(Final) SASFAA
Executive Board Meeting
Sheraton
July 23-24, 2005
CALL TO ORDER
President Guy Gibbs called
the meeting to order at 9:01 am at the Sheraton Greensboro Four Seasons.
WELCOME
Dana Kelly, North Carolina
State President welcomed the board to the state of North Carolina and presented
each member with a pictorial book of North Carolina. President Guy Gibbs
recognized Ron Gambill and Edsouth for dinner on Friday night, National Education
for the Hospitality Suite, and Regions Bank for Breakfast.
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA AND SUBSTITUTE VOTING
President Gibbs announced
that Brent Tener will serve as Secretary for
this meeting and keep the board minutes in
INTRODUCTIONS
The following elected board
members were present: Guy Gibbs, President; Brent Tener, President-Elect; Janet
Sain, Past-President; Tolly Tollefson, Vice President; and Heather Boutell,
Treasurer.
State Presidents in
attendance were: Shelley Park, Kentucky; Forrest Stuart,
Committee Chairs in
attendance were: Clark Aldridge, Finance and Audit; Crusie Lucero, Diversity,
Carol Mowbray, Special Projects; Juanita Russell, Membership; Ron Gambill, Site
Selection; Keith Reeves, Vendor and Sponsor; Lisanne Masterson, Conference;
Susan Little, Special Appointee; Bill Spiers, Legislative Relations; and April Kendrick, Newsletter Editor.
Liaisons present: Mike
Hawkes, Agency, and Paul Mittelhammer, Lender.
Special guest Rose Mary
Stelma from
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
ACTION: Brent Tener moved to accept the minutes of the
June 10, 2005 Board meeting held at the Don CeSar,
REPORTS FROM THE OFFICERS
SEE ATTACHMENT A
Report from Vice President, Tolly Tollefson
ACTION: Tolly presented Bob Godfrey as the Mid-level Workshop Chair. The Motion,
seconded by Dana Kelly was approved.
Report from Secretary, Sandy Neel presented by Brent
Tener
ACTION: Brent
Tener made a motion to accept the By-laws committee consisting of Susan Little,
Ray Tripp, Cleo Martin, and Dee Talley. The motion, seconded by Tolly was
approved.
Report from Treasurer, Heather Boutell
ACTION: Heather made a motion to accept Susan Little,
Clark Aldridge, Sharon Oliver, Randy Craig, Lester McKenzie, and Jody Darby as
the Review of Financial Issues Committee. The motion, seconded by Dana Kelly
was approved.
Heather reported that the
mileage rate has been updated to the current IRS rate of .405 cents per mile.
The Treasurer’s report will be filed for review.
STATE PRESIDENT REPORT-SEE ATTACHMENT B
COMMITTEE REPORTS- SEE ATTACHMENTS C
Report from Budget/Finance Chair, Clark Aldridge
ACTION: Brent Tener made a motion to accept the
Budget and Finance committee as presented by
ACTION: Brent Tener made a motion to accept the
Budget as presented by
Discussion occurred regarding
the budget.
ACTION: Dana Kelly made a motion to table the budget.
The motion, seconded by Ruth Strum was approved.
Report from Conference Chair, Lisanne Masterson
ACTION: Brent Tener made a motion to accept the
Conference Committee as presented by Lisanne. The motion, seconded by Soraya
Welden was approved.
Lisanne will get the ballot
boxes to Ron Gambill who agreed to house them.
Report from Membership Chair, Juanita Russell
ACTION: Heather Boutell made a motion to accept
the Membership Committee as presented by Juanita. The motion, seconded by Brad
Barnett was approved.
Report from Vendor/Sponsor Chair, Keith Reeves
ACTION: Dana Kelly made a motion to accept the
Vendor/Sponsor Committee as presented by Keith. The motion, seconded by Tolly
Tollefson was approved.
Report from Diversity Chair, Crusie Lucero
ACTION: Ruth Strum made a motion to accept the Diversity
Committee as presented by Crusie. The motion, seconded by Dana Kelly was
approved.
Report from Electronic Services
ACTION: Dana Kelly made a motion to accept the
Electronic Services Committee as presented by Crusie. The motion, seconded by Heather
Boutell was approved.
Report from Newslettter Editor, April Kendrick
ACTION: Soraya Welden made a motion to accept the
Newsletter Committee as presented by April. The motion, seconded by Forrest
Stuart was approved.
Report from Site Selection Chair, Ron Gambill
ACTION: Brad Barnett made a motion to accept the Site
Selection Committee as presented by Ron. The motion, seconded by Dana Kelly was
approved.
Report from
ACTION: Dana Kelly
made a motion to accept the
LIASON REPORTS- SEE ATTACHMENT D
Meeting Recessed until Sunday
Morning.
Meeting reconvened at 8:38on
Sunday morning by President Guy Gibbs.
Janet Sain and Brad Barnett
were unable to return for the meeting.
