I am happy to announce that Charles Kirby is our new treasurer, replacing Bill Carr, who has resigned after 14 years of very competent service. We thank Bill for his considerable work over the years, and we welcome Charles' eagerness to further our common work by offering his time and energy for this task.

I am also happy to announce that Barbara McGuire has agreed to serve as Registrar of CPSP. This task will be the organization and updating of our membership roster. This is a new position, one that is necessary with our expanding membership. This task has been previously performed by Bill Carr and George Hull.

Our newly installed president, Richard Liew, is calling for a meeting of the Executive Committee in Washington, DC, June 25-26, to be held at the College of Preachers, Washington National Cathedral. We will convene with lunch on the 25th. Concurrent with the meeting of the ExCom, we are inviting all interested and committed persons to join us to plan for the future of CPSP. Conveners are especially encouraged to attend. However, you are not required to be currently holding a position of leadership to attend this meeting. CPSP belongs to all of us, and those who are inspired to help shape the future should feel invited to this meeting. The only limitation to attendance is the capacity of the College of Preachers. The maximum space available is for about 30 persons. The facilities are available to us from Friday lunch through Monday breakfast. You can elect to stay over through Monday morning and combine recreation with work, and you are free to bring a roommate. If the facilities become overbooked, the ExCom will arbitrate as to who will be registered. Those interested should register their interest with Maria Villanueva at 212-305-5817 or mav9015@nyp.org

Please note that the next meeting of the Governing Council will be December 3-4, in Alexandria, VA. Details will be provided later.

I remind all conveners that it is their responsibility to see that their Chapter's directory information is updated. We will be posting on the web a revised and corrected directory next month.

Our web page pastoralreport.com is fully operational. This is our �news� website, Perry Miller, editor. We encourage you to register your email address on the PR in the space provided so that you can be informed automatically when new information appears. It is also important you provide the PR with news, announcements and articles for publication. Our web page cpsp.org is still under construction. This is our �documents� website, Ben Bogia, editor. This site should be up and running very soon. Please note that our directory of Chapters and members previously listed will not appear. It had a history of vulnerability to e-mail spam. In its place will be aforementioned directory, which will appear as a downloadable PDF file.

Clarification on Accreditation: Our current practice is that CPSP training centers are by definition accredited when a Diplomate in supervision is in place in the institution. Within six months of inaugurating the program, however, a consultative site visit is required. Some centers have delayed scheduling such a site visit. What this means is that the center in question has allowed accreditation to lapse. I encourage your attention to this matter.

The Council approved in its March meeting the certification of �Associate Clinical Chaplain� credentials. The category is designed for persons not trained in academic theology, lacking an M.Div. or equivalent, but otherwise certifiable as a board certified chaplain.

I urge conveners to contact me for any matters which are unclear or for problems that need to be addressed. I can be reached working hours, eastern time at 212-305-5817, and in the evening at 212-307-1573, and lawrence@cpsp.org.