I.  Chair Clayton Deuter called the meeting to order at 10 AM(CDT).  Participants included voting members Deuter, MTI; Cathy K. Nelson, Clear Lake HS; Shane Thorstenson, LATI; Jackie Rans, Spearfish HS; Dana Sanderson, Wagner HS; Tanielle Sylvester, SF Lincoln HS; Laura Glanville, USF; and Molly Frankl, SDSMT (via phone). Also present were Art Hagg, Budget Chair; and Tom Cool, Executive Director.  Also joining the meeting in progress were JoEllen Lindner and Nicole Hammer, Presentation College.

II. Minutes of the April 15, 2010, minutes were unavailable for approval.

Tom Cool reported that the following were elected to the board via an earlier e-ballot:  Sheila Anderson, Britton-Hecla HS; Tim McGowan, RC Central HS; Nicole Hammer, PC; Amanda Weischedel, NSU; and Laura Glanville, USF.  Laura replaced Judy Nour and took office immediately.  She and the others begin new three-year terms on July 1.

The board than elected officers and committee chairs for 2011-12:  Amanda Weischedl as Chair (Nelson moved/Thorstenson seconded); Molly Frankl as Chair-Elect (Rans/Glanville); Amy Crissinger as Publications Chair (??/Sylvester).  The persons currently filling other offices were re-elected by consensus: Adam Heinitz, Treasurer; Nicole Hammer, Secretary; Art Hagg, Budget Chair; Travis Vlasman and Scott Dorman , Planning Days Co-Chairs; and Mike Hawkinson, Professional Development Chair.

III. The finance report (on file) was reviewed by Tom.  He said we will likely be about $3-5,000 in the red at the end of the year.  He said this is not serious, as we expect to gradually reduce reserve funds.  He said most of the overage will be due to the decision to spend $3,000 in unbudgeted funds to implement a scanning system for the spring college fairs.  Motion made and approved to accept the report. (Glanville/??). 

Art and Tom reported on the proposed FY12 budget.  The only change was an additional $200 for phone.  Also, we anticipate increased income as an e-vote of the board approved an increase in out-of-state dues from $500 to $600, bringing us in line with most neighboring states.  This could mean an additional $6,000 income.

IV. The Planning Day schedule for fall, 2011, and spring, 2012 was discussed. Contracts have been sent to all college and affiliate members and potential members.  Tom said he will explore the possibility of adding a program at Brandon for the fall or spring, and a program at Winner the morning of March 20.  We will not schedule a spring program at Chamberlain.  Clayton said he has discussed with Linda Allen of St. Francis School adding a program next spring at that location.  Several tribal high schools could be invited.  The board directed Tom to work on scheduling the program for the afternoon of March 19, 2012.  It was recommended we have HS counselors invites parents to also attended planning day programs.

The board discussed continuing a contract with College Fair Automation for a scanning system for the college fairs.  A pilot project for this spring’s programs was well received, according to Tom.  The main concerns were getting all students to fill out information on-line, and have “stations” at each program to enable them to print bar codes, if the bar codes are not printed in advance.  Tom will cover the system with the high school counselors during the fall workshops. A motion was made and approved to schedule the system for next fall. (Sanderson/Thorstenson).  Tom said it cost us an initial $3,000 to have College Fair Automation to set up the system for spring, including establishing a web site.  Future cost for DACAC should be @$400+ to maintain the site.  Colleges will be able to rent scanners for use in all surrounding states, and to download names every day. It is optional for the colleges to rent the scanners.

