• E-newsletter version
Thank you for taking the time to read this month’s e-newsletter. Please link to the subheaders below which will take you to the different sections of the December 2012 e-newsletter where you can read more on each subject.
CoSIDA Membership at 56-Year All-Time High, Passes 2,900
Strategic Branding Review Continues, Survey Concludes
CoSIDA Leadership Matters
CoSIDA Awards/Contests
Continuing Education
National Organizational Initiatives
Marketing & Communications
Capital One Academic All-America® program
2013 Orlando Convention
Updated CoSIDA Directory
Sponsorships
CoSIDA Master Monthly Schedule
CoSIDA Membership at 56-Year High, Tops 2,900
CoSIDA Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) and
Will Roleson (Director of Internal Operations/Treasurer) report that as of the end of November CoSIDA’s membership for the 2012-13 academic year has reached a total of 2,917, the largest single year membership total in organizational history. The previous record was 2,862 set during the 2010-11 academic year. For those of you who have renewed or joined for the first time in 2012-13, we thank you so much!
For those who have yet to renew or pay for a membership your dues can be paid but with a late fee assessment of $30** as we have passed the Sept. 14th membership renewal deadline.
• Not a member and want to join CoSIDA, or do you wish to renew a membership(s) for 2012-13? See our "CoSIDA Membership Benefits/Purchase a Membership" webpage
HERE.
Remember, you MUST be a current CoSIDA member to nominate for - and vote on - Capital One Academic All-America®/All-District Team honors.
** EXCEPTIONS TO THIS $30.00 LATE FEE:
- Any first-time CoSIDA member, and any professional who was in transition or changing jobs after Sept. 14, 2012 will pay only the regular membership fees listed above ($35.00, $115.00 or $125.00). The late fee will be assessed to only those currently in positions as of Sept. 14.
If you have any questions, please contact Director of Internal Operations Will Roleson (willroleson@cosida.com).
Strategic Branding Review Continues; Survey Concludes
CoSIDA’s Board of Directors agreed this past spring to enter into a partnership agreement
with Cryder Rinebold of Indianapolis to conduct a branding-based review of CoSIDA during the course of the next 12-to-15 months. A list of major reasons for this important process can be accessed HERE.
From June- October, Dennis Cryder and JoJo Rinebold conducted 24 interview focus meetings with organizations within CoSIDA as well as with other groups in intercollegiate athletics (AD based, commissioner based, NACDA, NACDA affiliates, NCAA, NAIA, etc.) to discuss CoSIDA and the profession from their perspective.
An online survey for our full membership, as well as other organizations in intercollegiate athletics, was developed by Fondulas Research, Cryder Rinebold and CoSIDA leadership over the course of October and early November.
On November 12th, the survey was provided to the full CoSIDA membership and requests for participation also were provided to other important CoSIDA external stakeholders with the aid of their organizational email correspondence platforms. The deadline date for survey participation was November 26.
Cryder Rinebold and Fondulas Research are now in the evaluation phase regarding the survey. They plan to provide an update on the research and recommendations to the CoSIDA leadership group attending the NCAA Convention in Dallas in mid-January.
CoSIDA Leadership
• A complete list of roles/responsibilities and duties for the 2012-13 Board members is found HERE.
• Executive Director John Humenik will be in New York City Dec. 2-4 representing CoSIDA at the annual National Football Foundation events while also visiting with several of CoSIDA’s current/potential sponsors. Humenik will be representing CoSIDA at the ESPN College Football Awards Show in Orlando (Dec. 6) where he will also be meeting with members of the National College Football Awards Association.
• Humenik has also been asked to moderate all press conferences associated with the 2013 BCS National Championship Game in Miami in early January. While in Miami, Humenik and CoSIDA President Joe Hornstein (FIU), also working on the Discover Orange Bowl and BCS National Championship staffs, will meet to discuss CoSIDA matters.
