COSIDA MINUTES
August 31, 2006
President Doug Dull took a role call of board members on the call.
I. Dull welcomed the new members of the board and encouraged them to feel free to speak up and speak their minds on the calls.
II. Director of On-Line Services Maxey Parrish said that since the CoSIDA website was established five years ago the role of the site has changed, as has his role in overseeing the site. He said the position had grow into more than what he could manage and he felt it was time to find somebody new to run the site. Dull thanked Parrish for everything he has done for CoSIDA and asked for any ideas that the board would need to cosider concerning the future of the site. Parrish said he felt the job could be broken up into various roles. Dull said he would put together a job description for the CoSIDA webste. He asked Parrish to forward his ideas and suggestions.
At Large member Lawrence Fan said he could distribute the job opening on his jobs email list.
Director of Marketing Ed Carpenter said the posting should also be the lead story in the upcoming October Digest. Dull said he would try to have the job description within a week to expedite the
process.
Carpenter suggested putting together a small committee to review the applicants and to do interviews. Kent Cherrington, Dave Wohlhueter, Maxey Parrish and Nick Joos volunteered for the committee. Dull asked Parrish if he would be interested in perhaps staying on in some role with the site, Parrish said
possibly. Parrish also said he would continue to manage the site for as long as he was needed.
III. Dull said there was an opening on the board with the resignation of newly appointed At- Large member Mike Lockrem of Minnesota. Dull said he had emailed Past Presidents Alan Cannon and Pete Moore. He said Will Roleson of the Horizon League was next in line among the nominees at the 2006 Workshop.
There was a motion to have Roleson join the board and a second. The motion passed unanimously. Dull said he would contact Roleson.
IV. Dull discussed an email that had been forwarded to the board from Jon Martin of the North Central Conference.
V. There was discussion about the declining attendance of representatives of Division I schools at the annual workshops. The board members from Division I schools were asked to poll the members
rom their own conferences to see what information they could gather. First Vice President Charles Bloom said he felt this was a major issue that needed a lot of attention from the board.
VI. Dull reviewed board liaison assignments for 2006-07. He said the listing was a first draft and he would take any suggestions for changes that need to be made. He said the main role was to help keep the committees on task and working toward a goal during the year.
VII. There was discussion of an email from Multi-Ad that detailed credit that CoSIDA had earned through other institutions using Multi-Ad for first-time printng. There was discussion of the contract with Multi-Ad. Carpenter said he signed the contact in Nashville. The Board said the contract was not supposed to be signed until after CoSIDA had heard back from Multi-Ad. Moore said there should be a listing on Multi-Ads advertisement in the Digest that CoSIDA receives credit for printing with Multi-Ad.
VIII. Carpenter discussed the sponsorship with LifeLock. He said they were disappointed with the response they had received at the Nashville Workshop with the number of people that had signed up for their services. He said two attempts had been made at a blast email to get the word to CoSIDAs members about LifeLock but there had been technical problems with the emails. Dull said he would contact LifeLock and let them know about the problems and that ICS was working with the Board to correct it.
IX. Carpenter discussed the possible sponsorship of the Academic All-America program.
X. Carpenter also discussed a possible sponsorship with the Alumni Athlete Network. Carpenter said he would have an update by the next board call.
XI. Carpenter said Marriott Corporation was sending CoSIDA a sponsorship check for $3,184.
XII. Bloom said the group gathering information for CoSIDA goals would convene over the
next couple of weeks and would have a report by the next board call.
XIII. Wohlhueter said the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville was asking for $61,000 for CoSIDA not meetings its projections for rooms and food and beverage at the 2006 Workshop. He said Marriott
officials had joined the discussions and had helped lower the amount to $25,000. Wohlhueter said he would be in contact with the Renaissance and continue to try and negotiate a better settlement.
XIV. Secretary Jeff Hodges said the 2006-07 Director was finished and was being sent to the printer. He also asked for any items for the October Digest to be to him by Sept. 1.
XV. There was discussion of the 50th Anniversary celebration and committee. The call was adjourned.