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December 1, 2011
To: CoSIDA Membership
Fr: Tom Di Camillo, 2011-12 CoSIDA President; John Humenik, Executive Director; Barb Kowal, Director of External Affairs; and Will Roleson, Director of Internal Operations
Re: Recap of CoSIDA Board of Directors and divisional leadership updates and initiatives for the month of November
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, and had the opportunity to spend quality time with family and friends. We know this is a most busy part of the year for our profession and our membership, yet we hope you will take the time to review this monthly newsletter so that you are aware of important CoSIDA matters.
The entire CoSIDA Board and its various divisional leadership groups also wish you a most joyous holiday season.
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2012 CoSIDA Special Awards deadline approaching: Jan. 31, 2012 - Please nominate deserving candidates!
· Special Awards Chair Tam Flarup (Wisconsin) reminds the membership that nominations for CoSIDA's Special Awards program are open year-round. Please review the various awards HERE and nominate deserving CoSIDA members, media members and CoSIDA advocates for these distinguished honors. The deadline for the 2012 awards, which will be presented at the June St. Louis CoSIDA Convention, is Jan. 31, 2012. |
Continuing Education
· Third Vice President Eric McDowell (Union- N.Y.) coordinates our continuing education initiatives this year. If you have ideas or want to coordinate a session, please contact him at mcdowele@union.edu. · NewTek, CoSIDA's official continuing education video archive provider, is making available this fall/early winter several taped sessions from the Marco Island CoSIDA Convention from this past June. Access the on-demand archive videos schedule HERE and see an article on the on-demand series HERE. |
National Organization Initiatives
· Throughout November, CoSIDA leaders worked closely with the staffs from NACDA, the NCAA and the National Society of Sports Management (NASSM) on various issues and initiatives. CHECK HERE for more details on CoSIDA's involvement with these national organizations.
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Divisional-Specific News and Initiatives
· Actions taken at the divisional levels in November include: the NAIA-SID Board of Directors, the Division II-SIDA Board, the University Division Management Advisory Committee (UDMAC), under Charles Bloom's (SEC) leadership and the Female Athletic Media Relations Executives (FAME) steering committee conducted conference calls; DIII-SIDA President Larry Happel (Central College) sending a letter to NCAA DIII Director Leah Kareti with the Board's thoughts on reviewing the DII strategic communications document and possibly adapting a similar model for DIII athletic communicators; and Executive Director John Humenik and CoSIDA President Tom Di Camillo preparing a presentation on the pro-active strategic transformation taking place within CoSIDA and the key resource role that DII-SIDA has played with the NCAA on various projects. You can read about these initiatives and actions in more detail HERE. |
CoSIDA membership tops 2,700; Time to renew if you have not done so
· Not a member and want to join or renew for 2011-12? See our "CoSIDA Membership Benefits/Purchase a Membership" webpage HERE. You can still pay for a 2011-12 membership, but will also pay a late fee of $30.00 (exceptions DO apply to this late fee). Check information at the link. Questions? Please contact Will Roleson, CoSIDA Director of Internal Operations, at willroleson@cosida.com. |
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Academic All-America® Program
· Now underway is the much-anticipated expansion of the Capital One Academic All-America® program, moving from a two-division selection process (University and College Division) to a four-division selection process (NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and College Division (NAIA, Canada and Two-Year). Football, men's and women's soccer and women's volleyball Academic All-District teams have been announced and the national Academic All-America® soccer teams are being released this week.
We remind everyone that you must be a 2011-12 member of CoSIDA to nominate your deserving student-athletes and vote in the program.
· REMEMBER- Always refer to our Academic All-America® program and its respective Academic All-District teams, Academic All-America® teams and Academic All-America® Hall of Fame, with our sponsor Capital One placed prior to all "Academic All-America" mentions. To access more information on the Capital One Academic All-America team (links to the master schedule, fall sports team announcements, nomination processes, etc.), please CLICK HERE. |
CoSIDA Directory
· Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) and Director of Internal Operations Will Roleson have completed our annual directory update process and the PDF version and online versions are available on the CoSIDA web site. We encourage each school to alert their respective media representatives to the 2011-12 online E-Directory and distribute it to their media representatives. · The PDF version of the CoSIDA Directory is based on information provided by individual institutions/ organizations/members as of October 1, 2011. If there are inaccuracies in that edition, it is due to those organizations not following up with repeated requests by CoSIDA's staff to update their directory information. Please log onto CoSIDA.com HERE to access and update your information if needed and/or to request custodial status of your organization's account. Please direct questions to Will Roleson at willroleson@cosida.com. |
Committee Based Programs & Current CoSIDA Contests/Nominations
Currently, CoSIDA is accepting nominations for the 2012 Special Awards (deadline is Jan. 31, 2012) and for the CoSIDA Scholarships and Grant program (deadlines in April/May). Additionally, there are two ongoing contests - the annual Publications Contest (varying deadlines) and the Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest (deadline of Feb. 24, 2012).
