April 7, 2005 (Full Board)
REPORTS:
1. Commons, president
· Registered trademark is “Academic All-America” without the “n”…violators of the registered trademark are primarily the swim coaches (
www.cscaa.org) and cross country coaches…suggested we need another letter to the swim coach association…Maxey stressed we need to protect our trademark interests or we could lose the rights to the phrase…also suggested CoSIDA need to change the terminology when they receive teams using our trademark.
· Dick Enberg is set to MC the hall of fame program.
2. Joe Hernandez, First VP
· On-Line nomination and voting process probably will not be ready for spring…the progress has been slow from the AAA committee end…Joe is developing out a new schedule since the development phase is behind schedule and probably won’t be ready for this spring
· Discussed program panels and Statcrew’s involvement…should Statcrew as an exhibitor have his own panel when we don’t do that for other exhibitors…Dave Wohlhueter spoke strongly that we have to protect all exhibitors
3. Doug Dull, Second VP
· Renewals for breakfast sponsors are coming in at a good rate…buses are set for the NBA function at the Franklin Institute and for softball…will use school buses…waiting for final costs.
4. Charles Bloom, Third VP
· Special Awards voting deadline April 8…has received ballots from 48 of 69 HOF members and 16 of 19 committee members…will have a conference call within a week to go over final voting totals and select the winners
5. Ed Carpenter, Marketing Dir
· Sponsors for luncheons are responding well, but has not had a chance to put together the totals…working from home on a limited schedule
6. Dave Wohlheuter, Treasurer
· Workshop registrations slow in arriving, but information and forms have been posted, so should begin receiving significant numbers soon…The CoSIDA-sponsored basketball tournament will be at Ball State Nov. 18-19…teams have not been selected…CoSIDA should make $25,000 on the tournament…
· Discussed if CoSIDA should do something for Kent Brown, whose wife died this year, leaving him with two small children…agreement that we should do something, as we have done for others in similar situations…Dave suggested later in an e-mail CoSIDA should send Kent $1000 for the scholarship fund run by the state of Illinois.
7. Jeff Hodges, Secretary/Digest Editor
· On the road
8. Past President Reports
· Tammy reported Salt Lake City and Denver have some forward with interest in hosting the 2010 workshop…she has scheduled a committee conference call for next week…Seattle properties interested appear to be too small to handle the entire workshop in one facility.
· Pete reported the third vice president will come from the west corridor and candidates need to be identified…the College Division reps will come from the Northeast and Central regions…he has received one nomination to date
Old Business -
· Subject of legal representation was discussed…Dave Wohlhueter will check with the firm that does CoSIDA’s IRS reports…also discussed the firm that handled CoSIDA’s trademark registration…legal issues could include trademarks and contracts…also suggested a hall of fame member might be able to suggest law firms, or serve as an advisor.
· Constitutional Changes – Judy will draft constitutional changes to be discussed…must be in the June Digest.
· Committee Chair reports are due soon…send a reminder to all committee chairs.
· Larry Happel suggested adding a field to each member’s on-line form that includes first year in the profession, which makes tracking 25-year members easier…Pete Moore will check with ICS about any problems this might present.
New Business
· Discussed survey that would determine products and commercial companies that members use on a regular basis, such as spring cell phones…seeking to identify potential sponsors…Ed Carpenter did a similar survey several years ago…might be time to do a new survey.