The board also discussed how to handle “rogue” college fairs set up at high schools and not coordinated through the SD Council.  It was agreed that we need a firm policy that college admission offices should not participate in fairs that are not part of the SD Council schedule.  This would not prevent persons from other particular programs at colleges from presenting  at career programs.  Colleges not agreeing to the policy would not be eligible to participate in the regular schedule. After further discussion it was agreed to the following steps:

V.  Tom reviewed the fall school counselor workshops.  He suggested we have an afternoon panel or presentation on college admissions, perhaps featuring admission personnel from public and private colleges and tech institutes.  This could include reviews of the state scholarship criteria, admission policies, the new college fair policy and other admission issues.  Dana questioned whether we should promote workshop participation by elementary counselors, or should instead concentrate on the college and career issues of interest to high school and middle school counselors.  It was recommended we discourage elementary counselor participation.

VI.  Tom reviewed the SD Council publications.  He said he has received little feedback on our dropping the wall chart of programs last year, and we will not publish it this year.  No major changes are planned for the student “Educational Opportunities in SD” guides, or the counselor information directories.  We currently distribute the student guides at the fall workshops and provide enough for all juniors and seniors.  We also provide copies to the Department of Labor for the Job Service sites, and mail copies to some 240 neighboring state high schools. Jackie suggested checking with counselors in advance on whether they need additional copies, or be sure to have extra copies at each workshop site.

Tom said this week he sent to the SD colleges the names of students indicating an interest in those schools on the junior survey.  He said he will now prepare a form for colleges to request names of students interested in specific majors.

Tom also presented a request from one college to make copies of the original survey forms so they can double check the data entry.  Tom noted that some 4,000+ names (in the survey database of 6,000+ names) were provided on Excel sheets directly from the high schools. The board moved and approved to deny the request.  (Deuter/??)  There were also concerns expressed in giving one school access to information such as other colleges the students may have selected.

Tom said he will be updating our web site this summer, and requested the board members e-mail him any suggestions for additions or improvements to the site.

VII.  The relations of the SD Council to Dakota ACAC and to NACAC were also discussed.  Tom noted that currently we have the DACAC and SD funds in one bank account, and we also have DACAC and SD combined as one corporation.  The ND Council has a separate bank account and non-profit corporate  status.  It was recommended we have a committee of SD members who have served as DACAC president review the situation and implement needed changes to separate DACAC and the SD Council legally and fiscally.  Tom noted that because of requirements imposed by NACAC, we operate differently than the DACAC By-Laws indicate, as DACAC exists more as a joint committee of the two state councils. DACAC funding comes from the councils, which oversee most of the funds and activities.

DACAC will hold it’s Admission Counseling Institute the first part of August, probably at Augustana College in Sioux Falls.  Dates TBA.  Tom will likely schedule a workshop for new school counselors at the same time.

The group also discussed the five-state MIDWest Conference set for Dubuque, IA, in 2012.  DACAC has agreed to participate in lieu of a Dakota conference.  There were questions on the likely involvement from the Dakotas.  It was suggested we also explore having a SD-only conference or workshop in 2012, possibly in cooperation with the SD School Counselors Assn.

VIII.  The group then agreed to adjourn for dinner, compliments of the SD Council.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom Cool & Nicole Hammer

SD Council Meeting – April 15th 2010

DACAC Office – 2009 S Norton Avenue

1. Review of past minutes

2. Moved to approve past meetings (Jan 08) minutes made by Jackie Rans, seconded by Amy Crissinger

3. Reviewed FY 2010 Budget

       - No questions on DACAC expense items

       - General dues are up, affiliate dues down due mainly to loss of banks

       - Associate dues are down a little, currently 66 associate members

       - Received $1800 from Sioux Falls Shopping News as share of the advertising supplement

       - Fall workshop funds are solid - $2000 for planning days scholarships will come from here

       - Discussed changes in checking:

             * Switched from personal to business account

             * Will close out first checking account soon

             * Issued new business credit card

       - Total budget shows $94,466.95 balance with mainly just executive director

             pay to come out of budget the rest of the year

       - Move to approve by Travis Vlasman, seconded by Art Haag

4. Discussion of Planning Days

       - 2010 schedule on DACAC website

       - Finalize plans for Yankton, Discussed closing down Gregory program

             * Discussion on moving Yankton to afternoon instead of evening

             * Will affiliate members stay for Yankton if no program Friday in Gregory

       - Scott Dorman moved to vote on eliminating Gregory program, seconded by Clayton Deuter. 

