OASFAA had a busy summer. We began with a great transition in which Mary Lynn Perri took the reigns as President. Throughout the summer, many of the committees met and began planning for a year full of activity. Outreach, one of the busiest OASFAA committees, has already begun the year by participating in the Articulation workshops sponsored by OACAC, and continued reaching out to the high school community by offering the Guidance Counselor workshops in November/December. Speaking of outreach, the College Goal Sunday chairs began planning early and have already selected the sites for the 2006 College Goal Sunday that will be held on Sunday February 12th. Sites and information can be found at ohiocollegegoalsunday.org.

This year Ohio again offered leadership training. This year the leadership class had 22 members and met in early October for a two-day retreat. The theme of this year’s class was “Passing the Torch,” which fit nicely into our conference theme of “Training for the Gold”. Our winter conference was held at Columbus Marriott December 7-9. The conference planning committee worked hard at creating another great conference, which not only featured NASFAA Training, Leadership, and Need Analysis, but also Default Prevention training from the Department of Ed.