2007 New Policy Process & Policy Review and Archiving Process Calendar
| * + December 2006 |
Staff, in conjunction with the Action Board and Joint Policy Committee, will develop a list of recommended subject areas to be considered for archiving. Current policy gaps will also be identified based on the current APHA legislative and advocacy agenda that is directed by the Governing Council's policy priorities. (See Policy Preparation description below) Notification sent to encourage APHA units to review suggested policy subject areas to be reviewed for archiving, combining and updating along with call for new policies. |
| + January 10 |
Members will be notified of preliminary list of selected subject areas proposed for the Archiving Policy Process via Member News. Any APHA unit may participate in reviewing any policy chosen for review. Units should also begin identifying those subject areas they may have an interest in reviewing. |
| + January 23 |
Member's suggestions for additional public health subjects in need of review for archiving are due before midnight (EST) to policy@apha.org. APHA's Action Board examines submissions and identifies final subjects for review; selections are sent to Sections, Affiliates, SPIGS, committees and boards for review. |
| + February 5 |
Staff will identify the specific policies that fall within the selected subject areas approved by the JPC to be considered for archiving and will forward a list of all policies to be considered for archiving in each selected subject area to the JPC. |
| + February 26 |
JPC conference call to consider the list of policies coordinated by staff for archiving review and put together Policy Review Groups for each subject area (according to unit(s) that have expressed interest in participating). |
| * March 15 |
Proposed new resolutions and position papers for the 2007 New Policy Process are due in electronic form to APHA headquarters before midnight EST. Proposals should be sent to policy@apha.org. (See Preliminary Processing description below) |
| * March 26 |
Proposed new policy statements posted on APHA Web site for APHA member review. |
| * April 9 |
Member comments on proposed new policies are due before midnight at policy@apha.org. |
| * April 24-26 |
Joint Policy Committee, Science Board and Education Board meet to review proposed new policy statements and member comments. (See Initial JPC Review description below) |
| * May 7 |
Deadline for Joint Policy Committee to return proposed new policies to authors with comments and assessments. |
| + May 23 |
For the archiving review process each Policy Review Group completes its reviews of the policies assigned to it and reports their recommendations to the JPC. APHA staff collates the recommendations of the Policy Review Groups and provides the list to the JPC. |
| + June 11 |
JPC conference call to review the collated review recommendations and create a preliminary consent calendar that contains a JPC proposed disposition for each policy reviewed in the archiving process. (See May 23) |
| * June 18 |
New policies revised based on JPC comments and any appeals of negative assessments are to be e-mailed to policy@apha.org before midnight (EST). |
| + July 13 |
The preliminary consent calendar and the collated recommendations for archiving are posted on the APHA website, Members Only section, and an e-mail alert is sent to all APHA members. |
| * + July 16 |
The APHA Executive Board considers the preliminary archiving consent calendar that contains a JPC proposed disposition for each reviewed policy and any appeals of new policies rejected by the JPC. |
| + August 31 |
Deadline for member comments on archiving consent calendar, due to policy@apha.org before midnight (EST). |
| * September |
Finalized new proposed policy statements posted on APHA Web site |
| + September 17 |
The JPC reviews the comments and concerns and finalizes the consent calendar for policies under review for archiving. |
| * November 3 |
Latebreaking new policies due by 6 p.m. (EST) to policy@apha.org or the Association Office at the APHA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. (See Other Provisions description below) |
| * November 4 |
Public hearings for proposed new policies held at Annual Meeting (See Public Hearings description below) |
| * November 5 |
Joint Policy Committee develops final recommendations for proposed new policies to present to the Governing Council (See Final JPC Report description below) |
| * New Policy Process + Review and Archiving Policy Process |
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