Business meeting - April 15, 2010 minutes
by Stacy Dieckman
May 20, 2010
Business meeting at 2010 spring NeASFAA conference
April 15, 2010
1. Call to order by Dale Brown at 12:36 PM.
a. After RMASFAA conference, many states and schools are thinking about and working with changes to federal aid programs.
b. Next year’s NeASFAA spring conference will be in Grand Island
2. Report by Dale Brown
a. Will be working this next year on archiving and appointed a historian for NeASFAA: Tom Ochsner. Schools are encouraged to look for any NeASFAA documents they may have to give to Tom.
b. NeASFAA budget has been a point of focus this year as we lose some Associate or Corporate sponsors. Special thanks to our corporate sponsors this year.
c. Looking at future of NeASFAA, we’ll need to either increase revenue or decrease expenses. Have healthy reserves now and will have some years before budget changes would have to occur. Volunteers are the key to success to keep the organization running. Call for all to fill out volunteer form. Part of value from the organization is working together on new ideas and practices.
d. Motion to approve minutes by Steve Millnitz, 2nd by Kyle Rose. All in favor, none opposed. Motion carries.
3. Report by Terri Graham
a. Attended NASFAA leadership conference in Washington DC. A good idea to consider is to send the President elect-elect because the skills and information she learned at the leadership conference could have also been put to use this year in her President-elect year.
b. Visit with Senator Johanns and a staff member from Ben Nelson’s office. Gained confidence that her voice could be heard at the national level because she was called to gather information from schools on Direct Loans and then received feedback right away from the senator’s office.
c. Submit volunteer forms because committees will be formed soon.
d. Looks forward to leading NeASFAA as we face changes.
4. Lisa Gdowski is not present and does not have anything to report because no changes were made to governance this year.
5. Report by Kay Dinkelman
a. Checking and saving accounts appear high because spring conference expenditures are not yet spent out.
b. Healthy CD balance as a reserve
c. Still waiting for some conference registration payments from attendees
d. Awards, spring conference, NASFAA, and RMASFAA expenses from this year are still to come
e. Call for questions, no questions
6. Sector reports
a. Crystal Faxon: Private Career is absent has no report
b. Susan Stephenson had a good two-year public school sector meeting with many questions. Schools are progressing toward the DL change. Discussion on 2 Pells in one year and on processing student refunds. Schools feel they could bear higher member dues and conference fees.
c. Tom Ochsner: four-year private schools sector. Discussion in sector meeting on DL and Pell changes. Will collect NeASFAA materials as the Historian. Will call ad hoc committee meeting to sort through materials.
d. Theresa Haarberg: four-year public schools sector. Gave update from board meeting at sector meeting. Discussion over conversion to People Soft and how they would all work together in this transition.
e. Randy Lovins: Associate sector. Now has smaller sector. NE has lowest exhibitor fees and so those in attendance at the sector meeting would not be opposed to paying higher exhibitor fees for the spring conference. Assurance that NSLP will remain in membership with NeASFAA and in the industry.
7. Committee reports
a. Corporate development: Laura Schultz. Have exceeded goal for philanthropy project, but still taking donations. Special thanks to exhibitors at the conference.
b. Communications: Stacy Dieckman filling in for Bailey Nelsen. New member bios are new this year as is the NeASFAA Facebook page.
c. Finance and Audit: Kyle Rose. Budget was approved at the board meeting yesterday. Attendance at conferences has projected lower income as does the revenue from the Associate sector. Audited treasurers’ books and found no problems. RMASFAA executive board reduced from $1000 to 0 because it hasn’t been used in previous years.
d. Membership: Sheila Johns. Has kept up membership list and asks for any changes or updates to membership list. School membership remains even with gaining 2 and losing 2. Drop from 23 to 17 associate members this year. $10,600 this year received in total membership dues. First-time conference attendees are announced.
e. Nominations and elections: Terri Graham. Secretary: LeAnn Hoffman, Associate sector: Dean Obenauer, 4-year private: Brien Alley, Treasurer: Kay Dinkelman, President-elect: Peggy Tvrdy, Private and career sector: Corinne Combs
f. Professional Development: Joan Jurek. Special thanks to the PDC committee members for the great job. Call to fill out evaluation forms and to return lanyards. Announcements for exciting evening entertainment tonight.
8. RMASFAA announcements: Deana Unger
a. Thanks to NeASFAA members who are also volunteering with RMASFAA board and committees
b. President-elect will be contacting people to ask about running for the board. Call to volunteer for RMASFAA committees
c. Leadership pipeline: Let Deana know if interested
d. Summer institute is coming up soon, can register now
e. Annual conference Oct. 10-13 in Grand Forks
f. Budget: RMASFAA in good shape because of previous corporate support. Board is keeping an eye on expenditures.
g. NASFAA update: Have created the Advocate. RMASFAA has good representation in the NASFAA organization.
h. July 18-21 is NASFAA conference in Denver (in the RMASFAA region). Call for volunteers for this conference.
i. Encourage involvement at state, regional, and national levels
9. RMASFAA conference 2012 hosted in Omaha. Looking for volunteers. Will be held on the Creighton campus, hotels reserved downtown. Contact Bailey Nelsen to volunteer.
10. Adjourned at 1:27 PM. Motion to adjourn by Tom Ochsner. Randy Lovins 2nds. All in favor, none opposed. Motion carries.
