendar was reprinted by permission from the PTC/MW Newsletter which was compiled by Lance W. Seberhagen, Seberhagen & Associates.)

Déonda Scott is the Civil Service/Testing Manager for the City of Orlando. If you have regional organization news or an item to add to the calendar, please contact her. She can be reached by phone (407)246-2061; fax (407)246-2019; or e-mail dscott@ci.orlando.fl.us. Snail-mail will eventually find her at the City of Orlando, 400 S. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801-3302.