Membership Committee Report
Juanita McKenzie Russell, Chair

The Membership Committee has been hard at work providing assistance to SASFAA members. Name and address labels were printed of all SASFAA members that were in the database since 2004 at the request of the Conference Committee Chair. Name badges were printed at the request of the Long Range Planning Committee Chair for the Leadership and Strategic Planning Summit. The committee also typed address labels of institutions in the SASFAA region to create a database for future mailing informing Presidents/Chancellors of the many benefits of SASFAA membership.

The membership for 2005-2006 is growing steadily. Over eight hundred (800) members have joined or renewed their SASFAA membership. To check your membership status, go to www.sasfaa.org/doc/forms/memCheckStatus.html. Type your last name and click the submit button. View your “Members Only” Access Ends date. If the end date is not current, your dues should be renewed.

All current SASFAA members should view their Member Profile. To view and/or update your demographic information, go to www.sasfaa.org/docs/toc_memberservices.html and click “Update Your Member Profile.” Please take time and make sure all of your information is correct.

Site Selection Committee Report
Ron Gambill, Chair

November 2005

Site selection visits are scheduled for November in South Carolina for the 2009 Annual Conference. As you make your plans for the future, remember to mark your calendar for the future conferences that have been scheduled.

Newsletter Committee Report
April Kendrick, Chair

Quarterly Newsletters: October, December, April and June.
Articles and advertisement are to be delivered to the Newsletter Editor no later than the 10th of the month preceding publication of the newsletter.

Information should be sent as a Word attachment, Times New Roman, 10 Pitch, and third person to April Kendrick at April.Kendrick@kctcs.edu. Contact April Kendrick at 859-246-6304 if additional information is needed.

The SASFAA Newsletter is published quarterly for its members. Articles submitted by any person, company, or organization to the editor of the newsletter are subject to final acceptance by the editorial board prior to the publication of the newsletter. The editorial board reserves the right to reject, edit for content, or edit for length any article or information submitted for the newsletter. Articles must be intended for the benefit of SASFAA members and not for company marketing or promotional purposes.

Special Projects Report
Susan D. Little, Chair

In early December, an initial review will be made of current SASFAA Archived materials at the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation. After that time, an appeal will be made to all SASFAA members for copies of missing documents to be sent to add to the Archives. A study will be conducted on the feasibility and cost of having all records stored electronically with access available to all who would need to research SASFAA historical documents.

A conference call will be held in November to discuss the steps which would be needed to set up a SASFAA Foundation. VASFAA and other states around the country have taken this step already and a review of those processes will be made with a report back to the Board in February.