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From the Executive Director his is the first digitized issue of Contemporary Sexuality! Although you are receiving a paper copy of the June issue, we are also publishing a digital version. The new and improved version will be unveiled in New Orleans, but you can view the digital version at a link on the AASECT website (www. aasect.org) and you can see the searchable features. Each month, the issues will be archived and we hope members will choose the green electronic version to save on materials and printing and mailing costs. You can always print a copy and still save funds for your membership guild association. To “Go Green,” send a note to TMoore@aasect.org and request the electronic version of Contemporary Sexuality. • 2008 conference: By the time you get this issue, we hope you are packing for New Orleans and The Rhythm of Our Roots: 40 Years of Sexuality Education and Health Celebrated Through Song, Story and Science. See you there. • Executive Director’s Trip to Taiwan: I was please to accept the invitation of the Taiwan Association for Sexuality Education to keynote their recent conference in Taipei. We are eagerly assisting them in establishing a certification program modeled on the AASECT system. In addition, I enjoyed visiting Shu-Te University in Kaohsiung where I spoke to the graduate students in human sexuality about Trends in USA Adolescent Sexual Behavior 1991-2005. Here’s a special thanks to Helene Lin, long-time AASECT member, for helping make the trip a success. • Peggy Kleinplatz, PhD, Certification Steering Chair, has recently announced the newly approved AASECT Practice Guidelines for Certified Professionals. They are now posted on the AASECT website as part of the application forms for each of the five categories of certifications. (See story on page 8.) The announcement of these guidelines comes after two years of efforts by a rather large committee chaired by Hani Miletski, PhD, under the auspices of the Certification Committee and in conjunction with each of the certification chairs and Russell Stambaugh, PhD, Bylaws and Policies and Procedures expert extraordinaire. I am greatly indebted to each of them for their endeavors to articulate publicly the high standards AASECT has long expected from its certified professionals. continued on page 8 T sexuality AASECT Executive Director Founder AASECT Board of Directors President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Membership Steering Chair Certification Steering Chair Outreach Steering Chair Professional Education Steering Committee Chair Public Relations, Media & Advocacy Steering Committee Communications Steering Chair Stephen Conley, PhD Patricia Schiller, MA, JD Patti Britton, PhD Helen “Ginger” Bush, MSW Lloyd Sinclair, MSSW Russell Stambaugh, PhD Hani Miletski, MSW, PhD Peggy Kleinplatz, PhD P. Michele Sugg, MSW Libby Bennett, PsyD Joy Davidson, PhD Karen Hicks, PhD Barnaby Barratt, PhD, DHS Chris Fariello, PhD, LMFT Gretchen Fincke, MSSW Stephen Braveman, MA, LMFT David S. Ribner, DSW Jo Marie Kessler, MS, NP Joseph Starwood Catherine D. Ravella, RNC, PhD Konnie McCaffree, PhD Beverly Whipple, PhD, RN, FAAN Talli Rosenbaum, PT Erika Pluhar, PhD Sally Kope, MSW Gretchen Fincke, MSSW Daniel Watter, EdD Annette Owens, MD, PhD Yvonne Fulbright, PhD Gina Ogden, PhD Sarah Beshers, PhD; Yvonne Fulbright, PhD; Marty Klein, PhD; Dug Y. Lee, MA; Richard Sprott, PhD; Bill Taverner, MA; Beverly Whipple, PhD, RN, FAAN Todd Melby, MSJ Immediate Past President Regional Representatives Eastern Region Mid-Continent Region Western Region International Region Key Committees Personnel Committee Chair Development Committee Chair Ethics Committee Awards Committee International Outreach Committee Chair Certification Committee Chairs Sexuality Counselors Sexuality Educators Sex Therapists Sex Therapy Supervisors Diplomate of Sex Therapy Contemporary Sexuality Editor-in-Chief Editor for Book and Media Reviews Editor for Continuing Education Articles Editorial Advisors contemporary Senior Writer/ Production Manager Contemporary Sexuality is a monthly publication of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, P.O. Box 1960, Ashland, VA 230051960; phone (804) 752-0026; fax (804) 752-0056. Please address all membership and subscription queries and editorial correspondence to this address. If you have comments, please contact Editor-in-Chief Annette Owens, info@cvillewellness.com. © 2008 The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists. All rights reserved. The views expressed in Contemporary Sexuality represent individual opinions; they do not represent the official opinions of AASECT, its Board of Directors or its staff. COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS: Written permission must be obtained from the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), UMI Company, or UnCover Company for copying articles/parts of articles. Contact: CCC, (508) 750-8400; UMI, (800) 521-0600; or UnCover (800) 787-7979. Those desiring to use articles for classroom use should contact CCC. Permissions for republication of quotes, charts, tables, figures and pages of text are normally granted contingent upon similar permission from the author(s), inclusion of acknowledgment of the original source, and payment to CCC of the appropriate fee. 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