Minutes for 2010 ICSPAH Meeting & Social

March 19, 2010

Indianapolis, IN

1. A total of 32 people attended the 2010 ICSPAH annual meeting and social. Among them, 17 renewed their memberships and 7 became new members（Drs. Bo Shen, Yong Gao, Wen Xiong, Chunyun Wang, Yunya Zhang, LiJun Zhou, Cari Shurman）on site with Drs. Weiyun Chen, Zan Gao, Tao Zhang, and Xiaozan Wang becoming lifetime members. The president of ICSPAH, Dr. Ping Xiang, first welcomed all attendees, followed by self-introduction of each attendee. In addition, Dr. Xiang handed out the membership receipts to the members, who did not receive them last year.

The 2010 ICSPAH meeting enjoyed having following visiting professors from China participated in the meeting:

• Dr. Wen Xiong, visiting scholar at University of Utah from East China Normal University
• Dr. Yunya Zhang, visiting professor at Indiana University from Shang Sport University
• Dr. Lijun Zhou, visiting professor at University of Northern Iowa from Zhejiang University
• Dr. Dong Zhu from Shanghai Sport University

2. In her annual report, Dr. Ping Xiang highlighted the following major achievements ICSPAH made in the past year：the ICSPAH quarterly newsletter has been published; a mini research grant program has been implemented; shared governance has been promoted through the establishment of 7 standing committees; great effort has been made to revise the By-Law of ICSPAH; the collaboration between ICSPAH and the Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness（SCSEPF）has been established; the ICSPAH has grown to have 37 members with 7 lifetime members; the ICSPAH delegations will visit some universities in China this coming summer; a donation of $1000.00 from Dr. Jin Wang has significantly contributed to the fiscal health of ICSPAH; and a tentative logo of ICSPAH has been designed.

The treasurer Dr. John Liu was not present at the meeting, as he was on a business trip in Guang Zhou. Some members asked about the financial situation of ICSPAH. Drs. Ping Xiang and Jinjin Yang offered explanations. Overall, ICSPAH is currently in healthy budget situation, with over $6,000.00 in the bank account, and no expenditure in the last year. 

Dr. Wenhao Liu, the Membership Committee Chair, introduced the procedure to prepare the recruitment letter, and asked for ideas and inputs regarding how to recruit members, including recruiting members from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Dr. Guoyuan Huang introduced the revisions of the By-Law. He has contributed tremendously to this task, but indicated the lack of support from our members. Currently there is an imperative need to recruit members to serve for the By-Law committee. Due to the shortage of news within our society, Dr. Zan Gao, the Newsletter Committee Chair, also requested members send him relevant messages（e.g., receiving award, securing grant, recent publications, and obtaining tenure and promotion）for the quarterly newsletter in the future.

3. The president of the Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness（SCSEPF）, Dr. Frank Fu, introduced SCSEPF to the members. SCSEPF holds an annual meeting in Asia and this year’s annual meeting will be held in Beijing Sport University in July 2010. SCSEPF also publishes a scholarly journal titled “Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness”.

The journal is currently a SCI journal. The membership fees for the organization are $30.00 for ordinary members and $25.00 for associate members, respectively. Dr. Fu highly encouraged the collaboration between the two organizations. For detailed information, please go to：http://www.scsepf.org/

4. The President’s annual report was approved by all the members. However, the revisions of the By-Law needed further discussion. It was highly recommended that the revised document use track changes to improve the proficiency of the process. It was also suggested that we put major emphasis on this task in the coming year.

5. Dr. Li Li was elected as the President-Elect, and Dr. Tao Zhang was elected as the Treasurer. Congratulations, Drs. Li and Zhang. Below are the officers of ICSPAH. President：Dr. Ping Xiang; President-Elect：Dr. Li Li; Secretary：Dr. Zan Gao; Treasurer：Dr. Tao Zhang; Member-At-Large：Dr. Guoyuan Huang; HongKong Representative：Dr. Siu-Yin Cheung.

6. Dr. Ping Xiang presented the Outstanding Service Awards to Drs. Jinjin Yang, Hongwei Guan, and Xiaofen Keating. She also mailed the plaques to Drs. Ming Li and Guoli Liang, who could not make it to the meeting this year. Dr. Xiaofeng Keating then debriefed the selection of newly established Mini Research Grant Award. Principal investigator Xiaoxia Su（doctoral student at Texas A&M University）and co-investigator Chaoqun Huang（doctoral student at University of Utah）were the recipients of the grant award for their proposal titled “Development of Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs：Impact of Teacher Preparation Programs.” Congratulations to them. One concern from the members regarding the grant award was that the amount of grant（$500）is too small to do any research outside the pedagogy field, and therefore offering Graduate Student Travel Award as opposed to the grant award was suggested.

7. Dr. Zan Gao indicated that the organization will need to secure a professional to design a professionally looking logo for ICSPAH. This task should be done in the coming year.

8. Meeting adjourned at 7:08pm. All attendees walked to P.F.Chang’s for dinner and networking.