NAK EC Conference Call, 5/3/13 Draft Minutes 1

NAK EC Conference Call, 5/3/13 – Draft Minutes 1

National Academy of Kinesiology Executive Board Conference Call Minutes 3:00-5:00 PM Central Time Friday, May 3, 2013

1. Call to Order

The call was called to order at 3:00 PM Central time by NAK President Phil Martin. Members present: Patty Freedson (Past-President); Barb Ainsworth (President-Elect); Brad Cardinal (Secretary-Treasurer); Penny McCullagh (Senior Member-At-Large); Brad Hatfield (Junior Member-At-Large); Kim Scott (Business Manager)

2. Approval of Minutes

a. Penny motioned to approve the minutes from 1/16/13 conference call, with the motion seconded by Barb. No further discussion. The minutes were approved.

3. Secretary/Treasurer’s Report – Brad C. with help from Kim

a. Membership Update

a.i. Paid Active: 122

a.ii. Unpaid Active: 19

a.iii. Emeritus: 23

a.iv. International: 8

b. Five-Year Meeting Attendance Tracking

b.i. It was determined that this item was inadvertently left in the agenda from a previous agenda. The item was not discussed.

c. Financial Report

c.i. Current Bank Balance: $1,095.80 (paid off the credit card balance from the Academy meeting)

c.ii. Current Investment Account (as of 3/31) = $102,973.78 NAK EC Conference Call, 5/3/13 – Draft Minutes 2

Discussion: From this we still needed to pay $1,200 for the NAK’s contribution to the PAPCU initiative. Our account balance is up from December 2012, and our conference income is still coming in. Cozad Asset Management manages the investment account for the fee of 0.6% of assets (currently $108/quarter).

4. Set registration fee for 2013 meeting

a. Kim recommended that we set the conference registration at $350/person. The figure was based on the per person food, AV, and room rental costs at the facility, as well as an estimated 70 paid conference attendees. We also have to cover the cost of new Fellows, the Hetherington Award winner, invited guests, and Human Kinetics personnel/conference staff. Penny motioned that we accept this figure and Barb seconded the motion. The motion passed.

5. Site selection for 2014, 2015

a. Austin, TX or Philadelphia, PA

Discussion: The NAK Conference schedule is slated to be in Austin, TX in 2014, followed by Philadelphia, PA in 2015, and Albuquerque, NM in 2016. Given the cost of attendance in Philadelphia, there was some discussion about possibly going to Philadelphia in 2014, which would also move the conference back to the east coast sooner (Note: we will have been in Portland, OR in 2012 and Colorado Spring, CO in 2013). Either date would work with the folks in Austin, however they did prefer 2014 (see February 26, 2013 email from Janice S. Todd to Philip Martin for details). After some discussion we settled that the NAK would meet in Austin, TX in 2014. We will continue to discuss whether an alternative to Philadelphia, PA in 2015 is warranted (primarily due to the overnight room costs at the Inn at Penn, A Hilton Property). Regardless of the room cost, Brad H. suggested that the meeting location is compelling for NAK given our history and the prominence of R. Tait McKenzie’s artwork in and around the facility. Our field’s history and tradition are ever present there and at Franklin Field. He encouraged us to continue exploring this option, as well as possible means for underwriting the event. Phil suggested that NAK is not really a fundraising type organization, but that maybe we could identify exhibitors or something like that. Perhaps even the University of Pennsylvania President would be willing and interested in talking with our group.

6. 2013 Program Update – Patty NAK EC Conference Call, 5/3/13 – Draft Minutes 3

Patty’s theme is, “Back to the future: Reflecting on the past and envisioning the future of kinesiology research.” She has two invited speakers, John Lombardi and Ken Baldwin. Dr. Lombardi is the former chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and President of the University of Florida and Louisiana State University. His presentation will be, “Research universities: The next five years.” Dr. Baldwin is a renowned exercise physiologist and he will talk about, “Research in exercise physiology: What has been achieved and what are the challenged for the future.” Other details regarding the program are still coming together.