              Amy calls for vote, approved by board unanimously

       - Discussion of spring fairs/attendance in Chamberlain and Sioux Falls

       - Discussion of expanding spring fairs:

             * Is Chamberlain still an option, Black Hills, Aberdeen, Watertown

       - Decision to inquire of Watertown on their interest in Spring Fair, Ask Rapid City

              about interest in Sunday program

       - Tom will look at what schools are bringing Juniors now

5. Discussion of fall workshops – fees raised by $5 for coming year

       - Schedule is set for this coming fall

       - Afternoon is financial aid based this year

       - Discussion on whether to invite elementary counselors at all as association has

               received feedback that programs are too secondary based

6. Discussion of publications

       - Council talked about the elimination of charts for Guidance Counselors –

               Do the Counselors want it?  Those in attendance didn’t think so

       - Motion to cut chart by Dana Sanderson, seconded by Scott Dorman

       - Discussed sending postcard or magnet with direct address to program chart

               for counselors to use instead

7. Nominations

       - Discussion to approach Molly Frankl, SDSMT, to replace Tex Claymore on council

       - Approach Shane Thorstenson (LATI) and Beth Oakes (BHSU) for tech school position

                and at-large position that will open up on council

       - Approach Jill Murphy (SF Lincoln) for Sioux Falls High School representation on council

                in open school counselor position

       - Keep Craig Pederson as secondary school representative

       - Discussed officers

                * Approach Amanda Weischedel for Chair Elect

                * Mike Hawkinson was nominated for Professional Development Chair

                * Scott Dorman and Travis Vlasman will co-chair Planning Days Committee

8. ACT Discussion and report

       - Art Hagg reviewed most recent ACT council meeting

               * Webinar in Fall on using ACT student reports

               * Discussion of getting private funding for school wide ACT for most likely Sioux Falls

                         and Rapid City  (Pilot program) – supported by Paul Turman and BOR office?

9. Discussion of MIDWest Conference

       - Funding school counselor to attend conference

                * Motion to pay $500 for Sherry Bruinsma to attend conference made

                           by Amy Crissinger.  Seconded by Adam Heinitz

10. Discussion of 2011 DACAC conference – Black Hills – June

        - Conversation about different locations in Rapid City, Spearfish, Deadwood. 

                   Continued research will be done to find suitable location

11. Travis Vlasman moved to adjourn and attend lunch paid for by DACAC, seconded by Scott Dorman

Submitted by,

Shawn Helmboldt

Acting Secretary

SD Council of Dakota ACAC Executive Board

December 11, 2008

Southeast Technical Institute, Sioux Falls, SD

Attendance: Scott Dorman, Tom Cool, Travis Vlasman, Cathy Nelson, Amy Crissinger, Shawn Helmbolt, Dana Sanderson, Adam Heinitz, Brandi DeFries, Mike Hawkinson, Sherrie Bruinsma, Craig Peterson, and Jacque Johnson.

Travis Vlasman called the meeting to order. 

The minutes from the March 2008 meeting were reviewed by the board.  Sanderson moved that the minutes be approved, Nelson seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

Tom Cool reviewed the finance report.  Tom mentioned that we have a record number of out-of-state dues this year, which has put us in good shape financially.  The finance report looked good to the board.  Crissinger made a motion to approve the finance report, Peterson seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

Tom mentioned the CD is up for renewal and suggested a 9-month renewal.  Tom proposed moving some funds out of checking and starting another CD.  He requested taking $20,000 out of checking to open two $10,000 CDs (one 9-month CD, one 19 month CD).  Heinitz made a motion to approve this request, Helmbolt seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

Tom informed the board that some organizations have requested a “charge card” option for dues.  Since there have only been a few requests for this option, the board didn’t feel that any action needed to be taken at this point.

