This is because I believe we need to approach the issue with open minds in our discussions with one another. I thus send them to you with no pride of authorship. I merely substituted such words as association and Ottawa for words such as nation, province, and London. The process of unification of psychology, however, may be acrimonious initially. Alienation among some associations is more real than imagined.
Representative democracy is to be used to decide upon the new organization.
The suitability of a proposal for unification should be voted by the boards or elected officers of the respective associations and ultimately decided upon at the respective associations' annual meeting. Because the unification of psychology will take time, multiple proposals should be proposed to each psychological association in Canada. It would be helpful to have suggestions circulated to all interested parties prior to the CPA Board meeting, November 2000, revised during the Winter and submitted in the Spring to all organizations that will attend the conference that Jim Ogloff will chair. The purpose of the Ogloff conference should be to delineate and endorse the benefits of a federation or union of associations of psychologists in Canada. This should be accomplished at the conference relatively quickly, as discussions among associations prior to the conference will undoubtedly lead to the refusal of the invitation to attend the conference by an association who has no desire for unification.