As we go through this year, the board would like to hear from you. If there are any items of interest that you would like for the board to consider this year, please contact a board member at least a week in advance of a scheduled call. The CoSIDA Board meets via conference call once a month (Aug. 30, Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 15, Dec. 20, Jan. 17, Feb. 14, March 13, April 10, May 8 and June 5). Contact information for the board is located on www.cosida.com.
CoSIDA cannot be successful unless it has input and feedback from its membership. I encourage you to take an active role in CoSIDA and help direct the future of our profession.
COSIDA BOARD MINUTES - August 30, 2007
President Charles Bloom did a roll call.
I. Bloom asked all board members to submit agenda items for future board calls as they have them. He said the officers will have a brief call on the Monday before board calls to formulate the agenda. The agenda will then be posted on CoSIDA.com.
II. There was discussion of the awards portion of the Academic All-America program. Bloom said he had
received an email from committee chairman Dick Lipe and it appeared that the awards process was farther along than it had appeared.
III. Bloom asked Marketing Director Ed Carpenter for an update on the ESPN contract for the Academic All-America program. He said he had emailed Josh Krulewitz, who said the contract was still with their lawyers. Carpenter said he was confident he would have the contract soon.
IV. There was talk of the Academic All-America trademark infringement by the swim coaches association.
V. There was discussion of the search for an Executive Director. College Division Representative Eric
McDowell resigned from the search committee. After discussion, there was a motion, second and unanimous vote to add April Emory of Elizabeth City State and Rob Knox of Lincoln University to the committee. They joined Justin Doherty, Blake Timm, Judy Willson, Carol Hudson, Dave Wohlhueter, Pete Moore, Langston Rogers and Ed Carpenter on the committee.
VI. There was discussion of the charge of the search committee. Bloom said the charge was not to hire the person but to develop a group of finalists to interview and submit recommendations to the board. He asked Doherty to submit an updated timeline by the next board call. Doherty said the job was posted with a deadline of Sept. 15. It was decided that the deadline would be extended, but several applications had already been submitted. Doherty said Dec. 3 was going to be the original deadline, so he said the process was moving along ahead of schedule. Bloom said one board call needs to be devoted to the Executive Director process and timeline. Bloom asked Director of Online Services Jamie Joss to make sure that the position annoucement remain on the front page of cosida.com.
VII. Doherty said he would check back with Sports Business Journal about posting the job there. He said he would shorten the ad to save money and post the full job description on-line.
VIII. Treasurer Dave Wohlhueter said that Mary Flynn of Marriott would no longer be CoSIDA’s contact with Marriott. The board expressed its deep appreciation for all of Flynn’s assistance to CoSIDA over the years. Wohlhueter said that Jeff Fagan would be the new contact.
IX. Bloom asked the board about the possibility of offering some type of professional development to the
membership. He asked Carpenter to look into it for possible marketing potential as well. Bloom said his goal is for CoSIDA to offer professional development during the year and not just during the workshop.
X. First Vice President Nick Joos said that Getty Images had dropped its request for CoSIDA to pay for
images it said were used on the CoSIDA website under a previous sponsorship agreement.
XI. Bloom asked the Marketing Committee to look at taking on the branding of CoSIDA, to include the logo, workshop, website, newsletter, directory, etc. Bill Wagner, Will Roleson, Jeff Hodges and Jamie Joss were added to the committee.
XII. Wohlhueter discussed the financial report on the 2007 workshop. He said in past years the workshop generated enough operating money for the budget for the next year. He said that has not been the case in recent years. Wohlhueter said he was working with the Tampa property to cut down on the number of rooms guaranteed. He said the board should start marketing the Tampa Workshop now online and in the Digest. He said the $129 room rate was excellent and the workshop is not over the 4th of July.
XIII. Joos gave an update from the workshop program committee and said there were more than enough
ideas to fill the 2008 program schedule. He said he was excited about the possibilities.
XIV. Eric McDowell said the response to the workshop program survey had been incredible and said valuable feedback was coming in.
There was no further business and the call was adjourned.