7. New Fellow Voting Update

a. 10 individuals were elected as Active Fellows

b. 3 individuals were elected as International Fellows

8. Election of Officers Update

a. Cathy Ennis was elected President-Elect

b. David Wiggins was elected Member At-Large

9. Hetherington Award Recipient

a. Charles (“Chuck”) B. Corbin was selected as the 2013 recipient.

10. Inactive fellows special committee report

a. See draft of report prepared by Scott Kretchmar, Penny McCullagh, and Jim Morrow. The report was also reviewed by NAK Past-Presidents Patty Freedson and Maureen Weiss.

Discussion: In reviewing the report several points of clarification were raised. These centered around four issues: (1) clarifying that only Active Fellows can vote, (2) that only Active Fellows count in the doctoral program review (Note: For the doctoral program review, it was recommended that the Active Fellow count per institution come from NAK vs. the doctoral granting programs alone.), (3) that it is important to preserve our organization’s history and those who have been elected into Fellowship regardless of their active or inactive status, and (4) that procedural details should not be included in NAK EC Conference Call, 5/3/13 – Draft Minutes 4

the report (i.e., the procedural details should be moved to the Operating Code of the appropriate officer[s]). Penny will work with Scott and Jim to incorporate the Executive Board’s recommendations. The revised report will be circulated for review and an agenda item for the summer conference call.

11. Communication with fellows with 5-year absences

a. Reminders and/or prompts from NAK to inactive Fellows and those in jeopardy of becoming inactive Fellows occur up to 2 years ahead of time. Most occur by email; however, the final letter is sent by registered mail.

12. Survey suggestion – Duane Knudsen

Discussion: The NAK received a request to take part in a survey regarding influential journals in Kinesiology. This project was proposed as a potential joint activity between AKA and NAK by Duane Knudson from Texas State University (see email exchanges April 20th and March 16th). It was determined that this was not an appropriate project for NAK to take on. The NAK will not have any direct involvement with the project.

13. Spring Newsletter Update

Discussion: The Members At-Large work with Amy Rose on putting together the newsletter. Board members were reminded submitting their content to Amy for inclusion. There was also some discussion about the timing of the newsletter deadline. Perhaps it could be moved up or back some? Patty noted that for a future issue of the newsletter she would be willing to share the manner in which she convinced the Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to count NAK Fellows as cases for “Exceptional Merit.” Specifically, she constructed a letter that equated NAK Fellowship as being our discipline’s equivalent of National Academy of Sciences Fellowship. She also noted how the system “Academic Analytics” does not recognize major awards from Kinesiology in their ranking of graduate programs. Phil brought up the idea that this is perhaps something that the NAK can work on in the future. It would help bring positive recognition and visibility to our field, which is one of the NAK’s purposes.

14. PAPCU Update – Patty NAK EC Conference Call, 5/3/13 – Draft Minutes 5

Discussion: This initiative is really moving forward. She believes it can help make a mark on the field outside of the field.

15. 2014 annual meeting concepts – Phil

Discussion: The initial theme was planned around the topic of online learning; however, this is the topic of the AKA’s Leadership Workshop. Phil is now considering building the conference around the topic of injury rehabilitation research (e.g., assessment, prevention, rehabilitation process, concussions, traumatic brain injuries, return to play, injury repairs, cartilage regeneration).

16. QUEST Academy Papers on Website

Discussion: The NAK owns the copyright to these papers and will post them on the NAK website. Access will be password protected. This has been communicated with the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education leadership (e.g., Camille O’Bryant, Steve Estes).

17. Other Business

a. No new business was proposed.

18. Adjournment

a. Motioned by Penny, seconded by Barb. Meeting was adjourned at 4:57 PM Central Time.

Respectfully submitted,

Brad Cardinal