TASFAA Board MeetingFebruary 12-13, 2008

Doubletree Hotel in San Antonio

Members Present: Lisa Blazer, Rick Renshaw, Kathy Bassham, Candice Lindsey, Mari Chapa, Raul Lerma, Noe Ortiz, Belen Valdez, Lyn Wheeler, David Ximenez, Enrique Garcia, Tina Chargois, Mary Gallegos-Adams, Jimmy Parker (2/13)

Guests: Gary Rodgers, Kim Alexander, Courtney Adams, Noe Ortega, Juan Antonio Ruiz, Marcie Beasley, Joyce Fox

Not Present: Carolyn Jones, Tia Clary, Jim Anderson, Jimmy Parker (2/12)

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Lisa called the meeting to order at 12:47.

President’s Report Lisa Blazer

Lisa requested that we all introduce ourselves, and do an icebreaker. “If you won the lottery, what car would you buy, what country would you visit, what cuisine would you eat, and what celebrity would you have dinner with?”

Lisa handed out her written report, as follows:

We’ve had changes in committee chairs. Membership, Diversity, PR, and Associate Member Relations Committees do not have chairs at this time. We are looking at ways of filling these positions and possibly restructuring to combine some of the existing committees.

Wesley Vanderberg has agreed to serve as vice-chair of Regional Training Committee.

Regarding the survey that CPUPC wants to distribute, it is not a survey of the community colleges, but rather a survey of what is happening with the services already being provided to transfers. David asked how the survey would be distributed. He suggested that it be a link to CPUPC’s website, rather than TASFAA’s website. Lisa pointed out that this would be a joint survey, listing TASFAA as a sponsor. The deadline will be extended past the originally proposed date. It will be Financial Aid officials who complete the survey, possibly with information from other areas of their schools. Noe asked if this is a one-time survey and suggested that it be an annual review.

Lisa will give Joe the go-ahead, but will state that we want it to be delivered as a link from their website.

Lisa stated that we need to continue looking at cost-saving measures to help enable TASFAA to become self-sufficient.The potential of having a one day meeting, sharing rooms, etc. is something that should be considered. Our next meeting will be in San Antonio in May, and then a one-day meeting in Dallas in July.

Regarding the structure of TASFAA and ATLE, a discussion ensued regarding whether or not we should be making these organizations separate entities. There are financial concerns to consider since a lot of our funding currently comes from lender/partners. ATLE president, Juan Antonio Luis, has discussed this issue and is waiting to hear the outcome of the TASFAA discussion.

Kathy noted that we need to remember our Constitution & ByLaws, because they contain authority to have lenders serve as associate members. The lines are not clear about how this could be a viable solution. ATLE has gone from 45 member institutions last year, to a current membership of 16.

Henry questioned whether ATLE members would be able to come to TASFAA conferences, by paying a non-member conference fee. The answer was that they would not be able to participate. At least one-half of our budget last year was from sponsorship, etc. (lender) support.

It was suggested that we use the PAC for defining a transition plan, and using the Fall Conference as the venue for voting on whatever is proposed. We will entertain the recommendation at our next meeting in May.

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Lisa failed to present Kathy with her placque at the Fall Conference for serving as President last year. She presented it at this meeting.

Below is Lisa’s written report:

We have had some changes over the past few months with regards to chairs for committees. Due to conflicts, some chairs have had to resign from their post. Following are open chair positions:

Membership CommitteeDiversity & Leadership InitiativesPublic RelationsAssociate Member Relations

We will be discussing some possible options with regards to committees during the finance report later in the meeting that will affect how many chair positions we need to fill.

TASFAA/CPUPC SurveyWe voted as a board to allow the Community College Transfer Student Issues Committee of the Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors (CPUPC) to conduct a survey utilizing the TASFAA listserve. We voted to review the survey and provide feedback for updates before the survey was sent out through the listserve. The survey is attached to this report for our review. We need to provide feedback to Joe Pettibon at the end of this week (February 15, 2008). Open for discussion.

TASFAA/ATLEIn light of the recent changes in our industry, I would like to have a discussion regarding what’s happening in the industry and how TASFAA and ATLE can respond and make potential changes to our structures. One of the proposals that I would like for the board to consider is to truly have 2 separate organizations that partner in various ways including training and outreach. TAFSAA would be the school organization and ATLE would be the lender organization. The new codes of conduct limit the participation of some schools in volunteering for TASFAA because TASFAA is defined as a lender. TASFAA is defined as a lender because we receive funds from actual student lenders. We could see a serious decline in volunteers. We already have the infrastructure. Potential issues to consider include the following:

Financial Concerns – the budget will have to be structured differently and we will need to look at utilizing our reserves to help fund us in the immediate future. We will also have to consider whether costs would go up for the schools if we did not have lender support.

Fall Conference – we will need to consider how this will affect our fall conference in attendance, funding, etc. Can we have both the ATLE and TASFAA conference at the same time and have ATLE provide the vending area? Do we need a vending area, are lenders still seeing the benefit?

How can we partner? Both groups can provide training. Both groups can provide outreach. Ideas?

Vice President’s Report Carolyn Jones

Carolyn was unable to attend but Kathy presented her report, as follows:

The Volunteer form was closed on the TASFAA website on November 1, 2008. We received 102 volunteer notifications. The final spreadsheet was sent to 2007-2008 committee chairs in November 2008 so that work could begin on forming committees. Of the 102 volunteers 51 were from schools and the other 51 were from associate members.

Please remember to notify me if your room is not to be included on the master bill. I have worked with Tia to create a TASFAA invoice. Kathy has copies of the food invoices for this meeting. Please see Kathy if you need a receipt.

If the board and committee chairs could please read and respond to my inquiries for room reservation in a timely manner it would be extremely helpful. The hotels want reservations well in advance of our scheduled meeting so it is imperative that you communicate your needs with me early.

Planning and Evaluation Committee Report/Past President’s Report Kathy Bassham

Kathy gave Lisa the contracts for future conference and insurance policies for the association.

Planning and evaluation is Kathy’s responsibility now, but not much has happened with them yet.

Kathy, Lisa, and Rick are all 3 serving on THECB’s Financial Aid Advisory Committee. As we go through transition to the new administration, we will have 2 SWASFAA reports today.

President Elect, Finance, and Constitution & By Laws Committee Reports Rick Renshaw

Rick did not have his report written yet, but will send it to everyone once it is finished.

All co-chairs are not in order yet, but he is working on it. Normally the President Elect goes to NASFAA’s Leadership Conference, but he has already been so that money will be used for a retreat for committee co-chairs. Below is Rick’s President Elect’s report:

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TASFAA normally sends the President Elect to the NASFAA Leadership Conference in the spring after the election. However, since I was privileged to attend the conference about three years ago as SWASFAA President Elect, the information that I have is still fresh. After talking with Lisa, I have decided

to opt out of this conference and, instead, use the money budgeted for travel to the conference to fund a planning retreat for my committee chairs for 2008- 09. Tentative plans are to hold that retreat in late summer or early fall before the fall conference. More details will follow.

