tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post2608106802688176001..comments2009-11-21T02:50:47.673-08:00Comments on Siting APSA annual meetings: Specific discussion of siting policyMediocre Intersectionality Scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11423705411999990836noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-50676467381863392102009-11-21T02:50:47.673-08:002009-11-21T02:50:47.673-08:00Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? ...Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? <br />Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-61961029679030541492009-05-26T14:08:57.280-07:002009-05-26T14:08:57.280-07:00I can now only assume that plans to boycott APSA 2...I can now only assume that plans to boycott APSA 2012 in New Orleans have been put on hold while everyone gears up to start protesting APSA 2011 in San Francisco, given the California Supreme Court's ruling today that upholds Proposition 8...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-4994219376787666402008-06-28T11:13:00.000-07:002008-06-28T11:13:00.000-07:00Good decision. I look forward to going to New Orl...Good decision. I look forward to going to New Orleans in 2012! And if some political scientists decide to boycott the meeting, it will make it that easier to book a room at one of the conference hotels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-11315946267081219462008-06-27T11:23:00.000-07:002008-06-27T11:23:00.000-07:00Eerily quiet over here following yesterday's decis...Eerily quiet over here following yesterday's <A HREF="http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/SitingIssue.html" REL="nofollow">decision</A>...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-13879816474690316042008-06-23T12:29:00.000-07:002008-06-23T12:29:00.000-07:00A different viewA different <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121391817150590261.html" REL="nofollow">view</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-17390480694689056822008-05-07T12:17:00.000-07:002008-05-07T12:17:00.000-07:00Friends,As you prepare your feedback for APSA on t...Friends,<BR/><BR/>As you prepare your feedback for APSA on the siting issue (instructions below), I would like to suggest that people use precise language in relation to LGBT issues. In traveling to APSA conferences, while many of the issues lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender caucus member face are the same--discrimination, harassment, violence--the legal landscape affecting gender identity/expression can be very different. For example, many states have sexual orientation non-discrimination laws; most of those statutes do not include gender identity. In addition, while bans on same-sex marriage, recognition of civil partnerships, etc., can mean that partners have no visition rights in hospitals, for trans people--whether or not they are in a same-sex relationship--the health care issue can also involve discrimination, harassment and outright denial of urgent medical treatment. The lack of a statutory or constitutional same-sex marriage/civil partnership ban would not alleviate this risk for trans people.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, at this moment in time, I am thinking it would probably be a mistake to add trans issues into the APSA siting issue. But those of us who are trans identified and our allies look forward to educating caucus members and APSA leadership about the particular issues that trans people in the profession face. Sending comments to APSA that conflate sexual orientation and gender identity/expression or that imply that sexual orientation laws protect trans people from discrimination will make our future education work all the more challenging.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>Paisley CurrahPaisley Currahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13692694491671993034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-5539793098395042952008-05-07T06:25:00.000-07:002008-05-07T06:25:00.000-07:00Posting from Don Rosenthal:To: President Dianne Pi...Posting from Don Rosenthal:<BR/><BR/>To: President Dianne Pinderhughes<BR/> Executive Director Michael Brintnall<BR/> Members of the APSA Executive Council<BR/>From: The Committee on the Status of Lesbians, <BR/> Gays, Bisexuals and the Transgendered (LGBT)<BR/> in the Profession <BR/> Members: Jay Barth, Hendrix College<BR/> Cynthia Burack, Ohio State University<BR/> Valerie Lehr, St. Lawrence University<BR/> Donald Rosenthal, Emeritus, State <BR/> University of New York at Buffalo <BR/> Angelia Wilson. University of Manchester<BR/>Subject: Statement on APSA’s Siting Policy <BR/> and the New Orleans Decision <BR/>Date: May 5, 2008<BR/><BR/>The LGBT Status Committee wishes to go on record with the following statement: <BR/><BR/>The LGBT Status Committee calls upon the American Political Science Association to support the principle that the Association not hold conferences in any state that, by law, acts to severely restrict the human rights of any group of its members. Currently, eighteen states have enacted broad anti-gay constitutional amendments that seek to void legal recognition of domestic partnerships recognized in other jurisdictions. Such amendments put human rights in jeopardy. <BR/><BR/>We recognize that there are contending interests