Kentucky State Report
Runan Pendergrast, KASFAA President

The KASFAA Transition Board meeting was held June 1 and 2 at the Embassy Suites in Lexington, KY. Before members boarded the 2006-07 KASFAA EXPRESS, they described their railcar (color, size, special features, etc). While on board the KASFAA EXPRESS, members completed a KASFAA Trivia Quiz. We must know where we’ve been to know where we want to go in the future. Former conductors assisted new conductors with setting goals and objectives and updating the operational calendar.

Goals for 2006-07
At the Transition Meeting the Executive Board discussed and adopted goals for the upcoming year.

Our first Executive Board meeting was held July 25, 2006. All committees had a representative and all presented a report with goals for 2006-07. We will continue to work on our policies and procedures to ensure all updates from past Boards are included.

Finances
The board voted to increase our Exhibit fee to $500 and our General Conference Support to $750.00. This increase will become effective for the 2006 Fall Conference.

Fall Conference – KASFAA – A Winning T.E.A.M (Together Everyone Accomplishes More)
The fall conference is scheduled for October 18-20, 2006 in Ft. Mitchell at the Drawbridge Inn. The conference will have a sports theme, so attendees will be encouraged to wear their favorite team(s) apparel throughout the conference. Conference Chair Bryan Erslan and his team are working diligently to provide an outstanding fall conference. The conference will begin with the Department of Education conducting HERA Act training. DOE official Kathy Makowski will be presenting the federal update.

Training Events
KASFAA will participate in the NASFAA training and has scheduled two instruction dates, November 7 in Louisville, KY and February 9 in Bowling Green, KY. The training will be conducted by Pat Arauz and Victoria Owens. KASFAA High School Counselor Workshops have again been approved for 6 hours of continuing education credit. The workshops will be offered across the state beginning November 7.

College Goal Sunday
College Goal Sunday in Kentucky will be held January 28, 2007. We will have 20 sites throughout the state. Members of the College Goal Sunday committee met with Marsha Westin of NASFAA College Goal Sunday to discuss ways to improve our program and reduce event cost.