A Former Director's Spirited View of Some Important Issues for Forensic and Correctional Psychology

1. A Personal View and Summary
23 Years of IACFP

2. Agenda
23 Years of Opportunity, Opposition & Opportunity
10 yrs of rain
3 yrs of reform
5 yrs of sunshine
5yrs - Current rains & regression
Concepts for progress
Projects for sunshine
Needs & Imperative for success
Agenda
Past
Present
Future

3. Rainy Days
Circa 1993-2003
 Only 117 Members
 Only $916 in the bank
 Income only $32,000 per year
 Newsletter a challenge to read in blue and black
 Journal only 5 1/2” by 8 1/2” only 6X per year
 3 year manuscript publication turn around

4. Rainy Days
Circa 1993-2003
 No taxes paid for 10 years
 Bylaws 20 years obsolete
 Membership renewal by happenstance
 No financial controls
 No legal reviews or services
 No accounting
 No Board

5. Days of Struggle and Reform
2003 - 2006
 Renegotiating SAGE contract (faced opposition)
 Designing welcome pack and renewal process
 Arranging for membership management
 Building membership
 Redesigning newsletter (maroon & white)
 Struggling with journal (practical vs expansion)
 Resolving tax issues

6. Days of Struggle and Reform
2003 - 2006
 Accumulating assets
 Revising Bylaws
 Designing logo
 Designing web site in India (faced considerable
opposition)
 Arranging for financial controls (never done
before)
 Arranging for legal services (never done before)
 Stable board

7. Sunny Days
2006-2011 Accomplishments
 700 Members – up 600
 $180,000 income per year – up $150,000 per year
 $1,100,000 in the bank – up a million $$$
 Retained earnings 73% - up infinite%
 Newsletter full color
 Journal 7” by 10” & 12X per year, many more pages
 1 year manuscript turn around
 Taxes paid and tax status preserved
 Bylaws revised (though errors in implementation)
 Stable Board

8. Sunny Days –
More Accomplishments for Members
 New publications discussions with SAGE
 MOU with Romanians – completed and signed
 MOU with Trinidad & Tobago – completed and signed
 Affiliations with other groups (ICPA, ICCA, etc.)
 Institute approved and funded at $25,000
 E-learning for psychologist developed
 Alliance with Spalding University confirmed
 Alliance with Polycom for 300k free equipment
 Stable Board

9. New Days of Rain and Regression
2011-Current – Page 1
 President resigns on ethics charges
 Cronyism creeps in
 Bylaws revised – members excluded
 Legal and travel expenses skyrocket
 Retained earnings plummet
 No new benefits for members for years
 All relationships with outsiders
damaged
 Legal fees for internal controversies
eat up 20% of income

10. New Days of Rain and Regression
2011-Current – Page 2
 New publication discussions - derailed
 MOU with Romanians – ignored
 MOU with Trinidad & Tobago – ignored
 Institute – torpedoed
 E-learning for psychologists - derailed
 Alliance with Spalding University - scuttled
 Alliance with Polycom – scuttled
 No budget
 No SAGE contract for 2 years
 Divided Board

11. Sunny Days Again?
2016 And On - Concepts 1
 Our unique organizational finances
 Transactional organizations
 Transformational organizations
 Service organizations
 Advocacy organizations

12. Sunny Days Again?
2016 And On - Concepts 2
 Membership organization
 Creating benefits for members
 Professional organization
 Professing principals to society and our field
 Business organization
 Preserving and advancing scholarly standards
 Providing information arbitrage
 Doing entrepreneurial publishing for income stability
We are a:

13. Sunny Days Again?
2016 And On - Projects
 E-learning
 Portfolio of journals
 “Just For Correctional Psychologists” manual
series
 Grant funding
 Partnership conferences
 Membership chapters

14. Sunny Days Again???
2016 And On - Needs
We must show:
 Commitment
 Character
 Competence
 Cooperation
 Collaboration
 Committees

15. Sunny Days Again???
2016 And On – Our Imperative
Let’s
 Paint or get off the ladder
 Stop dithering (twirling)
 Start producing

16. Summary
23 Years of Opportunity, Opposition & Opportunity
 There have been good and bad times
 Good times have been marked by
 Strong Executive Director leadership
 Entrepreneurial vision, and
 Commitment to the Association
 Bad times have been marked by infighting for
personal gain and prestige
 Our resources were never stronger
 Our opportunities were never better
 We have what it takes to be the “Voice of
Psychology in Corrections”