Across the Nation: News of the Councils

Déonda Scott, Associate Editor

Minnesota Professionals for Psychology Applied to Work (MPPAW)

Announcing a new organization for I/O Psychologists! MPPAW will have six scheduled meetings for the upcoming year. Meetings will be held at the University of Minnesota on Thursday evenings and the program will include a social hour, presentation, and question and answer session. The first meeting will be held on September 24^th and will feature Frank Schmidt of the University of Iowa who will speak on "New Paradigms for Human Resources." Call Sid Teske at (612) 348-4443 for more information about membership or programs.

Bay Area Applied Psychologists (BAAP)

Additional meetings are in the planning phase. August meeting speaker and topic are to be announced. For information on membership or upcoming events, contact Dr. Edie Goldberg at (415)836-1286 or Becca Anhalt (415)393-5685.

Mid-Atlantic Personnel Assessment Consortium (MAPAC)

MAPAC's Spring Meeting was held on May 13-15 in Washington DC. Additional programs are still in the planning phase. For more information, contact Jim Frankart (717)783-2697 ext. 3517.

Metropolitan New York Assoc. For Applied Psychology

Vince Conte of Anderson Consulting will conduct a workshop on the morning of June 2 entitled "A Sampler of the Use of Technology in I/O Psychology Lessons in Experience." Contact Janis Wingrove at (212)288-5138 for registration information. METRO will present a panel of METRO's past presidents on the evening of June 18^th discussing the topic "Looking Backward, Looking Forward." This will be the last meeting for the year so you won't want to miss it. For information on this Metro event contact Seymour Adler (212)539-7593.

PSC/Florida

The Personnel Selection Council of Florida's seminar on Veteran's Preference Issues with speakers John Burns and Ron Frankel of the Department of Veteran's Affairs was very successful! Future meetings are in the planning stages. Contact Desiree Bice (954)724-1351 for more information.

PTC/Arizona

PTC - Arizona had a very successful one day workshop on "Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Selection" presented by Ted Darany and Kristine Smith of Darany & Associates. Their next program is planned for September and will focus on assessment centers. Once details are finalized, information will be posted on IPMAAC Online. For more information about PTC-AZ contact Terry McKinney at tmckinne@ci.phoenix.az.us or 602-261-8861.

PTC/Northern California

PTC/NC's Annual Conference on "The Changing Climate of Personnel Testing was very successful. Additional events are in the planning phase. Contact Sharon Rose for more information (510)676-6265 or srose@corehrc.com.

PTC/Metropolitan Washington

Chuck MacLane of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management presented "Making Social Biodata Constructs Work" at the May meeting. The topic of the June 10 luncheon meeting will be the revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing presented by Wanda Campbell of the Edison Electric Institute. James Sharf of AON Consulting and Dave Copus of Jones, Day, Reavis & Progue will conduct a half-day workshop on "Employment Discrimination Law Revisited" on July 8. Contact Ann Quigley (202)268-3952 for information. The PTC/MW also has a very good website that can be accessed through IPMAAC Online!

PTC/Southern California

The Personnel Testing Council of Southern California's Spring Symposium was held on in May. The theme was "Beyond KSAO's, Practical Approaches to Competency Applications." The next meeting will feature Dennis Joiner of Joiner and Assoc. presenting "A Practical Scoring Model for Assessment Centers" on August 27. For information on upcoming events please contact conference co-chairs: Kathryn Paget at (909) 387-6086, e-mail Kpaget@co.san-bernardino.ca.us or Bernadette Debevec (213) 625-5625, e-mail bdebevec@lausd.k12.ca.us. PTC/SC holds a luncheon meeting in Monterey Park, CA on the fourth Wednesday of each month. PTC/SC and its upcoming activities are now listed on IPMAAC Online!

Western Region Item Bank

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 190 agencies nationwide. Contact Kathryn Paget at (909) 387-6086.

WRIPAC

The Western Regional Intergovernmental Personnel Assessment Council (WRIPAC) is comprised of assessment professionals from more than sixty small, medium, and large public agencies throughout the western United States. For more information, contact Mark Rau, President, at (209)297-2335.

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.