Tom also brought up some office equipment (printers, scanners, laptop, etc.) that is no longer needed.  Tom requested that he would like to declare this equipment as “surplus” and get rid of it.  Vlasman made a motion to approve this request, Sanderson seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

The board reviewed the Junior Survey.  Tom noted that adding Globe University to the list of Colleges/Universities/Tech Schools was the only change that needed to be made to the survey.

The upcoming summer conference was discussed.  The conference will be in Grand Forks, ND.  Tom mentioned that speakers for break-out sessions were needed.  Anyone interested in presenting a break-out session should contact Amanda Weischedel, DACAC Professional Development Chair. 

The board discussed the possibility of bussing attendees to the conference.  The cost would approximately be $3,300-$3,600.  The bus route would more than likely start in Rapid City, go to Sioux Falls, and then up to North Dakota.  Some board members expressed that the bus would be a nice option for conference attendees as out-of-state travel is very limited for state employees this year.  The board did express concern about making sure there would be enough conference attendees riding the bus to make it a worthwhile expense.  The board suggested a survey to make sure there was enough interest in the bussing option.  Sanderson made a motion to set money aside for bussing, Crissinger seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

The DACAC GRAC Conference was also discussed.  The conference will be March 8-11 in Washington, DC.  Tom mentioned that it would be appropriate to send a school counselor to the conference as many of the issues deal directly with school counseling.  The cost would be approximately $1,000 to send one person to the conference.  Tom noted that this conference is a great opportunity to meet other school counselors that are dealing with some of the same issues as we are.  It also provides an opportunity to meet with our congresspersons.  A couple of the school counselors mentioned that it can be difficult to take the time off to attend such a conference, depending on schools’ administration.  Sherri Bruinsma and Craig Peterson both expressed interest in attending the conference.  Vlasman reiterated that it would be most beneficial to send a school counselor to the conference since they are the ones who deal with many of these issues on a daily basis.  Sanderson made a motion to approve the funds for sending a school counselor to the conference, Dorman seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

Tom suggested that it would be nice to also send Travis Vlasman to the DACAC GRAC Conference since Travis has been actively involved in government relations for our organization.  Tom suggested funding $500 towards Travis’ expenses for the conference.  Heinitz made a motion to approve funding, Sanderson seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

The SD ACT advisory committee has been involved in making the ACT the statewide high school test to replace Dakota Step.  Tom went over the SD ACT Council survey of SD high school counselors.  According to the survey, most counselors would support such a change.  Bruinsma mentioned that ACT would be a better option than Dakota Step because it takes less time to get results and it’s an excellent way to interpret where students are at.  Peterson noted that motivating students to do well on the Dakota Step is very difficult.  Board members expressed wanting to endorse the ACT as the statewide test for high school students. The reasoning being that the ACT would save time, money, and the students will take it more seriously because they are motivated to take the ACT as it’s easier to see its relevance.  Heinitz made a motion to endorse the ACT as the statewide test for high school students, Crissinger seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

Tom asked the board for approval to mail the SD counselor directory to legislators as a resource.  Tom also recommended including a letter with the directory.  The letter would include two items that SD DACAC would like legislatures to consider: 1) a state-sponsored student loan program, 2) incorporating the ACT as the statewide test for high school students.  The letter would be clear to mention that we are not lobbying, but instead just making suggestions for what our organization supports.  Sanderson made a motion to approve mailing the directory and letter to legislators, Peterson seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

The board also discussed the proposed Sioux Falls school counselor bus tour of Sioux Falls colleges.  This tour would include the following colleges: Augustana, USF, Globe, NAU, CTU, Kilian, Black Hills Beauty College, and Stewarts.  Approximately 15 minutes would be spent at each college.  Tom asked the board if we should sponsor the event.  The board came up with future ideas such as incorporating such tours during the monthly school counselor meeting.  Hawkinson mentioned having each Sioux Falls college host the monthly meeting.  This way, counselors would have more time at each college.  Nelson also suggested having such a tour during the school counselors’ conference in the spring.