I am behind on naming my vice-chairs for this year’s committees. Thanks to this year’s chairs for your suggestions on the person to follow you. I plan to have all of the vice-chairs in place by the end of the month and will send out an announcement of those selections as soon as the roster is complete.

As president elect, Lois Hollis requested my service on the THECB Advisory Committee for the Financial Aid Feasibility Study mandated by the last Texas legislature. The group was given a specific charge to look at six different proposals with the THECB adding three or four more. An update on the study progress will be given later to the board by Jane Caldwell. Some significant ideas are being looked at and I strongly encourage the members to react quickly to any request for information that comes from this committee as the work is to be completed this spring and we need to make sure that the recommendations going to the Coordinating Board are progressive not regressive.

The challenges that lay ahead for us will require extra effort and dedication to our profession. I am confident that this board is up to the challenges.

He needs a member-at-large for the Finance Committee. Budget resolution will be addressed tomorrow. The Finance Committee written report follows:

The Finance Committee has not met as a group this year. The next meeting of the committee will be prior to the start of the May board meeting. We will probably have some electronic meetings in preparation.

I have asked David Ximenez, Tarrant County College, to serve as the Member-at-Large on the committee for this year.

The projects that the committee will be addressing this year are:1. Review and revise the Mission Statement for our ING investments2. Review the Investment Policy in the PnP of the Association3. Prepare recommendations to the board on issues related to the changes in our membership structure that come out of the Planning and

Evaluation Task Force.4. Monitor the financial statements of the association to evaluation the effectiveness of our budget decisions. 5. Prepare a budget template for the 08-09 award year.

A deficit budget was presented to the board for approval for 2007-08. To my knowledge this is the first time ever that the association has had to go into a budget cycle expecting a deficit. The budget will be presented to the membership by the president in late February or early March after her review.

Rick acknowledged that there will be some changes and clean up to be done on the C&BL. His written report for the Constitution and By Laws Committee follows:

The C & BL committee will be looking at the report coming out of the Planning and Evaluation Task Force related to Associate Member restructuring. It is expected that a constitutional vote will have to occur sometime during this year.

Other projects the committee will be address this year are:1. Editing and proofing the C/BL and PnP for needed changes and corrections.2. Checking with the Secretary of State to ensure that our charter on file with the state is up-to-date with all constitutional changes.

Secretary/Historian Report Candice Lindsey

Candice submitted minutes from the October 2-3, 2007 Final Board Meeting for Kathy Bassham as President, and minutes from the October 4, 2007 First Board Meeting for Lisa Blazer as President, the minutes from the Annual Business Meeting, and the minutes from the Electronic Meeting conducted in December 2007. The Board Meeting minutes were approved as read. The minutes from the Annual Business Meeting will be submitted next October for approval by the membership. Candice will post all the minutes to the TASFAA website within the next 2 weeks.

ING Investments Gary Rodgers

Gary provided us with our current mission statement, and the Finance Committee will be reviewing that soon for revision.Tia and Lisa authorized the moving of investment funding that ING suggested, within a limited time-frame that occurred prior to this meeting.

Gary proposed the exchanging of Tamarack Microcap Value Fund Class S into the Keeley Small Cap Value Class A.

TASFAA’s current portfolio value is at $424,309.95, which returned 4.05%, consistently beating the benchmark. However, all gains from 2007 were wiped out in January 2008 when the market tanked. Currently we have about $91,000 in cash.

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Rick made a motion to accept Gary’s proposal to make the exchange, and ratify the other exchange previously made by Lisa and Tia. Lyn seconded. Motion carried unanimously.THECB Partner Report Jane Caldwell

Jane Caldwell and Dan Weaver, asst. commissioner of THECB, joined us.

Dan spoke to us about the legislative appropriations. Financial aid is first on their list. Now is the time to voice concerns and recommendations. Need plus merit will be one component. Closing the Gaps (access and completion) will be another. BOT renewals are lower than they expected but are ongoing. It was stated that failure to meet SAP was the reason for the low renewals, and no new students could get funding.

Kathy asked if co-signers on CAL were ever released from the obligation. The answer is no, not until the loan is paid in full.

Jane said that THECB will now be working in conjunction with SAO, and reviewing the state programs.

THECB will begin doing some program reviews this year. Connie Cooper, Jane’s assistant, will take on this responsibility.

March 28 workshop, from 9-3:30, in Austin provided by THECB. First portion will be residency for private schools. Second section is changes on FAD, and will possibly have limits on the number of attendees. Third section is financial aid update. Workshop will be on Friday, and will be held at the JJ Pickle Center. Registration will be up and active in the next couple of days. Registration will close on March 12.

TEXAS Grant, TEG, TEOG, and BOT have in statute that SAP has to be confirmed each term. We haven’t done that in the past, but probably will be required to do that starting next year (Fall 2008). Will effect the second year students and beyond, because institutional policy still applies to first year. Hopefully it will be a GPA check, not a full SAP check.

Jane gave a handout on the Feasibility Study for Restructuring State Financial Aid Programs in Texas, as follows. HEIA (Higher Education Incite Association) will be assisting with the study.

A. HEIA agrees to conduct and produce a feasibility study for restructuring state financial aid programs in Texas. The final report shall at a minimum explain the findings and recommendations and explain the advantages and disadvantages of implementing each idea below as well as the impact each would have on the participation (and in some instances the success goals) outlined in the Board’s Higher Education Plan Closing the Gaps by 2015. Pursuant to Rider 49, pp. III-56 – III-57 of the General Appropriations Act, 80th Leg., the report shall contain:1. An analysis of the effects of requiring completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid as a condition of initial

enrollment in a Texas public higher education institution;2. A proposal for converting the TEXAS Grant program and all State financial aid programs into direct student grant programs

based on a uniform assessment of financial need, including an estimate of changes in statewide facility use as a result of changes in student enrollment patterns;

3. An analysis of the effects of using designated tuition set-asides, TPEG state tuition set-asides, and the Tuition Equalization Grant Program (and allowing the independent institutions to participate in the TEXAS Grant program) as an additional funding source for TEXAS Grants and a projection of the number of additional TEXAS Grants that could be offered with the additional funds;

4. A proposal to convert the index used to establish the value of TEXAS Grants from the statewide average for tuition and fees to the statewide average for room and Board (or other index) and to determine the cost of providing tuition waivers for students at institutions with tuition and fees above the state average;

5. A proposal for delivering TEXAS Grants as a stipend-based award that would allow students to access higher education tax credits through the federal income tax system;

6. An analysis of distributing financial aid directly to students for the payment of tuition and fees and other expenses by debit card or other means;

7. 7. The effect of adding a merit component to the TEXAS Grant program;

8. An analysis of the role, funding level, and funding sources for the B on Time Program in student financial aid in Texas; and

9. An analysis of collapsing the small state grant programs and adding those funds to the TEXAS Grant program.

Timeline for Financial Aid Feasibility Study

September 21, 2007 issue RFPOctober 19, 2007 RFP deadlineOctober 31, 2007 RFP Review finanlizedNovember 13, 2007 RFP Neogitiations finalized and contract awarded

