Divisions are asked to review themselves and present a report to Council every five years unless requested by Council. This division review process was created in response to a recommendation by the ad hoc Committee on Organizational Structure 2016-2017.
The questions that the Divisions were asked to address are:
- What are your specific goals for the next five years?
- What do you see as the challenges to achieving those goals?
- How do you currently relate to other Division?
- How do you see relationships to other Divisions changing, if at all, over the next 5 years?
- Where do you see your Division in five years? What support will you need from GSA Headquarters to overcome challenges and meet your goals?
- Does the purpose statement in the Division bylaws adequately reflect your Division’s current activities and goals?
Two specifics:
- Many Division bylaws have a generalized statement that the Division is to ".....advise and assist the officers and committees of the Society in matters pertaining to the Society". Do you feel that this is correct? If so do you think your efforts are effective? If not, why?
- Most Division bylaws have statements relative to the promotion or marketing of their science. Is the science being effectively promoted and communicated? If so how?
MGPV was among the first group of Divisions to be reviewed in 2019. Starting 2023 it was requested the Chair of the division present the report in-person or virtual at the Fall Council Meeting.
2024 GSA MGPV Division Self-Study
2019 GSA MGPV Division Self-Study