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June 30, 2009
National Career Development Association
Board of Directors Meeting
June 30, 2009 - St. Louis, MO
MINUTES
Present: President Judy Hoppin, President-Elect Pat Schwallie-Giddis, Past President Darrell Luzzo, Trustee-at-Large Alberto Puertas, Western Trustee Charles Lehman, Trustee-at-Large Rebecca Dedmond, Governing Council Representative Spencer Niles, Treasurer Roger Lambert, Southern Trustee Natalie Kauffman, Midwest Trustee Brian Taber, North Atlantic Trustee Carol Dahir, Executive Director Deneen Pennington. Cheri Butler serving as acting Secretary.
Absent: Linda Kobylarz
Guests: Incoming Board members Ron Cathey, Cheri Butler, Marsha Boettger.
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Meeting called to order at 8:00 AM CDT (Hoppin)
Welcome (Hoppin)
Roll Call (Butler) Quorum established
Approval of May Board Meeting Minutes (Butler)
Motion #1
Move to approve the NCDA Board of Directors Meeting minutes for May 7, 2009.
Moved by: Kauffman
Seconded by: Luzzo
Motion passed: 10-0
Approval of Agenda (Hoppin)
Motion #2
Move to accept agenda as amended.
Moved by: Schwallie-Giddis
Seconded by: Niles
Motion passed: 10-0.
Membership Report (Pennington)
May 2009 membership report shows NCDA having 4611 members.
Treasurer's and Budget Report (Lambert)
Motion #3
Move to accept amended budget
Moved by: Kauffman
Seconded by: Schwallie-Giddis
Motion passed: 10 - 0
Discussion ensued regarding income from CDF.
Fiscal Year End Report (Pennington)
OLD BUSINESS
1. Executive Director Review (Hoppin)
Motion #4
Move to go into Executive Session
Moved by: Luzzo
Seconded by: Dedmond
Motion passed: 10-0
Board member comments will be included in the Executive Director's performance review.
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Pennington leaves the meeting.
Motion #5
Move to go out of Executive Session
Moved by: Niles
Seconded by: Dahir
Motion passed: 10-0
Pennington returns to the meeting.
2. Research Committee Request (Lehman)
Background: Received two proposals and task force (Luzzo, Niles, Lehman, and Lambert) determined no funding.
Lehman presents research project proposal - a literature search of recent literature to demonstrate the positive role of career counseling and development for the 3 NCDA initiatives.
Niles reports that Ed Herr is conducting a similar literature review with a Doctoral student. Question was asked regarding soliciting only students as there might be others (non-students) who would be interested in this research. Niles suggests that collaboration should be encouraged. Research Committee, including new chair, will reconvene to discuss next steps and further clarify direction.
No motion at this time.
3. Pilot Program for NYIT/NCDA Co-Sponsoring of CDF Course and Offerings at other Universities/Schools (Dahir)
Background: At the last meeting, the Board approved a co-sponsorship of a CDF Course for the United Federation of Teachers, New York City Teacher Center. This training will be co-sponsored by the NY Technology Institute and NCDA because of the difficulty Master Trainers have with securing this business as a private practitioner. NCDA's
non-profit status makes this collaboration possible. Discussion ensued regarding this collaboration which was approved at the last Board meeting. While this opportunity does benefit the Master Trainer who is in the NY area (and who brought this situation to NCDA's attention), a concern was voiced by others on the NCDA Registry that this opportunity may appear that NCDA is competing against private practitioners who teach CDF courses. It was stated that there is an adequate number of niche markets available to accommodate everyone. NCDA's role should be to assist those teaching CDF to pursue markets that they alone can't secure. NCDA could serve as a clearinghouse for work and open doors to markets that may otherwise not be possible. There will be established a quality review process for any proposed training. Instructor would have to be on CDFI registry. The CDF Advisory Council will be involved in establishing guidelines. NYIT/NCDA pilot will be conducted this fall.
4. Nominations and Elections Process (Luzzo)
List or candidates presented. Additional candidates can be nominated from the floor at the annual membership meeting. Process includes narrowing down slate to 2 nominees for each position - currently Trustee-at-Large position only one with more than 2 candidates. Two members of next year's nominating committee will be nominated from the floor at the annual membership meeting.
5. School Counselor Resources/Products (Dahir)
Leadership Academy participants Paulette Schenck and Tina Anctil wrote a report on School Counselors' Roles and Perceptions of Career Development. Their report shows a gap of professional development in area of career counseling for school counselors. Low achieving students continuously receive the least amount of career guidance. Less than 20% of a school counselor's time is spent in career guidance activities. Resources need to be available. Executive summary of the report will be sent to ASCA. See recommendations on the written report provided by these participants. This report will be sent on to the new Professional Development Chair when identified for the next year.
