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Quarterly WASFAA Committee Chair Report Executive Council Meeting Date June 25-26, 2014 Executive Council Meeting Location Reno, NV

Committee Information Committee Name Communications Committee Chair(s) (Name, Place of Employment, State) Ashley Coleman, University of Oregon, Oregon Committee Members (Name, Place of Mary Booker, Pomona College, California* Employment, State) Please put an asterisk next to Helen Faith, Lane Community College, Oregon first-time committee members. Kelly Forsberg, Olympic College, Washington* Isabelle Mora, Saint Martin’s College, Washington Ashley Munro, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Sun Ow, Great Lakes Higher Education Ashley Salisbury, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Lisa Seale, Arizona Western college, Arizona Monique Theriault, Cornish College, California

Committee Goals Strategic Plan Goals that are being met (check all that apply) Goal 1: Leader in providing training and professional development Goal 2: Maintain the long-term financial stability of WASFAA Goal 3: Assess & monitor the performance of WASFAA & make strategic adjustments Goal 4: Increase the participation of members in WASFAA activities Goal 5: Continually improve methods & processes for communicating with members Goal 6: Consolidate and communicate the public policy positions of aid administrators Goal 7: Maintain and enhance the diversity of our membership and Executive Council Goal 8: Collaborate and coordinate with other organizations and associations

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Specific Committee Goals (Include progress 1. Work with WASFAA Committees to advertise events, toward goals and measurement of success.) disseminate information, and keep members informed of activities 2. Increase member interaction in social media 3. Consider an alternative method of delivering news other than newsletter

Summary of Committee Activities for the Quarter

1. Ashley Coleman replaced Mary Booker as Chair 2. Met with WASFAA President to discuss goals 3. Finalized committee members 4. Posted May President Highlights to blog, listserv, and Facebook 5. Gathered articles for summer edition of newsletter

Measures Tracking Tool Data Collection Information (Include required Measures Tracking Tool data collection information to help determine progress toward Strategic plan goals/activities that are the responsibility of your Committee. See Appendix F of the current WASFAA Strategic Plan for guidance.) Number of blog posts (April 4-June18): 7 Number of President Communications: 1 (May President Highlights) Number of newsletters published: 1- Spring published April 16 ; Summer to be published week of June 30th People signed up for list-serve as of June 17: 407 (current members who have opted in) People subscribed to Blog as of June 17: 83 (up from 82) People signed up for WASFAA Announcements as of June 17: 2314 (all members from last 3 years that have opted in) Hits to blog as of June 18: 21,328 (3857 unique visitors) Facebook Fans as of June 18: 242 (up from 237) LinkedIn Members as of June 18: 678 (up from 586)

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Budget Information Approved Budget $3000 Budget Expenditures to Date 1. 2. 3.

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Event Information (complete if applicable per location) Event Name Location Date Number Cost of Subtotal Registration Attendees Complimentary Registrations (if applicable – i.e., scholarship recipients) Add more rows as needed for additional events.

Calendar of Events/Timelines Committee Member Date Responsible (if Description applicable) 5/30/14 Chair Posted May President Highlights to blog 6/13/14 Chair Collected articles for Summer edition of newsletter 6/23/14 Editors Review Summer newsletter articles 7/2/14 Chair Plan to publish Summer newsletter July Entire Committee All committee meeting 9/26/14 Fall newsletter submission deadline 12/12/14 Winter newsletter submission deadline

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