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MAPOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA

MAPOR SPOTLIGHT of the MONTH: Our MAPOR Spotlight of the Month goes out toPatrick for all of his
work representing MAPOR as part of the AAPOR all-chapter party planning!
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. 
Agenda:
Attendees: Semilla, Carlye, Benjamin, Beth, Caroline, David, Lean, Curtiss, Erin, Evgenia, Patrick, Jenny,
Lindsey, Yorkow, Rebecca, Jerry,
I. Approve April Minutes: 04.12.24 MAPOR MINUTES.docx

• Approved
  II. 2024 Conference (Jenny)
  a. Adding list of past student fellows and student paper competition winners to
  conference program (Leah)
• we already do this for fellows so that works well and does not take up a lot of
  space.
• Next step is putting out a call for abstracts. Call with CVENT is scheduled (date?) and hoping
  that the call can go out that same day. Jenny has a draft already that she will circulate for
  feedback before the CVENT meeting.
• Sometimes the call for abstracts has details about the conference, so may need to decide on a
  few things (e.g., President’s reception cash vs free bar) in the next few months.
• Patrick says the conference details in dictated by what is finalized e.g., details about the
  hotel or agenda or speakers. Bare minimum is a theme.
• High level agenda can go on the website at the same time – Jenny can put together.
• RE: Happy Hour. When the Happy Hour has been at same time at hotel happy hour, we
  have done a cash bar. If it is not at that time then we have an open bar/ticketed bar.
  Open bar with base beer/wine package. Ends up being cheaper to have a free bar.
• A general agenda can go live on the website at the same time as the call for abstracts.
  Jenny offered to help put together.

III. Secretary Treasurer’s Report (Lindsey)

a. Financial updates

• Checking: $21,915.87
• Savings: $42,218.63
• Not much has changed – not a lot of expenses this year.
• One upcoming expense – new CVENT invoice for this year. $1400 for 200
  registrants. Some years we have needed extra for the online learning
  community, but fine to keep at 200.

b. Membership list updates

• Has not been updated (oopsy), but will do it in the next week or two.
• Usually see a jump in May after the AAPOR conference, but that is about it.
  IV. Communications/Website (Benjamin)

a. Spring newsletter

• Working on sending around a few versions of the newsletter for folks to look at.
• Hopefully newsletter is going out next week. If it goes out later than that, we
  might update a few things since it will be close to the calls for abstracts.

V. Awards, Grants, and Support Committee

• Reviewed all the applicants to the student fellowship program (7 applicants + 2
  deferrals). After reviewing these proposals, around 7 to 8 would be ideal for the
  program. There are also a wide variety of applicants this year – not just in MAPOR area
  but in places like OK, Europe (!). Looking for some follow up with some proposals but
  overall very impressed.
• After the conference, Curtiss going to start reaching out to fellows to see if they want to
  take on mentoring over the summer.
• Working on draft for call for student papers with Kristen, so will coordinate with Jenny to
  put out that call after the AAPOR conference. Kristen wanted the calls for student paper
  to go out earlier / before the end of the semester.
• Jenny: When is the right timing for academics (and students) for a call for submissions?
• Grad students? Undergrad students?
• Lots to consider with timing and different school schedules – no happy medium
• Maybe in future years we send something out in March “this is coming up, start
  working on it or thinking about it” with the formal call to come later.
• Can start getting ready for grants for early career travel and student travel.
  VI. Sponsorship (Justine)

VII. Online Learning Committee (Rebecca)

a. October Webinar Idea on AI

• Excitement right now is about generative AI and survey research. Took a look at
  other groups (e.g., NYAPOR did a webinar about AI and some presentations
  about AI at the AAPOR conference).
• Idea for next “semester’s” webinar – Generative AI and the survey process 101.
  An introduction to how to use AI with surveys. Defining it, differentiating it, and
  walking through each stage of the survey process and talk about ideas and
  current research being done about how you can use it with surveys. Have a
  couple people that we can ask to speak on this (all MAPOR folks).
• Questions we have: 1) Is this the right level? 2) Is there going to be interest?
• Jenny – Trevor (MAPOR pedagogy hour) is going to be speaking about AI
  so just want to make sure that there is not too much overlap there.
  Could actually work well with the introduction/hook in the webinar in
  October and then the pedagogy hour/extention at the conference in
  November.

VIII. Other business

a. Mixers in 2024 (single date mixer across multiple cities?)
i. Lincoln
ii. Ann Arbor
iii. Chicago
iv. Madison
b. List of organizations and universities for additional outreach
c. Updates to MAPOR Roles and Policies (Leah)
i. Updating roles of President, Conference Chair, and Associate Conference Chair
to reflect how the rules currently function
ii. Conduct policy (to reflect AAPOR’s conduct policy)
iii. Budget Approval Policy

• Leah – hopefully conduct and budget policies ready in June
• What do we need to do for AAPOR welcome reception? Kevin used to do it all so want to
  make sure we are ready.
• AAPOR used to give us a budget to get prizes – Leah has the budget ($250) so
  priority number 1 should be to get those ready. Last year we got cheese,
  popcorn, fudge, etc. from midwestern states. Ice cream, chili as potential
  additions. Instead of having them on hand we had sheets of papers printed out
  to mail / coordinate the prizes to the winners. People put email information on
  post it notes for the actual raffle. Make sure these things are easy to ship. Going
  to go with this theme again. Leah is going send around some ideas/help
  coordinate. Lindsey also going to help.
• Other priorities: bag of swag, 1 or 2 people floating around the table to help
  take information down.
• For the table – print outs of the prizes, post it notes (Lindsey is bringing), MAPOR
  swag (Patrick is going to stop by storage unit once we figures out the
  information), information/blurbs about conference (Jenny)