and aspirations at stake in the proposed siting of New Orleans in 2012. Should the APSA Executive Council proceed to support holding the 2012 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, we call upon the Council to make the following commitments:<BR/><BR/>1) to research and provide information to all members on queer-friendly hospitals and health-care emergency services, insurance agents and attorneys familiar with protecting the rights of the LGBT citizens of New Orleans; <BR/>2) to communicate to local and state officials the non-discrimination policies of the American Political Science Association and the Association’s expectations of the proper treatment of LGBT members and their families who attend the meeting; <BR/>3) to provide venues for promoting communication among members about the human rights implications of the state of Louisiana’s relationship policies; such vehicles should include PS and the monthly e-Newsletter distributed by the Association; <BR/>4) to commit other organizational resources to providing opportunities for discussing the siting policies of the Association and the New Orleans decision within the Association at future Annual Meetings leading up to and including the 2012 meeting; these would include making available panels or forums to discuss the issues; <BR/>5) to insure that the Sexuality and Politics Section’s panel allocation for the 2013 Annual Meeting will not be based on attendance at Section panels in 2012; <BR/>6) to accommodate the Sexuality and Politics Section by extending the period for assessing the number of members of the Section by at least one year.Mediocre Intersectionality Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423705411999990836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-11215479680507939012008-04-25T17:18:00.000-07:002008-04-25T17:18:00.000-07:00[Posting from Don Rosenthal]To: President Dianne P...[Posting from Don Rosenthal]<BR/><BR/>To: President Dianne Pinderhughes<BR/><BR/> Executive Director Michael Brintnall<BR/><BR/> Members of the APSA Executive Council<BR/><BR/>From: Don Rosenthal, Chair, LGBT<BR/><BR/> Status Committee<BR/><BR/>Date: March 31, 2008<BR/><BR/>Subject: Proposed Set of Action Items<BR/><BR/> For Council Consideration <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/> I thought it would be useful in advance of the Executive Council meeting on Saturday for me to lay out the positions of the Status Committee on the major siting issues in summary form: <BR/><BR/> I. WE ENDORSE ADOPTION OF THE NEW GENERAL FORMULA<BR/><BR/> Since 2005, the Committee has favored adopting a state-level formula that takes the passage of especially onerous state constitutional amendments opposed to recognition of same-sex relationships into account in making siting decisions. That is the formula proposed by Executive Director Michael Brintnall in his recent siting policy proposal.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/> II. WE OPPOSE ADOPTION OF AN “EXCEPTIONS” SECTION<BR/><BR/> While this section may have been well-intentioned as a way of responding to the concerns of those who seek to go to New Orleans in 2012, it is an administrative nightmare and potentially destructive of the general formula. It also is a poor guide in moving past New Orleans in making siting decisions. If, as many surmise, it is the purpose of this section to find a way to go to New Orleans (the critical issue that is not stated explicitly in the policy proposal), then that recommendation should be presented squarely on its own terms. Instead, a convoluted set of “exceptions” are proposed that are difficult to specify and likely even more difficult to implement for potential sites. <BR/><BR/> III. WE OPPOSE SITING NEW ORLEANS IN 2012<BR/><BR/> Members of the LGBT Status Committee and the LGBT Caucus recognize the legitimate concerns of members who feel an obligation to help the predominantly lower-income African-American population of New Orleans whose lives have been shattered in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. We feel, however, that a decision to meet in New Orleans would do little directly to help these people, essentially benefiting only those corporations with whom the Association normally does business elsewhere in the country in the course of holding meetings. If the economic benefits of meeting in the city are really to reach those who have been most affected by the hurricane and the inadequate response to the hurricane’s destruction, other alternatives might be considered like moving the meeting to a more suitable site and having a major portion of the normal income in APSA fees from the meetings go into supporting programs for helping the people of New Orleans who have been most affected. Would a moratorium on an APSA meeting in 2012 really be destructive of the discipline and of the professional way of life that some suggest?