COSIDA BOARD CALL MINUTES - February 5, 2009
MINUTES OF COSIDA BOARD CALL
February 5, 2009
President Nick Joos did a roll call.
I. Joos said due to several unforseen issues, the planned CoSIDA board trip to meet with the NCAA in Indianapolis would be rescheduled - likely for April.
II. There was discussion of on-line registration for the upcoming 2008 CoSIDA Convention in San Antonio.
Executive Director John Humenik said the system was just about ready to go and asked Jim Seavey to be the point person on the board to work with Sports Systems in testing the process, Kent Cherrington said he would also help. Humenik said the board had originally hoped the system would be operational by February 1 but that some initial holdups had been resolved and the process was moving forward quickly.
III. There was discussion of registration fee for the Convention. Seavey made a motion that the registration fee be the same as in 2008 - at $150, until June 1, and that the fee be $200 on-site in San Antonio. All pre- convention registration will be done on-line, and the on-line process will end on June 1. Anyone wishing to register after June 1 will do so on in San Antonio. Seconded by Lawrence Fan and passed unanimously. Even with potential rising costs for the Convention, the board felt it was important for the good of the organization to maintain the fee at the 2007 level.
IV. First Vice President Justin Doherty discussed the Feb. 19 on-line seminar with Kathleen Hessert. He said the seminar is complimentary at 11:30 Eastern on Twitter. Joos said he was working on a release to go out to the membership the next week.
V. Doherty said he was making progress on the program schedule and feels good about it. He said he doesn't see a seminar that isn't a benefit to the entire membership regardless of division. He said he is also working on a potential guest speaker.
VI. Third Vice President Doug Walker said he is making progress on the Special Awards.
VII. Director of Marketing Ed Carpenter said that DigiPixArt will back with CoSIDA as a sponsor for 2009 at the same level. He also gave an update on the ESPN Reception and said he had provided IMG a "don't call list" and a list of exhibitors and sponsors from the 2008 Workshop.
VIII. There was discussion of other sponsors.
IX. Humenik said to date he had received $19,500 new dollars that CoSIDA didn't have at this time last year.
X. Humenik gave a recap of his attendance at the NACDA mid-year meeting. He said he was extremely impressed and was given an opportunity to address the board. He said a release will be coming from NACDA on Tuesday talking about the relationship.
XI. Humenik said the ESPN sales team regarding the Academic All-America program. Jim Seavey said he had met with the NCAA leadership and thinks it could be possible to split the College Division two groups. He said he would talk to Dick Lipe and set up a call with the NCAA office.
The call was adjourned.