Please access further information on the nominations and contests HERE.
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Strategic Branding/Marketing & Communications
· A Dec. 19th conference call has been set by CoSIDA President Tom Di Camillo and will involve the Board of Directors speaking with Dennis Cryder and JoJo Rinebold of Cryder/Rinebold to discuss various organizational strategic branding matters. Cryder and Rinebold both worked for the NCAA in the marketing/branding division area for a number of years and were a part of 2009 spring meetings in Indianapolis that the CoSIDA leadership held with the NCAA about our organizational strategic branding matters and issues. They will provide the CoSIDA Board a perspective on CoSIDA's progress with regard to its strategic branding initiatives during the past two years and viewpoint for other possible initiatives that may demand evaluation and possible action.
· You can read more on other CoSIDA strategic communications/marketing initiatives for November HERE.
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2012 St. Louis Convention
·Shelly Poe (Ohio State), CoSIDA's 2nd Vice President, is coordinating the overall program for the St. Louis Convention which takes place Saturday-Tuesday, June 23-26 at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel. She is finalizing her draft proposal for CoSIDA Board and CoSIDA Program Committee review. Contact Poe at poe.45@osu.edu if you have ideas/suggestions or want to serve as a presenter/panelist.
· Details on hotel room reservations and Convention registration will be released over the next months, with registration and room reservations beginning on February 1, 2012). The CoSIDA's Kickoff Luncheon is set for Sunday, June 24 and the CoSIDA Hall of Fame Luncheon will be held Monday, June 25. The Capital One Awards Gala, featuring the Academic All-America Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, will take place Monday evening (June 25).
· Blake Timm (Pacific- Oregon), Chair of the College Division Management Advisory Committee, and Charles Bloom (Southeastern Conference), Chair of the University Division Management Advisory Committee, are coordinating specific Convention "college division programming" concepts (NCAA DII and DIII and NAIA) and "university division programming" (NCAA Division I-based), respectively. If you have specific programming concepts, please contact them soon at timmbr@pacificu.edu or cbloom@sec.org.
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Sponsorship Matters
· The following companies have CoSIDA "official provider" recognition for the upcoming year: Capital One - Entitlement rights holder for CoSIDA's Academic All-America® program SIDEARM Sports - Official provider of CoSIDA's website (including Academic All-America online nomination and selection system, Career Center, Online Directory, awards and online membership systems)
ASAP Sports - CoSIDA's official instant transcripts provider
Expion - CoSIDA's official social media advisor
NewTek - CoSIDA's official continuing education video archive provider
TRZ Sports/Teamline - CoSIDA's official teleconference call provider
Eclaro Sports - CoSIDA's official career development partner
Sports Systems - CoSIDA's official online convention registration provider
Populous - CoSIDA's official convention registration badge printer and provider
XOS Digital/Collegiate Images - CoSIDA's official legal services provider for the Academic All-America® program · Sixty (60) organizations/firms have committed to support CoSIDA at some fiscal level for the 2011 convention specifically or for the combined convention and 2011-12 academic year. The 2011 sponsorship directory can be accessed HERE. We ask that you be aware of all of CoSIDA's sponsorship partners. |
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Miscellaneous
· Access the November e-news HERE with the following topics: a request for CoSIDA member participation in an important athletic communications social media survey, conducted by Clay Stoldt, CoSIDA member and Chair of the Wichita State Department of Sport Management; and the CoSIDA master calendar of events/deadlines for December-February.
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Thank you for taking the time to read this monthly newsletter. Please do not hesitate to contact any member of the Board of Directors or CoSIDA staff members if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions for our organization.
Tom DiCamillo, Pacific West Conference
2011-12 CoSIDA President John Humenik CoSIDA Executive Director Barb Kowal CoSIDA Director of External Affairs
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