CoSIDA Full Board Call - April 12, 2007
I. President Doug Dull did a roll call.
II. Director of Marketing Ed Carpenter said he had received $5,000 from the Heisman Trophy and $2,500 from the Sporting News. He said he has been working on Nissan as well. He said he had talked to Wendy Ott at ESPN and had gotten a quote from Keith Clinkscales of ESPN The Magazine for a release on the Academic All-America Hall of Fame induction being held in conjunction with the ESPN reception. Dull asked about a release on the renewal of the three-year contract with ESPN The Magazine and Carpenter said it was not ready. He said he would like to issue the two as separate releases.
III. Carpenter said he was talking to ESPN about a possible emcee for the Academic All-America Hall of Fame ceremony.
IV. On other possible sponsor notes, Carpenter said he was contacting Alumni Athlete, the NCAA, CSTV, Marriott, the Orange Bowl and the NIT.
V. Carpenter discussed Lifelock's sponsorship for 2006-07 and the possibility for future sponsorship.
VI. Third Vice President Justin Doherty said he had distributed the list of 2007 CoSIDA award winners to the board. He said he would proceed officially contacting the honorees and Josten about the awards. There was discussion that 10 years as the high end of the Rising Star Award was probably too high and Doherty was asked to note that for discussion with the Special Awards Committee for future consideration.
VII. Doherty had distributed the most recent draft of the Executive Director potential job description
and duties. He said the financial part of the report needed work. Treasurer Dave Wohlhueter said he felt the job description was much more than any one individual could manage. Doherty said with it being a new position, all possible duties were included in the draft and actual duties would be adjusted and determined as the position developed. Doherty asked the board to approve the concept of the position and duties as described and for the committee to continue to move forward with the financial aspects of the position. There was a motion and second and approved unanimously. Doherty said additional members were needed for the committee reviewing funding. Board members Jim Seavey, Kent Cherrington, Will Roleson and Dave Wohlhueter were added. The goal is to be able to present a possible funding plan to the membership at the San Diego Workshop. Dull said a potential constitutional by-law needs to be written to run in the Digest prior to the San Diego Workshop.
VIII. There was discussion of remarks made by Don Imus about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Doherty had put together a draft of a letter that would be posted on the CoSIDA website and
distributed to the CoSIDA members as a position statement. There was extensive discussion about what issues CoSIDA should weigh in on as an organization and it was noted that this should be a topic for board discussion in San Diego. A couple of edits were offered on Doherty's letter. Dull asked that the changes be made and the letter sent to the membership and to the website.
IX. Dull said on-line registration was up and available as an option for San Diego.
X. Past President Rod Commons said the site selection search for the 2012 workshop had been
narrowed to Indianapolis, St. Louis, New Orleans, Louisville and Detroit. He said he hoped to narrow
it no more than three cities that would make presentations in San Diego.
XI. Dull said several Division I groups would be having meetings in the coming weeks and he asked the board members to stress the program and social events at the San Diego Workshop to try and enhance attendance.
XII. First Vice President Charles Bloom said he wanted to send a blast email to the membership with
the workshop program schedule and information on the major panels. Bloom asked about any complimentary rooms for some of the speakers or panelists. Wohlhueter said any rooms given out would come from the number of complimentary rooms that CoSIDA is allotted. Bllom said he would look at the list of speakers and panelists and see if any additional requests needed to be made.
XIII. Joos said he had 1,000 gift packages coming from the NCAA for workshop attendees through Host Communications. He said breakfast sponsorships and door prizes were rolling in. He said there was no spouse event scheduled for San Diego and was wondering if one needed to be developed. Board members noted that events at the last two workshops were poorly attended. Joos said he was also working on getting something with the San Diego Padres, who play at home two days of the Workshop.
XIV. Wohlhueter said pre-registrations had begun to come in.
XV. Secretary Jeff Hodges said he had neared completion on the 50th Anniversary book. He asked if
2,500 copies would be adequate for distribution and archives. The board said yes. He said the May Digest should be back from the printer at any time and included an eight-page spread on the San Diego Workshop. He said he planned a combined June-July issue of the Digest with an early May deadline to include workshop info., including award winners, etc. Hodges said he had received a request for a letter of endorsement from CoSIDA for someone doing a doctoral survey. The board said it had stopped that policy several years earlier.
XVI. Under new business, College Division Representative Jim Seavey asked that the chair and
co-chairs of the Academic All-America Committee be included in discussions with the selection of the
Lester Jordan Award. This was the first year that the award selection has come under the Special
Awards Committee and Seavey wants to make sure the Academic All-America Committee is kept in the loop since the award honors persons who have made outstanding contributions to the Academic
All-America program. The call was adjourned.