Barbara W. ShankApril 2024
REPORT OF THE IASSW SECRETARYMEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Data for this report is based on membership data as of March 13th, 2024.
According to the membership list kept by Rashmi Pandey, Executive Officer, as of March 13th,
2024, the IASSW had 277 Institutional members, 130 Individual & Life members, 8 Affiliatemembers and 4 Student members (419 in total).
As the IASSW election and World Congress is being held in early April 2024 instead of June/July2024, it speculated that membership numbers for the first quarter have been impacted.
We remain optimistic and anticipate an increase in membership numbers in the coming months.
The following graphs display membership data as of the end of February 2024 with a comparison
to December 2022 and December 2023.
Type ofMembership

SchoolIndividual & Life
Affiliate
Student

Dec-22

Dec-23

Feb-24

334
159
3-350
103
44427713084School

Individuals Individual
Life
51
1734
1365040
98050

RegionAfricaAsia and Pacific
Europe and Middle East
Latin American
North American and Caribbean
Total

29164
39342277

Affiliate131128Student001034Diagram 1: IASSW Membership. as of February 2024

300

IASSW Membership Feb 2024

277250200
Schools
150

Individuals&Life130

AffiliatedStudent

100

50
840Feb-24

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Diagram 2: Comparison of IASSW members by School, Individual & Life, Affiliate and Student(December 2023; February 2024).

IASSW Memberhsip in Dec 23, Feb 24
400
350
300

350

277

250
200
150

130
103

100
4450

80Schools

Dec-23
Individuals&LifeFeb-24
Affiliated

44Student

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Diagram 3: Comparison of IASSW members by School, Individual & Life, Affiliate and Student(December 2022, December 2023 and February 2024).

Distribution of IASSW Membership in Dec 2022, Dec
2023 and Feb 2024
400350300

3343502772502001591501301031004450
3840
Schools

Individuals&Life
Dec-22AffiliatedDec-23StudentFeb-24

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Diagram 4. Distribution of IASSW Individual and Life Members by Regions (February 2024)

Distribution of IASSW Individual and Life
Members by Regions ( Feb 2024)
North Americanand Caribbean, 49

Africa, 6Asia and Pacific, 51
AfricaAsia and Pacific
Europe and Middle East
Latin American
North American and Caribbean

Latin American, 5Europe and Middle
East, 195Diagram 5. Distribution of IASSW Members by Regions (February 2024)

Distribution of IASSW Members by Regions
164(Feb 2024)

180
160
140
120100Schools
Individuals &Life

80

Affiliated

6040
20051
4239

Student49

29
1961 0Africa

3 01 13 5 1 0Asia andPacific

Europe andMiddle East

Latin
American2 3
NorthAmerican andCaribbean

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Diagram 6. Distribution of IASSW School Members by Regions (February 2024)

Distribution of IASSW Schools Members ByRegions (Feb 2024)

North Americanand Caribbean, 42Africa, 29

Europe and MiddleEast, 39

AfricaAsia and Pacific
Europe and Middle East
Latin American
North American and Caribbean
Asia and Pacific,
164
Latin American, 3Administrative concerns
Administrative concerns remain the same since our January 2024 Board meeting. Membershipinvoices for 2024 were sent in December 2023. Often the invoice is incorrect or has not gone to thecorrect person. We need Board Members to check to make sure that they as individuals or theirschools have received and paid the invoice for 2024. If you have not received the invoice or it isincorrect, please let Rashmi Pandey know to make sure that we have the correct contact person,address and email.
The process of invoicing and reminders with limited renewal is challenging and problematic for theassociation. It is the responsibility of each Board members to know if their school is a current memberor they hold individual membership. The Secretary and/or the Executive Officer are not responsible forreminding Board members to renew their membership.
Rashmi Pandey, Executive Officer, requests that each February, Board members check with her toconfirm that their school has renewed their membership or that they are current individual membersfor that year.
Barbara, Secretary, encourages each Board members to renew as life members. This will ensure that
their membership is current and they are not dependent on their school for renewal of membership tolegitimize their position as Board members.
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As noted in previous reports, and demonstrated through the above charts and graphs, the decline inboth individual and school membership is a major concern for IASSW. As our operating budget isdepended on the generation of dues, we must attract and retain members if we are going to continue
to fund operations at a viable level. In addition to funding our association operations, we should becontributing between 3-6% of revenue to reserves. Each Board members must do their part in
attracting new and retaining members from their regions. We all must personally reach out tocolleagues to encourage their participation in and support of IASSW.
With a change in web services providers, we have experienced challenges related to invoicing. Rashmi
Pandey and Jenny Joy have been working continuously with our new provider to work through thechallenges and move the invoicing system forward. Members have let us know when they have notreceived their invoice for 2024 and Rashmi continues to be diligent in communicating with members
and sending new invoices.
Secretary Activities - January 1, 2024 - April 1, 2024
Appointed to Chair the Nominations and Election Committee, Chair of the Capacity Building
Committee, serve as member of the Budget and Finance Committee, and as a member of the Task
Force on the Implementation of Global Standard for Social Work Education
Continue to serve in each of these capacities.
Prepared 40 minute video lecture on for the Global Standard for Social Work Education project.
Lecture titled: The Global Standards for Social Work Education - Standards with Regard to Social Work
Educators. Prepared Module 3 for the E-Learning Series of the Global Standards for Social Work
Education - Standards with Regard to Social Work Educators
Call for nominations for the 2024 Elections was distributed with positive results. Nominations werereceived for the positions of President, Secretary and two Members at Large. Nominations wereprovided to the members of the Nomination Committee and nominations were ranked. Members ofthe Nominations Committee include Kgomotso Jongman, Rita Molina, David Rose, and ChristosPanagiotopoulos.
For the position of President, one nominations was received, so that position will have a single slate.
Two individuals were selected for the slate for the Secretary position and four individuals wereselected for the two positions of Member at Large, a double slate for the three positions.
All candidate materials were translated and the electronic slate was distributed. Only members who
have paid their membership for 2024 are eligible to vote. At the January 2024 Board meeting, theBoard voted to extend the deadline for voting until March 15, 2024.
Results of the 2024 Election will be announced at the General Assembly on April 4th, 2024 during theWorld Congress in Panama.

8Membership Invitations
Sent email membership invitations to all members of the CSWE Commission on Global Social Work
Education and the Council on Global Social Work Issues and the Council on Global Learning & Practice.
Engaged with Organizers of the World Congress regarding sending invitations to all schools of social work inPanama to join IA.
Tripartite Committee
Continue to serve on Tripartite Committee.
Represented IASSW 2024
As IASSW Secretary, served as Chief Guest for National Conference on Global Perspectives onIndigenous Social Work: Integrating Research and Practice for Sustainable Change sponsored by Sree
Sabareesa College, India.
Prepared Partner Presentation abstract for the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program
Meeting in Kansas City, Mo. in October 2024. Submitted registration for Exhibit Space for IASSW at theAPM. Panelist for the Partner Presentation include Dr. Lynne Healy, Dr. Shirley Gatenio-Gable, andIncoming President Antoinette Lombard. The presentation is titled : IASSW: Mission, Major Activities
and Benefits.
Congress Representation
Serving on the Organizing Committee for the World Congress 2024 - Panama, April 4-7, 2024. Themeof the Congress: Respecting Diversity Through Joint Social Action. Reviewed 56 abstracts. Asked toChair sessions. Collaborating with Rashmi Pandey on organizing the IASSW Exhibit at the Congress.

Respectfully submitted,Barbara W. Shank, IASSW Secretary and Membership Chair9