I. First Vice President Rod Commons (Washington State) said he had
received the convention evaluation forms from the Cleveland Workshop
and was reviewing them for ideas for the Calgary Workshop.
II. Second Vice President Joe Hernandez (Ball State) said he had been
in touch with members of the host group in Calgary and that everything
was taking shape for the 2004 Workshop.
III. Director of On-Line Services Maxey Parrish (Waco, Texas) said he
had received just three negative emails about charging for job postings
and that none had come from schools posting jobs. He said he had posted
a couple of dozen jobs and everything was going smoothly. He said there
are links from the CoSIDA site to Tourism Calgary, the host hotel and
other sites pertaining to the 2004 Workshop. There was a question about
when the hotel registration form would be posted and Treasurer Dave
Wohlhueter (Ithaca, N.Y.) said it is usually made available in March.
IV. Wohlhueter gave the Treasurer's Report.
V. Director of Marketing Ed Carpenter (Boston Univ.) gave an update on
the Academic All-America sponsor search.
VI. Howie Davis gave the Board an update on the Cousy Award that will
be presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame. He said the Hall of Fame
would like to have considerable CoSIDA involvement with the screening
committees and CoSIDA members on each committee, appointed by the
CoSIDA Board. He said he needed the Boards names by Dec. 1. Suggestions
for the positions will be presented to President Tammy Boclair and will
be determined on the next Board call and forwarded to Davis. Davis said
the award will be presented for the first time in San Antonio at the
Final Four.
VII. Fred Nuesch, chairman of the CoSIDA 50th Anniversary Committee,
outlined several ideas for the anniversary that he and his committee
will be looking at it. That list included such items as a logo, a
historical document along the lines of the one done for the 40th
Anniversary, a 50th Anniversary pin, reunions of various committees,
officers, etc. Carpenter suggested getting video interviews at the
Calgary Convention of Past Presidents on the history of the
organization.
VIII. Robert Hester presented the Scholarship Committee Report. It
addressed the reduction in annual CoSIDA scholarship money from $45,000
to $25,000. Hester said all 27 committee members had input and the
committee recommended giving 1 Graduate Internship ($10,000), 2
Postgraduate Scholarships ($10,000) and 2 Undergraduate Scholarships
($5,000). Wohlhueter made a motion that the Board accept the
committee's recommendation and Hudson seconded. The motion passed
unanimously.
IX. Ray Simmons presented the NCAA Liaison Committee Report. He
presented the Board with a copy of proposed NCAA legislation that would
affect printed recruiting materials. The proposed legislation says an
institution would only be allowed to provide a recruiting
brochure/media guide to a recruit through electronic means. The
proposed legislation would immediately affect Division I schools but it
was felt that if it passed, other divisions might follow. He said it
was not an issue that the Board needed to take action on, but that SIDs
and schools need to be aware of what is proposed.
X. Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) said the December Digest was
going to Multi-Ad. He said that issue would include the additions or
corrections to the CoSIDA Directory that he had received since the
Directory was published. He said the number of corrections he had
received was in line with what he had received last year when cards
were still mailed for CoSIDA updates - rather than through the on-line
Directory and email as it was done this year. He said he was continuing
to make updates to both the on-line directory and the membership. He
said the transition of the membership and mailing list to the on-line
Directory was still on-going and that he was continuning to work with
ICS on the project.
The call was adjourned.