Letter to CoSIDA Membership from Chad Grubbs (Hardin-Simmons University), Chair of the Publications Committee
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CoSIDA Members,
On behalf of the CoSIDA Publications Committee, I invite you to take a look at our 2009-10 manual which lists key contacts, deadlines and submission policies.
We are at a changing time in the history of our profession. The traditional media guide that for so long which has been the centerpiece of our operation is changing. Some schools/conferences are still doing the traditional media guide, some have gone to just PDFs on-line, others have gone to multi-media presentations; whatever it is that you are doing in your shop, it is probably not the same as what you did even five years ago.
The Publication Contest Committee is ready to change with the times as well. For this year, you will not see many changes to the original contest. We are working on a pilot program to possibly judge digital formats in the future. We don’t want to be caught being left behind, because one of the goals of this committee is to reward the hard work of the people of our profession. We do have an eye to the future, but we need to wait and see what the future is with the upcoming legislation at the NCAA Convention. If we have to change in the future that is what we will do.
As for 2009-10, there are not a lot of changes to the contest, with the exception of one major change. We will accept printouts of on-line versions of media guides. Contestants will have to make the three copies and send them in like any other book and the rule on color still applies, so print them in black and white even if you have color in the on-line version.
We hope that everyone will adhere to all of the policies and procedures in this manual and we want to put on the best contests we can. We are working hard as a committee to not have any contests that do not get completed. Sometimes, things happen with contest coordinators that are out of our control, but for the most part these contests are almost always efficiently run. We are going to make sure that is still the case.
If you have questions about the contest, please don’t hesitate to contact me or any member of the committee. This is my first year as the chair of this committee, but I am determined for these contests to run as smoothly as possible. If you have a problem or question with a contest, please speak up sooner rather than later. We can’t take care of a problem if we don’t know about it.
You can contact me anytime by phone (325) 670-1473 (office) or by e-mail at cgrubbs@hsutx.edu. I look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
barbkowal@cosida.com
Chad Grubbs, Hardin-Simmons University
CoSIDA Publications Committee Chair
Office: (325) 670-1473
cgrubbs@hsutx.edu