Minutes of the AACP Board of Directors Meeting: July 5-6, 2001, Toronto, Canada

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Winter 2001

RESOLVED, that the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy be received into affiliate institutional membership in AACP.

8. Request for Affiliate Institutional Membership for Grand Valley State University

The Board considered a request from the pharmacy program at Grand Valley State University for affiliate membership in AACP. The Board adopted the following resolution:

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc. provide for affiliate institutional membership; and

WHEREAS the pharmacy program at Grand Valley State University requested affiliate institutional membership in AACP; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the pharmacy program at Grand Valley State University be received into affiliate institutional membership in AACP.

9. Standing Committee Reports

The Board reviewed the reports of the Professional Affairs, Academic Affairs, and Research and Graduate Affairs Committees and the Argus Commission. The Board discussed strategies to implement committee recommendations.

10. Renaming the Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award

The Board reconfirmed its decision made via mail ballot to rename the Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award the Robert KI Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award.

11. Self Nominations for AACP Awards

The Board reviewed the criteria for selecting recipients of the Volwiler, Paul Dawson, Lyman, and Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator awards. Specifically, the Board discussed whether self-nominations would be accepted. It was the consensus of the Board that self-nominations are appropriate and should be accepted.

12. Process and Criteria for Sections and Special Interest Groups

Members of a special interest group expressed initial interest in transforming the SIG to an academic section. The Board asked the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee to better delineate the difference between academic sections and special interest groups to guide the Board in responding to such requests.

13. Future Structure of the Association

The Board continued its discussion, initiated during the February 2001 Board meeting, about the future structure of the Association. The Board reviewed the growing number of constituencies within pharmaceutical education that AACP may serve. The 2001-2002 Argus Commission was charged by President-elect Nahata to discuss the issue. The Board outlined a strategy to involve the membership in the discussion by using the Argus Commission report as a discussion document around which comment and discussion would occur at the 2002 Interim Meeting with more detailed discussion at the Annual Meeting. The Board suggested that if the association management system is in place, this would be an excellent topic on which to solicit member input via an electronic discussion.

14. Leadership Development

The Board identified leadership development as a priority goal for the 2001-2002 fiscal year. Staff reported on its initial plans to develop a leadership development strategy. These plans include possible collaboration with the American Dental Education Association in developing leadership development programs for new and aspiring deans. Staff informed the Board that the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions (FASHP) leadership initiative is moving forward, but it will not be able to accommodate the large number of pharmacy faculty that AACP requires in a reasonable time frame.