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All 11 of the current CoSIDA Committees submitted 2009-10 goals and objectives to the Board of Directors, and that entire list can be downloaded (PDF) below and found on CoSIDA.com's main page under "2009-10 Committee Objectives."
If you are interested in serving on a committee, please contact Debbie Copp (University of Oklahoma) who is chair of the Committee on Committees dcopp@ou.edu
CoSIDA Committees (11) - Goals & Objectives
Committee on Committees, Academic All-America, Ethics (PREVIEWED EARLIER HERE)
Allied Organizations (PREVIEW BELOW)
Goodwill (PREVIEW BELOW)
Job Seekers (PREVIEW BELOW)
Membership Services (PREVIEW BELOW)
New Media/Technology
Publications Contest
Scholarship Committee
Writing Contest
Allied Organizations
Chair- Robert McKinney (Willamette)
Board Liaison- Dave Reed (Colorado College)
Goals
1. Create a CoSIDA Speakers Resource Guide
2. Develop ways for CoSIDA to interact with a variety of outside organizations.
3. Contribute to the overall development of CoSIDA's communications plan
These goals should contribute to the following goals in the Strategic Plan:
Improve the self-image of CoSIDA
Elevate and enhance the organization within the collegiate athletics community
Establish an efficient communications plan
Projects to Achieve the Goals
Goal #1 - CoSIDA Speakers Resource Guide
We will gather information about qualified experts within CoSIDA who can speak on a wide range of issues to various "external" organizations. The guide will be useful to other sports information directors, athletic administrators at the high school and college levels, and representatives in television, radio, internet, print media and electronic media. We will include University Division and College Division members.
Some possible areas of expertise are:
Football Bowl Games
Awards (Heisman, etc.)
Publications
Hosting NCAA Championships
Olympic Sports
Sports Writing
Website Creation and Management
Goal #2 - Develop ways for CoSIDA to interact with a variety of outside organizations.
A. We will develop a list of events to be held during 2009-10 where CoSIDA members can provide their expertise as paid or volunteer workers. The list will include NCAA postseason events, as well as professional sporting events and Olympic sporting events.
B. We will update the links from the CoSIDA website
We will check the existing links on the CoSIDA website to find those that need to be changed or deleted. We also plan to add some new links to the list.
C. The Olympic Liaison Sub-Committee will continue to facilitate the involvement of CoSIDA members at various events involving Olympic sports. Sub-committee members tend to be very involved with their sports of choice, as they help CoSIDA develop and maintain a positive image at the local, national and international level.
Goal #3 - Contribute to the overall development of CoSIDA's communications plan
A. We will create a list of public relations contacts at organizations that SIDs encounter through their daily activities, plus public relations contacts with professional and amateur sports organizations and the media. This list should help the CoSIDA Board and individual CoSIDA members as they interact with these organizations.
B. We will provide information to the CoSIDA Digest and CoSIDA.com regarding our projects. We will find ways to utilize CoSIDA.com to encourage the interaction of members with "external" organizations.
Goal # 4- Coordinated Approach with Membership Services Committee
We will coordinate with the Membership Services Committee so that our efforts with the Speakers Resource Guide, public relations contacts, and list of NCAA, professional and amateur events will enhance Membership Services' efforts with a CoSIDA Membership Resources Library. We will focus on projects involving or directed at "external" organizations, while Membership Services will focus on creating a library of internal CoSIDA resources.
Goodwill
Chair- Sam Atkinson (Gallaudet)
Board Liaison- April Emory (Elizabeth City State University)
1. Coordinate Service Project in San Francisco during the annual CoSIDA Convention
* Hold 2nd annual CoSIDA Goodwill Committee Service Project in 2010 in San Francisco
* Promote the service project throughout the year on the CoSIDA Web site, CoSIDA digest, e-mail newsletters
* Increase the number of volunteers from the 15 that helped in San Antonio
* Work with BCSIDA and YCoSIDA to create a raffle and fundraising events at the convention to raise funds for our selected charity
2. Promote National Service/Goodwill Athletic Events
* The committee needs to communicate to the CoSIDA members about national service/goodwill and charity events that are presented by national coaches associations throughout the year. For example promote the WBCA Pink Zone event, the AVCA Dig Pink event, etc.
