MASFAA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
Des Moines, Iowa
April 7 – 8, 2006
Dick Battig Karen Kopp Debbie Scholz
John Beneke Jack Lyons Steve Schuetz
*Elaine Chiles Dan Mann Colby Sellers
*Angie Comstock *Mark Martin Rick Shipman
Vickie Crupper Lois Mulbrook Mary Jo Smith
Kim Donat *Richard Nash Howard Thomas
*Judy Florian Al Pinckney *Jason VanSickle
Arman Habegger John Pogue *Jerry Wade
Billie Jo Hamilton Samantha Ruffini *Claudia Wenzel
*Zina Haywood *Janet Ruge *Cari Wickliffe
Brian Heinemann *Wendell Schick *Christal Williams
Roberta Johnson *Michiale Schneider Arnold Woods
*Bruce Foote
*absent
ACTIONS:
Motion: to have approval for the budget variance to the Association Governance Committee of $14, 350 to conduct the long range planning meeting. Hienemann/Hamilton Motion carried.
Motion: to set the 2006 conference registration fee at $175. Donat/Heinemann. Motion carried.
Motion: to have the 0607 membership fees remain at $50. Heinemann/Kopp. Motion carried.
Motion: to maintain the retiree membership dues at $10 for 0607. Pogue/Thomas. Motion carried.
Motion: to approve the January, 2006 Executive Council minutes. Heinemann/Beneke. Motion carried.
Motion: to accept the Award’s Committees recommendation to establish an Award of Appreciation as presented. Pogue/Sellers. Motion carried.
Motion: to change the fees for the MASFAA Symposium to have a commuter fee of $50. Pogue/Donat Motion carried.
Motion: to adjourn. Pogue/Heinemann Motion carried.
President: Dan Mann
President Mann called the meeting to order at 8:35am. Dan introduced the Committee to our special guest, RMASFAA President, Cristi Easton. Cristi is from Salt Lake Community College. Dan gave a brief overview of MASFAA and our organization. Debbie gave a welcome to Iowa and explained events happening in the city of Des Moines. Debbie facilitated a “state question” ice breaker. Dan asked if we would need to tour the facilities and Debbie explained that all events are taking place on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Dick reviewed housekeeping and the lunch menu.
We are sharing the hotel with 600 students competing in a statewide technology competition.
Dan explained that we are trying to get to a more “electronic” meeting.
See Dan’s written report. Dan is on his “Midwest Tour” right now. SASFAA was interesting and their format followed ours, however, on Tuesday lunch time, they take a break for a few hours and the membership comes back afterward. They then have an awards banquet on Tuesday night and it was very well attended. Also, on Sunday night, they vote at the conference after the candidates each give a statement. Dan passed around the conference program. Dan asked that all the states are on the same page regarding the CORE Materials. We have ordered 90 licenses for the Summer Institute in June.
A thank you note was presented from Keisha Williams, Southern Illinois University, as she was the scholarship winner and attended the NASFAA Leadership Conference.
Conference Program: Roberta Johnson
The program committee has been meeting over the past few days here in Des Moines. Roberta has passed out her report and a tentative agenda. There are six rooms available in the hotel for interest sessions. So there will be 36 interest sessions as a total. The committee will be finalizing the schedule, speakers and other details are to be completed soon. The states would like to have their meetings earlier in the conference, so this has been addressed in the program. Aaron Davis will be the keynote speaker at the opening session Tailgate party. The ED update will be held earlier in the conference, to create discussion and be available if questions arise during the conference. Service awards are to be presented at the Tailgate party at the beginning of the conference. There may be high school speech students to participate as moderators for the interest sessions. The international president of the Kiwanis will be the closing keynote speaker as a positive send off. The 3:45 session on Tuesday will be a townhall (ask the expert) meeting regarding new issues that need to be addressed by the membership. Jamie Malone will be available throughout the conference as a resource. Roberta stated that Terri Shaw mentioned that the “Safe Harbour” may no longer be a possibility for schools. The agenda looks good for the membership. The goal is to get the information out on the web site early, so the membership can register early.
