Honorary Secretary's report

Alanna O'Broin

Since the Executive Committee was put in place at the Inaugural Meeting on 15 December 2004, the Special Group in Coaching Psychology (SGCP) Committee has expanded, with the appointment of four ordinary members, an ex-officio member and a co-opted member to active posts. Further new arrivals have included our regional representative for Scotland, conference reporter, e-mail co-administrator and an editorial board member. Two sub-committees have been convened to further many of the action points outlined in our Strategic Plan 2005-2006, a copy of which is included in this issue. The Plan will provide an important yardstick against which to measure our progress in the coming year.

A short report such as this cannot hope to describe all the activities undertaken by the Committee since election, but here are the highlights:

• A full and varied events programme for 2005 has been announced including eight London and regional events and a national conference with conference workshops in December (see elsewhere in this newsletter).
• We have launched The Coaching Psychologist, our in-house publication.
• We are finalising talks to set up an international publication.
• Both an e-mail discussion list and e-mail announcement list have been implemented within the family of BPS lists for the use of SGCP members.

During the six months since the Inaugural Meeting, SGCP membership has continued to climb rapidly, from 1572 at inception to 1862 as at 12 May 2005, an increase of 290 (+18.4 per cent) over the period. Founder membership was available until 31 March 2005; those joining after that would become either Full (GBR) or Affiliate (Foreign Affiliates, Student Subscribers and Affiliates) Members of the Special Group.

Contact
alanna@obroin75.freeserve.co.uk.