Fall 2000 Commission Meeting

    There were approximately 75 people in attendance at the Commission business meeting in Orlando. The first half of the meeting was spent going over the Commission business and the second half of the meeting was spent in small groups, brainstorming ideas for the ATS web site.

I. Commission Update
    A. Fall 2000 Report
    B. Sponsored Programs
    C. Monograph a "GO!"
        * Tom Kerr and Peggy King gave an update on the status of the monograph. Most of the
        authors are on board and we are shooting to have the writing complete by October 2001.
        An outline of the monograph is forthcoming. The monograph group met while everyone
        else was doing web brainstorming.
    D. Action Team Chairs
        *Kristin is still looking for feedback and volunteers to serve on a steering committee for
        the Commission
    E. Commission Fair
        *This year, the planning committee for the national conference, included a Commission and
        Interest Group Fair on the agenda. Each commission and interest group had a table and
        presented information on their commission. The ATS Commission passed out notepads
        and signed people up for the list serve. Larry Ottinger (Region 5), Caron Daugherty (Region
        7), and Donna Ziel (Region 9) helped Kristin man the table. Over 200 people stopped by
        for information and to sign up for the list serve.

II. Region Updates
    A. Region Roundtables a success!
        * Nine out of the ten regions of NACADA held roundtable sessions led by the Commission
        Liaisons to the Regions. Most of them were very well attended and all had lively discussions
        of the issues that we deal with as advisors to transfer students.
    B. Issues that came up in the regions:
        * A need for a directory of transfer advisors (this will go on the web page)
        * Expert Resources or "Best Practices" section for web page
        * A need for better communication between 2 and 4 year schools
        * Articulation or transfer workshops
        * More time for collaboration and ANSWERS!

III. Action Teams
        * Transfer Credit Issues
        * Transfer Student Orientation/ Transition Programs
        * Technological Resources
        * Transfer Student Groups with Special Needs
        * Assessment of Transfer Student Issues
        * Discipline Based Transfer Student Advising

IV. Web Site Ideas
        A summary of the group notes from the web site brainstorming will go out on the list serve and posted here, once it is finished.