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November 14, 2007 Study Begins Contractor and Advisory Committee MeetJanuary 10, 2008 Contractor and Advisory Committee MeetFebruary 21, 2008 Contractor and Advisory Committee MeetApril 3, 2008 Contractor and Advisory Committee MeetApril 24, 2008 Presentation of draft report to Coordinating BoardMay 16, 2008 Report submitted to StaffMay 23, 2008 Report to Deputy CommissionerMay 30, 2008 Report to External RelationsJune 6, 2008 Report to CommissionerJuly 24, 2008 Final Report to the BoardJuly 30, 2008 Final Report sent to LBB and Governor’s Office

Treasurer’s Report Tia Clary

Congratulations to Tia for her new promotion to Vice President for Business Affairs! Tia was unable to attend but presented the following report and a copy of the audited financial statement:

Profit & LossNovember 1, 2007 - February 7, 2008

TotalIncome ABC Workshop Fees 25.00 Fall Conference Fees-Current YR 2,240.00 Investment Revenue 419.18 Membership Dues 14,000.00Total Income $ 16,684.18Expenses Administrative/Miscellaneous 454.09 Awareness 81.06 Board of Directors -382.07 Communications 1,255.00 Fall Conference Committee 45.86 Fall Conference-Current Year 902.52 Fall Decentralized Training 13,000.00 High School Partnership Trng 780.00 Mack Adams Scholarship 713.24 President's Discretionary 72.47 Stipend-Treasurer 1,050.00 Travel Past President 788.44 President 430.13 President Elect 179.78 Total Travel $ 1,398.35Total Expenses $ 19,370.52Net Income -$ 2,686.34

Raul raised the issue of TASFAA being classified as a non-profit. It is an issue that keeps coming up in different venues. Tia files a tax return for us as a non-profit. Lisa will check with Tia to confirm that everything is in order.

Raul made a motion to accept Tia’s report. Lyn seconded. Motion carried unanimously.

TG Partner Report Kim Alexander5

Kim presented the following report:

TG Conference on-line registration is open. The Conference is being held at the Austin Renaissance Hotel at the Arboretum April 23-25. Some government rate rooms are still available. Overflow hotel space also available. Use the TG website to register and secure hotel information.

The Department of Education terminated the existing voluntary flexible agreements on January 1, 2008 and the congress has directed the Department to negotiate new agreements with the 5 guarantors by March 31, 2008 that address the reason (cost neutrality) that was cited by the Department for the terminations. TG is working with our partners and congressional offices to insure this process is completed and that the VFA program is reauthorized.

On January 16th, TG hosted a Webinar on Reaching First Generation Families in the Digital Age for college access and financial aid professionals. Bryan Taylor, president of EduGuide: Partnership for Learning presented findings of a study about practical strategies in communicating with first generation families on how to plan, and pay for higher education. A copy of the report is available at www.EduGuide.org.

TG recently announced the availability of the FAFSA made easy video program to help families and students complete the FAFSA. For more information regarding the DVD’s or participating as a host site, please inquire at; www.aie.org/FAFSAMadeEasy.

TG and the Council for the Management of Educational Finance have issued a second edition of “a Clear and Present Danger to Institutional and Student Success: A training model for embedding student loan default aversion within strategic enrollment management”. Copies of the publication may be ordered online at www.tgslc.org. The next Council meeting will be held in San Antonio March 27th.

Our Third Leadership Symposium was held February 4th-8th, in Austin at TG. We had 16 higher education financial aid and business office professionals from San Marcos, Houston, San Antonio, Waco, Dallas, College Station and Louisiana eager to sharpen their leadership skills.

The TG Lender and School Advisory Committees are scheduled to meet at the TG office in Austin on February 27th. The agenda is being finalized and includes Legislative and Regulatory Updates and Product and Service information.

The TG Center for Financial Aid Policy in Community Colleges Advisory Committee met by conference call on December 10th and January 31st. Issues and discussion included recruitment for the Center Director, impact of the proposed change in cohort default rate calculation and the focus of the session at the TG Conference related to Community Colleges. The next conference call meeting will be February 28th.

The TG Board of Directors will be meeting at TG on February 21st and 22nd.

The ATLE Board will be meeting at TG on February 15th.

Regional Training for Lenders and Schools began in January and continues throughout February and March in various locations throughout the state and a number of target states outside Texas. For more information regarding a location near you, please use www.tgslc.org.

Please consult Shoptalk on line for updates related to MPN revised addendum for the TG application and Printing Service (APPS) and pre-printing customization changes effective March 31st. Also included in Shoptalk edition 440 are guidelines for resetting your password through TG’s encryption service.

For information and registration for upcoming Public Benefit Competitive Grant Forums/Webinars this month, please consult www.tgslc.org.

A discussion ensued regarding the new calculation of default rates. Four year institutions need to review and be prepared to discuss the impact at their schools at our May meeting.

ATLE Partnership Report Juan Antonio Ruiz

Juan presented a written report addressing the current issues on their radar. Three of those issues are:

1) Designing a new website to improve communication2) Support and fund their K2C Initiative for elementary students3) ATLE Conference is scheduled for May 13-14 in San Antonio

Fall Conference Committee Report Joyce Fox

Joyce presented a written report, identifying the following issues

1) They have no vice-chair2) They do not have enough evaluation feedback, so they have re-opened it3) Food is always the hot topic for criticism4) Starting the conference after lunch the first day rather than an opening luncheon is a possibility5) Increasing fees and reducing meals6) Increasing break options7) Call for proposals will be sent out later this week to the membership through the listserv8) Proposals will have to be submitted to the Fall Conference Committee prior to the conference

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for review of accuracy of content9) Keynote speaker changes, potentially, have the TASFAA President do the opening speech10) Conference gifts, to give or not to give11) The theme they are suggesting is “A Time of Change: Embrace, Believe, Achieve”

Kim stated that we need to be in contact with DOE soon to get on their agenda for presentations, and possibly need to get them on a webcast or interactive video rather then in person.

Lisa asked if we want to consider the conference fee today. Last year’s fee was $195. Last year we did not break even with our fee and the cost. Exhibitor fees helped offset that deficit. Lyn suggested that the Fall Conference Committee figure out what they want to do and present a proposal for a fee to cover that expense. The issue of vendor exhibitor fees being established is still not confirmed. Lisa suggested that we consider not charging an exhibitor fee for vendors. Allow their associate membership fees be the requirement for exhibits, and they would have to pay the conference registration fee.

Raul made the motion to eliminate exhibitor fees, require vendors to be associate members and pay registration fees for each representative attending the conference. Vendors are also responsible for their own set up expenses. Mary seconded.Motion carried unanimously.

Membership Committee Report

Lisa reported for this committee because there is currently no chair. The information on the website is very outdated. We need to be reviewing the membership information and dues, and get rates established by May. We will have an electronic meeting in the near future to make that decision.

