Awards

Minutes/Report: DATE: January 28, 2010 - Awards Committee chair report LOCATION: conference call hosted by Great Lakes ATTENDEES: Michelle Trame,John Parker,Brice Baumgardner,Patricia King,Michiale Schneider,Sue Minzloff,Michelle Curtis GUEST(S): none MINUTES STATUS: 1. Goal of this meeting: to come up with recommendations/suggestions of changes or direction of changes to reduce our expenditures on awards to report to the executive board meeting on Jan. 29,30 2010. 2. Recap of budget allocation: from prior years as high as $13K to last year (2008) of over $9K to a reduction of $4K for 2009-2010. Last year changes included a charitable donation for retirees ($500), notification in the conference booklet. a. Discussion centered around determining how much was spent on which award categories. Action: Michelle C. will follow up with the treasurer to see what the invoices look like. If necessary Sue will follow up with Blum's Trophies. b. In the past the committee of the year has usually been the largest category but usually there is very little money left with which to acknowledge folks, so it ends up being the award that the least amount is spent on. Some discussion if that is appropriate given the contribution coming from these participating individuals versus what is spent on years of service/retirees who may not have actively participated at all. 3. Discussion of ideas for reducing costs Policies could use clarification so that they are congruent with our practice of honoring associate members the same as regular members both as retirees and for years of service. Action: Michelle C. will pose this to the board for possible action. Chair will request feedback from board on ideas of just certificates for years of service,charitable donation for years of service, other changes to the standard format some awards take. 4. The NASFAA Leadership Award Deadline is Feb 26 2010. Action: solicit nominations - usually 2 names provided: Need to clarify who these come from (Michelle C) 5. Future actions Talk with the board about their tolerance for change and what, if anything they had in mind for reducing the expenses. Next committee meeting to be held before Feb 15 when the newsletter article is to be submitted. Michelle C. will make sure all have the current Policy and Procedures for awards. NEXT MEETING: to be determined but before Feb 15 2010 MEETING ADJOURNED: 10 AM Cent. SUBMITTED BY: Michelle Curtis POSTED BY: Michelle L Curtis