IAPS Newsletter The Official Newsletter of the International Association of Philosophy of Sport 2003, Summer

In this issue,

Editor’s Note:     Please read and respond to the following:

1. President's Message

2. Election of Officers - Slate

3. Election of Officers - Ballot   VOTE TODAY

4. Proposed Constitutional Revision (Download Form), Web Form - Ballot ATTACHED

5. NEW Proposed Constitutional Amendments

6. IAPS 31st Annual Conference

7. IAPS 2003 Registration Form REGISTER IMMEDIATELY

8. IAPS 2003 Specific Travel Information - How to Get There GET YOUR PLANE TICKETS

9. IAPS 2003 Accomodations Lists - Where to Stay   BOOK A ROOM

10. IAPS 2003 Abstracts of Accepted Papers

11. News from Journal of Philosophy of Sport

12. Other News, Announcements

13. IAPS Membership Forms.

14. About IAPS and Executive Board

President's Message

I hope the academic year 2002-2003 has treated you well and that you will enjoy your summer vacation. Academically, I think it is right to say that the IAPS is flourishing. We have a bi-annual journal with strong publications and we are looking forward the 2003 meeting in Cheltenham with a record number of accepted papers and under the solid stewardship of Jan Boxill and the local organizer Mike McNamee and his group. In terms of organizational matters, however, the IAPS faces some challenges that I will attend to below.

First, we’ve had several rounds concerning the conference site in 2004. Our primary option, as defined by the minutes from the 2002 Penn State business meeting, was Thessaloniki, Greece in conjunction with the Pre-Olympic Congress. However, whereas we are going to have a few sessions with IAPS-members there, setting up the annual IAPS-meeting without a local organizer proved impossible. A second option, also approved of by the 2002 business meeting, was to have the annual meeting in Italy previous to the Pre-Olympic Congress and make travel easy for those who were participating in both. Heather Reid generously offered to organize this with her Italian contacts. However, this option lost some of its relevance since the sessions involving IAPS-members in Thessaloniki became fewer than we had expected. At the 2002 Penn State meeting, there were other proposals on sites in addition to Greece and Italy, among those Fort Worth with Spencer Wertz as the local organizer. Due to the time needed for preparation, a decision on the 2004 site had to be made before Cheltenham this fall. After several rounds with exchanging views and voting in the IAPS Executive Council, we decided to go for Forth Worth. Fort Worth will be the site for the 2004 IAPS annual meeting.

A second task this spring has been voting and elections. The constitutional amendments, attached in the Spring Newsletter, should have been voted upon by now. This has not been done. Therefore, I have chosen to include the ballot on the amendments in this summer newsletter.

Assuming that the constitutional amendments are ratified (after all they have been discussed critically over time and approved by a two thirds-majority at the Penn State business meeting), we are going to elect several new IAPS officers: two Members-at-Large, a Conference-Chair, an Elections Chair, one Member of the Honors, Awards and Future Sites Committee, a Secretary-Treasurer and a Newsletter Editor. Please take a close look at the information about voting procedures below!

I’m glad we have made our choice for the 2004 annual meeting site and I am looking forward to completing the process with constitutional amendments and getting into a new election rhythm with new offices. In the last few years, the nomination from members for officer candidates has been slow and the number of members who use their right to vote has been disappointingly low. Voting takes only a few minutes of your time, and, as I emphasized in the spring newsletter, active participation in elections is a critical sign of the vitality of a democratic association. This year I hope that all IAPS-members will take the election processes seriously.

Election of Officers Slate of Candidates

Sigmund Loland, President, IAPS

It is time to hold the annual elections. We have a strong slate of candidates. I thank them for their willingness to stand for offices and serve the IAPS. For information about the duties of the various IAPS offices, see the amendments to the constitution enclosed in this newsletter. This is a year of transition and I’ll repeat some additional information I gave in the spring newsletter.

If the constitutional amendments are ratified, we are going into a two-year Presidency. In order to ensure continuity in key elected positions, the first President of the period (Jan Boxill) will serve a two-year term (2003-05) and the President will thereafter be elected in odd numbered years. Persons elected to the new positions of Conference and Elections Chair will initially serve for only one year (2003-2004) and thereafter be elected in even numbered years for a two-year period. The Honors, Awards, and Future Sites Committee is supposed to consist of three members in rotating three-year terms so that a vacancy comes open each year (art VI, section 1). As of today, Cesar Torres is the only member and we will elect a new member in 2003 (see below) and another new member in 2004, and then we will be back on track. The Secretary-treasurer is elected for a three-year period and the newsletter editor for a two-year period.