• COMMITTEE INFORMATION
This fall, the CoSIDA Committee chairs provided specific sets of goals and objectives for 2012-13 and they are found HERE.
CoSIDA Awards/Contests
• Special Awards Committee Chair Tam Flarup (Wisconsin, tjf@athletics.wisc.edu) reminds all CoSIDA members that the nomination period for 2013 CoSIDA Special Awards is open through Jan. 31, 2012. Please go to this link to access information - and nominate online - for the numerous awards for members, media and advocates of CoSIDA and the athletic communications profession here: http://cosida.com/awards/.
• The Fred Stabley Writing Contest also is open and this year for the first time, submissions can be made online. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 22, 2012. The Writing Contest Chair is Wade Steinlage (William Penn, steinlagew@wmpenn.edu). Please find more information and the online login portal HERE.
• The 2012-13 Publications Contest and submissions has been delayed this fall due to a change in committee leadership. The new Publications Committee Chair will be Tyler Cundith (Johnson County Community College, tcundith@jccc.edu). Once the contest schedule is complete, the fall sports deadlines will take place in January and the full schedule for winter/spring sports also will be announced on CoSIDA.com and via emails to the membership.
• The 2012-13 CoSIDA Scholarship Program, chaired by Carol Hudson (Old Dominion, chudson@odu.edu) will also have an online nomination portal this year and those deadlines are in April and May 2013. Information will be forthcoming.
Continuing Education Sessions
• On September 7th CoSIDA launched its Online Reference and Resource Library. You can learn more about this wonderful membership continuing education service and access the database HERE.
• CoSIDA’s 2012 fall continuing education program, an on-demand series of presentations and panels from the 2012 CoSIDA Convention which kicked off in September, will conclude in December. These on-demand videos are available on CoSIDA's YouTube channel. In coordination with Director of External Affairs Barb Kowal, they were produced by NewTek, CoSIDA's official continuing education video production provider as a prominent piece of our fall/winter continuing ed intiatives. You can view the first seven on-demand videos HERE.
The CoSIDA Board would like to thank NewTek as well as ASAP Sports (CoSIDA’s official instant transcript services provider) and TRZ Sports /Teamline (CoSIDA’s official conference call provider) for their support of CoSIDA’s continuing education initiatives.
• CoSIDA 3rd Vice President Judy Willson (Mountain West Conference) is coordinating our conference call/webinar continuing education program this year. If you have ideas or want to present on a call/webcast, Judy can be contacted via jwillson@themwc.com.
National Organizational Initiatives
NCAA
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Executive Director John Humenik and CoSIDA President Joe Hornstein (FIU) continue to work with
Erik Christianson of the NCAA to plan the meetings for CoSIDA’s leadership contingent that will attend the annual NCAA Convention in Dallas from January 15-19.
CoSIDA’s contingent in Dallas will include CoSIDA officers President Hornstein,
1st VP Shelly Poe (Auburn), 2nd VP Eric McDowell (Union N.Y.), 3rd VP Judy Willson (Mountain West Conference) and Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama).
Blake Timm (Pacific, Ore.), Chair of the College Division Management Advisory Committee,
Greg Goings (Bowie State), President of DII SIDA),
Larry Happel (Central College), President of D3 SIDA and
Jay Stancil (Union, Ky.), President of NAIA-SIDA, will also attend as will
John Humenik, Barb Kowal and Will Roleson of the CoSIDA staff. Meetings are being scheduled with various NCAA staff groups as well as Executive Directors of other organizations. In addition, McDowell and Humenik have been asked to address the NCAA DIII membership on Jan. 19th.
• Division III CoSIDA members are reminded that there is staff funding available through the
NCAA Division III Ethnic Minority and Women’s Internship Grant Program. As the program’s name suggests, internship candidates must be women or ethnic minorities. The program annually provides selected D3 schools with the funds to offer an athletic department internship of the institution’s choosing. Several of this year’s 18 selected institutions are funding internships in athletics communications/media relations like Whitworth and Pacific (Ore.). See the story on these schools and their interns and how to apply
HERE.