Special Projects
ACTION: Nancy Garmroth made a motion to accept the
Foundation Committee as presented. The motion, seconded by Dana Kelly was
approved.
ACTION: Buddy
ACTION: Tolly Tollefson made a motion to accept Chip
Quisenberry as the New Aid Officers Summer Workshop curriculum coordinator. The
motion, seconded by Dana Kelly was approved.
Old Business
ACTION: Shelley Park made a motion to move the budget
from table. The motion, seconded by Dana Kelly was approved.
Budget Chair Clark Aldridge
provided updated recommendations for the budget.
ACTION: Forrest Stuart made a motion to approve the
budget as presented by
Discussion Occurred.
Brent Tener called the
question.
The motion carried.
New Business
None.
ACTION: Dana Kelly moved to adjourn the Executive
Board meeting. The motion, seconded by Suzanne Pittman was approved. The
meeting adjourned at ?
Respectfully submitted,
Sandra J. Neel
SASFAA Secretary 2005-2006
ATTACHMENT A
President Guy Gibbs’ Report
President’s Board Report
Sheraton Four Seasons,
July 22-24, 2005
Welcome to
Goals and Objectives
You are to be commended for
the work that you did in putting together your goals and objectives. I’ve had an opportunity to review them. You did exactly as I asked when we met in
As you will remember, the
format that I asked you to use in setting forth your goals and objectives is a
departure from the format employed in prior years. There were a number of reasons that this
request was made.
Committee Appointments
As committee chairs and
appointees, you are also to be commended for identifying individuals to serve a
role on committees in 2005-2006. We are
very fortunate to have had a great number of SASFAA members offer their time
and experience to serve this year.
Unfortunately, there are insufficient committee slots to find places for
everyone, but we must continue to encourage volunteerism and to involve new
members in the work of our committees. I
was encouraged to see that many new members will be involved this year.
I will provide the 2005-2006
volunteer lists to President-Elect Brent Tener.
Those who volunteered will be thanked in an appropriate way for offering
their service to SASFAA and encouraged to continue to volunteer in future
years. NASFAA has a process that places
volunteers in positions in subsequent years and perhaps this model can be
employed by SASFAA. We should never lose
sight of the important role our volunteers play in the success of this
association.
NASFAA Board Meeting
The NASFAA Board Meeting was
held at the New York Hilton earlier this month.
As President-Elect of SASFAA I attended the orientation for new board
members on June 30. The actual board
meeting was held on July 1-2. I
continued to sit in the “peanut gallery” along with my colleagues from the
other regional associations. Janet Sain
and Ron Day represented SASFAA as voting members. This was the final board meeting for Chair George
Chin as well as SASFAA Past President Ron Day.
Their leadership was recognized and they were thanked for their service
to NASFAA. SASFAA was well represented
by the work on Ron as he sat as a voting member for the last two years.
Action of the NASFAA Board
The following information has
been posted to the NASFAA web site; however, if you have not had a chance to
review the news from the board meeting, this will provide a brief summary of
action taken. This information was
posted to the NASFAA web site on July 8, 2005.
You can find more information at www.nasfaa.org.
The NASFAA Board acted on a
report from the NASFAA Reauthorization Task Force (RTF) on recent legislative
options concerning Title IV programs.
This included reaffirming the package of recommendations previously
approved by the 2002 NASFAA Board; revising the Board’s previous position
concerning School as Lender; and initiating new action on the provisions of the
Student Aid Rewards Act (STAR).
Summary of Board Actions
4th of July in
The NASFAA annual conference
was held from July 3rd through July 6th in
SASFAA Extends
Congratulations to
SASFAA member states have
done it again. Of the four state award winners
announced at the NASFAA annual conference, two of the winners were from the
SASFAA region. We extend SASFAA
congratulations to the
Department of Education
Liaison Update
We continue to work with the
U. S. Department of Education to find a solution to the issue of having a
Department Liaison attend SASFAA board meetings and assist with planning for
the annual conference. We are finding
that that the Department is not as supportive of these as in prior years. As a result, no one from the Department will
attend the meeting in
The leadership of the SASFAA
will continue to engage the Department in finding ways to bring updates at
board meeting, to provide some guidance in conference planning and or proposing
appropriate interest/general sessions for our annual conference. This issue is of vital important to the board
and to the general membership in ensuring up-to-date information from the
Department and in developing training program.
President Elect Brent Tener’s Report
President-Elect
Report
Brent
Tener
July,
2005
1. Reaffirm NASFAA recommendations
previously approved in 2002 and 2003 with one exception: the Board rescinded
its previous recommendation concerning School as Lender (SAL). The Board
approved a new recommendation concerning this topic. This revised package forms
the basis of NASFAA's platform for this reauthorization cycle.
2. Direct the NASFAA staff to
work with the lending community and other entities to find ways to move the
NASFAA reauthorization agenda forward, which includes making significant
increases in need based grant funding for all needy students.
