College Sports Information Directors of America

1. President Alan Cannon (Texas A&M) said he had not heard back from Katie Hyde at Millsport about Verizon Academic All-America Hall of Fame Banquet at CoSIDA Convention. First Vice-President Tammy Boclair (Vanderbilt) said the hotel confirmed that the banquet room was available for the banquet on Saturday night. This created consideration of not having the Past President’s Dinner on Saturday and instead, incorporating recognition of the Past President’s into the Hall of Fame dinner. 2. Cannon asked Treasurer Dave Wohlhueter (Ithaca, N.Y.) about a possible successor for Wally Johnson as the coordinator of CoSIDA exhibits. Dave said he had spoken with someone that is very interested in the position but that he was going to do further follow-up before reporting back to the Board. 3. There was discussion about a column written by Steve Richardson and how to address it as an organization. Cannon said he had attempted to call Richardson and had left a message but had not heard back from him. The Board felt that Cannon should wait to speak to Richardson on behalf of the organization and report back to see if further response was necessary. 4. College Division Representative Larry Happell (Central) reported that he would be taking a year-long sabattical at the University of Tennessee, but that he wished to continue in his position on the Board. After discussion, the Board felt that Happell could continue to be an effective board member, even in his temporary capacity. 5. Boclair reported that she was continuing to work on the banquet schedule with the hotel for meeting room space, etc., and everything was moving along smoothly. 6. Wohlhueter said memberships were rolling in. He said that we were still awaiting payment fromthree sponors from 2002 (Big XII, Sporting News and Sears). 7. Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) reported that the December Digest was about ready to go to the printer. He also said that requests for Directories were steadily coming in. 8. Maxey Parrish (Waco, Texas), Director of On-Line Services, said that the CoSIDA website migration was in the final stages but that he had not been given a definite completion date. 9. Ed Carpenter (Boston University), Director of Marketing, said he had met or had discussions with two possible new sponsors. There was also discussion about Digest advertising prices. Wohlhueter said prices should be $300 for a full page, $200 for a half and $125 for a quarter page. 10. There was discussion about the possibility of raising CoSIDA dues for 2003-04 but that discussion was tabled until the next CoSIDA full Board call in December. 11. There was no new business and the call was adjourned.