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The NCAA/CoSIDA Media Coordination Advisory Board held its monthly call on Nov. 15. Among the topics discussed were the new monthly media coordination newsletter, NCAA championship selection shows, programs produced by IMG College and divisional updates. CoSIDA members are reminded that if there are any issues with content on NCAA.com, they can e-mail Turner Sports at
ncaa-content@turner.com. The advisory board's next call will be conducted January 11.
• The NCAA Championships and Alliances staff recently published their second monthly NCAA Media Coordination and Statistics Newsletter. The newsletter was developed at the request of – and in conjunction with – the NCAA Championships and Media Coordination Advisory Board, which is comprised of CoSIDA members from all three NCAA divisions along with NCAA staff. The newsletter is e-mailed the first Wednesday of each month and contain timely information regarding NCAA championships and statistics.
The November edition can be accessed on CoSIDA.com.
NACDA
• John Humenik has been invited to attend the annual NACDA Mid-Year Affiliates Meeting in Marco Island January 26-28. This invitation-based meeting marks the fifth consecutive year that CoSIDA has been invited. Prior to CoSIDA and NACDA developing a partnership agreement in Dec. of 2008, CoSIDA was the only management association/organization in collegiate sports not a part of this annual meeting which brings together - for the only time all year - all of the Executive Directors and Presidents of management groups in intercollegiate athletics to discuss present and future initiatives being undertaken. There is discussion on how these groups can work together for the mutual benefit of all membership groups. Humenik has indicated to the CoSIDA Board and its divisional leadership groups that he finds this annual meeting the most beneficial for CoSIDA during the course of the year.
During the three days of this meeting Humenik, on behalf of CoSIDA, has the opportunity to make a presentation before joint representatives from the following 14 groups: Minority Opportunities Athletics Assoc. (MOAA), Division 1-A Athletic Directors Assoc. (DI-A ADA), Football Championship Subdivision Athletic Directors, Assoc. (FCS ADA), Division 1-AAA Athletic Directors Assoc. (D1-AAA ADA), Division II Athletic Directors Assoc. (DII ADA), Division III Athletic Directors Assoc. (DIII ADA), National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NC4S), College Athletic Business Management Assoc. (CABMA), National Assoc. of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA), National Assoc. of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD), National Association of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA), Collegiate Event and Facility Management Association (CEFMA), Intercollegiate Licensing Assoc. (ICLA), National Assoc. for Athletics Compliance (NAAC). Humenik also meets individually with the President/Executive Director of each organization in attendance.
• CoSIDA’s “NACDA Transition Team” continues to update and refine a “Frequently Asked Questions” document to address several questions associated with this convention. Review the current NACDA FAQ document
HERE.
We strongly encourage all members to review this in preparation for CoSIDA’s Convention moving to the NACDA Convention site in Orlando. The 2013 CoSIDA convention dates are June 12-15.
• CoSIDA’s leadership continues to contribute a "CoSIDA Corner" published in each issue of NACDA's
Athletic Administration Magazine discussing our organization and profession. The NACDA magazine, which is published in October, November, December, February, March, April, June and August, is sent to more than 10,000 university and athletics administrators. That, combined with the exposure that CoSIDA receives via NACDA’s daily email blast, provides CoSIDA incredible exposure throughout the full intercollegiate community.
Director of External Affairs Barb Kowal's column, written for the November issue on the new CoSIDA resource/reference library, is available
HERE.
Marketing & Communications Updates
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CoSIDA Director of External Affairs Barb Kowal, on behalf of the CoSIDA leadership, is coordinating a redesign of the
CoSIDA.com website in conjunction with SIDEARM, our website provider. The layout and designs are finalized, and the redesigned site will launch in January.
If you have suggestions for CoSIDA.com content or wish to contribute to our website, please send those suggestions to
barbkowal@cosida.com.