Please note that except for the Honors, Awards and Future Sites Committee, there is one candidate for each office and that you are supposed to register your approval or disapproval for the nominee. The constitution requires ratification by a two-thirds majority of those voting when there is only one candidate for a position.

I urge you to take part in the elections and to register your votes as early as possible and within the dead line of August 22th.

Please forward all ballots by August 22th to

Claudia Pawlenka, currently lecturer at Tubingen University within the program of "Basic Ethical-Philosophical Studies". She is engaged in editing a volume on "Sportethics" (Rules - Fairness - Doping) in the philosophical series "Ethica", and for a research project on doping in sports. Probably this year she will go to Frankfurt/M. University. She was an exhibitioner at the Tubingen "Center for Ethics of Sciences and Humanities" after her studies of sports and philosophy in Tubingen and Berlin, and in 2001 she got the Humboldt Award of the Humboldt University Berlin for her dissertation "Utilitarianism and Sportethics". She has presented papers at the last two IAPS meetings and will do so at the University of Gloucestershire this autumn.

Deborah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Kinetics st St. Francis Xavier University,  Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Professional Description:  Despite having designed and implemented courses in Sport History and Personal Training at St FX, Deb is primarily responsible for curricula in the area of Sport Philosophy. Courses to her credit within this area include “Philosophical Foundations of Sport and Physical Activity” and “Ethics in Sport.” Additionally, Deb is currently in the process of designing an advanced “Practical Philosophy of Sport” course with the specific objective of demonstrating to students the practical significance of philosophical theory to the current realm of sports. Her primary research interest lies in the area of sport ethics and involves the development of formal definitions of ‘fair play’, ‘cheating’ and ‘sportspersonship’ foundational upon Suits’ theory of games.

Research Interests: Foundational ethics of sport, fair play, cheating, sportspersonship, conceptual analysis of sport terms, formalism versus social ethos theory, performance-enhancement in sport, violence in sport.

 Recent Publications:  Vossen, Deborah P.  “Pre-lusory Goals for Games: A Gambit Reclaimed” (in review). Vossen, Deborah P.  “The Nature and Classification of Games” (in review).

(Heather Reid is in Italy at the time of writing this and did not have the chance to update her two years old cv).  Heather is an Associate Professor of Philosophy, Morningside College Sioux City, IA 51106 USA.  Her research interests are: Ancient Greek Philosophy, especially Plato; Philosophy of Sport, especially ethics.

Degrees: BA 1986 University of Virginia; MA 1994 University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Ph.D. 1996 University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 Research Interests:Ancient Greek Philosophy, especially Plato; Philosophy of Sport, especially ethics.

 Courses: Classical Mind (Ancient Philosophy, Presocratics through Stoics);The Medieval Mind (Medieval Philosophy, Plotinus through Machiavelli); History of Modern Philosophy (Descartes through Kant)Seminar in Existentialism (Kierkegaard through Sartre); Minds, Knowledge, and Education; Introduction to Philosophy; Introduction to Ethics; Argumentation and Critical Thinking; Reason, Belief & Values (Team-taught Course in Philosophy & Religion); Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Philosophy of Sport; Guided Interdisciplinary Study Tour in Italy

She has held professional offices with: Editorial Board of Review, Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 1998-present, American Association of University Professors, Elected President of Morningside Chapter, Spring 2001-present; International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, Elected to Executive Board, Fall 2000-present.

Selected publications: “Platonic Education in the Early Socratic Dialogues.” Phronimon, Journal of  the South African Society for Greek Philosophy, vol. 2, 1998, 413-29; “Ethics and Sport.’ (book review) In Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, XXVI, 1999, 113-116;  “The Educational Value of Plato’s Socratic Dialogues.” The Paideia Project: Proceedings of the XX World Congress of Philosophy, http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Teac/TeacReid.htm 1999; “Sport, Education, and the Meaning of Victory.” The Paideia Project: Proceedings of the XX World Congress of Philosophy, http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Spor/SporReid.htm 1999.  The Philosophical Athlete, forthcoming from Carolina Academic  February, 2002

Dr Terence J Roberts is Professor and Head of the School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees from the University of Windsor in Canada and his PhD from the University of Minnesota. He has published numerous papers and chapters in the philosophy of sport over many years and has been a longstanding member of IAPS and PSSS. He has served on the Executive Council in a number of capacities including President, Secretary Treasurer for several years and Member-at Large. For dedication and commitment to IAPS / PSSS he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award.

Two candidates and one is to be elected.

Jim Parry is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Head of the School of Humanities University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom and has the International Chair in Olympism for 2003 at the Olympic Studies Centre at the University of Barcelona. A former professional footballer, Jim Parry has been widely published in the field of sports ethics and has a particular research interest in the area of doping and sport. Apart from having been a consultant to the IOC on doping policy, values and educational issues, Parry was the Founding Director of the British Olympic Academy and has collaborated with the International Olympic Academy on frequently over the past 17 years.

