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Uwe P. Gielen, President-Elect and Program Chair
The 1998 Annual meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research is being held at the Marina Beach Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida. Our local organizer, Bill Divale, has already been hard at work to set up the logistics of the meeting. You will find the Paper Submission and Abstract Form, the Organized Symposium Form, and the Registration Form for this meeting included in tis newsletter. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS OCTOBER 1, 1997. Submit your abstracts both on these forms and also on diskette (WordPerfect and/or ASCII files, IBM compatible).
St. Petersburg is a delight in late February. Should St. Peter in the big sky be willing, we will enjoy a Friday night barbecue under the palm trees and the stars, as well as meeting in a sunny environment which should get your creative juices flowing. I encourage all of you to generate interesting symposia and round table discussions for the meeting. If you have suggestions about other forms of presentation and interaction with the audience, please let me know. One special focus of this meeting will be on healing, therapy, counseling, stress, and related topics. I am looking forward to getting your proposals regarding interdisciplinary round tables and symposia on these and other topics.
Please pay attention to the CALL FOR 1998 AND 1999 KEY SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS in this issue. The Executive Board of the SCCR and the Editor of Cross-Cultural Research are looking for key symposia, which will be published in our journal. Watch the deadline of May 15, 1997 for the key symposium of the 1998 meeting!
The meeting will begin on the evening of Wednesday, February 18th with registration and an informal reception. The first paper sessions will start on Thursday morning and continue through Sunday morning. Also part of the meeting will be Susan Abbott's Presidential Address and two or three Invited Addresses. Gary Chick has arranged for the Society for the Study of Play, a group roughly the size of SCCR to meet with us in St, Petersburgh. Speaking of play: Walt Disney World is only about 90 minutes by car from St. Petersburg.
Having contacted some of you on an informal basis as well as some potential new members of SCCR, I am confident that the 1998 meeting will be a good one with plenty of interesting presentations given in a stimulating environment. Because SCCR meetings are relatively small ones, they provide an excellent opportunity to discuss each other's ideas both formally and informally.
Finally, let me remind you that one of the responsibilities of SCCR members is to nurture the next generation of cross-cultural researchers. Please make every effort to bring some of your students to the Florida meeting!
OUTGOING PRESIDENT
LEW HENDRIX
When Tyler finished, his ego diminished from Galton's sage advice. You're taking chances, said Sir Francis by counting some things twice. Your sample's sloppy with duplicate copies, and you know that just ain't nice.
Now all were impressed with the seriousness of Galton's agitation. Murdock took samples whose N's were ample for all of our investigations. He bent his labor to exclude neighbors who might just be duplications.
Naroll said don't fret that we might get Galton's problem even one bit. It's not contagious. It's not outrageous. We've learned to control it. Not to worry; no need to hurry. History won't give us fits.
Loftin, Dow, Burton, and White have been flirtin' with a new realization. History's a variable, one that's measurable as network autocorrelation. It ain't a trick. The diffusion matrix measures links between all nations.
Is my mind hazy? Is something crazy with this point of view? Should not our theory point us more clearly to historical links between groups? And their effects on the social complexion of totems and taboos? Warfare and labor, trade between neighbors, and interbreeding for a start might do.
Harry Gardiner presented income and expense figures for the 1996 dues year in two parts: (1) those prepared by Bill Gabrenya for the first three-quarters of the year and those he prepared from the time he assumed the Treasurer's responsibilities on October 1, 1996 (see attached tables). As of January 31,1997, there were 125 paid members (93 regular, 5 student, 13 retired, 6 corresponding, and 8 joint second member). Follow-up letters will be sent in March to 65 members who have not paid their dues for 1996 and 1997.
The financial outlook of the Society, based on present assets and obligations, looks secure for the immediate future, although increased membership and greater attendance at annual meetings would greatly enhance the picture. (The Treasurer's activities, previously supported by Florida Institute of Technology under Bill Gabrenya's tenure, are now being supported by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse through a grant of $1100/year which helps to pay for an undergraduate assistant).
The Society has a website, designed and maintained by Bill Gabrenya, at Florida Institute of Technology (http:www.fit.edu/CampusLife/clubs- org/sccr/index.html). Despite some concern for the sexist nature of the title, the membership voted unanimously to appoint Bill SCCR Webmaster.
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