• During the month of November, 19 CoSIDA-based stories appeared on NACDA’s Daily Review email blast. There were 22 Daily Review emails during the month. Through the Daily Review email, thousands of university and athletics administrators are exposed to professional and organizational news. This outreach primarily came about due to CoSIDA’s decision in December 2008 to become an affiliated partner within the NACDA organizational umbrella.
• In November, 37 articles were posted on
CoSIDA.com. The
CoSIDA Twitter page had 228 tweets/postings, all of them of an informative nature with breaking news and timely topics for athletic communication professionals.
• The
CoSIDA LinkedIn group continues to attract members and the group now totals 1,582 members and is actively holding discussions, soliciting final convention panelists and sharing articles and videos of interest to athletic communicators. Please join and submit your ideas, questions or comments to make this a lively forum for our members.
Capital One Academic All-America® Program
2012-13 Academic All-America® master schedule for nomination deadlines/team announcements (PDF)
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CoSIDA, in conjunction with corporate partner Capital One, has launched a new Capital One Academic All-America® website. The website, developed by a Capital One’s partner ad agency Campfire, is:
http://www.capitaloneacademicallamerica.com/. There is tremendous historical and current Academic All-America® content already on the site and it will be fully developed during the 2012-13 academic year.
• The 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® Hall of Fame nominations closed on Nov. 2 and the ballot is now being voted upon by a select committee.
• In mid-November, the Capital One Academic All-District men's and women's soccer, football and women's volleyball teams were announced. From Nov. 26-29, the Capital One Academic All-America® men's and women's soccer teams were announced. Please see the
Capital One Academic All-America® webpages for more information and team listings.
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CoSIDA Academic All-America® Committee Vice-Chair Jim Seavey (Massachusetts Maritime Academy) has produced key reminders when publicizing student-athletes who earn Capital One Academic All-District and All-America® honors. PLEASE REVIEW THESE POINTERS,
found HERE.
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NOTE: Deadlines for Capital One Academic All-America® nominations and voting are strictly adhered to. In fairness to all who nominate/vote prior to the deadline and for the integrity of the program, there can be no extensions and no exceptions if the deadline is missed. Please plan appropriately now to make sure your information in place to meet the respective deadlines and that the people at your school who will be nominating student-athletes are paid members of CoSIDA for the 2012-13 year.
If you have questions regarding the nomination criteria for the AAA program, or other questions relating to the awards program, please closely review the
information page and FAQ document on the CoSIDA website which we believe will address your question.
• The Board and Academic All-America® Committee leadership remind CoSIDA members that CoSIDA's "Academic All-America®"mark is federally registered.
As such, CoSIDA members must help the Board and Academic All-America® Committee monitor the wrongful use of this registered trademark. If you see any other organizations, including coaching associations, using this registered trademark, immediately contact
CoSIDA Executive Director John Humenik (
johnhumenik@cosida.com) or
Academic All-America® Committee chair emeritus Dick Lipe (
rlipe@bentley.edu). We will have our legal counsel, Collegiate Images, follow up with a letter regarding infringement of our federally registered mark and they will be asked to "cease and desist" from future use of that mark.
Many times during the year we find that our own membership is using "Academic All-America®" in releases that they prepare for student-athletes receiving academic achievement awards from other organizations - when in fact those organizations refer to their awards as "All-Academic," "Scholar-Athlete," "Academic All-Star," etc.
We remind CoSIDA members to be cognizant of only using "Academic All-America®" in relation to CoSIDA's Capital One partnership program. There are NO exceptions and you should make sure your administrative staff and coaches understand that they do not have the right to take another award that is being presented for combined academic/athletic excellence by coach’s associations or other organizations and change it to “Academic All-America®” instead of its appropriate title given by that awarding organization.
2013 CoSIDA Orlando Convention
• The 2013 CoSIDA Convention, held in conjunction with the NACDA and Affiliates Convention, takes place June 12-15 at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando. Check early information on the 2013 Convention in Orlando
HERE.
