| Abstract: | Beginning with the 1973 legislative year, the size of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association (APA) was fixed at approximately 115 members, including the Board of Directors and APA officers. This was done to reduce the size of Council and to place a ceiling on the total number of Council members possible. This action was the result of several years of study in the late 1960s by the Commission on the Composition of Council, which was chaired by George W. Albee. At the commission's recommendation, the membership voted to adopt the present system of the annual apportionment ballot to determine how many Council representatives each division and state association will have each year. The article describes this system and includes tables presenting the number of Council seats held by divisions and the number held by state associations and coalitions for the period 1966-1984, and the results of the 1985 Council apportionment ballot. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