Council members
President – Leah Dean

Vice President / President Elect – Patrick Hsieh
Past President – Justine Bulgar-Medina
Conference Chair – Jenny Marlar
Associate Conference Chair – Beth Fisher
Secretary-Treasurer – Lindsey Witt-Swanson
Associate Secretary-Treasurer – Semilla Stripp
Sponsorship Coordinator –Justine Bulgar-Medina
Student Liaison – Curtiss Engstrom
Communications & Website Chair – Benjamin Schapiro
Members at Large – Erin Heiden, Rebecca Powell, Jerry Timbrook, Paul DiPerna, Carlye Arcas, Yorkow
Oppon-Acquah, Caroline Smith
Proposed Committees
Conference Committee – Jenny, Beth, Justine
Online Learning Committee – Rebecca Powell (Chair), Erin Heiden, Jerry Timbrook, Yorkow
Oppon-Acquah
Awards, Grants, and Support Committee – Paul DiPerna, Curtiss Engstrom, Carlye Arcas
Secretary Treasurer Support – Lindsey Witt-Swanson, Semilla Stripp
Communications Support – Benjamin Schapiro, Evgenia Kapousouz, Leah Dean,
50th Anniversary Committee – Leah (chair), Beth, additional fellows, Caroline Smith, David
Sterrett

MAPOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA

MAPOR SPOTLIGHT of the MONTH: Our MAPOR Spotlight of the Month goes out to Awards and Grants
committee folks for their hard work on faculty/department outreach.
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. 
Agenda:
Attendees: Patrick, Curtiss, Benjamin, Carlye, David, Evgenia, Paul, Lindsey, Jenny, Beth, Yorkow and
Leah
I. Approve February and March Minutes: 02.09.24 MINUTES.docx; 03.08.24 MINUTES.docx

Both approved

II. 2024 Conference (Jenny)
The keynote, the pedagogy, and short course speakers are lined up and enthusiastic. Jenny did a
write-up for the newsletter, AAPORnet, and whereever else. Leah suggested we use that for the
AAPOR all chapter event. Patrick described what he did last year. Lindsey will get Jenny Cvent
access. Benjamin suggested using the emails he is setting up for communicating with
members/friends of MAPOR. For the confirmation emails, Lindsey suggested communicating
through the abstract and registration communications that if they do not get email
confirmations for either to reach out. Maybe we can ask them to move to a personal email
address if their institution is automatically opting them out. Jenny will shoot to send the call for
abstracts by the end of May. Jenny will set up a call with the conference team and Lindsey to get
Cvent up and running. The hotel lowered the room rate for the 2024 conference. Jenny noted
that 2025 is the last year of the hotel contract.

III. Secretary Treasurer’s Report (Lindsey)

a. Financial updates
i. Checking: $22,055.72
ii. Savings: $42,218.27
iii. Charge for $91.85 on 4/1?
iv. Canceled Authorize.net
b. Membership list updates
i. Students=61
ii. Non-Students=332
iii. Total= 393

IV. Communications/Website (Benjamin)

a. Spring newsletter
i. Should go out soon.
b. Approval of MAPOR 50th graphics money (Leah)
i. Would cost around $1,350. They will come up with three different logo concepts.
We choose one. Then, we get the logo in the different file forms. She will move
forward.

Benjamin will put together the email options so we can decide as a group what path we take
moving forward.

V. Awards, Grants, and Support Committee

We haven’t received any applications yet, but two have said they will apply. Paul proposed
extending the deadline by a week or two. That helped last year. The group agreed.
VI. Sponsorship (Justine)

VII. Online Learning Committee (Rebecca)

a. Update goals for 2024
b. Webinars
c. Other events?
i. Resume review?
ii. Speed networking?

VIII. Other business

a. AAPOR all chapter party planning representative
b. Mixers in 2024 (single date mixer across multiple cities?)
i. Lincoln
ii. Ann Arbor
iii. Chicago
iv. Madison
c. List of organizations and universities for additional outreach
d. Updates to MAPOR Roles and Policies (Leah)

i. Updating roles of President, Conference Chair, and Associate Conference Chair
to reflect how the rules currently function
ii. Conduct policy (to reflect AAPOR’s conduct policy)
iii. Budget Approval Policy

Council members
President – Leah Dean
Vice President / President Elect – Patrick Hsieh
Past President – Justine Bulgar-Medina
Conference Chair – Jenny Marlar
Associate Conference Chair – Beth Fisher
Secretary-Treasurer – Lindsey Witt-Swanson
Associate Secretary-Treasurer – Semilla Stripp
Sponsorship Coordinator –Justine Bulgar-Medina
Student Liaison – Curtiss Engstrom
Communications & Website Chair – Benjamin Schapiro
Members at Large – Erin Heiden, Rebecca Powell, Jerry Timbrook, Paul DiPerna, Carlye Arcas, Yorkow
Oppon-Acquah, Caroline Smith
Proposed Committees
Conference Committee – Jenny, Beth, Justine
Online Learning Committee – Rebecca Powell (Chair), Erin Heiden, Jerry Timbrook, Yorkow
Oppon-Acquah
Awards, Grants, and Support Committee – Paul DiPerna, Curtiss Engstrom, Carlye Arcas
Secretary Treasurer Support – Lindsey Witt-Swanson, Semilla Stripp
Communications Support – Benjamin Schapiro, Evgenia Kapousouz, Leah Dean,
50th Anniversary Committee – Leah (chair), Beth, additional fellows, Caroline Smith, David
Sterrett

MAPOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA

MAPOR SPOTLIGHT of the MONTH: Our MAPOR Spotlight of the Month goes out to Jenny (in absentia)
for all of her hard work so far on the conference.
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. 
Agenda:
Attendees: Semilla, Carlye, Leah, David, Patrick, Yorkow, Paul (no quorum)
● Approve January Minutes: 02.09.24 MINUTES.docx
No quorum, holding until April meeting to approve both Feb and March minutes
● 2024 Conference (Jenny)

Jenny not here, sent updates:
○ Jenn and Nora have confirmed to teach a short course on questionnaire design
○ Hotel will be lowering our hotel room prices for this year (yay!)
■ $209/$229 will be the prices for this year’s conference, down from the
contractual $230/$250

○ Still working on a conference theme, planning to have a write up ready in early April
● Secretary Treasurer’s Report (Lindsey)

○ Financial updates
● Checkings:$24,001.40 and Savings: $42,217.94
○ Membership list updates
● 328 general and 60 students = 388 members

● Communications/Website (Benjamin)