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CoSIDA 2nd VP Eric McDowell (Union-N.Y.) is coordinating our programming for the 2013 CoSIDA Convention in Orlando along with the Programming Committee and are in the final stage of planning many sessions. Most recently, he coordinated a conference call with the CoSIDA Program Committee on November 15. If you have ideas for the convention programming or want to coordinate a specific session, please contact him at
mcdowele@union.edu. McDowell and the Program Committee have announced that the Convention kickoff session features Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, a leading expert in time management, work/life balance and stress management. Read more about Stack and access her videos, website and Twitter account
HERE.
• Some key components of the 2013 convention have been settled. The annual induction ceremony for the Capital One Academic All-America® Hall of Fame will take place at 5 pm on Wednesday, June 12. That will be followed by a “Kickoff/Welcome Reception” in the CoSIDA Exhibitor Hall at 6:30 pm that evening. CoSIDA’s Hall of Fame Luncheon will take place at noon on Thursday, June 13 and the CoSIDA Special Awards Luncheon will take place at noon on the 14th.
Updated 2012-13 E-Directory
• CoSIDA's 2012-13 online directory is now available in a
PDF version. As always, you can log in and use the online directory version as well
HERE. We would ask that you forward along the updated PDF version of the directory to appropriate media representatives in your locale so that they would have the most recent edition of this publication.
This PDF version of the CoSIDA Directory was compiled based on information provided to CoSIDA by individual institutions/organizations/membership as of late September.
If there are inaccuracies in the current edition it is due to those schools/organizations not following up with repeated requests by CoSIDA’s staff to update their directory information prior to the release of this updated document. If you find inaccurate information for your school/organization we ask you to please go to CoSIDA.com and do the following:
- select the Membership link; at the pull-down menu at the top of CoSIDA’s site, select "Update Your Directory Information".
- Everyone can update their personal information here; to update your school/organization information, you MUST be the custodian of your account.
- If you wish to have custodial status, you can request that information on the page noted above. If you require assistance, use this link:
http://cosida.com/contact.aspx.
Those who have moved into a new position or who have had staff changes recently are reminded to update their personal and/or organizational CoSIDA E-Directory information. See further information
HERE.
Questions? Please contact Will Roleson, CoSIDA Director of Internal Operations, at
willroleson@cosida.com.
Sponsorship Matters
• CoSIDA’s staff has begun the initial solicitation process for 2013 convention / 2013-14 academic year sponsorships. During October, more than 125 letters were sent out to organizations in this regard. The second phase of the solicitation process will begin in December.
• John Humenik will visit with several current and potential sponsors while in New York City in early December for meetings and events associated with the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Gala. He has planned meetings with the NFL, NBA, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, Turner Sports, ASAP Sports, USA Today Sports Media Group, Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports.
• Fifty-eight (58) groups stepped forward in support of the 2012 CoSIDA convention and/or for the 2012-13 academic year. CoSIDA’s leadership kindly ask that you take some time to drop these folks a thank you note for their support. You can access that
sponsorship directory HERE (PDF) or view on
this page.
• The following companies/sponsors have CoSIDA "official provider" recognition for the 2012-13 academic year:
Capital One - Entitlement rights holder for CoSIDA's Academic All-America® program
SIDEARM - Official provider of CoSIDA's website (including Academic All-America® online nomination and selection system, Career Center, Online Directory, awards and online membership systems)
ASAP Sports - CoSIDA's official instant transcripts provider
NewTek - CoSIDA's official continuing education video production provider
TRZ Sports/Teamline - CoSIDA's official teleconference call provider
Sports Systems - CoSIDA's official online convention registration provider
Populous - CoSIDA's official convention registration badge printer and provider
XOS Digital - CoSIDA's official legal services provider for the Academic All-America® program
CoSIDA Master Monthly Schedule
• Access the updated calendar of events/deadlines for the Decembber 1-February 28 period
HERE. We encourage all members to review this closely so you are aware of important dates and deadlines.