Nominations & Elections Committee Report Terri Thompson

Terri presented the following report:

Vacancies on the Nominations and Elections committee from 2006-07 created the need to recruit enough members to form a full committee for the 2007-08 year. Recruitment efforts were successful in securing committee members from two Private, 4-year Universities, one Proprietary school, and one Public, 2-year Community College. Committee members are:

Terri Thompson, Weatherford College-2007-08 Committee Chair

Desiree Kornrum-Byrne, University of the Incarnate Word

Penny Gammill, McMurry University

Caren Stewart, ATI Enterprises

The Committee Chair has been in communication with members twice since committee was formed. Recruitment announcements will be sent via the TASFAA listserve once it is determined how many and what positions will be up for election in the 2008-09 year. In the meantime, a general announcement regarding TASFAA leadership opportunities has been posted to the TASFAA listserve.

Training/NAOW Committee Report Fabian Vasquez

Fabian was not in attendance, so Courtney Adams presented the committee report on his behalf:

The TASFAA Training/NAOW committee completed its first meeting on 02/08/08. We will continue to use the “camp” theme for 2008 and the tentative agenda for the workshop in May has been set with the workshop scheduled to take place from May 19th-May 22nd. Our committee is in the process of contacting speakers to present for the workshop with the goal of having a finalized agenda by March 3rd.

Our goal is to announce the dates for NAOW at the upcoming regional rallies and to have the first announcement on the TASFAA list-serve by the first of March. Once the Mack Adams scholarship is finalized for 2008, we will work closely with the Scholarship Committee to get this information out on the list-serve as well.

A few items were brought to attention at the meeting on 02/08/08. Our committee was looking for clarification on sponsorship. Specifically, what the sponsors can and can not participate in. Also, with the recent legislation regarding school/lender relationships, the committee is requesting to increase the

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cost of the registration fee for the workshop by $25 across the board to generate enough income so there is no conflict of interest. Once this is clarified, our committee will work on getting this information out on the list-serve so participants can begin registering for the workshop ASAP. Lastly, no-chair has been named at this time for 2008.

Our committee is dedicated to making this another successful year for the NAOW workshop!

The committee needs to come to the Board with a projection of what they need to charge as a fee for NAOW, which will be included in their budget approval. Wednesday, May 21, will be the night the Board has dinner with NAOW. The May Board Meeting will be May 21-22.

Associate Members Relations Committee Report Chuck Ramos

Chuck Ramos was not in attendance, but presented the following report:

The committee has not met in light of everything that is going on with changing legislation. It was the intent to have sponsorship opportunities out to the associate members by the end of 2007 and have money due to TASFAA by the end of January 2008. This obviously has not happened. I/We understand that there will be a lot more changes coming not only in our industry, but with regard to organizations like TASFAA. If there will be a solicitation of funds I believe the lending community will be willing to support TASFAA, but the amounts should be much lower. Perhaps a flat fee for everyone and eliminate levels. I heard a number of complaints about the cost of sponsoring SWASFAA. In light of everything going on it seemed the fee was excessive.

Effective 1-8-08 I have resigned as Chair of the Associate Member Relations Committee. Demands on my time from the bank preclude me from continuing this role.

Awards Committee Report Scott Moore

Scott presented the following report:

This year the committee hopes to award a Hall of Fame Award, Counselor Award, Trailblazer Award and service pins as needed.

In March the committee will canvas the TASFAA community via the listserv. Nominations will be received through May 30. Recommendations and nominations for awards will be submitted to the board for the June Board meeting.

The Awards committee will continue to give pins at check—in for the conference. We will also take pictures of winners.

We will meet in February, at this meeting we will discuss the check in process and how to get award pins to members in a smooth manner. Since a Hall of Fame Award was not given last year, if there are two qualified recipients, we will recommend both.

We will make assignments at that meeting for soliciting nominations from the community and purchasing plaques and awards. Someone will be assigned to work with the conference committee on the check in process as well.

The digital camera that was purchased to record TASFAA history should be turned in to Candice Lindsey, as historian.

Association Activities & Resources Committee Report Courtney Adams

Courtney presented a written report to the Board. Her committee is planning a meeting for Feb. 19. One of her primary goals is to get the TRAINetwork better utilized.

Courtney also suggested that this committee might be better served by combining it with another, like the Communications Committee.

At 5:45, Lisa recessed the meeting to reconvene at 8:30 tomorrow morning.

****************************************************************************************************************************Announcement was made to meet in the lobby of the hotel at 6:20 to walk to Friday’s for dinner. Breakfast will begin at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, and we will be in the same room as today.

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Lisa reconvened the meeting at 8:36 a.m.

Early Awareness Committee Report Noe Ortega

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Noe provided the Board with a packet of information covering the restructuring and merging of this committee with the High School Partnership Committee. The information included their mission statement, goals, rationale, outcomes, methodology, organizational structure, membership list, and budget request summary.

Their deliverables include: TASFAA School Counselor Workbook, High School & Middle School College Awareness Lesson Plans for Educators, Early College Planning Power Point for Middle School & High School Students, “Train the Trainer” Workshop for Financial Aid Administrators, School Counselor Workshop Podcast and CD/DVD, and Promotional Posters & Postcards.

The committee created 3 separate subcommittees to facilitate these tasks: Training, Workbook, and Marketing.

Lisa requested that the subcommittee chairs not be labeled vice-chairs, as Rick should be selecting the vice-chairs for each committee.

Legislative Issues Jimmy Parker and George Torres

George submitted the following report, but was unable to attend. Jimmy reviewed the Reauthorization that was passed last week.

(What follows is subject to change)

The 2nd Session of the 110h Congress convened on January 15, 2008 and will be in session (days on which votes are taken) for only about 100 days. This is a shortened session because this is a General Election year for a new executive branch, all 435 House seats and 33 Senate seats (22 Republican).

The congressional landscape is centered around differences on several potential flashpoints – congressional oversight and checks and balances, the war on terror, privacy issues, immigration, lobby and campaign finance reform, spending priorities (in particular, entitlements), as well as a very partisan General Election season.

And the differences do not break strictly along Democratic and Republican lines. These overarching issues will impact this Session’s ability to pass any substantive legislation other than the 12 annual appropriations bills.

And next year, the 111th Congress (with anticipated larger majorities) will begin with another congressional election cycle and new administration facing the same, only larger, obstacles left by the current administration, e.g., war, budget deficits, a federal debt that will have increased from 5.6 trillion in 2001 to over $10 trillion by 2009, a weak economy and dollar, and a set of domestic issues that have festered for several years.

The entitlement spending debate is a stark contrast between two camps - many in the minority and the administration blame “uncontrolled spending” on entitlement programs as the root cause of the increasing national deficits and debt, while the Democrats and a group of moderates called the Republican Main Street Partnership (8 Senators and 51 House members), who have sided with Democrats on some issues, view increased spending since 2003, tax cuts, and lack of sound planning by the administration as among the primary causes of the record debt.