Tom distributed the Planning Days survey comments.  Tom noted that due to high school activities and events, our only window of time in the spring for Planning Days would be March 23-25 and March 30-April 1.  High school counselors expressed concern over having Planning Days in the spring because springtime seems to be a much busier time in terms of sports events, high school activities, FFA, etc. versus the fall.  Counselors mentioned that it would be much more difficult to get students to attend Planning Days in the spring due to such events, and they felt that the fall is less busy for most high school students.  Admission representatives noted that having more spring Planning Days may allow colleges to eliminate some of their spring high school visits. 

The board discussed other options for Planning Days such as evening fairs and/or Sunday afternoon fairs, however, many admission representatives expressed concern about attendance with these types of fairs.  Some admission representatives mentioned that they may not see as many students at evening and Sunday afternoon fairs, but that the ones they do visit with are more serious and interested and usually bring their parents along which leads to better conversations.  Board members did mention that having such events would have to be well-promoted to ensure decent attendance.  The board did support trying some different options for Planning Days such as evening fairs and/or Sunday afternoon fairs, and if attendance was an issue, we’d re-visit the idea again.  It was noted that daytime fairs are preferred over evening and weekend fairs.

Tom noted that we’re already committed to having spring Planning Days in Sioux Falls on March 17-18, and mentioned that we need to try to get certain high schools (Brandon Valley, Garretson, etc.) to attend this event as they didn’t attend last year’s Planning Days.

Tom mentioned that we are not cutting any Planning Days events in the fall, but did ask the board to consider moving the Eagle Butte/Lemmon fair to permanently be held in Eagle Butte.

Also, Tom brought up that for fall 2009, there is still a question as to whether to have Planning Days in Gregory or Winner.  The board seemed to support having it in Winner.

Tom mentioned that the committees haven’t met yet, so there are no committee reports for the board to review yet.  Tom recommended that the board meet again in the spring, possibly sometime in April, to review and approve the committee reports.

Nominations will be e-mailed to board members in the near future to review.

Lastly, Tom asked board approval for payment of lunch.  Vlasman made a motion to approve, and Sanderson seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

Peterson made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Dorman seconded the motion.  Motion passed.

Respectfully submitted,

Jacque Johnson, Secretary

DACAC - SD Council Board Meeting

January 31, 2007 – Chamberlain, SD, Cedar Shores Resort

Members Present:  Brandi Tschumper, Mount Marty College; Adam Heinitz, Augustana; Travis Vlasman, NSU; Jeff Caldwell, Belle Fourche HS; Jackie Rans, Spearfish HS; Shawn Helmbolt, SDSU; Scott Dorman, STI; Craig Peterson, Madison HS; Sherri Bruinsma, Wessington Springs HS; Jacque Johnson, STI; Amy Crissinger, DSU; JoEllen Lindner, Presentation College; Tom Cool, DACAC

Call to Order:  Meeting was called to order at 12:45 pm by Brandi Tschumper, Chair.

Budget:  Tom Cool reported that the DACAC-SD finances are in good shape with over 50% in reserves. 

The budget committee proposed developing a committee to review the Executive Director Position compensation and benefits package.  This committee could include the current budget committee or even a sub-committee.  Motion to approve the finance report (FY 2007) and to develop a committee to review the Executive Director Position compensation and benefits package by Adam Heinitz, seconded by Scott Dorman. 

Tom proposed a $750 increase for the Student Planning Guide publication due to expected added pages for the SD Dept of Labor career information.  Motion to approve by Scott Dorman, seconded by Travis Vlasman.

