Society of Indian Psychologists Executive Council Meeting Minutes
February 24, 2017
A conference call with the Executive Council of the Society of Indian Psychologists was held on Friday, February 24, 2017.
The meeting convened at approximately 1:00pm (CST).
Members in attendance: Art Blume, Melissa Teehee, Joanna Shadlow, Gayle Morse, Wendy Peters, Kee Straits, and
Carolyn Barcus.
Agenda items:
President update
Discussion about SD meeting- Summit meeting Eagle Butte SD – can still have two more people March 27 through
31st. About tribe talking about pipeline and also health component – want consultation re: intergenerational trauma.
Art, Dan and Becky
Division 39 Section 9 has offered to do a documentary on the apology from APA. Could be beneficial as long as we
have a say in the content and the way the content is presented. Consensus in regards to moving forward to getting
more information on what the collaboration would look like.
CNPAAEMI discussed possible linkage of our social media sites. Discussion regarding what is currently being posted
and appropriateness of not being a closed group
Discussion about SIPs involvement at Standing Rock. Art Blume will continue to reach out to SIP executive
committee to discuss ways we can/should support Standing Rock.
Old Business
SIP conference 2017 updates: The conference information should be up on the SIP webpage soon. The keynote
speaker and medicine has been confirmed.
Committee Reports
Ethics commentary update given by Kee Straits. Discussed importance of having faculty providing the commentaries
to their department chairs and clinic directors. Discussed need for eyes on a document that is being prepared that to
assess understanding of the commentary. Art Blume discussed possible nominations for the Ethics Committee at
APA.
Mentoring update given by Melissa Teehee. Melissa will work with Wendy to get webpages linked up.
New Business
Joseph Trimble awards nominations were requested by Jacque Gray. Nominations will be made privately to Art
Blume.
Continuing education credits. Discussion about different avenues to go through to get this approval. And the pros
and cons of pursuing this. Art Blume will continue to investigate. Joanna Shadlow has offered to help as needed. Kee
Straits discussed possible use of SIP Commentary as a CE generating mechanism.
EC sanctioned the selection of Virgil Moorehead as the new SIP CNPAAEMI Leadership Development Fellow.
Next conference call is tentatively scheduled for 3/24/17 from 1-2pm (CST).
Meeting adjourned at 2pm (CST).
