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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 January 2013 e-newsletter where you can read more on each subject.
2013 CoSIDA Awards/Contests
Strategic Branding Review Continues
CoSIDA Leadership Matters
2013 Orlando Convention Update
Continuing Education
National Organizational Initiatives
Marketing & Communications
Capital One Academic All-America® program
CoSIDA Membership for 2012-13
Updated CoSIDA Directory
Sponsorships
CoSIDA Master Monthly Schedule
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 Thurday, Jan. 31, 2013. View the email sent out to the membership on the nomination process.
Here is the online nomination link/description of awards: 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 Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. 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 have 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 and that information will be available online in January.
Strategic Branding Review Continues; Survey Concludes
CoSIDA is eight months into its partnership agreement with the Cryder Rinebold Company of Indianapolis to conduct a branding-based review of the organization.The process is expected to take 12-to-15 months. A list of major reasons for this important process can be accessed HERE.
After 24 interview focus meetings were conducted this summer and early fall, a November survey was sent out to CoSIDA members and to other groups in intercollegiate athletics (AD based, commissioner based, NACDA, NACDA affiliates, NCAA, NAIA, etc.) which asked for thoughts on CoSIDA and the athletic communications profession.
That online survey was developed by Fondulas Research, Cryder Rinebold and the CoSIDA leadership, and the survey results - from more than 800 people - are being analyzed now. Cryder Rinebold and Fondulas Research spent December in the evaluation phase regarding the survey and they will provide an update on the research and recommendations to the CoSIDA leadership group that will attend the NCAA Convention in Dallas in mid-January.
CoSIDA Leadership
• In December CoSIDA was in attendance/participated in the following events:
Dec. 4: National Football Foundation Gala, New York (John Humenik)
Dec. 6: ESPN College Football Awards Show, Orlando (John Humenik)
CoSIDA is scheduled to be represented at the following events/meetings:
January 3-8: BCS National Championship Game meetings/events (John Humenik, Joe Hornstein)
Jan 4-5: FCS Summit, Frisco, TX (Scottie Rodgers, Chair of FCS Management Advisory Committee)
Jan. 10-11: Indianapolis meetings with Cryder Rinebold (John Humenik, Barb Kowal, Will Roleson)
Jan 15-18: NCAA Convention, Dallas (Joe Hornstein, Shelly Poe, Eric McDowell, Judy Willson, Jeff Hodges, Blake Timm, Greg Goings, Larry Happel, Jay Stancil, John Humenik, Barb Kowal, Will Roleson)
Jan. 19: NCAA Division III membership meeting, Dallas (John Humenik, Eric McDowell)
Jan. 26-28: NACDA Mid-Year Affiliates Meeting, Marco Island, FL (John Humenik)
• A complete list of roles/responsibilities and duties for the 2012-13 Board members is found HERE.
• COMMITTEE INFORMATION
This fall, the CoSIDA Committee chairs provided specific sets of goals and objectives for 2012-13 and they are found HERE.
2013 CoSIDA Orlando Convention Updates
• 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 gathering presenters and moderators for the sessions. If you have ideas to share or want to moderate or participate in 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.
Continuing Education Sessions
• On Tuesday, Jan. 8, the ESPN's Stats and Production Research staff will host a webinar (at 12:30 p.m. Eastern) for Division I men's basketball contacts to discuss the BPI (Basketball Power Index) ratings system for DI basketball. The NCAA DI Men's Basketball Committee uses this in its discussion of tournament invitees. For Jan. 8th webinar login info, audio, etc., go HERE. More information will be sent to the DI membership in early January on this webinar.
• CoSIDA’s 2012 fall continuing education program, a nine-part on-demand series of presentations and panels from the 2012 CoSIDA Convention which kicked off in September, concluded 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 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 the spring semester conference call/webinar continuing education program. If you have ideas or want to present on a call/webcast, Judy can be contacted via jwillson@themwc.com.
