Serrano Room, Omni Los Angeles Hotel Los Angeles, California Thank you to Cameron Camp for submitting these minutes for Ron Abeles, Secretary, Division 20, who was unable to attend the meeting because of the government shutdown. Sue Whitbourne announced that Ursula Springer expressed a wish to finance two awards for The Division, a Distinguished New Professional Award and a Distinguished Research Contribution Award. B. APA Awards - She also announced that Powell Lawton was being nominated for an APA Distinguished Contribution to Professional Psychology Award and that Paul Baltes was being nominated for the APA Distinguished Research Contribution Award. World Wide Web Page and E-Mail Network Michael Marsiske, Network Coordinator for the Division discussed the possibility of creating a WWW page for Division 20.
Topics can include members in the news, a listing of texts on adult development and aging, etc.
Committee chairs will help monitor information, a subcommittee will monitor initial input, and Dr. Marsiske will serve as the last QA person. Once the non-members are identified, they will be invited to join the Division. The first was for a one-time CE program on Geropsychology and Late Life Depression. Just before the GSA convention, John Santos contracted Dr. Lichtenberg and informed him that the first grant had been approved. The CE program will be co-sponsored by Division 20, The Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, and the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University.