Since 2001, because of record tax cuts, 9/11, slow economy, the war on terror, and natural disasters, the choice of the 3 congresses that preceded the current 110 th was to force the annual federal appropriations and budget process to focus on controlling the growth of entitlement programs, e.g., Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and several smaller programs, e.g., the FFELP and FDLP, and reducing annual spending through the appropriations process, i.e., freezing appropriations and reducing spending through across-the-board reductions in many non-defense programs funded through discretionary appropriations.

It is expected that the priorities in the administration’s FY2009 budget submission will be a continuation of extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts beyond 2010, increasing spending and support for the military, and, controlling discretionary and mandatory (entitlement) spending not related to defense or homeland security.

The expected $2.8 - $3 trillion budget submission is expected to increase by 1% the current budget, with larger increases for the Defense Department and Homeland Security. For non-defense, non-homeland security discretionary spending (which includes federal student financial aid and related programs), the Administration’s FY2009 budget request will probably be less than FY2008, with reductions for spending for Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance, Food Stamps, and a handful of smaller Health and Human services programs, and termination of many programs.

With respect to the FFELP, the largest source of financial aid in Texas:

*the 109th and 110th Congresses made changes to the FFELP through a budget reconciliation process that resulted in about $50 billion in savings over a 5 year period. The first reconciliation savings in 2006 partially offset the costs of the 2001 and 2003 tax reductions. The second reconciliation savings in 2007 was applied entirely to produce record increases in the federal Pell Grant program, and other need-based student aid programs, for needy students and families.

*The administration will submit its FY2009 budget proposal to the congress in February. It is anticipated that it may include additional cost savings proposals for FFELP lenders and guarantors and that these will be incorporated into another budget reconciliation bill (along with some required major Medicare reform legislation).

*The Department of Education terminated the existing voluntary flexible agreements on January 1, 2008 and the congress has directed the Department to negotiate new agreements with the 5 guarantors by March 31, 2008 that address the reason (cost neutrality) that was cited by the Department for the terminations. TG is working with our partners and congressional offices to insure this process is completed and that the VFA program is reauthorized.

*Controversy over school and lender relationships, the growth (some would characterize as uncontrolled and unregulated growth) of the high cost private educational student loan market, and the declining fortunes of the largest player in the FFELP – the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) - are still on the congress’ radar and will continue to attract the congress’ and state legislatures’ scrutiny.

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*While the Congress is poised to finally complete the reauthorization of the HEA process, the above mentioned issues (The Sallie Mae debacle occurred during the congressional recess.) may impact the timing of final passage of a reauthorization bill. In any event, the issues will cause continuing debate about nature and size of the federal role in the provision of student loans.

*Both parties will push early in the 2nd session for a few major accomplishments they can take credit for during this election year. In addition to the successes to date under this Congress, e.g., implementation of the 911 Commission recommendations, increase in federal minimum wage, decreased student loan interest rates for a few years coupled with record increases in need-based student aid, both parties will push for something large like Medicare and Medicaid reform, limited Social security reform, CHIP reform, or an economic stimulus package of tax cuts and spending measures to shore up the dollar and create jobs.

Any of these will be a part of a budget reconciliation bill that can be acted upon in a shorter time than traditional legislation. A budget reconciliation bill may also provide a vehicle for other legislation (HEA reauthorization for example) to be passed in an expedited manner.

*Elections? The outcome of the 2008 elections will have little impact on the future of the FFELP and FDLP. The trend since 2003 has been to allow budget considerations to drive policy. The Republican presidential candidates have no position on these programs or higher education in general. Domestic education and health & human services are not traditional Republican issues. The Democratic candidates have all issued higher education proposals and they all propose to increase need-based program funding partially through savings taken from changes in the FFELP.

Essentially under a Republican administration and/or congress, a continuation of the 2001-2006 can be expected – level funding of the Title IV programs with continued annual proposals to squeeze additional funding from the FFELP (under the guise of “controlling entitlement spending)to offset increased spending on other priorities.

Under a Democratic administration and/or congress, 2007 serves as an example of what may be in store. Priorities will shift to domestic education, health & human services, and jobs. Increased funding will come first from offsets to existing programs and tax reform. For the FFELP, further reductions in support to provide increases to Title IV student aid programs will continue, coupled with legislation to improve the administration and oversight of the program and instill increased competition between the FFELP and FDLP.

*In a very real sense, the real challenges ahead for the FFELP and TG are within the program itself which are only marginally related to congressional activity. These include:

>The “Sallie Mae” factor which will reverberate throughout the FFELP and student loan program and, to a degree, the congress;>Increasing cohort default rates;>Increasing scrutiny, regulations, and reporting requirements relating to school and lender relationships for schools participating in the FFELP;>Reduction of lender participation and lender & guarantor-offered borrower benefits in the FFELP;>The leveling of the playing field between the FFELP and FDLP in the areas of oversight, school administrative burden, and borrower benefits available in the FDLP;>The increased marketing and reliance on expensive private educational student loans.

All of these points will contribute to institutions being more selective of the guarantor they use (cohort default rate) and/or which program they use (administrative burden, additional regulations – FFELP codes of conduct, additional state and federal oversight, and borrower benefits available in one program but not the other).

*The increasing use of private educational student loans will provide a basis for continued congressional study and reform in the federal student loan program.

These are the challenges facing the FFELP.

In summary, the congressional environment, and the direction this, and future, congresses may go, is uncertain, impacted by a volatile political election year and highly sensitive and emotional issues. While the Title IV student financial aid programs will continue, congressional support in the form of appropriations will depend on the economy, the war, administration and congressional priorities, which, in part, depends on the type and size of congressional majorities, and the general state and condition of the FFELP, its partners ability to promote and advocate for a healthy FFELP, and its perception by the public and congress. The FFELP will continue to be a target for “reform” and budget savings if another round of budget reconciliation is attempted this year.

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

The 81st Regular Session of the Texas Legislature will convene on January 13, 2009. However, the 55 House and Senate committees will shortly receive their “interim charges” from the House Speaker and Lieutenant Governor to conduct interim studies on selected topics. The House Higher Education Committee and Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Committee will include charges to study student financial aid and tuition

Additionally, as a result of the failed proposal to restructure the state’s student financial programs, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board was directed by the legislature to conduct a study concerning the same topic that includes the use of debit cards for financial aid, merging some state programs, requiring completion of the FAFSA for admission to a state institutions of higher education, indexing the amount of a TEXAS Grant to the cost of education rather than tuition and fees. This study is being conduced by the 21 member Texas Student Financial Aid Steering Committee (on which TG serves), the Governor’s Office, Legislative Budget Board, and Higher Education Insight Associates.

The final recommendations could potentially impact TG and the FFELP in that there may be proposals concerning expanding loan repayment programs.

Jimmy suggested that everyone look at the bills that have been proposed on Reauthorization and let him know if there is anything you would like to have addressed by Jimmy and/or George to the legislature.

Mentoring, Leadership & Diversity Committee Report Augustin Perez

No report was submitted, and Augustin has resigned. We will be looking at merging this committee with another.

