Naspspa Executive Committee Meeting

NASPSPA Postconference Executive Committee Meeting Sunday, June 15, 2014 Minneapolis, Minnesota

The following Executive Committee (EC) members were present: president Alan Smith, past president John Shea, president-elect Gabriele Wulf, secretary-treasurer Shannon Ringenbach, communication director Catherine Sabiston, past presidents’ liaison Maureen Weiss, and student representative Alyson Crozier. Also in attendance were incoming secretary-treasurer Thomas Raedeke, incoming student representative Nicole Westlund, and president-elect Jenny Etnier. Penny McCullagh was in attendance for parts of the meeting.

* Underlined items are action items

1. The meeting was called to order by Smith at 8:39 AM. 2. The agenda was approved. a. Ringenbach will submit the minutes from the preconference, postconference and unofficial business meeting minutes within 10 days. Edits should be submitted by July 1 to enable publication in the Fall 2014 newsletter. The business meeting minutes are officially approved at the 2015 business meeting.

3. Conference site director’s report a. McCullagh reported 374 attendees at the conference. b. The Hilton staff was easy to work with throughout the conference. c. McCullagh expressed the importance of staying at the hotel, going to the banquet. i. Weiss suggested a special family rate for the banquet. ii. McCullagh suggested a special rate for retired attendees. iii. Etnier suggested a moderator for symposia. iv. McCullagh recommended having a second program committee for a historical programming for the 50th anniversary in 2017. v. The Fall EC meeting will be held Wednesday, October 8, or Wednesday Oct. 22 at O’Hare in Chicago.

4. Past President’s Report a. Shea will send out letters to no shows—presenters and their coauthors who did not present their accepted papers at the conference. b. Shea will send the list of no shows to Smith, who will consider penalties on a case-by-case basis i. Special cases will be discussed at the fall business meeting. ii. Wulf reported that some posters were not attended by the authors in situations where they did not attend the conference and had the poster put up by colleagues. 2

5. Student representative’s report a. Crozier held a student meeting and approximately 20 students attended. We recommend that this student meeting be continued. b. 30 students signed up for the faculty–student social, 22 attended. i. Ringenbach recommended that the faculty-student social be a nonpaid event. ii. Penny recommended a smaller fee or sign-up option. c. Students would like to see more social media presence on Facebook and Twitter.

6. Communication director report a. Sabiston will get the Twitter and Facebook information from Jeff Fairbrother. b. Sabiston will create the postconference survey. i. Sabiston will include questions on a happy hour after the HK lecture, the midcareer initiative, charitable giving. ii. Raedeke suggested a Wednesday evening reception.

7. President’s report a. Smith reported that it may be time for a fee increase for NASPSPA to prepare for some of the new initiatives (e.g., midcareer initiative) and a potential student faculty social event and a reception after HK lecture and distinguished scholar awards. b. Smith met with program chairs for 2015.

8. New officers were given the opportunity to discuss their role with the exiting officer.

Smith moved to adjourn the meeting and Ringenbach seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned by Smith 9:41 a.m.

Respectfully submitted by Shannon D.R. Ringenbach, secretary-treasurer.