○ Engagement plan/strategy
○ Spring newsletter
○ Updates with new members
○ 50th graphics update – will meet with the graphics person AAPOR used
Ben not here, no updates
● Awards, Grants, and Support Committee
○ Update goals for 2024
○ Tentative tasks for 2024
■ Review Conference Feedback
■ Evaluate Student Fellowship Program
■ Evaluate Student Grants Program
Curtiss not here, no updates on student competition.
Paul started email for outreach to professors etc, Plan to reach out to about 60 individuals and 15
general emails/program/departments. Once we announce student paper program and fellowships we
will circle back to above mailing list to make sure they have that information and keep in touch with
them. Plan to have different touch points over next 6/7 months.
Will circulate draft of student paper (?) announcement – it was sent around this time last year. Curtiss
had some additional edits that we will incorporate before sending the draft around. Will blast to
MAPOR/AAPOR listservs, and Curtiss has list for grad students.
● Sponsorship (Justine)
Justine not here, but probably nothing to report. Leah is checking in.
● Online Learning Committee (Rebecca)

○ Update goals for 2024
○ Webinars
○ Other events?
■ Resume review?
■ Speed networking?

Rebecca not here, no updates on online learning committee.
● Other business

○ AAPOR all chapter party planning representative
Leah said Lindsey is taking care of the AAPOR party contribution.
Patrick had updates on all chapter party planning. All the chapters committed to the
same amount as last year. but the committee is still looking for some $$ from the usual
folks (RTI, NORC, etc). All chapter party is now after the award banquet on Friday night
and due to venue restrictions will NOT have karaoke.

○ Mixers in 2024 (single date mixer across multiple cities?)
■ Lincoln
■ Ann Arbor
■ Chicago
■ Madison
○ List of organizations and universities for additional outreach
○ Updates to MAPOR Roles and Policies (Leah)
■ Updating roles of President, Conference Chair, and Associate Conference Chair
to reflect how the rules currently function
■ Conduct policy (to reflect AAPOR’s conduct policy)
■ Budget Approval Policy

Leah met with graphic designer AAPOR used (and highly recommended) to talk through plans for
designing 50th anniversary MAPOR logo. $1350 to design the logo and includes kick off
discussion, survey to help guide design process , 3 logo options, 3 rounds of feedback, final logo
in multiple file formats (so we can print as flag etc). Agreement that survey for design process
should be limited to MAPOR council rather than all of membership. David and Patrick agree that
this price and process seem reasonable. Will need to vote on it since uses MAPOR money.
Council members
President – Leah Dean
Vice President / President Elect – Patrick Hsieh
Past President – Justine Bulgar-Medina
Conference Chair – Jenny Marlar
Associate Conference Chair – Beth Fisher
Secretary-Treasurer – Lindsey Witt-Swanson
Associate Secretary-Treasurer – Semilla Stripp
Sponsorship Coordinator –Justine Bulgar-Medina
Student Liaison – Curtiss Engstrom
Communications & Website Chair – Benjamin Schapiro
Members at Large – Erin Heiden, Rebecca Powell, Jerry Timbrook, Paul DiPerna, Carlye Arcas, Yorkow
Oppon-Acquah, Caroline Smith
Proposed Committees
Conference Committee – Jenny, Beth, Justine
Online Learning Committee – Rebecca Powell (Chair), Erin Heiden, Jerry Timbrook, Yorkow
Oppon-Acquah
Awards, Grants, and Support Committee – Paul DiPerna, Curtiss Engstrom, Carlye Arcas
Secretary Treasurer Support – Lindsey Witt-Swanson, Semilla Stripp

Communications Support – Benjamin Schapiro, Evgenia Kapousouz, Leah Dean,
50th Anniversary Committee – Leah (chair), Beth, additional fellows, Caroline Smith, David
Sterrett

MAPOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA

MAPOR SPOTLIGHT of the MONTH: Our MAPOR Spotlight of the Month goes out to Curtiss for all of his
hard work to begin the revamp of the Student Paper Competition.
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. 
Agenda:
Attendees: Semilla, Carlye, Leah, Beth, Curtiss, Evgenia, Jenny, Caroline, David, Yorkow, Paul, Jerry
, Patrick, Erin, Rebecca, Ben

I. Approve January Minutes: 01.12.24 MAPOR Minutes.docx
The January meeting minutes were approved.

II. 2024 Conference (Jenny)

a. Conference support committee
b. Inviting Tristanne Staudt (AAPOR’s Executive Director) (Jerry)

Lydia Saad confirmed to do the keynote, Trent Buskirk confirmed to do the pedagogy hour. Still need to
figure out a short course – Jen Dykema and Nora Cate Schaffer might be able to do course on
questionnaire design. Council members supportive of the idea (good for early career folks and students),
going to reach out to them again to make sure they are still up for it. Next up is figuring out a theme –
leaning towards staying generic to encourage submissions. Goal is to have a short course locked down by
the next meeting.

Jerry had the idea to extend an invitation to Tristanne Staudt (AAPOR executive director) to attend the
conference. She could do the AAPOR pitch during the award banquet. She has expressed interest in
connecting with members more. Send an email to her, perhaps comp attendance (might not be
necessary, AAPOR has budgeted for her to do some travel). Jenny likes the idea and her will reach out to
her.
Conference support committee – Patrick offered to connect Jenny with local folks to help coordinate
things. Jenny agrees that having someone local to help with logistics would be helpful and that the
conference chair should be responsible, but bring in help and support to divvy up responsibility. Support
Committee should be current, prior, associate conference chair, and then having someone local to go
along with the experience to drive interest in running. Mentioned NORC junior staff member had interest.
Patrick sending Jenny contact info and said for ad-hoc members to reach out.
III. Secretary Treasurer’s Report (Lindsey)

a. Financial updates
i. Checkings = $22,236.19
ii. Savings = $42,217.61
b. Membership list updates
i. 324 general members + 64 students = 388 total members
ii. 2024 Membership is up on the google drive

Federal and State taxes are done
On to do list for February = starting the IL tax exemption application

IV. Communications/Website (Benjamin)

a. Engagement plan/strategy
b. Spring newsletter
c. Updates with new members
d. 50th graphics update – will meet with the graphics person AAPOR used

Ben sent Leah a draft of the newsletter. Leah meeting with AAPOR graphics designer about pricing and
to make sure ideas align next week and will send Beth an invitation. Newsletter going out next week. As
soon as he has the SPC updates they can get up on the website.
V. BOSR 60th Anniversary (Lindsey)

a. Any Updates?
b. Have we made enough progress to add this to a February newsletter?