Newsletter Committee Report Harold Whitis

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The Newsletter Committee has a great group of volunteers that include: Mariko Gomez of Texas State, Shannon Crossland of Texas Tech, Melet Leafgreen of TCU, Chris Elam of Campus Door, Tanya Vittitow of PPSLC, and Debbie Whitis of Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation. All volunteers who selected the Newsletter Committee are serving on the committee. Our charge is to provide articles to TASFAA members that are interesting and timely enough to be useful and informative.

Responsibilities have been divided so that everyone has a specific task to perform for each edition and usually someone on the committee to help. These assignments are in the table below. The newsletter articles in the past have usually fallen into these categories: President’s Letter, Committee Reports, a NASFAA column, and “Who is On the Move”. I have added Regulatory Issues, a TASFAA member focus, Professional Development, and Professional Judgment. We may not always have an article for every category and will change offerings every month as needed.

The ones I have selected are based on the survey instrument that Gomez orchestrated last year as Chairman of the Newsletter Committee. The survey respondents included 82% schools, 12% lenders, 2% guarantors, and 5% servicer members and 87% said that receiving the newsletter was important to them.

The most preferred articles were in this order (high to low): Financial aid issues Regulatory information Professional judgment articles Professional development articles TASFAA activities School colleague articles TASFAA committee articles TASFAA membership recognitions Lender partner articles Other association articles

The TASFAA Times is to be “for” and “about” the members of TASFAA. The committee will try to support that mission.

Member Category Assigned Harold President’s Letter, NASFAA, Committee ReportsTanya Committee ReportsShannon Professional JudgmentDebbie RegulatoryChris Who Is On The MoveGomez Financial Aid IssuesMelet TASFAA Member Focus, Professional DevelopmentMelet TASFAA Member Focus, Professional Development

The schedule for this year’s newsletter publication is the following:

Article Request Article Submission Deadline Publication TargetJanuary 8, 2008 January 18, 2008 January 30, 2008February 15, 2008 March 1, 2008 March 15, 2008May 15, 2008 June 1, 2008 June 15, 2008August 15, 2008 September 1, 2008 September 15, 2008

Here are my basic rules to live by in collecting articles and the standard by which they will be judged in determining if they will be included in the newsletter (unless we have limited articles to choose from).

Is the article relevant to TASFAA (for and about) Is it timely Is the author being given proper credit and do we have their permission Is it original or has it been published before (sometimes this is okay) Is the newsletter the proper outlet for the article

Try to include the following with every article: Any applicable pictures of the author or event Encourage creativity in the presentation Review for accuracy (content, names and titles of members, etc)

PROGRESS

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The first newsletter was published on January 30 2008 as scheduled. This edition of the newsletter featured articles on TASFAA news, member news, industry articles, and training opportunities in the following articles: President's Message from Lisa BlazerSWASFAA Delegate Report from Raul Lerma TASFAA Member Focus on D'Mon Peeples of TCU by Melet LeafgreenWho Is On The Move by Chris ElamService In an Era of Change by Desiree Kornrum-Byrne The Regulatory Jungle by Debbie Whitis Schlarship & Grant Search Tips by Cynthia Mayberry Do-Not-Call Registry by Justin Draeger of NASFAA We Held Hands In School by Mona Ghuman Professional Development by Melet Leafgreen Regional Training by Melet Leafgreen

REQUEST

The TASFAA Board and Committee Chairs are truly those who understand the needs of the membership and have information that members want and need. When the call for articles is published on the list-serve, I implore you to provide timely information to the membership via the newsletter. This means that you have to think ahead. If your committee has an upcoming event or has just completed one, share the information with the membership. When you have an event, take pictures and forward them to any committee member. The success of the newsletter depends on the efforts of many.

Public Relations Committee Report

Mike Hall submitted the following report:

The PR Committee is requesting TASFAA Board approval on the 2007 Annual Report, as well as guidance on other annual report related items listed below.

Items the PR Committee is submitting for Board approval:1. Approval of submitted 2007 TASFAA Annual report 2. Approval of the total number of copies to print to distribute to school administrators and legislative representatives 3. Approval to post the 2007 TASFAA Annual report on the www.TASFAA.org website

David noted that the annual report does not have the word Student in Texas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrations on the back, and TASFAA is not spelled out on the cover. Lisa noted that the report she submitted was not the training report, but instead a Regional Training report. Raul noted that he was left off the 20 year service award list. Kathy will get with Mike and have him make the appropriate changes.

The conversation of who the reports are to be distributed to ensued. College/University Presidents and Chancellors, Texas Legislature Committees, Texas Delegates (Federal), TASFAA Partners (DOE, Guarantors, etc), Regional State Presidents for a total of about 350. It was suggested that we get 500 printed. The report will be on the TASFAA website.

David made a motion to accept the annual report as corrected, to have 500 copies printed, and approval to post it to the website. Raul seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

Regional Spring Training Committee Report Diana Martinez Lisa is working with Diana as co-chair. Diana was unable to attend the meeting. They are combining the Regional Training with Decentralized Training. Lisa presented the following report:

Training Topic: NASFAA’s Counseling Students and Families: Tackling Financial Issues

Locations:February 27, 2008 Houston Lee CollegeFebruary 28, 2008 Dallas Tarrant Co Community College NortheastFebruary 29, 2008 San Antonio University of the Incarnate WordMarch 5, 2008 Corpus Christi Delmar CollegeMarch 6, 2008 Plano Collin Co Community CollegeMarch 13, 2008 Lubbock Lubbock Christian UniversityMarch 14, 2008 San Angelo Angelo State UniversityMarch 14, 2008 El Paso El Paso Community CollegeMarch 26, 2008 Harlingen TX State Technical College-HarlingenMarch 27, 2008 Waco TX State Technical College-Waco

Trainers:Sharon Mullins; Tanya Vittitow; Jessie McCoy; Lisa Blazer; Wesley Vanderburg; Cristen Alicea; Desiree Kornrum; Lyn Wheeler; Lea Davidson; Diana Martinez; Veronica Cano; Chandra Westervelt; Pam Shuttlesworth; Clarissa Peereboom

Costs: Training Fee = $20; NASFAA Materials = $52

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Asking for each location to keep the cost of food to approximately $15 per person for the day. The remaining $5 will cover a portion of the travel and materials required for training.

Registration: Online registration is now available on the TASFAA website

Scholarship Committee DeCha Reid

The TASFAA Scholarship committee plans to have a conference call on 2/13/08 to discuss the following: 1. Purpose of the committee2. Upcoming commitments3. Proposed Calendar

4. Review the Scholarship Application Our goal is to announce the scholarship application for the NAOW on-line by 2/18/08. All updates about the scholarship and the TASFAA Committee members will be done by 2/13/08. I proposed for the Board to approve the budget for the scholarship committee.

Site Selection Committee Report Marcie Beasley

Marcie submitted the following report:

The primary goal of the Site Selection Committee is to anticipate the needs of the TASFAA membership under the guidance of the TASFAA Board of Directors. With this understanding the Committee will research and develop the tools to solicit, review and recommend potential future training sites for the Fall Conference, New Aid Officers Workshop and other opportunities as deemed necessary by the TASFAA Board of Directors.

