Alabama State Report
Chip Quisenberry, AASFAA President

Dear Colleagues:

AASFAA thoroughly enjoyed the SASFAA conference in Atlanta and is now looking forward to the annual Spring AASFAA Conference to be held April 12-15, 2005 at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama. Hurricane Ivan wreaked havoc on our conference facility, but repairs should be completed in time for the planned reopening on March 10.

An invitation has been extended to FASFAA President Ron Anderson to attend the Spring 2005 AASFAA conference. Since Florida’s conference will be held in Miami, panhandle aid administrators will also be welcome to come “just down the road” to Orange Beach and attend the Alabama conference. President-Elect Buddy Jackson and Spring Program Co-Chair Linda Casey and the Program Committee are preparing a content-intensive conference, and AASFAA members have received email containing information on registration and room rates. Additional information on the conference is available at
www.aasfaaonline.org/sp05conf.htm

Over 70 dedicated financial aid professionals participated in the NASFAA Fall Training Workshop held at the RSA Building in Montgomery on December 15, 2004. The focus of the 5 ½-hour training session was “Student Loan Issues”. Attendees received a Participant Handbook and listened as AASFAA Vice President Ellen Canada and Vickie Adams delved into borrower eligibility, loan periods and frequency of borrowing, disbursement issues and other topics related to the federal loan programs. Ellen and Vickie did a great job with a very complex topic.

Lastly, Chip Quisenberry wrote in the most recent AASFAA Newsletter (www.aasfaaonline.org/pdf/Spring2005.pdf) that a dear friend will soon be leaving the lending profession and starting a new chapter in her professional life. The text follows.

Respectfully submitted,
Chip Quisenberry
2004-05 AASFAA President