BOSR already have some stuff planned themselves, not ready (not interested?) in planning something
larger to link up with MAPOR. So start planning other ideas here – obvious choice is Chicago, expand and
have something in MI or WI?
VI. Awards, Grants, and Support Committee
a. Update goals for 2024
b. Tentative tasks for 2024
i. Review Conference Feedback
ii. Evaluate Student Fellowship Program
iii. Evaluate Student Grants Program

Curtiss has been going through feedback of past student competitions and looking for idea for
edits/changes/new ideas (below).
External

1. Expanding eligibility for students having multiple professors on a paper. Would require that
   professors submit letter affirming that the student wrote the paper submitted.
   a. Jerry raised concern that big lab paper would be submitted as student paper – professor
   letter addresses this.
2. Highlight that current MAPOR fellow will reach out to all students after the abstract submission
   deadline to provide deadline for final paper submission.
   a. This was already practice, but putting it explicitly into procedures .
3. Codify that no awards may be given if number of submissions is low OR if no submitted paper
   meets the criteria level.
   a. Do we want to have a minimum number of papers? Consensus is no because often do
   not have many submissions and if there is just 1 paper but it is steller, they should
   recieve an award.

Interal

1. Giving MAPOR fellows the option to opt out (for a year, in general).
   a. How can we reach out to fellows to judge willingness to help out? Qualtrics survey? Ask
   them to respond to an email with feedback on participation?
   b. Jerry had idea to ask them to give us another reviewer if they opt out (and will help
   address point 2 below)
2. Expand list of reviewers
3. Create standing SPC committee of the 2 most recent MAPOR fellows and EC Awards committee
   (chair is current MAPOR fellow). Help with communication, etc.
   a. Agreement that this is good idea
   b. Bylaws allow this committee creation as EC members are on it
4. Need to update scoring rubric – currently all it has is “How worthy is this paper of being awarded
   an award?
   a. Curtiss is reaching out to Jerry about AAPOR, other chapter rubrics.
5. Create a new Google Drive folder for SPC that MAPOR fellows have access to, rather than
   depending on email to pass along information.
6. Website updates needed
   a. New section under conference tab for SPC related information – rules, eligibility, past
   winners, submission page, thank yous to fellows/reviewers
   b. Consider nominations? (Discussion below)
   c. Webmaster is in charge of updating this on a regular basis

Discussion on nominations – Evgenia worried that nominations would make students less likely to submit
if they did not get nominated. Curtiss said that would be mitigated by keeping it anonymous, could come
from anyone, not included in criteria. Leah raised the point that we need to make it very clear that there
are different avenues and anyone can and should submit, regardless of nominations. Compromise of
having professors send out generic emails encouraging students to submit? Rebecca (and Jerry) had idea
to send out general email or target departments rather than professors to avoid term of “nominations”/
favoritism. Targeting departments rather than professors was consensus. Who do we reach out to –
administrative staff, professors who have attended MAPOR? Ongoing outreach?

Paul has been working on developing templates for outreach to universities/departments – similar to
membership drive. Could be a few contacts in the next couple months? Evgenia also has a list of contacts
that can be expanded upon. Minnesota
VII. Sponsorship (Justine)

VIII. Online Learning Committee (Rebecca)

a. Update goals for 2024
b. Webinars
c. Other events?
i. Resume review?
ii. Speed networking?

Student perspective on the committee is great. Changing away from webinars and moving towards
interactive workshops, etc. Nothing currently planned for Spring – take time to carefully plan the
update/change rather than rush into things? April is tough for students also.
Resume reviews (in breakout rooms) – Summer or Fall? We did this last Fall and did not get a ton of
response, colleges also have resume reviews, so perhaps not the best use of time.
Target would be something new and different for Fall.
IX. Other business

a. AAPOR all chapter party planning representative
Leah cannot attend – can anyone take her place? Patrick is taking over.
Last year every chapter put money in the pool to try to pay for it – suggested donation is
$1500 and MAPOR has historically done $2000. Deadline is next meeting. Leah is
reaching out to Lindsey to figure this out, and will connect with Angel (?).
b. Mixers in 2024 (single date mixer across multiple cities?)
i. Lincoln
ii. Ann Arbor
iii. Chicago
iv. Madison
Hash out these details next meeting?
c. List of organizations and universities for additional outreach
d. Updates to MAPOR Roles and Policies (Leah)
i. Updating roles of President, Conference Chair, and Associate Conference Chair
to reflect how the rules currently function
ii. Conduct policy (to reflect AAPOR’s conduct policy)
iii. Budget Approval Policy
Still working on updating rules and policies – will bring when they are ready

Council members
President – Leah Dean
Vice President / President Elect – Patrick Hsieh
Past President – Justine Bulgar-Medina
Conference Chair – Jenny Marlar
Associate Conference Chair – Beth Fisher
Secretary-Treasurer – Lindsey Witt-Swanson
Associate Secretary-Treasurer – Semilla Stripp
Sponsorship Coordinator –Justine Bulgar-Medina
Student Liaison – Curtiss Engstrom
Communications & Website Chair – Benjamin Schapiro
Members at Large – Erin Heiden, Rebecca Powell, Jerry Timbrook, Paul DiPerna, Carlye Arcas, Yorkow
Oppon-Acquah, Caroline Smith
Proposed Committees
Conference Committee – Jenny, Beth, Justine
Online Learning Committee – Rebecca Powell (Chair), Erin Heiden, Jerry Timbrook, Yorkow
Oppon-Acquah
Awards, Grants, and Support Committee – Paul DiPerna, Curtiss Engstrom, Carlye Arcas
Secretary Treasurer Support – Lindsey Witt-Swanson, Semilla Stripp
Communications Support – Benjamin Schapiro, Evgenia Kapousouz, Leah Dean,
50th Anniversary Committee – Leah (chair), Beth, additional fellows, Caroline Smith, David
Sterrett