Motion #6
Move to send the Schenck/Anctil LA Report to the Professional Development Committee for future consideration.
Moved by: Dahir
Seconded by: Schwallie-Giddis
Motion Passed: 10-0
6. Future Planning Concepts (Hoppin)
With the financially challenges of the last year, NCDA has held many expenditures until the economy can rebound. We, as a board, must think innovatively with new initiatives. Board needs more input from membership. Establish an advisory group? Can we do things in different way? Make moves to help NCDA remain financially sound. We need input from workforce development professionals and employers.
7. Direction for PDC/Publishing Plans for FY 09-10 (Lambert)
Costs are always of concern. Seven of NCDA's own publications have made money. (Counselor's Guide over $100,000 net in the past). Nine books in inventory have not produced any income to date. Several have been published recently and a few were published with the understanding that they are historical and would not yield big sales. PDC will produce a formal report to present to the Board. Publications are moving to electronic formats. Board needs to be aware of these changes. Electronic forms of monographs. Sell subscriptions? Monographs were intended to be brief, topical and usable information. They have not necessarily met the format intended. Originally thought a monograph could be published for $2500 - actual cost $6000. The original plan was not to use an editor for the monographs however, that was not possible. Do we need to streamline this process with more stringent guidelines to reduce costs? It was stated that the work of an editor is critical to a quality product. There are many different formats to use - laminated cards, job aids, inexpensive. NACE produces quality and inexpensive resources. CAPT produces useful tools. Do we need to revisit royalties to authors? We need to provide how to's for our members. Outsourcing publications distribution?
8. NBCC Intl/CCE Agreement (Hoppin and Pennington)
NBCC Intl/CCE has asked for a delay in signing the MOU due to legal issues on their end. In the meantime, NCDA has moved forward with collaborations in other countries. It is the Board's intention to continue its work and not include NBCC Intl/CCE in meetings where pertinent decisions and contract negotiations are in process.
9. International Collaborations and Future Plans
- Task Force Update (Puertas). Is the membership of NCDA ready to support international collaborations? Survey was performed by Leadership Academy members - 296 responses. The main question included: Does NCDA have a mission to spread Career Development internationally?
- We have an excellent CDF product. We should spread this information. We can realize revenue with this product.
- Logistics - How much involvement do we want? Marketing recommendations - templates for contracts. 3-5 year strategy. Objectives. Use retired members to perform services and market? Hire a person to focus on this project. How can we get into a nation to collaborate? Much opportunity!
- Update on Qatar (Pennington) Training will conclude this fall.
- Update on Egypt/IFY Discussions: (Pennington) Discussion with Jordan are going forward. Discussion with Egypt will moving forward as well. A meeting with IYF is scheduled during the conference.
- Update on Oman (Pennington) members of the board will meet with colleagues from Oman during the conference
- Update on JCDA: (Hoppin) Hired a curriculum developer for a supervisor class. Both contractor and JCDA will host a meeting with NCDA later in at the conference.
- Peru (Luzzo) Met with Universities and Youth groups for discussions. Interest in a Peruvian Career Development Association to be housed at University of Lima. Opportunity to provide guidance to a developing country. Good will and opportunity to generate revenue?
- General Discussion - do we need to survey the membership regarding cost/revenue for these projects? What have we learned from our successes thus far. What has worked? Do we align with the State Department via Economic Development agencies. We need to position ourselves as the "experts" with a business plan. Do we need a consistent spokesperson? If we hire someone, how do we pay for it? Judy will continue next year to oversee these initiatives. Are the Board members spending money and time resources on international efforts at the expense of the states? Can we do both? Do we need to share our successes including income with the membership? Are we doing enough for our states? Are we funding the headquarters staff for these efforts - at the moment we are not. We will support the process of forming a Peruvian CDA. (no motion)
NEW BUSINESS
10. Conference Review/Activities (Pennington)
11. Collaborative Meeting (Lambert)
A National Collaborative Meeting was held June 6th in DC sponsored by The Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; the National Center for Public Policy Development at Penn State University and Institute of Educational Leadership-Washington DC. Fourteen groups with lobbyists attended. There was interest in possibly forming a type of NOICC/SOICC organization. Will continue this work. NCDA took a lead role in this important meeting - these groups have not been together in over 8 years. Next thing to do? Longitudinal study perhaps?
Announcements
Meeting Adjournment
Motion #7
Move to adjourn.
Moved by: Niles
Seconded by: Puertas
Motion passed: 10-0
Meeting adjourned 12:15 PM CDT.
Respectfully submitted,
Cheri Butler, Acting Secretary
