NJASFAA Executive Council Meeting Minutes

Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center

July 15, 2004

Attended: Jim Anderson, Lissa Anderson, Francine Andrea, Joan Buttafuoco, Vince Davis, Gloria Green, Jean Hathaway, Gisele Joachim, Dennis Levy, Helen Mikulak, Carmen Panlilio, Maribeth Quinn, David Sheridan, Mark Singer, Karen Weber

The meeting was called to order at 9:50 a.m. A quorum was established.

Motion to approve the Executive Council retreat minutes moved by David Sheridan; seconded by Helen Mikulak. Minutes were approved unanimously by a voice vote.

Officer Reports:

Treasurer-Elect: Helen Mikulak

· The Treasurer’s report provided by Debra Wulff will be amended and we will approve the amended report at the August 19 Executive Council meeting.

President: Maribeth Quinn

· Maribeth attended the HESAA Board meeting that was held on July 12. Michael Angulo, the new Executive Director of HESAA, will attend the September 17 Executive Council meeting.

· There will be a session on College Goal Sunday at the NASFAA conference to be held July 18 - 21, 2004.

· Maribeth asked Carmen to chair an ad hoc committee for the endowment fund.

· The August 19 Executive Council meeting will be held at Mercer County Community College. Larry Sharp will do a presentation to give us a tour of our Web site.

Committee Reports:

Conference: Gisele Joachim

· The first committee meeting will be held on August 5 at HESAA. Gisele encouraged committee chairs to attend this meeting and bring ideas for sessions. She would also like Jim Anderson and Kimber Decker to attend with the vendor list.

· We would like to include an electronic training room, and roundtable discussions for the novice and directors.

· There will be 20 concurrent sessions and three general sessions, including a HESAA update.

· Brett Leif will present a Washington, D.C. update. We would like a U.S. Department of Education update and will invite Theresa Shaw to present.

· On Wednesday evening there will be entertainment leading up to dinner and the Grease band.

Development: Jim Anderson

· Kimber Decker would like committee chairs to notify him of any special vendor gifts they will need for training events.

· Jo-Ann Craig will discuss with Jim and Kimber possible sponsor support for Novice training.

Electronic Initiatives:

· Larry Sharp will update our Web site so all committee chairs will have access to post committee meetings and minutes.

· He would like to put our pictures on the Web site.

Government Relations: Lissa Anderson

· The first committee meeting will be held on August 10 at Caldwell College.

· Lissa and Sheila Attias are recruiting members, including new NJASFAA members, to join the committee.

· They plan to form ad hoc committees within this committee.

· Lissa will attend HESAA Board meetings on behalf of the committee.

Long Range Strategic Plan:

· Maribeth will ask Michael Bennett to attend the September 17 Executive Council meeting to present the final copy of the Long Range Strategic Plan. This will be placed on our Web site.

Membership: Joan Buttafuoco

· The association has 288 active members.

Mentoring: Gloria Green

· Next week Gloria will send letters to directors asking if they have staff who want to be mentored.

Multicultural Concerns: Vince Davis

· Vince talked to Derek Gatling about forming subcommittees and will contact members about the subcommittees.

· He will send letters to corporations for funding for the Multicultural Student Award.

Non-Traditional Concerns: Helen Mikulak

· The first committee meeting will be held in September at Somerset County Technology Institute.

· Helen is contacting all institutions that responded to the Clock Hour training.

· She will serve on Government Relations Committee.

· She has asked Steve Tessitore to present Clock Hour training at the fall conference.

Public Relations: Mark Singer

· The committee is developing a brochure to promote the association.

· Mark will prepare press releases for local newspapers.

· The NJASFAA Hotline will be held in January 2005.

Scholarship: Jean Hathaway

· Jean received last year’s materials from Jim Pegg.

HESAA Update: Francine Andrea

Fran informed us of items that were discussed at the July 12, 2004 HESAA Board meeting.

· The board approved the rules governing the NJSTARS program, which will be effective for 2004-2005.

· Warren Smith and Maria Torres were elected as the chairperson and vice chairperson, respectively.

· The board adopted the TAG Award Table for 2004-2005. The FY 2005 Appropriations Act does not include “hold harmless” language.

· The board adopted a Pilot Part-Time TAG Award Table for County Colleges for 2004-2005.

· Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished and Urban Scholar awards will be increased to $1000.

· The Student Advisory Committee chairperson and vice chairperson, and Jean Rash, were sworn in as board members.

Fran discussed additional issues.

· Governor James McGreevey named Michael Angulo as the new Executive Director of HESAA.

· HESAA is developing two new programs, a Teachers Fellows program, which will provide loan redemption to students teaching at Abbott schools in New Jersey; and a loan redemption program for gynecologists who practice in New Jersey in low income and high need areas.

· The first NJACSA meeting will be held in September.

Old Business:

· Vince Davis reported that NJASFAA would have considerable up-front expenses associated with the golf outing and our profit from this would be minimal. He will discuss this with Carmen.

· We discussed whether associate members of NJASFAA should have the right to vote. Carmen suggested that we put our proposals in writing. We will table this discussion until the September 17 Executive Council meeting. Council members and committee chairs should bring proposals to this meeting for discussion.

Motion to adjourn moved by Mark Singer; seconded by David Sheridan and unanimously approved at 11:35 a.m.