MAPOR SPOTLIGHT of the MONTH: Our MAPOR Spotlight of the Month is for Conference Chairs Patrick
and Jenny and the entire supporting crew who made the Conference a successful event! 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. 
Agenda:
Attendees: Curtiss, Lindsey, Benjamin, Justine, Mia, Leah, David, Beth, Evgenia, Paul, Jerry, Erin, Patrick,
and Rebecca
I. Welcome Executive Council!

a. New members: Semilla Stripp, Beth Fisher, Evgenia Kapousouz
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. 2023-2024 Council Transition (Leah/All)

IV. 2023 Conference Debrief
(Patrick/Jenny/All)
a. General Discussion
b. All expenses paid?
i. Hotel
ii. Tech rental
iii. Speakers
iv. Student award winners
v. Student grants
c. Thank you notes to sponsors
d. Business meeting items?
Patrick thinks we should couple the Industry Idea Exchange and sponsorship. He also suggests
bringing in more academic speakers to the conference per some feedback received at the
business meeting. Then, we can advertise that we have funds for these support opportunities
and possible sponsorship opportunities. David suggested showing grad students how many
presented at MAPOR as grad students who then became faculty. A junior academic/faculty
outreach list was deemed a need. Curtiss suggested looking at data science departments.
Paul suggested a MAPOR working paper series leading to the conference be one way to
incentivize early-career and junior folks. Justine also suggested going after undergraduate
students. Rebecca suggested we have something very defined.
Evgenia suggested reaching out to junior faculty to bring other junior faculty with them. Some
also suggested we ask the fellows to tackle this issue either by identifying faculty and/or
reaching out to them.
Jerry suggested an academic-specific colleague fund, like the AAPOR Roper fellows fund, to come
to MAPOR. He also suggested looking into academic programs that we could reach out to.
Justine suggested a set budget for student and colleague support grants and other travel
expenses.
We are getting a number of responses from the conference survey. Leah will send results in
January.
Everything is paid except for a student award winner. Lindsey is still waiting for payment
information from her but will send her a check if she does not hear back soon.
Justine will make sure 2023 Sponsors were thanked.

V. 2024 Conference (Jenny)

a. Conference support committee

VI. Secretary Treasurer’s Report (Lindsey)

a. Financial updates
b. Membership list updates.

Checking: $42,902.87 (hotel and Press America payments still to post)
Savings: $42,216.90
Will create 2024 membership list once conference and end of the year tasks are completed.
VII. Communications/Website (Benjamin)

a. Engagement plan/strategy
b. Spring newsletter
c. Updates with new members
d. Website security certificate
The security certificate for the website should now be updated. Anyone new to council, please
send Ben your headshot so he can update the website.
Lindsey suggested moving away from sending communications through the listserv and Cvent
because of issues with those communications being successfully received by all. Instead, she
suggested sending out using a MAPOR email address with outbound abilities. Then, we will have
consistency in the email address we use to communicate with MAPOR members and friends from
year to year (as opposed to communications coming from the president or conference chair at
the time).
Regularly update the website and focus on a handful of non-conference emails a year. Ben has a
draft of what we will send and when that he will share when finalized. Archive anything older
than six months. Ben suggested doing a regular check with members to make sure they are
getting our communications.
We discussed doing a post-conference newsletter, including photos and course of action for the
items at the business meeting, conference survey results, new council member headshots, and
socialize people to the MAPOR 50 th anniversary. Ben suggested updating the MAPOR logo for the
50th anniversary. Justine mentioned that we are only four years into our existing logo. We do
need new swag, a new step and repeat, and other items. The 50 th would be a great time to
refresh. Ben suggested a 50 th anniversary logo that we can step in and out of. There was also talk
about adding a “50 th Anniversary banner” to the logo. Leah suggested we learn about costs
before we make any decisions. Jerry said that AAPOR just did a logo refresh. Leah will reach out
to the AAPOR contact.

VIII. BOSR 60th Anniversary (Lindsey)
The council is supportive of potentially having a MAPOR mixer as part of BOSR’s 60 th Anniversary.
Lindsey will reach out to BOSR to see if this is something they would like to include in the 60 th
anniversary schedule.

IX. Awards, Grants, and Support Committee
a. Set meeting and goals for 2024
b. Tentative tasks for 2024
i. Review Conference Feedback
ii. Evaluate Student Fellowship Program
iii. Evaluate Student Grants Program

The committee received feedback on the student paper award competition. One suggestion was
to tell students about the competition earlier in the year. Curtiss and Paul will work through
eligibility criteria as well in hopes of increasing the number of paper submissions. They are also
working to match fellows with new students in the fellow mentoring program. We need to
update dates on the website page too.

X. Sponsorship (Justine)

XI. Online Learning Committee (Rebecca)

a. Set meeting to discuss goals for 2024
b. Webinars
c. Other events?
i. Resume review?
ii. Speed networking?

The committee is sending out emails to student winners of the resume review from the fall
webinar series. They are trying to come up with a new format/structure to overcome the low
student attendance in the webinar format. They are looking at new ways to meet our members
needs. One idea is an online contest. Rebecca asked to have this as a priority in an upcoming
council meeting. They are also welcoming to new members-at-large, council members joining the
sub-committee.
XII. Other business

a. Mixers in 2024 (single date mixer across multiple cities?)
i. Lincoln
ii. Ann Arbor
iii. Chicago
iv. Madison
b. List of organizations and universities for additional outreach
We can move to this once we know if BOSR is open to including a MAPOR mixer as part of the
BOSR 60 th .
Council members
President – Leah Dean
Vice President / President Elect – Patrick Hsieh
Past President – Justine Bulgar-Medina
Conference Chair – Jenny Marlar
Associate Conference Chair – Beth Fisher
Secretary-Treasurer – Lindsey Witt-Swanson
Associate Secretary-Treasurer – Semilla Stripp

