Inside Behavior Analysis
Volume 3 | 2011 | Number 2 | Online ISSN: 2151-4704
Health, Sport, & Fitness
By Marianne Jackson
Over the past year, the Health, Sport, and Fitness SIG (HSF SIG) has continued efforts to increase membership, creating a lasting structure for our financial affairs, and provide useful services and events for our members. We have continued to update our Facebook page and now have 133 fans on this site. We have utilized it to provide members with information on all health, sport, and fitness related events at the annual ABAI convention and to provide other SIG-related updates. We currently have 50 people on our e-mail contact list and also provide information on upcoming SIG events through this list. In addition, we distributed a survey to all members on our e-mail list just prior to the annual convention. This information was shared with all members in attendance at the annual business meeting. The survey asked for information on ABAI membership status, education level, affiliation, specific interests and activities within the SIG, and suggestions for future directions. We would like to thank our membership coordinator, Jennifer Klapatch, for her assistance with this project.
We have recently resumed our efforts to create a website and discussion board for the SIG. Albert Malkin has been working with a programmer to develop this website, which we hope will not only provide us with a central means of communication with members, but also serve as a place for an official membership form and the payment of optional dues. Our treasurer, Jeffery Jacobs, continues his tireless efforts with the IRS to obtain our own Federal Tax ID number, required for us to establish an official bank account for the SIG. This is the initial step in our efforts to provide a firm financial basis for the SIG that will fund future events and initiatives.
At this year's annual ABAI convention in Denver, the SIG members provided fitness related events for all ABAI members, including the consistently popular yoga/Pilates class and the introduction of a 6K run within the local area. We would like to express our thanks to all SIG members who contributed to these events as well as all those who attended.
The HSF SIG continues to grow and encourages interested parties or new members to contact us. The chair, Marianne Jackson, can be reached by e-mail for further information at majackson@csufresno.edu. Information may be found on the Facebook page listed as the "ABAI Health, Sport & Fitness SIG" or on the ABAI website under the "Special Interest Groups" tab.
Thanks all those who contributed their time and efforts throughout the year.