CoSIDA BOARD MINUTES
October 21, 2004
I. President Rod Commons (Washington State) checked
the role and asked the vice presidents for their
reports. First Vice President Joe Hernandez could
not on the call.
II. Second Vice President Doug Dull (Maryland)
reviewed the Philadelphia Workshop schedule. He said
letters were ready to go out to sponsors.
• Dull said a reception at Franklin Institute was
possible on Sunday. Director of Marketing Ed
Carpenter (Boston Univ.) said he would need to speak
to potential sponsors before finalizing plans.
• He said the feeling of his committee was to break
early Monday so members could participate in July 4
activities. He said an early social function was a
possibility as well.
• He said they were continuing to look at a Farewell
Party would have to have a sponsor. He said they
hoped they could get a combination of sponsorship
from Philadelphia and 2006 host Nashville.
• Dull said they were continuing to explore the
possibility of an Academic All-America Hall of Fame
dinner on the Saturday night prior to the Workshop.
Carpenter said he would talk to ESPN about possible
involvement. There was discussion and everyone
agreed that whether the the event was a reception or
dinner, the expenses of honorees needed to be
covered. The officers also felt that a committee
needed to be formed to develop a plan for the Hall
of Fame function. Past Presidents Alan Cannon and
Tammy Boclair were suggested with their recent
involvement in the event.
• Also, with CoSIDA taking over the Hall of Fame, a
selection process needs to be developed. There was
discussion as to whether this should be under the
Special Awards Committee. Commons said there needs
to be discussion with AAA committee chair Dick Lipe
to get his input.
III. Third Vice President Charles Bloom
(Southeastern Conference) said the nomination forms
for the 2005 CoSIDA awards are on the website and in
the November Digest. Treasurer Dave Wohlhueter
(Ithaca, N.Y.) asked about the Academic All-America
Awards being put under the Special Awards Committee.
There was discussion that the board made a
recommendation at the Calgary Workshop to look at
including the Lester Jordan Award under the Special
Awards Committee, but no further action has been taken.
IV. Carpenter gave his marketing report.
• He said a check from CIS was on the way to
Wohlhueter.
• The officers also discussed signing the contract
with ESPN as changed and presented on October 14 and
felt CoSIDA was ready to move forward in signing the
contract.
• Carpenter said he had talked with SportsSystems
about possible future involvement with CoSIDA. He
also said that ICS was interested in a new
three-year contract to continue to provide CoSIDA's
on-line services. Carpenter said he wanted to
explore the possibilities of increasing the value of
an association as the exclusive rights holder for
technology. Wohlhueter said with the current budget
situation, there is a need to develop new
sponsorships that provide cash income for CoSIDA and
not just trade-offs for services.
• There was discussion about the proposed on-line
voing process for the Academic All-America program.
It was suggested that board members Nick Joos and
Blake Timm assist with the process - as board
members and members of the AAA Committee.
V. Wohlhueter said memberships were coming in
steadily. He said Boclair had forwarded a budget and
bills from Millsport for the Academic All-America
dinner that was for approximately $21,000. She said
there were also some additional expenses involved
with the dinner that she would forward to Wohlhueter.
VI. Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) said the
2004-05 directories were in the mail. He said the
November Digests were also in from Multi-Ad and were
also in the mail.
• He said he had not received information from the
Publications Committee about the 2004-05 contests
and said that committee chairman Matt Newbery (MIAA)
had indicated he was having difficulty finding
judges for many of the contests. Commons said board
liaision John Arenberg should contact Newbery and
see what the board can do to assist.
VII. Director of On-Line Services Maxey Parrish
(Waco, Texas) was not on the call but had provided a
brief written report to the board that Commons read.
VIII. There was no old business.
IX. Under new business, there was discussion of
exhibitors costs. Wohlhueter said he wanted to talk
to Workshop Exhibitors Coordinator Paul Allan
(Minnesota State-Mankato) and would report back to
the board.
X. Commons discussed blast emails to the membership
- when should they be used and what policy would
govern its use? He said he would contact Jeff Rubin
at ICS and Parrish about the issue and also talk to
Arenberg, the board liaision to the Computer
Committee. Commons said he would like to see regular
emails go out to drive traffic to the CoSIDA website.
XI. Dennis O'Donnell had asked the officers to
consider instant feedback methods at the workshop.
The feeling was that having panel attendees fill out
a form before leaving the room would hinder the
post-panel discussion and was not well received.
This didn't rule out other possible methods of
obtaining feedback.
The call was adjourned.