Sponsorship Coordinator –Justine Bulgar-Medina
Student Liaison – Curtiss Engstrom
Communications & Website Chair – Benjamin Schapiro
Members at Large – Erin Heiden, Rebecca Powell, Jerry Timbrook, Paul DiPerna
Proposed Committees
Conference Committee – Jenny, Beth, Justine
Online Learning Committee – Rebecca Powell (Chair), Erin Heiden, Jerry Timbrook
Awards, Grants, and Support Committee – Paul DiPerna, Curtiss Engstrom
Secretary Treasurer Support – Lindsey Witt-Swanson, Semilla Stripp
Communications Support – Benjamin Schapiro, Curtiss Engstrom, Leah Dean
50th Anniversary Committee – Leah (chair), Beth, additional fellows

November 11, 2023

MAPOR SPOTLIGHT of the MONTH: The MAPOR spotlight of the month goes out to the OLC for another
amazing webinar series!
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. 
MAPOR Documents & 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/

Attendees: Jerry, Lindsey, Curtiss, Justine, Jenny, Patrick, Paul, Rebecca, Erin, Kevin, Leah, and Ben
Agenda:
→ Approval of September’s meeting’s minutes
September and October minutes approved
I. EC Elections & Nominations; Fellow (Kevin/Justine)

a. We have a full EC for 2023-2024!
b. Presenting recruitment challenges to members
Justine was on the AAPOR chapters’ presidents meeting. AAPOR is paying for the EC and overall
liability insurance. Wednesday night at AAPOR will be the welcome reception. We get $250
reimbursed for raffle items. All chapter party is at 9pm on Thursday of AAPOR. AAPOR can help cross
post items if we need. We need to send AAPOR our MAPOR student award winners in December. We
can also let MAPOR students know about AAPOR student opportunities.

The elections are done. We have two new additions to the EC. Justine reached out to 40 people to try
to fill election spots. Justine will be presenting an understanding of where the challenges came from at
the business meeting. She started recruitment in June, but many are concerned about the financial
and time commitment and employer support. Justine is working on scripts in the president’s hand me
down bible about the time commitment for a number of the positions. There were suggestions to build
a pipeline for junior staff to start as Members at large to get experience in the organization before
moving to an elected role. We discussed creating a nomination form so everything is one place. We
also discussed how to document the level of student involvement in the student paper award to try to
open it up to more students.

II. Support for Key Conference EC Members (Justine)
The group agreed that financially supporting the Associate Conference Chair, Conference Chair, and
Secretary/Treasurer makes sense to help recruit folks to run for these positions. Justine suggested a
registration waiver, 2 nights in the hotel, and $500 in travel costs. Justine, Patrick, and Lindsey will
figure out the dollar amount that this would be for each person.
We are getting a new storage locker that we will move into after the conference.

III. 2023 Conference (Patrick)

a. Registration Update
b. Program Update
c. Speed/Networking Update?
d. Food Update
e. Moving MAPOR stuff to hotel & New storage location near hotel–booking
f. Laptop Rentals
g. Late submissions
Justine will put together a list of who will be at the hotel when on Thursday. Patrick will have the
sponsorship images as screen savers on the laptop. We have 40% fewer abstract submissions, but
registration is pretty close to last year. The hotel room block is in a good place too. Justine suggested
a digital comment box throughout the conference to collect member thoughts so they have
opportunities outside of the business meeting.

IV. Secretary / Treasurer’s Report (Lindsey)

a. Financial updates
i. Banking: $32,557.78
ii. Savings: $47,216.53
b. Membership list updates
i. 419 members; 327 General; 92 Students
ii. Will check AAPOR list
c. Move to Cvent
i. Done, but need to deal with communication
ii. Will cancel the credit card services

V. Communications & Website (Benjamin)

a. Newsletter–Mini on Monday/Tuesday (elections, conference, sponsors
b. Website updates?
c. Email forwarding?
Justine will send out an email or mini-listserv ahead of the conference.

VI. Awards, Grants, and Support Committee (Paul & Curtiss)

a. Fellowship program updates
MAPOR gave out six student grants and two colleague grants, each for $500. Lindsey is paying these
now. There is a student happy hour on Thursday and lunch on Saturday.

VII. Sponsorship (Kevin)
a. Reaching out to new possible sponsors? A section in the newsletter or website
highlighting our sponsors?

Lost 5 sponsors this year, picked up 2 new ones. Brings the total to $18,500. Everyone has paid.
VIII. Online Learning Committee (Rebecca)

a. Fall Webinar Series

They are sending out the recordings to everyone who registered. One honorarium has been paid. Two more to
come. The committee is discussing changing the format for student-focused content. Students don’t seem to be as
open to the webinar content. The OLC will offer alternatives in the business meeting. The OLC asked for direction on
their mission; serve members or recruit new members.
IX. Other ongoing business

a. Passing the baton–documentation from EC to EC–Kevin, Justine, Lindsey, Patrick, Leah

Council members
President – Justine Bulgar-Medina
Vice President / President-Elect – Leah Dean
Past President – Kevin Ulrich
Conference Chair – Patrick Hsieh
Associate Conference Chair – Jenny Marlar
Secretary-Treasurer – Lindsey Witt-Swanson
Sponsorship Coordinator –Kevin Ulrich
Student Liaison – Curtiss Engstrom
Communications & Website Chair – Benjamin Schapiro
Members at Large – Erin Heiden, Rebecca Powell, Jerry Timbrook, Paul DiPerna, Shalise Ayromloo
Proposed Committees
Conference Committee – Patrick, Jenny, Shalise
Membership Survey Committee–Justine, Leah, Lindsey, Curtiss, Benjamin
Online Learning Committee – Rebecca Powell (Chair), Erin Heiden, Jerry Timbrook
Awards, Grants, and Support Committee – Paul DiPerna, Curtiss Engstrom

Secretary-Treasurer Support – Lindsey Witt-Swanson, Justine Bulgar-Medina
Communications Support – Benjamin Schapiro, Curtiss Engstrom, Leah Dean

September 8, 2023

MAPOR SPOTLIGHT of the MONTH: The MAPOR spotlight of the month goes out to Patrick & Jenny for
getting all the abstracts in and underway for review!
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. 
MAPOR Documents & 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/

Agenda:
Attendees: Jenny, Lindsey, Curtiss, Leah, Justine, Jerry, Ben, Erin, and Kevin

I. Approval of last meeting’s minutes

Approved

II. EC Elections & Nomination (Justine)
Justine reached out to many people. We have a candidate for each of the open positions. Another name
was proposed in the meeting. Justine will reach out to them. Kevin raised to Leah that she could think
about appointing an EC member or two to help with EC too since we won’t have at-large positions coming
in from the unopposed races.

