College Sports Information Directors of America

CoSIDA Board Conference Call Board Meeting October 2, 2003 (Full Board Call) President Tammy Boclair (Vanderbilt) checked the role. I. Boclair asked Board members to provide her personal contact information and information on their local newspaper's beat writer to have on hand when needed. II. There was discussion of poeeible Academic All-America team logos that have been presented by Millsport. III. There was discussion of the Board's previous vote to charge for job listings on the CoSIDA website. Boclair had emailed the Board members letters from CoSIDA members received in response to that decision and the letters were discussed. IV. Boclair suggested posting an agenda of the upcoming Board calls on the CoSIDA website. V. Paul Allan of Minnesota State-Mankato, the CoSIDA Convention Exhibits Coordinator, discussed plans for Calgary. He said he felt very good about the setup in Calgary- with plenty of room and a good location for exhibits. He also had met with a customs broker company that works with the hotel. They answered several questions for him and said they would work with anyone who needed their assistance. Allan also said that the number of exhibitors had almost doubled from the Convention in Rochester to the 2003 Convention in Cleveland. He said he was not sure yet about any numbers for Calgary. VI. First Vice President Rod Commons (Washington State), Second Vice President Joe Hernandez (Ball State) and Third Vice President Doug Dull (Maryland) all gave brief committee updates on the Workshop Program, Social and Special Awards, respectively. VII. Director On-Line Services Maxey Parrish (Waco, Texas) said all the forms for the Academic All-America and Publications Contests were posted. VIII. Treasurer Dave Wohlhueter (Ithaca, N.Y.) said memberships continued to come in - both renewals and new members. IX. Director of Marketing Ed Carpenter asked that sponsors be included in the monthly CoSIDA mailings. There was discussion that most sponsors receive the mailings as part of their CoSIDA membership. Carpenter said he would check and see which sponors are not currently receiving the Digest and will provide that list to the Secretary. X. Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) said mailing labels had been sent to the Academic All-America district coordinators. He said work was continuing to get the on-line diectory to the point that the voting can be done by email and said he hoped it would be available for the Winter contests. He said directories were being shipped out at Multi-Ad and asked for any additional submissions for the November Digest. XI. At-Large Representative Judy Willson (Sun Belt Conference) discussed Board and Host notebooks that she has begun work on. The Board notebook will include administrative regulations, constitution and by-laws, board responsibilities, required functions, etc. The Host notebook will include calendars, a timeline and other information that will assist in hosting the convention each year. XII. Boclair said Wayne Block, Chairman of Committee on Committees, and Howie Davis of the Basketball Hall of Fame, will be on the November call. Call was adjourned.