COSIDA BUSINESS MEETING
December 2, 2004
I. President Rod Commons (Washington State) reminded
the board members who serve as liaisons for CoSIDA
committees to check with their committee chairs to
see that they are making progress with their goals
and mission statements.
II. Commons asked about periodic distribution of
academic team releases and other information through
the CoSIDA blast email. Past President Pete Moore
(Syracuse) said that Director of On-line Services
Maxey Parrish had been sending out some periodic
emails.
III. There was a question about Academic All-America
coordinators checking to see if all nominees were
submitted by members. College Division
Representative Blake Timm (Pacific) said he checked
his and said some other coordinators do but it is
not an easy task. There was discussion that when the
system goes on-line that will be taken care of -
since all SIDs nominating must be a member or they
will not have access to nominate.
IV. First Vice President Joe Hernandez (Ball State)
said he was working on a conference call to test the
Academic All-America process setup by ICS.
V. Hernandez said he was also working with the local
committee in Philadelphia on the 2005 Workshop. He
said Phil Martelli would be the kickoff speaker on
Sunday evening. He plans a big promotion of it for
the February Digest. .
VI. Second Vice President Doug Dull (Maryland) said
he had sent a note to Ed Carpenter on potential
sponsors. He said the NBA would be the sponsor for
the Franklin Institute and ESPN would sponsor the
Monday social function in Philadelphia. He said
there was the possibility of a Sunday golf outing at
Island Green Country Club with a shotgun start. He
said he thought a $500 deposit would be required.
Treasurer Dave Wohlhueter (Ithaca, N.Y.) said that
would not be a problem. There was a requirement of a
minimum of 50 golfers.
VII. Treasurer Dave Wohlhueter (Ithaca, N.Y.) said
he was continuing to receive checks for job postings
and that memberships were continuing to come in. He
said he had filed CoSIDA’s IRS report with the
lawyers in Kansas City.
VIII. Commons asked if the first payment had been
received from ESPN and Wohlhueter said it had not
but was supposed to be on the way.
IX. Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) said that
the current membership was 1,786, and they are
continuing to come in. He said he had received the
article on ESPN’s sponsorship of the Academic
All-America program becoming official and said it
would be the lead story in the January Digest.
X. There was discussion about blast emails sent out
that included a garbled attachment. Past President
Pete Moore (Ithaca, N.Y.) said while Parrish or
others can send blast emails directly, if they use
attachments they must go through ICS contact Jeff
Rubin. The attachments were initially sent with an
Academic All-America email and the same attachment
has been showing up on each subsequent email.
XI. Past President Tammy Boclair (Vanderbilt) said
site selection for 2010 was coming along with seven
cities already showing interest. She said she
received information from Mary Flynn at Marriott on
hotels in San Francisco, Hollywood, Anaheim, San
Diego, Los Angeles, Palm Springs and Phoenix. She
said the Site Selection Committee would be looking
at dates, costs and local committee support to
assist with hosting the event.
XII. Wohlhueter told Past President Alan Cannon
(Texas A&M) that he had not received a contract from
San Antonio and Cannon said he would follow-up on it.
XIII. Moore said the front page of the CoSIDA
website needs to make more use of photos and the
graphic capability that is now availble to us.
XIV. Moore said he would have information on
nominating for CoSIDA Board positions in the
February Digest.
XV. Boclair said she had been contacted by an
organization looking for official abbreviations for
every school in the U.S. for scoreboard postings.
The board said there was no complete or official
listing that anyone knows of.
XVI. At Large Representative Nick Joos (Baylor) said
the NCAA has published the agenda for the January
meetings and included is a proposal to restrict
media guide pages to 200. At Large Representative
Judy Willson (Sun Belt Conference) said the issue
would be discussed in January and voted on in April.
No one had seen any information on possible
amendments of 232 or 248 pages. Commons said that in
Calgary a task force was suggested to monitor
legislation and offer suggestions. He said he would
follow through and form the Task Force.
The call was adjourned.