<BR/><BR/> At the same time, we feel strongly that the potential treatment of LGBT visitors to New Orleans as second-class citizens (as they would be if they were invited to attend a meeting there) would be an egregious step by the Association. Many leading LGBT figures in the discipline – people who have been active participants in the life of the Association like Martha Ackelsberg, Joan Tronto, Julie Novkov and Ken Sherrill – have already indicated their intention not to attend a meeting scheduled for New Orleans under present circumstances. Up to this point, the Committee has carefully weighed the pros and cons of supporting a call for boycott of the kind advocated by Dan Pinello. We have not yet taken a formal stand on that proposal, partly because we recognize that, whatever we do formally, this is a matter of personal conscience for many LGBT members of the Association and that such a boycott might happen whether we endorse it or not. Indeed, you should be aware that the recent statement from Julie Novkov, the head of the new Sexuality and Politics Section opposing going to New Orleans reflects a growing move toward supporting a boycott of New Orleans. <BR/><BR/> IV. WE ENDORSE ACTIONS TO PROMOTE A DELAYED CONVERSATION <BR/><BR/> Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the decision-making process in APSA with regard to the siting issue has proceeded sluggishly for the better part of the current academic year. Indeed, the process such as it has been has been opaque rather than clear even to interested participants in that process, let alone uninterested members in the Association. That is actually an improvement over the previous two years when members of our Committee felt that our requests for changes in organizational policy and concerns with addressing the New Orleans case head-on were simply being ignored or shunted off by the Council to a committee. Was it predicable that that Committee would not feel it was in a position to address the issues involved? As painful as it is to admit, we must take some responsibility for not pressing even harder for a defined process and schedule months ago that have led to a satisfactory decision by this time. It is now time for APSA leadership to move away from indecision and for the Council to take actions that set out a course over the next few months that open a conversation about what different groups and individuals within the Association really feel about going to New Orleans.<BR/><BR/> While we have engaged in the debate largely within our own constituency and reported our understanding of those views to President Pinderhughes and Executive Director Brintnall, we still do not have a clear understanding of all the concerns those supportive of going to New Orleans in 2012 may have. The APSA communication system has been a poor resource system in promoting that conversation. Indeed, as we have noted elsewhere, we have not been told everything we need to know about the views some of the members who may have sent letters to APSA leadership which either the writers or APSA leadership did not share with us, perhaps out a concern for our sensititivities (although we have reason to believe that some of those communications were supportive of our positions).<BR/><BR/> That leads me to propose four steps that we feel should be taken immediately:<BR/><BR/> 1) Delay a decision on New Orleans at least until the Council meeting in Boston.<BR/><BR/> 2) In the interim, open opportunities for a conversation within the Association by making available to us the media resources of the Association, particularly the monthly newsletter and/or the next issue of PS in order to circulate our views throughout the discipline. Of course, we would anticipate and welcome other views on the issues being represented in the same forums. If we do not so something like this, our differences may continue to fester within the Association in years to come. In the near term, the Status Committee and the Caucus and individual members are likely to continue to raise the issues first identified in 2005. They are too important to us as members of the Association to do otherwise. Indeed, it would mean colluding in the homophobic policies of states like Louisiana by supporting unjust regimes.<BR/><BR/> 3) The Council should go on public record in recognition of the serious issues that are at stake here. That statement should be circulated widely in the public media particularly in New Orleans as we struggle with the issues. Personally, I think these matters have been kept within the APSA “family” too long and need a wider airing. In that respect, I think this is also an opportunity to educate both the general public and other professional associations as they deal with the same issues. And isn’t that something that APSA as an organization made up mainly of professional educators should be proud to do?<BR/><BR/> 4) The Association should begin negotiations with cities interested in being selected as sites post-2012 based on the new general formula.Mediocre Intersectionality Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423705411999990836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-21148467776883368112008-04-14T06:33:00.000-07:002008-04-14T06:33:00.000-07:00What kinds of policies make people feel at risk? L...What kinds of policies make people feel at risk? Like the kind of risk that would make you not want to go to a meeting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816613718919567585.post-22955448700544613272008-04-12T18:53:00.000-07:002008-04-12T18:53:00.000-07:00In general this is a good idea but should we not i...In general this is a good idea but should we not include ERA, and anti-immigrant legislation at the state and local level?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com