Local Arrangements: Debbie Scholz
See written report. “Go Live” should be around June 1st. Debbie announced that members can get their hotel reservations while they are here in Iowa. Each state president is asked to be an ambassador for the Des Moines Conference and Mary Jo will be giving them information and literature to disseminate. 40% of our membership are associate members and the hotel will hold the event. Debbie asked if MASFAA has a license for music. Billie Jo stated that we would need to do that and that she would take care of this matter. Beverage issue has been deferred to the Association Governance Committee. There will be a marathon event during our conference in Des Moines. Debbie asked if MASFAA would like to sponsor a relay team and there is a $200 fee associated with entry, if there is room. The 0506 Exec Board will be meeting on Saturday afternoon, followed by the President’s reception. The 0607 Exec Board will then meet at 8:00am on Sunday morning of the conference. Registration packets will be provided to the Exec Boards, so it was suggested to just attend the committee meeting. Room reservation options were discussed. Dick asked if the video about Des Moines, Iowa be placed on ATAC for membership to review. The charity will be Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Monday night we will be going to the new science center and will have different entertainment options at the center. Tuesday night is an open night and we are asking the vendors to reserve Tuesday night for individual meals outside of the conference. Dan may also send a supporting email to the membership and associate members to support the conference by counteracting the conference events. Issues have surfaced that schools have been asking vendors to take them to meals and we are asking that this issue be addressed and decreased. Debbie stated that the committee is still looking at options for an informal event for Tuesday evening. Des Moines is going through a rebuilding period and there isn’t as much to draw people away from the conference. Dan stated that due to federal issues, we may have a high attendance at this upcoming conference, particularly if reauthorization goes through. Members are asking a number of questions regarding new and continuing issues, so the conference may be well attended.
Site Selection: Dick Battig
Dick echoed Dan’s comments on how well the Program and Site Committees for Des Moines Conference are progressing. Dick is working with Howard to have a long range planning retreat and where that will be located. Dick will have more information at a later date. The Symposium is coming up and Dick will make sure that there is a walk through of the site for the event. We are scheduled through 2010 and 2011 will take place in Michigan. Amway Grand, in Grand Rapids, is being looked at and Dick will be making a site visit to that location. Dick will bring back opportunities for the state of Michigan and where we will eventually have the conference and work with the Michigan membership. The question was raised on who puts the conference dates out on the web site. Dan stated that he would take care of this task.
RMASFAA: Cristi Easton
Cristi discussed that RMASFAA has been working on their budget and have established a rolling CD. RMASFAA is currently struggling with state membership getting involvement in the state vs regional involvement. She stated that this is a very small region. Their conference is this fall, October 8-11, in Salt Lake City at the Sheraton, downtown. The conference charity is tied with their keynote speaker and camps for disadvantaged children. They had a very good pie-throwing charity that raised $2000. RMASFAA is having their summer institute in early June and have the attendees stay on a campus. The attendance is around 125-150. They have a lender track, beginner track and advanced track. The cost of their summer institute is $695. Kay Jacks will be speaking at the RMASFAA Summer Institute.
President-Elect: Vickie Crupper
See written report. Vickie recommended that the members attend the NASFAA Leadership Conference. Vickie has written a newsletter article regarding this event. State Representative link is now up and running and Howard brought up that he will update P & P to have the president elect update this site. There are a few names that Vickie needs for the 0607 Board, however, Ohio has not had their elections yet.