* We can accomplish this goal by writing press releases about the events and posting on the CoSIDA Web site and sending out to the CoSIDA members
3. Find Other Avenues to Raise Funds
* The idea here is to raise money for our charity of choice for the 2009-10 year (usually the charity we will help during the convention stop or select a national charity or effort)
* Propose an idea to the CoSIDA Board that a donation option be added to the Convention Registration Form to donate money to the local charity in San Francisco
* Possibly have a donation button on the CoSIDA Web site to go to a national charity selected by CoSIDA (for example the V Foundation/Yow Foundation or LiveStrong since a lot of our membership have worked or have strong allegiances to those charities.
* Explore other options to raise money (fund raisers, auctions, etc.)
4. Increase Goodwill Committee Membership
* Add more CoSIDA members to our committee
5. Garner media attention
* Get positive media attention for CoSIDA through the Goodwill Committee's works
6. Become part of CoSIDA's marketing efforts
* Using a tag line like "CoSIDA Cares" to help promote CoSIDA's efforts to do community service and to give back could be a valuable tool in CoSIDA's marketing plans
Job Seekers
Chair- Lawrence Fan (San Jose State)
Board Liaison- Rob Knox (Kutztown University)
Objectives
1.) Work in concert with Barb Kowal, CoSIDA Director of External Affairs, and the Board of Directors on any enhancements to the Committee’s email service and Jobs Center portion of www.cosida.com.
2.) Remain a resource for members, future members, full-time and fixed-term professionals who have employment-related issues.
Goals
1.) Further enhance the Committee’s Job Seeker Primer. The Primer was originated in Spring 2007 prior to the CoSIDA Workshop. Since then, the Primer has grown and now includes 20 written articles by committee members on job-related activities.
2.) Produce the 2010 Primer in April to coincide with early stages of the 2010-11 job seeking period. The last three years, the Primer was completed just before the annual Workshop.
3.) Provide the best possible job seeking experience for job seekers and job holders at the 2010 Workshop in San Francisco.
4.) Complete timely articles when requested by the Director of External Affairs, Executive Director or Board of Directors on employment issues affect the membership.
Membership Services
Chair- Blake Timm (Pacific University)
Board Liaison- Blake Timm
1. Complete a Comprehensive Update Of The CoSIDA Directory
ACTION STEPS:
• Develop a comprehensive list of Conference SIDs for all major levels of the membership (NCAA I, NCAA II, NCAA III, NAIA).
• All committee members will be involved in e-mail campaign to contact conference SIDs for their assistance in updating directory. Members will e-mail SIDs requesting that they look over their member schools in the online directory and report back within a week with any changes to their member schools. If there is no response in a week’s time, committee members will call those conference contacts to request updates.
• Based on information received from the conference SIDs, committee members will make updates to the school’s information.
• Once updates to the four major divisions are finished, the Membership Retention/Directory Update sub-committee will work on updating other areas of the membership (Canada, junior colleges, USCAA, NCCAA, etc.).
• The Allied Organizations Committee will be approached to assist Membership Services Committee in updating directory information on national sports governing organizations, Olympic organization, media organizations and bowl games.
• The Membership Retention/Directory Update sub-committee and committee chair will work with Barb Kowal in the re-design of the CoSIDA membership database, insuring that the database will have the ability to be comprehensive for our needs well into the future.
2. Develop a Membership Resource Library For The CoSIDA Membership
ACTION ITEMS
• Sub-committee members will work on developing a structure for such a database based on initial set-up developed by the committee chair. Sub-committee will also develop guidelines and process for membership to submit items to the library.
• Sub-committee and chair will work with staff from CollegeFanz on integrating the database structure into the CoSIDA Community.
• Sub-committee members will work to integrate articles from the web site archives into articles for the Membership Resource Library.
• Once developed, the sub-committee will be charged with the regular maintenance of the library and will be gatekeepers for adding articles/information.
3. Begin Developing Salary & Job Responsibility Surveys For The Membership
ACTION ITEMS
• Using the old Division III survey as a template, Sub-committee members will work to develop a list of survey items and questions relevant to each of the major levels of the membership (NCAA I, NCAA II, NCAA III, NAIA, Canada).
• Goal is to develop complete surveys for at least two of those major levels and solicit information through Survey Monkey. A complete survey document for those two organizations would be made available for the San Francisco convention