III. 2023 Conference (Patrick)

a. Support for new programming?
b. Hotel Check-in
c. New storage location near hotel–booking
d. Support with abstract extension
Abstracts are closed. Patrick is taking a first pass at sorting abstracts into the various sessions. Partick is
going to speak with the hotel to see if there are cost savings to be had with the drinks and food options at
the hotel.
Justine will circulate an email about getting conference registration set up.
Kevin gave an overview of how MAPOR membership works with the conference. The MAPOR bylaws state
that a person has to be a MAPOR member to attend the conference. MAPOR membership goes from close
of the conference until the end of the next calendar year. There was a change in 2014, but we aren’t sure
why. Registering for a conference is essentially also becoming a member for the next year. Kevin
suggested a bylaws change to the past language.
Justine proposed a bylaws change presentation at the conference business meeting as a precursor to a
bylaws vote.
Conference registration includes the following year’s membership fee so we will remove the next year’s
membership purchase option. We will add a sentence that 2024 membership is included in the registration
fee.
Justine, Patrick, Jenny, and Lindsey met to look at the actual conference costs and registration fees. The
conference actually costs MAPOR around $200 a person, but most pay the early bird costs which was
$100/person for non-students and students pay less. Justine proposed a gradual registration increase. This
year, we will increase to $125 early-bird and $150 regular and next year to $135 early-bird and $160
regular. Students will stay at $50 for early-bird and $75 for regular.

IV. Secretary / Treasurer’s Report (Lindsey)

a. Financial updates
i. Checking: $24,213.40
ii. Savings: $47,215.75
b. Membership list updates
i. 405 Members (85 students, 320 non-students)
c. Move to Cvent
i. Lindsey has 15 minutes left before moving membership and sponsorship payments to
Cvent. Lindsey will enlist Kevin to test it once it is ready.

V. Communications & Website (Benjamin)

a. Newsletter–mid-September, mini pre conference
b. Website updates?
c. Email forwarding?
Ben is awaiting newsletter content for the September newsletter, which will include election and fall
webinar series information. Ben is compiling a list of yearly updates. 2023 updates will be done by the end
of the year, and then he can move through his list throughout 2024. Email forwarding isn’t working
properly for president and secretary. Ben gave the options of getting two email accounts at additional
costs or just giving Lindsey and Justine access to the big account. He will give Lindsey and Justine access to
the big account. Ben will have the new LinkedIn account up for fall webinar advertising.

VI. Awards, Grants, and Support Committee (Paul & Curtiss)

a. Fellowship program updates
Everything is running smoothly. Curtiss is also getting student events ready for the conference.
VII. Sponsorship (Kevin)
a. Reaching out to new possible sponsors? A section in the newsletter or website
highlighting our sponsors?
We lost some past sponsors but gained a couple. Kevin is also working through artwork for the ads.
VIII. Online Learning Committee (Rebecca)
a. Updates?
The fall webinar series is very student focused (Survey Success Trilogy: Introduction to the Field,
Networking, and Navigating Your Career in Survey Research). Any student that registers for the webinar
series will enter a raffle to have their resume reviewed by Chris Timm, a career services-type person at the
University of Nebraska.
IX. Other ongoing business

a. Passing the baton–documentation from EC to EC–Kevin, Justine, Lindsey, Patrick
Justine has been compiling information that Kevin does and knows that no one else knows.
Council members
President – Justine Bulgar-Medina
Vice President / President-Elect – Leah Dean
Past President – Kevin Ulrich
Conference Chair – Patrick Hsieh
Associate Conference Chair – Jenny Marlar
Secretary-Treasurer – Lindsey Witt-Swanson
Sponsorship Coordinator –Kevin Ulrich
Student Liaison – Curtiss Engstrom
Communications & Website Chair – Benjamin Schapiro
Members at Large – Erin Heiden, Rebecca Powell, Jerry Timbrook, Paul DiPerna, Shalise Ayromloo
Proposed Committees
Conference Committee – Patrick, Jenny, Shalise
Membership Survey Committee–Justine, Leah, Lindsey, Curtiss, Benjamin
Online Learning Committee – Rebecca Powell (Chair), Erin Heiden, Jerry Timbrook
Awards, Grants, and Support Committee – Paul DiPerna, Curtiss Engstrom

Secretary-Treasurer Support – Lindsey Witt-Swanson, Justine Bulgar-Medina
Communications Support – Benjamin Schapiro, Curtiss Engstrom, Leah Dean

July 14, 2023

MAPOR SPOTLIGHT of the MONTH: The MAPOR spotlight of the month goes out to Paul & Curtiss for
their work matching student fellowships and supporting our amazing MAPOR students!
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. 
MAPOR Documents & 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/

Agenda:
Attendees: Jenny, Justine, Ben, Jerry, Lindsey, Patrick, Leah, and Rebecca
I. Approval of last meeting’s minutes
Approved
II. 2023 Conference (Patrick)

a. New advertising locations/ideas?
b. Support for new programming?
c. New sponsorships?
d. Hotel Check-in
e. New storage location near hotel?

We have a new point of contact at Embassy Suites. Patrick shared with the new contact that we do not
expect major changes from last year so to use that as a template. Patrick had a panel member from All
State lined up, but Allstate said no. Instead, Patrick got Yu-Han Jao from Sumitomo Pharma America to
join the panel again.
We discussed registration costs, which were $100 in 2022. We discussed increasing the registration costs
for non-students by $10 and students by $5 to help cover additional speaker costs through the panel.
Patrick is teaching a course this fall, and asked if we could comp these students registration to attend the
keynote and such. Justine suggested they volunteer in some capacity if they don’t pay. Jerry shared that
AAPOR has a one-day experience for students in fields that are not traditionally part of our industry. He
suggested we have a form to make it a formal process and limit it to ten students a year or something like
that. Rebecca pointed out that AAPOR is a longer conference than MAPOR and many MAPOR attendees
already only attend for a day. She suggested allowing them to attend Friday afternoon or something like
that. Ben suggested we sit on this a bit and have more time to think through the details. Ben also
suggested that we offer it to all juniors or seniors in undergrad and 1st year grad students regardless of
program. We will discuss this more next month.
Patrick sent two emails to AAPORnet; call for abstracts and trying to get outside industry people. The
abstract deadline is July 28th but will likely move to August 4 or 7. Patrick and Jenny will plan to sift
through abstracts the end of August or middle of September.
Kevin is currently overseeing the MAPOR storage unit but is rolling off council. Justine found a storage unit
near the hotel for $40/month. She tried finding space at NORC, but they are looking at downsizing space.
She is worried that if we stick it in a NORC office now, it may get lost, so a new storage unit is best. Justine
and Lindsey will work with Kevin to move MAPOR stuff.

