Present: Kimberly Brown, Kate Bruffett, Kathie Sindt, Kristen diNovi, Karen Law (for Bill Elliott), Linda Bradbury, Carolyn Quinci, Babs Mowrey, Sean Bridgen, Stephen Pajewski, Sandy Waters

State Reports

New Jersey : Linda Bradbury, the new state rep for NJ, reported that 140 people attended the June 7, 2007 Drive-In conference at Rider University . Jane Oats was the keynote speaker and a panel presentation on the changes in transfer policies statewide was a highlight. The next drive-in will be May 8, 2008 at William Patterson University .

Virginia : Kim reported that there were not enough registrations to hold the Drive-In in the state this year and that Virginia State University in Richmond , VA is interested in hosting a drive-in. This location is more central in the state and may attract more people. Sandra Evans from VSU is interested in chairing the event and the state’s coordinating committee will be involved. The next VA State rep will be asked to work with Sandra to coordinate this event.

DC : The DC Drive-In had a great attendance. Kate Bruffet is organizing a mini-Drive In December 12 for which 60 people have registered. The event will be centered around the NACADA Webinar on Technology, scheduled for that date. The next DC Drive-In is set for Feb. 22 at George Washington University . Jenny Bloom, NACADA President, will be the keynote speaker. Because the 22 nd is George Washington’s birthday, the event will be centered around “presidents.”

PA- East: Kristen reported that 125 people attended the drive-in on Nov. 9 and they cleared $500. The give-aways were “green” and everyone enjoyed the environmentally-friendly recycled bags. The next drive-in is set for Nov. 7, 2008 at Leigh High Carbon University . Susan Fread has agreed to host.

Maryland : Karen reported that with Maryland hosted the national conference, the volunteers from Region 2 were a great help in making it a success. She also stated that the Picture with the Pirate (Bill Elliott), raised about $800 for a Baltimore charity. The next Maryland drive-in will be at UMBC, but a date has not been selected.

Liaison Reports

Awards: Kathie reported that the student travel grant application deadline is in February 2008 and that Janine will be the point of contact for the applicants so that membership and conference fees are paid first. Six nominees were submitted for the region awards (a slight increase over last year). We are still going to push for more nominees and try to streamline the application process by submitting them on-line and without the nominee being involved in the process so that it will be a surprise. With an on-line process, the award deadline can be pushed to December 15. It was suggested that, to get more members involved in the process, that the past award winners can serve as reviewers for the next year. It was also recommended that we change the Service to Region award so that members of the steering committee can be nominated since we have not had a nominee in that category for a number of years. This way the steering committee can nominate someone. We added a new award to honor leaders on our campuses who support and promote the mission of academic advising. The Jeff Gardner Award is going to be processed through Linda Lantaff this year, but in the future, the awards committee will coordinate that process as well. It was also recommended that the awards remuneration be increased to $400 from $200 (note: national approved $350 so that the amount is not more than the national awards).

Member Career Services: Kathie discussed offering a session at the region conference directed toward explaining what services are offered by Member Career Services and what members can do to help their careers evolve. She also mentioned the NACADA Career Corner and website.

Site Selection : Mike visited Dover Downs for the 2009 Delaware conference. Suggested dates are March 10-14. He will work with the newly elected site selection liaison to finish the arrangements. Future Regional Conferences are planned for: Atlantic City 2010, Western VA 2011, MD 2012, Northern NJ 2013, Eastern PA 2014, Eastern VA 2015.

Tour of Hotel Facilities

The Committee toured the facilities of the Sheraton Station Square .

Regional Representative Report

The national organization is soliciting members to step up to be mentors for the Emerging Leaders Program. Seasoned advisors are asked to submit information through the website.

We are being reminded to keep our two strategic planning goals in mind as we develop programs.

Discussion about contacting institutions who do not have members in our region resulted in asking the national office if we can circulate the membership list to the state reps for review.

It was decided that we will host a reception for region 2 members immediately following the region meeting at the national conference in Chicago . Sandy will make the arrangements for the reception.

Budget Review

We drafted the budget for the 2008 year. The major adjustment was to increase the award amounts to $400 and to add funding for a new award to recognize those at our institutions who support academic advising but may not be members of NACADA. The purpose is to encourage leaders at our institutions to attend a regional conference. We also set aside $1000 for the regional reception to be held at the national conference.

Conference Registration:

Steve, Babs, and Sean updated the committee on plans for the conference in Pittsburgh (April, 2008). The registration information is as follows:

Call for Proposals :

The deadline for proposal submission is December 15, 2007.

Conference Schedule:

The conference schedule was finalized as follows:

Day 1, Wednesday, April 16, 2008

10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.   Registration begins

11:00 a.m. -- 12:30 p.m. Guided tour of city of Pittsburgh

2:00 – 6:00 p.m.             Pre-Conference Workshops

5:00 -- 6:00 p.m.             Advising mentor program reception (including graduate student attendees)

                                     First-time NACADA attendees meeting

6:00 p.m.                       Dinner on your own

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.      Opening Reception w/refreshments, music, prizes

Day 2, Thursday, April 17, 2008

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Registration continues

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.          Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:45 a.m.           Concurrent Session 1

10:00 – 11:15 a.m.        Concurrent Session 2

11:15 – 11:30 a.m.        Break (beverage and snack)

11:30 – 12:45 a.m.        Concurrent Session 3

1:00 – 2:45 p.m.            Luncheon with keynote address

3:00 – 4:15 p.m.           Concurrent Session 4

4:30 – 5:00 p.m.           State Meetings

5:30– 7:00 p.m.           Cocktails & Conversation, with second keynote address

Dinner on your own   

Day 3, Friday, April 18, 2008

School Spirit Day - wear a shirt or pin with your school name on it.

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.     Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.   Concurrent Session 5

10:30 – 11:45 a.m.  Concurrent Session 6

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.    Closing Plenary Group Session (includes light buffet)

1:00 p.m.                 Conference Ends

**Hotel checkout is 12:00 p.m.**

Conference Budget

The conference budget was approved.

Meeting Adjourned