MAPOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA
MAPOR SPOTLIGHT of the MONTH: Our MAPOR Spotlight of the Month is for Justine, Jenny and Beth for
working on the conference attendee survey and planning for the hotel contract renewal! Thanks to all for your
hard work and your service to MAPOR.
MAPOR Mission Statement
We provide high-quality educational and conference programs to encourage scholarly exchanges across
disciplines and geographies, broaden member access to mentors and resources, and bolster opportunities for
leadership and innovations. We join forces with AAPOR, academic institutions, and government and industry
employers to develop a thriving community that supports all MAPOR members, including students, scholars, and
professionals in every stage of their career.
MAPOR Vision Statement
MAPOR is a leading voice in public opinion, survey, and social science scholarship, methods, and practice among
regional professional associations. We are an inclusive and supportive community that enables our diverse
members to achieve their educational, professional development, and networking goals.
Attendees: Lindsey, Patrick, Leah, David, Curtiss, Ben, Beth, Alexandros, Erik, Mia, Rebecca, Brian, Evgenia, Erin, Jenny, and
Caroline,
Agenda:
I. Welcome Executive Council!
a. New members: Brian Wells, Erik Nisbet, Alexandros Gkotinakos
b. Introductions
II. MAPOR documents and procedures
a. Vision and Mission Statements: https://www.mapor.org/about/mapor-mission-vision/
b. Bylaws: https://www.mapor.org/bylaws-as-amended-august-10-2018/
c. Robert’s Rules of Order: https://www.boardeffect.com/blog/roberts-rules-of-order-cheat-sheet/
III. 2024-2025 Council Transition (Patrick/All)
a. MAPOR Outlook update status?
i. This is updated and emails should forward to Patrick and Mia. Patrick will send Ben a list
of people to receive the MAPOR EC emails.
b. Does everyone have access to Google Drive: MAPOR?
i. Ben asked the new members to confirm they have access.
IV. 2024 Conference Debrief (Jenny/Beth/Leah)
a. All expenses paid
b. Thank you notes to sponsors?
i. Leah will check in with Justine to see what needs to be done with this.
V. 2025 Conference and contract renewal (Beth/Jenny/all)
a. Conference attendee survey result discussion: 59 started it with 53 responses, mostly from the
conference dates, with the results of:
i. Days of the week:
- Keep it Friday/Saturday (22 votes)
- Make it Thursday/Friday (21 votes)
- No preference (9 votes)
ii. Conference week (first choice, second choice) - Move it one weekend earlier in November (so the second Friday before
Thanksgiving) (30 votes, 19 votes) - Leave it as is (16 votes, 10 votes)
- Move it to October (7 votes, 24 votes)
b. Parameters for contract renewal?
c. Conference support/50th committee
The membership survey should go out before the February meeting. Patrick went through the conference
survey results above and asked for next steps. David suggested we ask this again in the membership
survey while also giving more information about cost savings that were shared in the business meeting
so people can give an educated response. Others agreed. Jenny has requested price information from the
hotel if we did move weeks. Curtiss asked that we look at the results by membership type
(General/Student) after the survey is conducted. Jenny will work with the hotel on the contract
renewal/renegotiation.
The 50 th committee is meeting monthly. Currently, they are working on the logo redesign. They are
looking to send the save the date in March and are finalizing the conference theme and keynote speaker.
They are working to open the call for abstracts in early April with the same deadline.
VI. Secretary Treasurer’s Report (Semilla/Lindsey)
a. Financial updates
● Checking: $21,109.49
● Savings: $42,221.41
b. Membership list updates
i. 266 members (229 non-students, 37 students)
One student support grantee hasn’t been paid, but Mia and Paul have reached out multiple times. The
Indiana University sponsorship check is in the mail. Mia will get the membership list uploaded, but she is
untangling some of the AAPOR list information they sent. Next up is to get the taxes done and circulate
the December minutes.
VII. Communications/Website (Benjamin)
a. Headshots for new members
b. Officer page update
c. Website overhaul status update
Erik and Alexandros will send Ben headshots to use. Officers on the website are updated, and Ben is
working on the website overhaul.
VIII. Awards, Grants, and Support Committee (Curtiss)
They will look at possibly getting the fellowship program application up early to correspond with the
abstract timeline. Leah is going to send Curtiss the AAPOR request on student paper winners information
request.
IX. Sponsorship (Leah)
Leah and Justine are working on a hand off.
X. Online Learning Committee (Rebecca)
They are looking to do something around polling this spring. Jerry and Erin will continue on the
committee and Erik is joining. Rebecca will get some meetings on the books. David offered to help think
through polling/political science folks to include in the spring event.
XI. Other business
AAPOR reached out to see what our lifetime membership rules are. Rebecca said they did make the
MAPOR webinars available to AAPOR honorary lifetime membership. Our bylaws state that only MAPOR
fellows are honorary lifetime members. That is what Leah will share with AAPOR.
Council members
President – Y. Patrick Hsieh
Vice President / President Elect – David Sterrett
Past President – Leah Dean
Conference Chair – Beth Fisher
Associate Conference Chair – Lindsey Witt-Swanson
Secretary-Treasurer – Semilla Stripp
Sponsorship Coordinator – Leah Dean
Student Liaison – Curtiss Engstrom
Communications & Website Chair – Benjamin Schapiro
Members at Large – Erin Heiden, Rebecca Powell, Jerry Timbrook, Paul DiPerna, Brian Wells, Erik Nisbet
Alexandros Gkotinakos, Evgenia Kapousouz
Proposed Committees
50th/Conference Committee – Beth, Justine, Leah, Kevin
Online Learning Committee – Rebecca Powell (Chair), Erin Heiden, Jerry Timbrook
Awards, Grants, and Support Committee – Paul DiPerna, Curtiss Engstrom
Secretary Treasurer Support – Semilla Stripp
Communications Support – Benjamin Schapiro, Brian Wells