3. Oppose the School as Lender
provisions and oppose the STAR bill in keeping with the guidelines of programs
being fair and equitable for all students.
Overall, the legislative
proposals adopted by NASFAA's Board seek to preserve both the FFEL and the
Direct Loan programs by equalizing and strengthening both programs. To that
end, NASFAA supports increasing loan limits, eliminating student fees, and
improving and expanding repayment options for all borrowers in each program.
The NASFAA Reauthorization
Tasforce originally opposed the School as Lender option because the program had
moved away from its original intent – to be the last point of loan access for students.
Now access is not an issue; all students have access to loan funds. In
addition, it appears that a few institutions may not hold the students'
interests as paramount. Institutions may be more concerned with increasing
institutional resources than with the concerns or choices of needy students.
Some non-financial aid school administrators may promote this option as a way
of diverting limited school resources away from student need-based assistance.
Some perceive that state governments are encouraging schools to become lenders
in order to reduce the state support needed for students and for schools. In
addition, some believe that retaining or expanding the provision would
destabilize the current loan system.
In November 2002, NASFAA's
Board position approved a position to maintain the School as Lender provision
and clarify that proceeds beyond administrative expenses would be used only for
need-based student aid at the school.
Until the latest discussion
on STAR and SAL, this position felt appropriate. In light of the comments
recently received, the Board determined that the previous position is no longer
tenable. After discussion at the July 2005 meeting, the NASFAA Board voted to
oppose the existing School as Lender provision because the provision does not
support the premise of equal benefits for all students.
The comments NASFAA members
provided on the STAR Act led the NASFAA Board to vote to oppose this
legislation. This was done in light of the fact that the STAR proposal, as
currently drafted, does not promote fairness and equity to all student
borrowers or to the schools that they attend. The NASFAA Board felt it was
necessary to clarify its position on this issue and believes this position is
in keeping with its guiding principles. “
Other items were discussed,
and as mentioned earlier, more details are available on the NASFAA website.
More to follow after the next meeting to be held in
Past President Janet Sain’s Report
SASFAA Past-President Report
July 23, 2005
Sheraton Four Seasons,
Responsibilities included:
Nominations and Elections
Committee, Recognition and Awards Committee and the GAP Committee.
Nominations and Elections Committee
The committee is comprised of
the immediate state past-presidents for 2004-2005. A tentative meeting has been
set for October in conjunction with the Conference Committee meeting in
Continuation of the items
brought forth by the task force will be reviewed and further items will be
discussed as to electronic voting and what other uses we can have made
available via ATAC.
Recognition and Awards Committee
This committee is comprised
of the current Executive Committee. Candidates for Honorary Membership and
Distinguished Service awards will be sought. Retirees from each state will be requested.
Thus far two candidates have been submitted for consideration for Honorary
Membership. Requests will be considered at the Fall board meeting.
A new item for consideration
is the formulation of a new award for SASFAA. NASFAA has its version of the
state awards. An idea for a SASFAA version has been discussed informally. I
would like to solicit approval to have a small task force research the
possibility of creating this award. So many wonderful awards are submitted, but
never really shared or acknowledged at NASFAA.
GAP Committee
This committee is comprised
of five SASFAA members to be chosen by the current President and the immediate
Past-President to work on the GAP report each year. Several of the members are
repeats from the previous year. Part of the Long Range Planning Retreat will
discuss the content, templates and possible change in reporting deadlines. Once
the retreat is completed, final decisions can be made.
Vice President Tolly Tollefson’s Report
SASFAA Board Meeting, July
23, 2005
Professional Development
Committee
The New Aid Officers Workshop
was held June 19 – 24, 2005 at the
Planning has begun on next
year’s event. The hope is to return to
UNC Asheville if additional large classrooms can be secured. There will be at least six returning
instructors. Chip Quisenberry from
Planning has also begun on
the Mid-Level workshop which SASFAA will host this year. Bob Godfrey from
Treasurer Heather Boutell’s Report
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Jul '05 - Jun 06 |
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Budget |
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$ Over Budget |
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% of Budget |
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Income |
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01 · Membership Dues |
1,325.00 |
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37,000.00 |
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-35,675.00 |
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3.58% |
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02 · Professional Advancement |
625.00 |
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103,000.00 |
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-102,375.00 |
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0.61% |
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03 · Annual Meeting |
0.00 |
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134,125.00 |
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-134,125.00 |
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0.0% |
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04 · Vendors/Sponsors/Patrons |
5,254.82 |
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155,508.00 |
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-150,253.18 |
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3.38% |
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05 · Advertising |
385.63 |
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17,000.00 |
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-16,614.37 |
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2.27% |
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07 · Interest Income |
0.00 |
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13,500.00 |
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-13,500.00 |
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0.0% |
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08 · Miscellaneous Income |
120.00 |
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09 · Balance Forward |
0.00 |
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14,830.00 |
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-14,830.00 |
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0.0% |
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Total Income |
7,710.45 |
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474,963.00 |
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