Symposium Committee: Zina Haywood
Not in attendance, however, Vickie presented Zina’s request that if anyone is attending the Symposium, to please volunteer to moderate a session. The portfolio gift was passed around to the members. There is great enthusiasm regarding Summer Institute, however, Dan stated that the reception to the Symposium is not as positive with the $300 fee. Howard suggested that the state presidents promote this important event. The question was raised as whether members room together, would they have to pay the full $300. Discussion ensued as to whether the $300 fee should be adjusted before the registration goes live on the web-site. Is the $300 intimidating members registering for the Symposium? Billie Jo suggested that we establish a commuter rate of possibly $50. Rick stated that we are competing with federal changes and information regarding other issues. Dick stated that we will bare some expense if we don’t make the room block commitment and perhaps we should have a commuter fee and a possible reduction in fees for others. Howard asked if we could table the issue for a day and possibly get with Zina to discuss possible options. After a show of hands, the attendance might be better than was originally discussed. However, a commuter fee might need to be established. Information should be shared with the RMASFAA region (Cristi) and the Kansas State President.
State Exchange: Vickie Crupper
Many states have already had their exchange with other states and the events are still happening.
Past-President: Howard Thomas
West Virginia had a very large turn out for their small association. They had only one state member doing a presentation and they also had veterans’ affairs presentations. Howard will be attending NASFAA Board of Directors meetings in both Portland and Seattle. Dan gave a public thank you to Howard for attending the West Virginia Conference.
Association Governance: Howard Thomas
Howard has updated the P & P manual as a word document and it will be placed on the web. This is the year to have a new five year plan. Dan and Howard decided to take a more serious look. Howard has contacted a facilitator as was done in the SASFAA Region. A survey will be set up to see what the long range planning of MASFAA should be and where we are going as an association. Howard would like to have a 1 ½ day planning meeting of about 25 MASFAA members and go through an evaluation of our association. The event would take place before Vickie’s planning retreat. Association Governance voted to have the Associate Members Concerns Committee would be dissolved. The Committee was originally created to have a voice on Exec for the Associate Members. However, the associate members did not feel a need for this committee. Mary Jo expressed that we would make a conscious effort to have the associate membership represented on the Executive Council. Motion: to have approval for the budget variance to the Association Governance Committee of $14, 350 to conduct the long range planning meeting. Hienemann/Hamilton Motion carried. Discussion ensued regarding the membership of this planning committee and ideas for the different topics. The budget variance would include the survey and facilitator fees. Howard stated that the P & P will be changed to have this as a more important function of the past presidents.
Nominations and Elections: Howard Thomas
Howard did not send out report as the ballot had not yet been completed at the time. The committee has done all the work by email and telephone. Diane Fleming and Lois Mulbrook have both agreed to run for President-Elect. Karen Lay and Crystal Williams will be running for Secretary. Roberta Johnson, Karen Kopp, Arnold Woods and Pam Engebretson will be running for Delegate at Large. Jim Brooks will be running for Treasurer Elect, and this ballot will be finalized soon.
Howard stated that many individuals were very honored to be nominated and that some just had conflicts that they couldn’t run at this point. It was suggested that the elections run for more than one week to make sure that participation is better.
Vice President: Billie Jo Hamilton
See written report. RFP was written and sent to three companies locally in Carbondale. She will be contacting them again with an extension to June 1st. The request is for an audit, tax preparation and a combination of both. Work has started on Vickie’s budget for 0607. The transition from year to year is much more difficult than it appears on the surface, but we are moving on with this. Howard would like to have the updates for Association Governance and to update the web site.
Finance Committee: Billie Jo Hamilton
There was a long Finance Committee and it was determined that the conference registration fee would be set at $175 and membership dues at $50. Reimbursement for internet was discussed and it was the recommendation from Finance Committee to not reimburse this expense based on Dan’s research from other regional associations. Dick was charged with possible negotiation on future contracts to get internet as part of the package. It was recommended by Finance to eliminate Burch as the travel agent, due to the fees. If someone cannot personally pay for their ticket up front, then the member should contact the Vice President for purchase of the ticket. Finance will not be covering change in tickets if a member chooses to leave earlier, however, if a member has extenuating circumstances, to please contact the Vice President. It was also recommended that members get their tickets early to eliminate additional fees. Discussion ensued regarding the booking of flights and Billie Jo will be checking on business accounts, particularly Travelocity.com. Burch currently charges $35 per transaction. MASFAA is trying to be reasonable stewards of the funds entrusted to us by the membership in general. Motion: to set the 2006 conference registration fee at $175. Donat/Heinemann. Motion carried. Dan gave an overview of thoughts with regard to setting this rate and possible reductions of corporate support. Discussion ensued regarding the increased marketing from vendors about their alternative loans, due to the graduate plus loan program. Motion: to have the 0607 membership fees remain at $50. Heinemann/Kopp. Motion carried. Motion: to maintain the retiree membership dues at $10 for 0607. Pogue/Thomas. Motion carried. There is a slight increase in membership, without the new memberships coming from Summer Institute. Discussion ensued regarding the pros and cons of any other rate.