Jim's Academic qualifications are:  BA (Hons) 2(i) Philosophy (& French) Postgrad Cert Ed English; Cert Physical Ed Physical Education ; MEd (distinction) Philosophy of Education; MA Political Sociology MJur (distinction) Jurisprudence; EdD Philosophy and Education

 Jim's research interest is in : Philosophy of sport, Doping in sport, and  Olympic education

Jan Rintala is a Professor in the Kinesiology and Physical Education Department at Northern Illinois University, USA, where she teaches philosophy and sociology of sport and serves as assistant chair of the department. She has been a member of PSSS and IAPS since 1983. Jan has served as a member-at-large on the PSSS board (1898-93 and 1995-96) and as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport since 1995. Her areas of interest are sport and the body, gender issues in sport, and technology and sport.

Heather Sheridan is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Ethics, Equity and Sport at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Heather Sheridan has an academic background in ethics, and leisure and tourism management. Her main research interests lie in the philosophy of sport and leisure, and ethical and political decision-making in sport and leisure institutions. Her doctoral thesis was in the area of applied ethics and is a moral philosophical exploration of the concept of ‘fair play’ and normative authority in elite male tennis. She has published in the areas of sport theory and philosophy, and in leisure policy. She has engaged in sport research with a focus on ethics for UK Sport, Sportscotland, The Football Association, and the Rugby Football League. Heather is the Treasurer and Membership Secretary of the British Philosophy of Sport Association, and is a member of the British Women’s Tennis Association, the International Association of the Philosophy of Sport, and the International Fair Play Research Network.

In 2003, Heather was selected to play tennis for the Ireland ladies veteran team. In 2002 she held an ITF (International Tennis Federation) world ranking of 105 in the 35+ age category. She also plays veterans county tennis for Gloucestershire and was formerly a senior county player from 1985 to 2000.

Sharon serves as the Director of the Center for Ethics at the University of Idaho.  She is considered one of the leading authorities in competitive moral education intervention techniques for college age adults in America.  Professor of Physical Education and Director of the Center for ETHICS*, Dr. Stoll is a Distinguished Faculty Member and winner of a prestigious University of Idaho Outreach Award in 2000, and a University of Idaho Teaching Award in 1992.   Dr. Stoll is well known for her knowledge in teaching and methodology as applied to pedagogy in moral education and character development.  Author of eight books including, "Who Says It's Cheating?" and "Sport Ethics: Applications for Fair Play".

2003 Election of Officers - Ballot

Click above for a word document ballot to download.  Please follow directions on ballot and send to Sigmund Loland by August 22, 2003.

Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Old Proposals for Constitutional Amendments

The following proposed constitutional changes were voted on and approved at the 2002 IAPS meeting at Penn State University.
1. Change in structure of IAPS executive
These consisted of the creation of a two-year presidency and the creation of the new offices of conference chair and elections chair perform the duties previously done by the president-elect and past president.
2. Creation of a nonvoting executive position for the webmaster.
3. Increase in size of JPS editorial review board from 8/10 to 15 members.
The IAPS constitution requires that these proposed changes now be put to a mail vote by the IAPS membership.

To see the IAPS constitution with these three proposed amendments marked, please click on the link near the top of this newsletter.  To see a reader-friendly summary of the proposed changes and their rationale, see the summer 2002 IAPS newsletter.  Finally, to download a ballot, please click on the link near the top of the current newsletter.  PLEASE MAIL IN YOUR VOTE
BY THE AUGUST 22 DEADLINE!

New Proposals for Constitutional Amendments

Two new proposals for constitutional amendments have come forth from IAPS members.  They will be voted on at the 2003 IAPS meeting in Cheltenham.  See below."

Proposal for Distinguished Service Award

Warren Fraleigh has mentioned in several occasions that IAPS has no award to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the Association over the years.  He also made explicit that he would like IAPS to institute such award.  We, Sigmund Loland, Cesar R. Torres, Douglas R. Hochstetler, and
Douglas McLaughlin agree with his idea.  It is in such spirit that the undersigned propose the following amendment to the constitution:

Distinguished Service Award

The Association shall honor outstanding service to the Association by means of its IAPS Distinguished Service Award.  The recipient must have made sustained and meaningful contributions to the Association through active participation and leadership.  The recipient must have contributed to the Association for at least ten years and he/she must have been a member for at least the same number of years.  The recipient will receive a certificate commemorating her/his achievement and will be appropriately recognized in Association publications, and by the President of the Association.