Lastly, Tom asked for funding up to $500 for Dave Krull, Andes Central’s high school counselor, to attend the NACAC conference.  Motion to approve by JoEllen Linder, seconded by Scott Dorman.

Committee Reports:

Planning Days Committee:  Tom proposed to no longer collect attendance data from individual colleges at Planning Days (# of sophomores, juniors, seniors seen at the event) as this information is not currently being used by DACAC, high school counselors, or colleges.  Board agreed.

There was discussion on adding “career clusters” to Planning Days for high school students to explore different career areas.  This could include having sessions with various speakers representing different career areas.  This would be especially beneficial for high school students who are undecided on a career area.

There was also discussion on having Planning Days during the spring as this would be especially useful for high school juniors and even sophomores as students seem to need the information that is distributed at Planning Days earlier in their high school careers.  Tom mentioned that DACAC currently hosts a spring Planning Days event at the Washington Pavillion in Sioux Falls.  He suggested that DACAC could invite some of the smaller high schools in the surrounding area to participate in the Sioux Falls Planning Days event in the spring and possibly even expand the event to accommodate these high schools.

The board discussed a need to market DACAC, especially the website, by including more college planning resources on the DACAC website. The main group to market to would include high school students and their parents.  Also, having a way to track how often the website was being visited and used would be necessary.  Some ideas for possibly promoting the DACAC website included: distributing magnets, pencils, etc. with the DACAC website on it at Planning Days and/or mailing flyers to high school students and their parents to encourage them to attend the Planning Day event in their area and to let them know about the DACAC website and the college planning resources on it.

There were no issues with the fall Planning Days schedule.

Motion to approve the Planning Days committee report and the suggestions above by Amy Crissinger, seconded by Adam Heinitz. 

Publications Committee: 

The following recommendations regarding publications were made:

1. Adding the contact information for each college’s Athletic Department and Disability Services/Special Populations Coordinator in the Counselor Directory and Student Planning Guide publications.  Since space is limited on each college’s page, removing the Registrar contact information as well as the Career Services/Placement Coordinator contact information was suggested since high school counselors, students, and parents typically do not require this information.

2. Adding a glossary of various tests including the COMPASS, NET, HOBET, CLEP, ACT and Residual ACT, TABE, AP, etc. to define the tests and explain what they are used for.  This information would be included in the Counselor Directory and Student Planning Guide publications.

3. Including the criteria for the two main SD scholarships – the Opportunities Scholarship and the Dakota Corps Scholarship – in the Counselor Directory and Student Planning Guide publications. 

It was also suggested that the various types of degrees be better defined in the Counselor Directory and Student Planning Guide publications.

The group discussed the importance of tracking information on where SD students go after high school (in-state colleges, out-of-state colleges, technical institutes, military, workforce, etc.).  Capturing this information would be difficult as students often change their plans after their initial post-secondary decision was made and documented.

Additionally, determining what contributed to the students’ post-secondary decisions (scholarships, locations, types of degrees/programs, etc.) would be useful information as well.  One suggestion was possibly sending out a survey to students sometime during their first year out of high school.  This survey could be sent out possibly around the “holiday break” time, asking students where they are, what they are doing, and why they made that decision.  It was recommended that a plan be developed to determine the best method for capturing this information.

Motion to approve the committee report, recommendations, and survey project by JoEllen Linder, seconded by Craig Peterson.

Professional Development Committee:

The question, “How can DACAC be a resource for counselors, parents, and students?”, was the focus of discussion.  One suggestion was adding college planning resources on the DACAC website for high school students and parents.  The committee also proposed the idea of having a DACAC contact person listed on the website for students and parents to contact with questions. 