III. Secretary / Treasurer’s Report (Lindsey)

a. Financial updates
i. Checking: $20,243.20
ii. Savings: $47,214.95
b. Membership list updates
i. 395 Total
ii. 311 non-students
iii. 84 students
iv. Need to add July membership

Lindsey will look at 2022 costs for the travel scholarships, speaker costs, and other expenses to get a sense
of our annual budget and how much we can afford to comp in membership, webinars, and conference.
IV. Communications & Website (Benjamin)

a. Newsletter–mid-July & mid-September, mini pre conference
b. Website updates?
c. OLC Email credentials?
d. Spring/Summer Communication Schedule (bylaws, survey, conference registration)
We have three emails set up through Go Daddy (admin, abstract/conference, and online learning). Ben will send
Rebecca and Patrick their credentials. Ben isn’t confident that it is working correctly, so he is going to test
further. There is a security certificate for the website that has expired. Ben is working on it. Ben didn’t know the
meeting minutes were uploaded to the website. He has that up-to-date now.

We have a lot of communications that need to go out for the member survey, bylaws revision, conference, and
council nomination. He would like to discuss timeline and possibly overlapping some of it. Justine will think
through the timeline more. She does want bylaws to be its own effort. Justine will talk with Kevin and Lindsey to
determine what goes into the bylaws vote.
Justine added questions to the survey on how members want MAPOR to communicate them.
V. Awards, Grants, and Support Committee (Paul & Curtiss)

a. Fellowship program updates
They are doing great things!
VI. Sponsorship (Kevin)

a. Reaching out to new possible sponsors? A section in the newsletter?
Kevin will start on this soon. Justine suggested we start showcasing our sponsors in newsletters.
VII. Online Learning Committee (Justine)
a. Integrating fall resume/PD into the conference
The OLC will have a three-sessions webinar in the fall. It will be student focused, including Intro to the field,
resume and CV review, and networking leading into the conference. They will reach out to departments to
recruit registrants. Curtiss will give his student perspective to the OLC next week. AAPOR is working on a list of
academic programs that we can use to fill in gaps. Jerry will reach out to a career advisor at the University of
Nebraska to hopefully raffle off some of her time to review a resume. We discussed routing registration
through Google forms or something like that to avoid the $5 Cvent. We could also say this is free on behalf of
Nora Cate and the spring webinar speaker who donated her spring honorarium. They are thinking about
changing webinar registration to four registration types; students-free, MAPOR members-$30, non-members-
$60, non-member who become members-$50 ($30 for the webinar and $20 for the membership, so $10
discount if they become members).
The member survey currently has questions asking for OLC topics for future webinars. The OLC would like to
focus on the public opinion side of the industry next. They have also thought about skill-based webinars, like
how to put together a webinar or writing effective abstracts. They have discussed the spring webinars being
more everyone focused and fall being more student focused.
VIII. Other ongoing business

a. Future EC recruitment ideas–starting to plan for upcoming elections
b. History of the EC List
c. Passing the baton–documentation from EC to EC
d. Bylaws
e. Tentative tasks for 2023
i. Not for Profit Annual Report filing
ii. Cvent billing – Should we drop our other platforms?
Three positions are up for election this fall; VP/President-Elect, Associate
Secretary/Treasurer, and Associate Conference Chair.
Justine is worried about filling the OLC Chair as an electable position because we already
struggle to fill elected positions. Lindsey said that the OLC has taken MAPOR
membership value, exposure and additional members to a new level and deserves a
higher role. Lindsey also suggested putting together how many hours a month are

involved with each of the positions to have when we approach people to run. Ben made
the point that we don’t have time to get the bylaws changed and then someone elected
into this position this fall. Justine shared the concern that if we male the OLC Chair
position electable we will be expected to make the communication position an electable
position too. Ben asked if we can define the OLC chair role if we decide to add it as an
electable position in the bylaws. Rebecca said the OLC has detailed documents on what
the OLC chair does. Patrick suggested we float it at the business meeting and then if it
seems well received we do a bylaw change next year. There was push back on doing
bylaw changes two years in a row. Because we do not have time to pass the bylaws
change and get an OLC chair elected this year, we would have three positions to fill each
year moving forward if we make the OLC chair position a two year term. Justine will put
together level of effort for the open positions.
Please share nominee ideas with Justine.

Council members
President – Justine Bulgar-Medina
Vice President / President-Elect – Leah Dean
Past President – Kevin Ulrich
Conference Chair – Patrick Hsieh
Associate Conference Chair – Jenny Marlar
Secretary-Treasurer – Lindsey Witt-Swanson
Sponsorship Coordinator –Kevin Ulrich
Student Liaison – Curtiss Engstrom
Communications & Website Chair – Benjamin Schapiro
Members at Large – Erin Heiden, Rebecca Powell, Jerry Timbrook, Paul DiPerna, Shalise Ayromloo
Proposed Committees
Conference Committee – Patrick, Jenny, Shalise
Membership Survey Committee–Justine, Leah, Lindsey, Curtiss, Benjamin
Online Learning Committee – Rebecca Powell (Chair), Erin Heiden, Jerry Timbrook
Awards, Grants, and Support Committee – Paul DiPerna, Curtiss Engstrom
Secretary-Treasurer Support – Lindsey Witt-Swanson, Justine Bulgar-Medina
Communications Support – Benjamin Schapiro, Curtiss Engstrom, Leah Dean