Corporate Support: Jason VanSickle
Not in attendance. Billie Jo presented Jason’s report. The corporate support agreement should be on the web site shortly. It was brought up that NASFAA made over $1,000,000 from the New York Conference from Corporate support. Discussion ensued regarding this issue and the reasons behind this item. The actual copy of the form that will be put on the web has an item that Jason will need to check on. There shows a pre-conference Diversity event and this event will not be taking place for 2006, so it should be removed. Dan stated that this conference will not be providing a list of attendees, however, it will be sent out electronically prior to the conference. It is still being discussed on who will be providing the attendee list to our corporate partners.
Secretary: Karen Kopp
Motion: to approve the January, 2006 Executive Council minutes. Heinemann/Beneke. Motion carried. Minutes are being posted to the leadership section of the website for the members to review.
Treasurer: Samantha Ruffini
See written report along with profit/loss and balance sheets. Revolving CDs; first was purchased in February and the next to be purchased in May. Samantha has six boxes of old bank statements. She would like to ship to Archives. Arman stated that this might not be needed as a scanned document, as it is an audit issue and not necessary an association issue. Records must be kept for five years with an inventory of six boxes. Vickie brought up that perhaps ATAC could be involved with the document retention. Discussion ensued regarding the retention and the options for an individual to maintain these records or dispose of the items. Karen brought up that the Secretary must authorize users of the signature card each year, based on the holder of the minutes and results of elections. Howard will review P & P to ensure that this item is addressed by Association Goverannce. Samantha brought up the issue of a committee having a large expense and to please get the bill to her, so she can pay the vendor directly, rather than the member paying the expense and then reimbursed. Discussion ensued regarding the mileage reimbursement and Billie Jo explained that the rate is based on what is in affect at the beginning of our fiscal year.
The balance sheet shows expenses based on the expenses for the prior year conference. There were expenses paid prior to the conference, however, the amount was low compared to the next fiscal year expenditures. Income from conference registration was given by Dan for a total income of $228,000 and expenses of $215,531 for a net profit of $27,394. There was roughly a profit of about $12,000 from conference registrations and conference expenses. These figures were pulled by Samantha on January 19, 2006. Local arrangements will be working with Brian Heinemann , for on-site registration payments. ATAC will be asked if there is someway to have an on-site capability to do all transactions at the point of registration. Discussion ensued regarding the pros and cons of using the credit card payment function on the web.
Treasurer-Elect: Brian Heinemann
No written report. All checks have been received for the 2005 conference.
Delegate at Large: Rick Shipman
No written report. NASFAA Educational Loan Forum started as an invitation only event, but then was expanded. The attendance was in the low 80’s. Rick has written a summary for NASFAA. Rick reviewed the Forum agenda and what was discussed. NASFAA will be taking all the ideas and documentation and converting the information into a white paper. The ideas were very inventive and very exciting. A draft of the paper will be forwarded to the attendees of the Forum for review.
The NASFAA Research Committee had a number of individuals speaking with them from all different areas and the issues of SMART grants and others was discussed. NCES was somewhat disappointed stated that the higher education community is not going to get the opportunity for input for HEA. Fair advertising must be published under consumer information, whether the institutions are wanting to do this or not.