A RFP was sent via the TASFAA list serve on October 31, 2007, for a new location for the New Aid Officers Workshop for 2009-2011. At this point in time no responses have been received. St. Mary’s signed a one year only contract to house the workshop for 2008.

The committee objectives regarding the TASFAA Fall Conference, include, but are not limited to:

-recommending suitable fall conference sites-obtain reasonable rates and accommodations for all attendees,-easy access from all parts of the state, and-assisting other committees in accomplishing their goals.

The committee met in Dallas on February 8 to determine committee responsibilities and develop a plan of action for the solicitation of multi-year RFP’s for New Aid Officers Workshop and the 2012 TASFAA Fall Conference. The committee plans another meeting in March.

Without having a response to the RFP, we discussed keeping NAOW at St. Mary’s. It was suggested that the committee get a contract proposal from St. Mary’s for another 2- 3 years and bring it back to the Board for review.

We also discussed whether or not we really need to pursue a contract for 2012 Fall Conference. It was decided to keep that pursuit on hold for now.

SWAFAA Report Raul Lerma/Lyn Wheeler

Raul submitted the following his final report as our SWASFAA delegate. Lyn Wheeler took over that role in January 2008.Her report follow’s Rauls.

As the out going delegate at large to SWASFAA, I would like to thank TASFAA for the opportunity to have served in this capacity for the last two years. I have met and made new friends in the region from which I have learned much and come to understand that we are different yet, so much alike. The financial aid “family” indeed does not recognize any borders. Special thanks also go to Jacqueline LaChapelle from Louisiana State University at Eunice for a great year. I want to sincerely wish my successor Lyn Wheeler from Angelo State University and incoming SWASFAA president David Page from Philander Smith College in Arkansas the very best.

SWASFAA held its annual conference in Austin Texas from December 12th – 14th. SWASFAA’s “Boot Camp” was held prior to the conference with approximately 90 attendees. Over 315 persons attended the conference whose theme was Dream Weavers: Weaving the Dreams of Today and Tomorrow! Vince Papale the Philadelphia football player who is the inspiration for the Disney movie “Invincible” was our featured speaker at the opening general session. It was also very nice to hear Dallas Martin speak on the following day. He will be missed. The conference program was packed with many relevant interest sessions ranging from “Ethics and Developing your Preferred Lender List” to the latest on the new ACG & SMART Grant rules. Thank you Louise Strauser, conference chair and Santa Garza, local arrangements and your crews for a great conference. The 2008 conference will be in Little Rock, Arkansas in December.

Highlights from the SWASFAA Board Meeting:

*Outgoing president Jackie Lachapelle again stressed to the Board that “…we need to remember that there is no them vs. us. The lenders are our partners and our students need student loans. So relationships between schools and lenders are important.”

*SWASFAA was Dallas Martin’s last conference. He spoke on Thursday morning.*Arkansas plans to go to one conference per year.

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*Louisiana conducted Decentralized Training via video conference – over 100 members viewed the training.*Exhibitor fee for lenders at conferences will b $2,500. Lenders may participate on committees but may not chair them.*Joyce Eldridge resigned as president of NMASFAA in November and Darlene Ellinger, President Elect has taken over the position.*Members discussed the possibility of NMASFAA disbanding due to the lack of assistance from the membership to serve on the Board and

committees. A vote passed unanimously to retain the association.*The SWASFAA Boot Camp attendance increased this year to approximately 90 attendees.*Need to provide SWASFAA information on TASFAA events for the web site.*Judi Sears, chair of the Decentralized Training Committee, discussed her concern with training of the trainers being done by the web. She felt it

was not satisfactory. For example questions weren’t taken during the training. No one in the SWASFAA region was able to access the feedback website afterwards. Everyone felt that they were self-trained.

*It did save the association a lot of money, but was not worth it. Judi has shared her comments with Connie McCormack at NASFAA.*Long Range Planning continues with the main goals being: Training/Professional Development; Communication; Leadership Development;

and Finances Concerning site selection, due to the changes in possible revenue, it was suggested the association might not want to have

contracts more than 3 years ahead.*There was discussion on having the conference in February. Louisiana would have a problem with Mardi Gras. A suggestion was made to put

together a task force to look into this.*An email went out on the listservs to get information for the database to determine how long members have been in the financial aid profession. Please make certain this is kept up to date.*SWASFAA has a very nice new service pin.*The Professional Development Scholarship has been renamed the Logan Ware Professional Development Scholarship in honor of Mr. Ware

who was SWASFAA’s first president and pioneer of the association.

With all the new challenges our profession will be facing in the upcoming years it is now more important than ever to be aware of what our colleagues are doing and using their knowledge, and experience to help us handle these challenges. In unity there is strength, therefore, I encourage everyone to please

consider volunteering for SWASFAA committees and join SWASFAA if your institution is currently not a member. Please visit the web site at www.swasfaa.org for more information on how you can help.

Lyn attended the SWASFAA Board meeting. The topics in that meeting were basically the same as what we have discussed today. Their conference will be in Little Rock in the Peabody Hotel. Fall 2008 Decentralized Training will cover Reauthorization if it is completed.

New & Unfinished Business

Kathy mentioned that those who can get reimbursed for your meals from TASFAA and didn’t get your meal last night covered, please attach that expense to your TASFAA reimbursement form and send it to Tia.

Rick asked David to serve as a member of the Finance Committee.

Rick distributed a Proposed Operating Budget that included a $243,000 Total Income. Lisa noted that Fall Decentralized Training Fees and Spring Regional Training Fees were listed in the income lines, but that only one fee would apply to both, and that the fee would be $20, bringing the total income to $205,500.

Rick recommended the following changes to committees:1) Legislative Issues Committee be moved to a Board function rather than committee 2) Associate Member Relations be combined with Fall Conference3) Associate Activities & Resources be combined with Communications Network4) High School Partnership be combined with Awareness Committee5) Public Relations be combined with Communications Network6) Regional Training be combined with Training

Lisa suggested that the Mentoring, Leadership, and Diversity Committee might merge with the Membership Committee, as a topic for discussion.

Rick’s proposal was for the conference fee to be set at $225. However, after looking at the adjustments, a deficit of over $70,000 remained. So it was suggested that be increased to $250 for the fee, with a $100 late fee for after the deadline. Several people were very opposed to raising the fee to $250, and felt more comfortable with $225. With a conference fee of $225, it leaves us with a deficit of $60,900. A suggestion to not have an opening luncheon, but to offer heavier afternoon snacks was made.

Lyn stated opposition to the consolidation of Regional Training with Training and others agreed.

Rick made a motion to adopt the budget as amended, with a deficit of $58,400 to be paid from reserves. And, that these committee adjustments be included:

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Legislative Issues Committee be moved to a Board function rather than committee Associate Member Relations be combined with Fall ConferenceAssociate Activities & Resources be combined with Communications NetworkHigh School Partnership be combined with Awareness CommitteePublic Relations be combined with Newsletter CommitteeMentoring, Leadership, and Diversity becomes a function of the Membership Committee

The fees will be $225 Conference fee with $100 late fee. ABC Workshop will be $50, and Regional Training Fee will be $20, and NAOW will be $425 Single, $400 Double, $275 Commuter, and the late fee for NAOW will remain at $25.