• In September, CoSIDA launched its Online Reference and Resource Library. You can learn more about this wonderful membership continuing education service and access the database HERE.
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 officer 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.
The CoSIDA leadership group will hear a presentation from Cryder Rinebold on the evaluation of data regarding the strategic branding review that has taken place during the past seven months. Cryder Rinebold also will also present recommendations to the CoSIDA leadership group for consideration. CoSIDA reps will also meet with
Mike Racy, Terri Steeb and Josh Looney of the NCAA national DII staff, Dan Dutcher and Louise McCleary of the NCAA national DIII staff and Dutch Baughman, Executive Director of the D1-A Athletic Directors Association. The CoSIDA leadership group will meet with
NCAA Director of External Affairs Erik Christianson,
NACDA executive staff members and
Matt Sign of the National Football Foundation. Additionally, the CoSIDA group will hold meetings to discuss organizational business and topics.
• 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. DEADLINE IS Jan. 23, 2013. 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 next monthly call takes place on January 11. 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 NCAA Championships and Alliances staff recently published their third monthly NCAA Media Coordination and Statistics Newsletter which can be read
HERE. 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. You can access that newsletter HERE. The newsletter is e-mailed the first Wednesday of each month and contain timely information regarding NCAA championships and statistics.
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.
The December column on the Capital One Academic All-America program and expansion was written by Bernadette Cafarelli (Notre Dame), co-chair of CoSIDA's Academic All-America Committee. It 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 is scheduled to launch in late January/early February.
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 December,
16 CoSIDA-based stories appeared on NACDA’s Daily Review email blast. There were 15
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 December, 27 articles were posted on
CoSIDA.com. The
CoSIDA Twitter page had 122 tweets/postings, all of them of an informative nature with breaking news and timely topics for athletic communication professionals.
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CoSIDA LinkedIn group continues to attract members and the group now totals 1,608 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's corporate partner Capital One maintains the Capital One Academic All-America® website which was launched in the summer. 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 more is being developed.
• Thanks to the many CoSIDA members who have produced Capital One Academic All-America® videos for student-athletes who have received 2012 fall Capital One AAA honors.
Mark Adkins (Manchester College) from the Academic All-America® Committee is coordinating these efforts. You can view these short interviews at the
Capital One Academic All-America® YouTube channel.
• On Dec. 7,
CoSIDA Executive Director John Humenik was informed that King and Schickli - a Lexington, Ky., legal firm which CoSIDA has used since 1986 to gain registered marks for the Academic All-America program - received formal approval from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with regard to CoSIDA’s request to renew the Academic All-America® Hall of Fame registration mark for an additional 10-year period. This registration mark was granted to CoSIDA originally in 1993. As a result, CoSIDA now officially holds this exclusive registration mark until Aug. 31, 2023. In 2006, CoSIDA also went through this legal process for exclusive use of the “Academic All-America®” registration mark and was granted a renewal extension until 2016. The “Academic All-America®” exclusive registered mark was originally granted to CoSIDA in 1986.
• In December, the Capital One Academic All-America® men's and women's soccer, football and women's volleyball teams were announced. Awards for those student-athletes are currently in production and will be shipped to those CoSIDA members who nominated them in January. 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.
CoSIDA Membership for 2012-13
• To date, the CoSIDA membership is at an all-time high, surpassing 2,900 members for 2012-13. 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.
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.
** 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).
Updated 2012-13 E-Directory
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CoSIDA Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) and
Director of Internal Operations Will Roelson completed CoSIDA's 2012-13 directory and it 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 is in the process of completing the second phase of sponsorship solicitation for the 2013 convention / 2013-14 academic year. During December through mid-January, more than 125 letters will be sent out to organizations asking for their support.
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John Humenik visited 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 and President Joe Hornstein will also visit with current/potential sponsors during BCS national championship game events in Miami in early January.
• Fifty-nine (59) 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 it 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 January 1-March 31 period
HERE. We encourage all members to review this closely so you are aware of important dates and deadlines.