School as a Lender Conference was held in Washington DC after the NASFAA Research Committee and even though many students are borrowing, the research shows that the students are not borrowing too much on average The debt ratio is not probably looking at the entire borrowing, but on student loan borrowing and what other data could be retrieved and the income to debt ratio was reviewed. There should be a publication regarding these issues soon through the College Board. There was a proposal that appeared to be similar to an income contingent repayment proposal. The Grad Plus loan may have been implemented to supply funding for ED.
Archives Committee: Arman Habegger
Arman presented a powerpoint presentation regarding the archives. Ask Arman for the actual powerpoint presentation. The information is all on one CD. Thank you Arman for a wonderful presentation.
Research Committee: Judy Florian
Judy has agreed to step in for Ernesto Monge to finish out the year as the research chair. Judy not in attendance. Welcome, Judy!
Web Services: Mark Martin
Rick submitted written report from Mark. Dick discussed what was reviewed with Mark regarding the opportunity to have a paperless Exec meeting. Each site is different and we cannot be consistent from meeting to meeting. The set up can be done and have the reports displayed as we have done for this meeting. The room set up should be set up in a U-shape, however, the sound might be difficult. The set up will vary from meeting to meeting depending on the facilities. Dan asked for feed-back regarding having the reports up on the screen. Howard suggested powerpoint presentations and an award for the most creative. Dan’s goal will be working with Mark and the Web Committee to get all the reports on line for the membership.
Delegate at Large: Wendell Schick
Not in attendance. He is a Grandpa again on 3/31/06 and pictures and report was shared.
Associate Member: Elaine Chiles
Not in attendance. No written report, she is at the West Virginia Conference.
Membership Database: Christal Williams
Not in attendance. Mary Jo presented data for Christal. We are twelve members ahead of where we were at this time last year. We are 112 below the last figures of last year, but are still behind Dan’s goal for this year. Membership counts vary depending on where the conference is located. It was pointed out that Minnesota membership is low in comparison to their state membership.
Membership Services: Mary Jo Smith
Mary Jo has a supply of postcards for membership to give to the state presidents to distribute to their individual states. The retired membership has increased by the notifications that were sent to them that the membership dues were reduced to $10. Howard also sent retired members from a different list from what Mary Jo used.
Delegate at Large: Al Pinckney
No written report. Al attended the NASFAA Leadership Conference, Loan Forum and will be a presenter at the MASFAA Symposium.
Family Education Concerns: Arnold Woods
See written report. Schools will not be in session the Thursday or Friday before the conference. Arnold gave options for other dates. He suggested the Wednesday before the conference, as the students are only in class for ½ day. Harding School has a 300 student turnover in one academic year, as it is a very transitional school. The school is about 15 blocks from the hotel and is needy. Arnold will be meeting with the committee and will be reporting back to Exec regarding the final decision. Arnold will make sure that Cari Wickliffe (Professional Development Committee) is involved in the planning of this event. Dan asked how many individuals would be needed. Arnold stated that we would need at least 25 members for assistance. Dan asked if this event could be done at the end of the conference, as a possibility, and asked for a discussion. If the event was the Wednesday before, there probably won’t be many members outside of Iowa membership. John Beneke stated that there would be support from area aid administrators to assist in this event. Based on students getting out of school at 3pm, the option of a post-conference event would not be feasible due to time issues. Discussion ensued regarding when this event could take place. Arnold will take this discussion back to the committee to give possible options. Dan asked if the event is successful since we do not follow-up afterward. Up to about 4-5 years ago, the event was held on Saturday mornings, but that limited student participation. A suggestion was made for next year to tie the event to the April Exec meeting for the St. Louis event.