Kathy seconded. Motion carried unanimously.

Lisa asked for further unfinished or new business.

Lisa reminded us that committee chairs and vice-chairs are being worked on by Lisa and Rick. Rick will send the information out by email once the selections are completed.

At 11:15 a.m., Lisa adjourned the meeting.

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FY08 Budget approved by TASFAA Board on 02-13-2008

Account Description FY07 Actual FY07 Budget $ Over /Under Budget

FY08 Budget Request

FY08 Adopted Budget

           

INCOME          

Fall Conference Fees-Current YR 86,741.

00 106,750.

00 (20,009.0

0) 112,500.00

112,500.00 500@$225/late + $100

Fall Conference Fees-Prior YR 2,240.

00 -

(2,240.00)

2,500.00

2,500.00

Investment Revenue 2,664.

00 3,000.

00 (336.

00) 2,000.00

2,000.00

Membership Dues 24,700.

00 26,000.

00 (1,300.

00) 24,000.00

24,000.00

ABC Workshop Fees ? 1,400.

00 -

3,500.00

3,500.00 70@$50

Fall Decentralized Training Fees 17,792

.00 6,000.

00 11,79

2.00 20,500.00

20,500.00 400@$20 + 250@$50

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New Aid Officers Workshop Fees ? 40,000.

00 -

43,000.00

43,000.00

400/425;375/400;250/275 + late $25

Spring Regional Training Fees ? 20,000.

00 -

-

-

Miscellaneous ? 6,625.

00 -

-

-

Total Workshops, Fall and Spring Training and Other 44,662.00 74,025.00 (29,363.00) 67,000.00 67,000.00

Vendor Contribution 102,705.

00 145,000.

00 (42,295.

00) -

-

Fall Conference ? -

-

-

-

New Aid Officers Workshop ? -

-

-

-

Newsletter ? -

-

-

-

Regional Training Sessions 16,150

.00 -

16,150.00

-

-

Total Vendor Contribution 102,705.00 145,000.00 (42,295.00) - -

Total Income 263,712.00 354,775.00 (95,543.00) 208,000.00 208,000.00

   

EXPENSES          

Administrative          

Board of Directors (incl: Legislative Issues) 31,268.

00 40,000.

00 (8,732.

00) 25,000.00

25,000.00

Travel  

Past President 451

.00 750

.00 (299.

00) 1,000.00

1,000.00

President 5,679.

00 9,000.

00 (3,321.

00) 2,600.00

2,600.00

President Elect 4,377.

00 4,000.

00 377

.00 4,500.00

4,500.00

Rookie of the Year (Trailblazer Award) 1,723

.00 2,500.

00 (777

.00) 2,500.00

2,500.00

Total Travel 12,230.00 16,250.00 (4,020.00) 10,600.00 10,600.00

Stipend-Secretary 2,200.

00 2,400.

00 (200.

00) 400.00

400.00

Stipend-Treasurer 3,850.

00 4,200.

00 (350.

00) 4,200.00

4,200.00

Stipend-Treasurer's Assistant -

1,000.00

(1,000.00)

-

-

Total Stipends 6,750.00 7,600.00 (850.00) 4,600.00 4,600.00

President's Discretionary 589.

00 2,050.

00 (1,461

.00) 2,000.00

2,000.00

Equipment and Supplies -

-  

-

-

Suspense 1,074

.00 -

1,074.00

-

-

Committee Expenses          

Standing Committees          

Fall Conference (incl: AMR) 1,01

7.00 6,000.

00 (4,983.

00) 6,000.00

6,000.00

Finance 500.

00 (500.

00) 250.00

250.00

Membership (incl: MLDI) 500.

00 (500.

00) 1,500.00

1,500.00

Nominations and Elections 750

.00 1,000.

00 (250.

00) 250.00

250.00

Training 1,27

1.00 3,000.

00 (1,729.

00) 3,000.00

3,000.00

Other Committees          

Awareness and Partnership Development (incl: HSP) 453

.75 2,000.

00 (1,546

.25) 1,500.00

1,500.00

Awards 500.00

500.00

Communications Network (incl: AAR) 1,000.00

1,000.00

Constitution and Bylaws 500.

00 (500.

00) 100.00

100.00

Mentoring, Leadership & Diversity Initiative (combine w/Membership) 585

.45 1,000.

00 (414

.55)    

Newsletter (incl: Public Relations) 580.

00 1,500

.00 (920.

00) 2,000.00

2,000.00

Scholarship -

1,000.00

(1,000.00)

500.00

500.00

Site Selection 750

.00 (750.

00) 750.00

750.00

Regional Training 750

.00 (750.

00) 2,000.00

2,000.00

Associate Member Relations (combine w/Fall Conf)   2,000.

00 (2,000.

00)    

Association Activities and Resources (combine w/Communications Network

636.51

2,000.00

(1,363.49)    

HS Partnership Comm (combine w/Awareness) 583.

92 5,000.

00 (4,416.

08)    

Legislative Issues (move to Board) 4,51

4.51 5,000.

00 (485.

49)    

Public Relations (combine w/ Newsletter) 234 5,500. (5,265.    

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.18 00 82)

Operational Expenses          

ATAC/Web Site Maintenance 4,435.

00 10,000.

00 (5,565.

00) 5,000.00

5,000.00

ATAC/Newsletter 900.

00 1,500

.00 (600.

00) 1,600.00

1,600.00

ATAC/Electronic Voting 1,000.00

1,000.00

Annual Report Printing 2,250.00

2,250.00

Fall Conference-Current Year 93,574.

00 110,000.

00 (16,426.

00) 100,000.00

100,000.00

Fall Conference-Prior Year   1,000.

00 (1,000.

00) -

-

Regional Training (incl: NASFAADecentralized) 24,895.

00 22,000.

00 2,895.

00 33,000.00

33,000.00

High School Partnership Trng 7,000.00

(7,000.00)

5,000.00

5,000.00

Legislative Reception   2,500.

00 (2,500.

00) -

-

Mack Adams Scholarship 13,731

.00 30,000.

00 (16,269.

00) 15,000.00

15,000.00

Planning & Evaluation 693.

00 500.

00 193

.00 750.00

750.00

Regional Spring Training 14,326.

00 20,950.

00 (6,624.

00) -

-

Service Awards 17

5.00 1,250

.00 (1,075

.00) 1,250.00

1,250.00

TPACC Committee -

-

-

-

-

Training-NAOW/ABC 31,169

.00 42,000.

00 (10,831.

00) 38,000.00

38,000.00

Uncategorized Expenses 2,000.

00 (2,000.

00) 2,000.00

2,000.00

Total Expenses 246,435.32 354,600.00 (108,164.68) 266,400.00 266,400.00

Net Income 17,276.68 175.00   (58,400.00) (58,400.00)

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