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Yesterday,
not long after we sent this email, our email provider experienced an extended
service outage. For much of yesterday afternoon and evening, none of the
links in our emails were working. Today, the links are working, so if you're
interested in participating in a focus group, you can now access the form.
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Dear
DAVID,
As you
may know, the American Philosophical Association is currently engaged in a
strategic planning process. Following a survey circulated this past summer,
we are organizing a series of focus groups with philosophers, both members
and nonmembers, to provide feedback on the APA's current work and potential
future directions and priorities.
There
will be five online focus groups held via the Zoom web conferencing software
this November. In addition, one in-person focus group will
be held at each of the 2020 APA divisional meetings. While the in-person
focus groups will be open to anyone who wishes to participate, participants
in the online focus groups will be pre-selected to ensure the focus groups
include philosophers with a variety of experiences, perspectives, and
backgrounds.
Two of
the five focus groups will be targeted to particular constituencies that were
underrepresented among survey respondents, to ensure voices from those
constituencies are included in the strategic planning process. One focus
group will be targeted to adjunct and contingent faculty; another will be
targeted to community college faculty. Adjunct and community college faculty
are welcome to participate in the general focus groups as well, but the
targeted focus groups will include exclusively faculty members from these
constituencies.
If you
are interested in participating in one of the APA strategic planning focus
groups, please complete the focus group
interest form. Those who are selected to
participate will be informed by email in advance of the focus groups.
If you
are unable to participate in a focus group but would like to submit feedback
for inclusion in the strategic planning process, send an email to strategicplanning@apaonline.org.
Thank
you for participating in this important process.
All the
best,
Amy
Ferrer
Executive
Director
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