Professional Development: Cari Wickliffe
Not in attendance. Al reviewed written report with the committee. Roberta asked that something be presented at the New Comers session on Sunday evening, on how to become involved. Roberta and/or Al will touch base with Cari. The attendance has been poor the past few years at the new members breakfast and the program committee is open to suggestions from Cari and her committee. Discussion ensued regarding whether someone is a new comer to MASFAA or a first time attendee to the conference. Vickie suggested that we drop from the conference registration form the first time attendee section. There is some confusion when members are completing the form. Al will take this information back to Cari to determine when/what would be the best format. A suggestion was made to give a welcoming gift and promote this in their registration packet. Discussion ensued regarding the amount of new members that are associate members. Cari needs to update the scholarship applications.
Summer Institute: Jerry Wade
Not in attendance. Al reviewed written report for Jerry. Things are moving along very well. Registration has opened up on the web site. Zina will not be a faculty member and Al will check with Jerry to make sure that the faculty is secure for this year’s Summer Institute. As of yesterday morning, there were 25 attendees registered for Summer Institute, since the opening of registration on Tuesday. The deadline of April 30th for MASFAA is for those members that are registered and paid and then it will be opened up to non-MASFAA members.
Delegate at Large: Colby Sellers
No written report. Colby thanked Lois for the committee work that she is doing and represented Colby on conference calls. Colby also stated that Bruce is doing an excellent job at getting information out to the membership regarding Federal Issues. Also, the newsletter is becoming more relevant and that Michiale is doing a great job on getting her goals met. Colby summarized the articles that are included in the newsletters. He stated that the student success stories are so important to our profession and the relevance of our profession.
John Pogue has submitted some articles for the newsletter that have not been published. Dan recommended that Colby address this issue and to also copy both Dan and Colby on any articles that the membership would like to have published. We still have two more newsletters to be published.
Awards: Lois Mulbrook
See written report. A powerpoint will be running while the service awards are being presented, to run in the background. The Awards Committee brought up the issue on how to recognize retirees at the conference. It was suggested that a letter be sent to the retirees from the MASFAA President. A design needs to be prepared for the 35 and 40 year service awards. Lois asked for ideas and comments for the retirees. Mary Jo suggested a packet of information regarding benefits from MASFAA. Howard stated that the best source may be the state presidents. Lois will work with the site committee for camera opportunities and photos. RMASFAA does not recognize retirees and Cristi will be taking ideas back to her association. Billie Jo suggested that recognition be done on a local level and a presentation be given at a state conference or on a college campus during a reception for that particular retiree. Lois will go back to the awards committee to see if there is anything that can be done for this year, otherwise, implementation can be for next year. Mary Jo suggested that retirees can’t really use wall plaques and that perhaps a different recognition gift should be supplied.
The Awards Committee also suggested to create a press release for the recipient’s institution. This suggestion was well received.
Lois stated that the P & P states that there is a discrepancy between lifetime achievement award and lifetime membership award. The verbage of the P & P must be cleaned up, which Howard will address. If someone is nominated and award needs to be voted on, an electronic vote can be completed by Lois. Dick clarified that someone that was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award would be awarded lifetime membership. The issue was deferred to Association Governance.
Lois brought up a new award of “Award of Appreciation” and a discussion ensued regarding this type of selection and that the award does not have to be awarded each year. The Meritorious Service Award can already be awarded to a non-MASFAA member. The Association Governance committee could be charged with reviewing this suggestion. Motion: to accept the Award’s Committees recommendation to establish an Award of Appreciation as presented. Pogue/Sellers. Motion carried.
Federal Issues: Bruce Foote
Not in attendance. Jack Lyons presented Bruce’s report. Jack also acknowledged that Bruce’s committee received Committee of the Year from the state of Illinois. Jack stated that he will relay to Bruce the positive comments of his work this year, as stated by the Exec Committee. Dan gave a brief overview of the SMART grant recent release of information. Bruce has also asked Dan what MASFAA would like to do with regard to reauthorization. Dan stated that what is left on unresolved issues are very sector driven. Do we want to continue to get our voice heard in DC or train/educate our membership about the new changes. Vickie stated that the volume of aid that our nine states represent in the federal financial aid picture is huge.
Newsletter: Michiale Schneider
Not in attendance. Colby presented Michiale’s report.
