College Sports Information Directors of America

CoSIDA Board Minutes - February 9, 2006

I. President Joe Hernandez said that Katie Hyde, who has been handling the awards part of the Academic All-America program for 2005-06, has taken a new job. She recommended that CoSIDA hire Megan Gardner to finish the remainder of the contract. Katie submitted Megan's resume to the board and said she had been getting her up to speed on the program and process. The move would not cost CoSIDA any additional money. Gardner would receive the remainder of Hyde's contract for the year. It was decided that the board would begin looking at what to do for 2005-06 in April or May.  Past President Rod Commons said he had the original letter of agreement with Hyde and that she was to be paid in three payments. He said he would send the letter to Hernandez who will draft a new letter to Megan to move forward with her hiring.

II. There was discussion of an emcee for the Academic All-America Hall of Fame. Dick Enberg and Bill Walton are both unavailable. There was discussion of other alternatives including ESPN personalities or former Hall of Fame inductees who may be in attendance. No decision was reached. It was decided that the Hall of Fame induction would be held on Wednesday evening.

III. Director of On-Line Services Maxey Parrish said that resumes and job postings were picking up on the website. He said he had also started receiving academic all-district teams to post.

IV. First Vice President Doug Dull said the Workshop Program was coming together. He said another conference call with the committee was scheduled in two weeks. He said the committee was looking for a good public relations person that would draw attention. He said he would have a skeleton schedule by the next Digest.

V. Treasurer Dave Wohlhueter said the registration information would be ready to run in the April Digest.

VI. Dull gave an update on the proposed NCAA photo legislation. He said he had received a variety of opinions from different schools. There was consensus that CoSIDA couldn't take an overall position on the issue since schools had such wide ranging views on the issue.

VII. Rick Nixon with the NCAA will be taking over as the NCAA liaison with CoSIDA, replacing Scottie Rodgers.

VIII. Second Vice President Charles Bloom was not on the call but provided a written report, updating the board on the Workshop Social calendar.

IX. Third Vice President John Bianco said the nomination forms for CoSIDA awards were on the website and had been sent to Secretary Jeff Hodges for the Digest.

X. There was a question on where the restructuring of the CoSIDA committees stood. At-Large Representative Carol Hudson said he and Past President Tammy Boclair had finished the information and forwarded it to Committee on Committees Chair Wayne Block. He said Block was then going to get with the committee chairs. Hudson said he would follow up with Block to see where it stood.

XI. Wohlhueter asked if the Social Committee or Charity Committee was in charge of the golf outing at the workshop.  Dull said it had traditionally been handled by the Charity Committee.

XII. Director of Marketing Ed Carpenter said that the Orange Bowl had come on as a sponsor at the $5,000 level.

XIII. There was discussion of whether to have a lunch or brunch on the Tuesday schedule at the Nashville Workshop, since it will be the Fourth of July. A brunch would open up time in the afternoon. Dull said they would discuss it with the program and social committees.

XIV. Hodges asked for any submissions for the April Digest to be to him by March 1. He said the CoSIDA award forms were printed in the outgoing March Digest.

XV. Past President Alan Cannon said that he would get information on the board openings for the website and Digest by the March 1 deadline.

XVI. Past President Rod Commons said all the information on past year's Academic All-America teams had been entered in the data base and they were now entering the information from the recently completed selections.

XVIII. College Division Representative Blake Timm said he had received Academic All-America plaques in error and asked who to send those back to. He was told to contact AAA Chairman Dick Lipe. Commons said he would also like a copy of the note on the mistake so he could check the information in the data base.

XIX. At Large Representative Justin Doherty said work was progressing on board goals. He said the process began as a random list of goals and thoughts from previous workshops that were organized and prioritized. Information from other organizations, such as goals and mission statements, were also collected. The board complemented the work and Carpenter said the goals could become a thread to tie together future workshop panels. Doherty said Charles Bloom, Nick Joos, Carol Hudson and Eric McDowell were working with him on the effort.

XX. Timm discussed the Rising Star Award. He said he would develop a nomination form and distribute it to the web and Digest, seeking nominations for the award for 2006 - since the award will come from the board and not through the Special Awards Committee.

XXI. Timm mentioned some SID posting on a blog called disgruntled sids. Board members went to the site and read some entries. Past President Pete Moore suggested that Board members respond to the postings, since many of them contained inaccurate information about CoSIDA.

XXII. McDowell said that the NCAA had a site selected for the CoSIDA Hall of Fame plaque and had a plaque design for the display that will be in the Hall of Champions. He said the NCAA also wanted a brief description of how the SID fits into the collegiate athletics picture and the role of SIDs. He said the plan was to have the finished plaque ready to unveil at the CoSIDA Workshop in Nashville. The NCAA will then schedule an unveiling in Indianapolis when the plaque arrives there.

XXIII. Hernandez said the next Board call would be March 2 instead of March 9, due to the start of basketball tournaments. The call was adjourned.

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