To promote DACAC to high school counselors, the committee recommended having a DACAC representative(s) go into school counselor graduate classes and give a presentation about DACAC (what DACAC is, what DACAC does, etc.).  Many times, the New Counselor Workshop in the fall has been the first information that new high school counselors receive regarding college planning information.  Therefore, presenting about DACAC sometime during their graduate program would give soon-to-be high school counselors an early exposure to DACAC and college planning resources.

Another suggestion from this committee was having more awards at the DACAC-SD or DACAC levels that are similar to some of the national awards.  These awards could include high school counselors and admission representatives who are in the mid-level point in their career and have worked in the field for at least a few years.

Additionally, it was suggested that DACAC hold some state-level government relations meetings in various cities around SD.  This could include having round table discussions about issues such as: financial aid, high school curriculum, high school guidance counselor/student ratios, etc.

Lastly, ideas regarding the DACAC conference were explored.  In order to increase the number of break-out sessions offered at the conference, it was suggested that DACAC combine the annual conference with other states in the region in order to get more people to attend.  This may lead to not only more break-out sessions, but also better keynote speakers.  The annual conference could rotate among the participating states, so DACAC may host the conference every other year or even every third year, depending on how many other states were participating.  It was mentioned that getting SD high school counselors to attend the conference on a regular basis would be difficult if DACAC is hosting the conference in SD only every other year or every third year.

The timing of the conference was also discussed.  Having the conference in the springtime (May) was recommended as it would be a better time of the year compared to June for high school counselors.

Motion to approve committee report by Adam Heinitz, seconded by Travis Vlasman.

Nominations:

Nominees to terms expiring in June 2007:

At-Large – Charles (Tex) Claymore, School of Mines

At-Large – Travis Vlasman, NSU (re-nominated)

Secondary School - Mike Hawkinson, SF Lincoln HS (re-nominated)

Secondary School – Craig Peterson, Madison HS (re-nominated)

Technical Institute – Scott Dorman, STI (re-nominated)

The above are 3-year terms which would begin July 1^st.  Tom will send out a ballot at a later date.  Motion to approve nominations for SD Council by Adam Heinitz, seconded by Scott Dorman.

Nominations for Officer Positions:

Chair – Scott Dorman, motion to approve by Adam Heinitz, seconded by Amy Crissinger

Vice-Chair – Travis Vlasman, motion to approve by JoEllen Linder, seconded by Craig Peterson

Treasurer – Adam Heinitz, motion to approve by Scott Dorman, seconded by Craig Peterson

Secretary – Jacque Johnson, motion to approve by JoEllen Linder, seconded by Jeff Caldwell

Nominations for Committee Chair Positions:

Budget Committee, Bud Webb; Publications Committee, Jacque Johnson; Planning Days Committee, Tracy Welsch; Professional Development Committee, Sadie Hansen

Motions to approve nominations for Officer and Committee Chair positions by JoEllen Linder, seconded by Travis Vlasman.

Government Relations:  Travis noted that the trip to the NACAC Government Relations Conference in Washington DC is open to anyone who is interested in going.  It will be March 3–7.  Some of the main issues that DACAC-SD plan to discuss with SD representatives include financial aid resources, lower interest rates on student loans, Pell Grants, and access to college counseling.

Conference:  The DACAC conference will take place June 12-13 in Rapid City, SD.  It was mentioned that the conference usually includes many break-out sessions for “new” professionals, but not so many for those who have been working in the field for awhile.  A suggestion was made to seek out some break-out sessions that are specifically geared toward the advanced and/or mid-level professionals.

State Councils of DACAC:  A plan was discussed to suggest to the ND council that DACAC separate into two separate organizations.  If this fails, DACAC may operate as a separate sub-division of the SD Council.  A motion to work with ND on this issue by JoEllen Lindner, seconded by Amy Crissinger.

Other:  Tom mentioned that membership packets will be mailed out sometime in April.

Next Meeting:  The next DACAC-SD meeting will take place at the June conference in Rapid City.

Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 2:30pm.

Respectfully Submitted by Jacque Johnson, Secretary