STATE REPORTS:
Illinois: Jack Lyons
Jack thanked Dan for all his support while he was recovering. Jack also thanked Donna Sobie. Illinois held a 1 ½ day winter workshop with 140 attendees. 37th annual conference was held last weekend with 437 attendees. After dodging a tornado the membership visited the new Lincoln Library. Illinois Leadership retreat will be held in June. The last fiscal year was a record breaker with regard to Corporate Support. President Elect and Treasurer Elect were sent to the NASFAA Leadership Retreat. Illinois is reviewing the insurance coverage for their organization, similar to what MASFAA recently looked at.
Check with Dan regarding Jack’s testimony.
Illinois is undergoing the possible sale of portfolio, similar to what Missouri has gone through.
Indiana: Richard Nash
Not in attendance. See written report. The Indiana conference is starting tomorrow. Dan reviewed written report.
Iowa: John Beneke
John is now Past President of Iowa. The IASFAA Fact Book is similar to an archive fact site, produced by the delegates. See written report. Community Outreach is in conjunction with Iowa Aid Commission. The salary survey is completed but the results are not yet completed. Summer President’s retreat is planned for June 7-8. John thanked Dan for coming to Iowa and giving the membership another perspective of MASFAA.
Michigan: Kim Donat
See written report. Kim thanked Dan for attending the Winter Conference and giving awareness to MASFAA. The President’s Retreat was held with about 2/3 of the new board, due to ice storms. Kim states that being Michigan President has been a good experience.
Minnesota: John Pogue
See written report. Minnesota completed their first College Goal Sunday. They did keep track of the AGIs of the participants and feel they hit the targeted population. They have also completed the Student Employment Workshop. John attended the NASFAA Loan Forum. Dan will be attending the Minnesota conference and John recommended that Dan pack a parka and shorts, as you never know what the weather will be. John will be the Minnesota State President again, as there was an adjustment of the president-elect position.
Missouri: Angie Comstock
Not in attendance. No written report. Samantha gave a brief update on events happening in Missouri. The President Elect attended the NASFAA Leadership Conference. 1653 attendees for College Goal Sunday and attendance was down from 2005. It may have been the marketing. Spring conference had 270 attendees. $4600 was collected during a live auction, to have four men from the Missouri Association to shave their heads at the fall conference. MOHELA sale is still an issue. The state is trying to sell part of the portfolio to get the funds that the governor is looking for to keep afloat. Missouri has a summer institute scheduled at the College of the Ozarks. MASFAA Conference will be in St. Louis in 2007 and the first planning meeting is scheduled for June.
Ohio: Claudia Wenzel
Not in attendance. See written report.
West Virginia: Janet Ruge
Not in attendance. See written report. Howard stated that the turn out for the West Virginia was about 130 attendees, even though they are such a small conference.
Wisconsin: Steve Schuetz
See written report. There was a variety of options available whether presentations and/or computer labs. Dan will be attending the Spring Conference.
Other:
Cristi asked if there was an issue with College Goal Sunday, as there was an issue in the state of Utah.
Michigan has increased the minimum wage and there were issues regarding the amounts that are required to be paid by Federal Work Study. The new rate is $6.95.
Jack asked if other states have grant monies from the Lumina Foundation and is it worth the effort to continue with outreach activities. The original funds were seed funds and it was the original funding was a one time application.
Thank you to Debbie about a wonderful stay here in Des Moines.
Dan reviewed that 0506 will be meeting at 1pm on Saturday, October 14th. The 0607 Board meeting will be at 8am on Sunday, October 15th.
NEW BUSINESS:
OLD BUSINESS:
The commuter fee of $50 would be fine with the Symposium Committee and also $150 for a one night stay and $300 for two nights was discussed with Zina.
Motion: to change the fees for the MASFAA Symposium to have a commuter fee of $50. Pogue/Donat Motion carried. Discussion ensued regarding the commuter rate and making the room block.
Motion: to adjourn. Pogue/Heinemann Motion carried.