Article archive / December 1, 2010
Originally published: . Volume 2, No. 4. Source pages: 1, 3.
An LPA member, who agreed to sign a petition for a special meeting, was questioned by a leader in the Louisiana Academy of Medical Psychologists (LAMP) approximately two hours after the petition was submitted to the LPA Executive Council.
The petitioner had agreed to sign the list, with about fifty other LPA members, to call for a special meeting. The petition was organized by Dr. Susan Dardard after the Council had voted down a resolution for the independent regulation of psychology.
Dardard submitted names to the LPA Executive Council by email at about 4:30 pm on October 29th, according to Dr. Dardard.
By about 6:30 pm that same day the petitioner was contacted by the LAMP official via email and asked if he had in fact signed the petition. Dr. Dardard’s list of names was attached.
The petitioner told the Times that he then requested an explanation from the Council as to how a LAMP leader, and non-LPA member, could come to have knowledge of names on the petition in such a short time.
Dr. Kelly Ray, current President of LPA, responded to the petitioner’s question saying that a Council member had called others to inquire about the names on the petition. Dr. Ray wrote that there were many names on the list that were “unknown to us.” And she noted that the Council member had contacted “others” to inquire about these “unknown” persons.
The petitioner told the Times that the explanation was confusing, since he should be well known to the Council member. And he was also puzzled as to why anyone questioning his signature on the petition would not verify it with him directly.
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